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  • United Nations Development Program

    Introduction to United Nations Development Program United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), permanent arm of the United Nations General Assembly. The conference, established in December 1964, followed an earlier meeting in which 120 nations participated in discussions of […]

  • United Nations Development Program

    Introduction to United Nations Development Program United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), permanent arm of the United Nations General Assembly. The conference, established in December 1964, followed an earlier meeting in which 120 nations participated in discussions of […]

  • Codetermination

    Summary of Codetermination The corporate management process employed in some countries whereby labor representatives sit on the company's board of directors. This practice arose in Germany following World War I, gaining wide acceptance in that country following World War II. Worker […]

  • United Nations Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugees In the Near East

    Introduction to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), organization created in 1949 by the United Nations (UN) to serve the nutrition, health, and education needs of […]

  • United Nations Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugees In the Near East

    Introduction to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), organization created in 1949 by the United Nations (UN) to serve the nutrition, health, and education needs of […]

  • United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc)

    United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ecosoc) means: of the United Nations constitutes one of the six (one is not active at the moment) principal organs of the United Nations and it is […]

  • United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights

    United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights (OHCHR) As the 2005 OHCHR Plan of Action emphasizes, strengthening the rule of law has long been a principal focus of OHCHR. Based on international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law standards, a set of justice sector tools and […]

  • Capitulations

    Capitulations History Capitulations (from Lat. caput, or its Low-Latin diminutive capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in “chapters”; the Gr. equivalent cephaleosis, kephalaiosis, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century), treaties granted by a state and conferring the privilege of extra-territorial jurisdiction within its boundaries on the…

  • Ata Carnet

    A document that can be used to effect the temporary admission of certain items into a country without completing normal customs formalities. The ATA is derived from the combination of the French and English terms Admission Temporaire-—Temporary Admission. A carnet is issued by the local […]

  • Patent Cooperation Treaty

    An international agreement which permits nationals and residents of any adhering state to seek patent protection in any or all of the adhering states by means of a single patent application. The applicant files his application with the national patent office of the country of which he is a […]

  • COCOM

    An informal working group comprised of Western governments, established for the purpose of preventing exports of certain strategic products to potentially hostile countries. The COCOM proscribed countries are: the USSR, its WARSAW pact (<a […]

  • United Nations Resources

    United Nations Resources Using the United Nations Resources in the World Encyclopedia of Law Available through the Lawi Project, this resource searches documents from the six main bodies of the United Nations: General Assembly Security Council Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council Secretariat Included are Masthead documents (formerly called mimeo documents), Official Records, Sales Publication,…

  • United Nations Symbols

    United Nations Symbols United Nations Documents Symbols System The United Nations publishes many documents. Many documents were originally published in mimeographed form and are still sometimes referred to as ‘mimeo docs.’ This entry will explain the United Nations series symbols system which was designed to provide access to these documents. The series symbols provide access…

  • Paris Convention

    Known formally as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, an international agreement formulated to protect rights to industrial property including inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and appellations of origin. The substantive provisions of the convention […]

  • Indian Ocean Commission

    Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Indian Ocean Commission (IOC): A regional cooperation organization including Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion (France), […]