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The World Social Report 2021 points to new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. It offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete policies that can be combined to devise effective strategies that can help to realize the potential of rural development and achieve the SDGs. WSR 2021 will reexamine the narrow view of rural development and expand the discussion to include the role of development in achieving the wider set of SDGs. In doing the latter, it intends to pay particular attention to the interaction of rural development with SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 8 (economic growth and decent work), SDG 9 (infrastructure), SDG 11 (sustainable communities), SDG 13 (climate change), SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land). The interlinkages of all these Goals suggest that there exist potential synergies between rural development and sustainable efforts in many other directions.

The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, which have been prepared since 1951 by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The 2019 revision presents population estimates from 1950 until the present for 235 countries or areas, which have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from vital registration and recent nationally representative household sample surveys. The 2019 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels. This volume of the 2019 Revision presents the demographic profiles of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. The demographic profiles display key demographic indicators for selected periods or dates between 1950-2100, for the world, development groups, regions, subregions (50 aggregates) and 201 countries or areas with more than 90,000 inhabitants in 2019. In all tables and figures, values for 1950-2020 are estimates and those thereafter are projections (medium variant, and lower and upper 95 per cent prediction intervals for figures). For each country or area, the volume also provides a brief description of the data sources and demographic methods that were used to derive the base-year estimates of population and components of demographic change (fertility, child, adult and overall mortality, international migration).

This publication presents an overview of a series of "Hard Talks" held in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Serbia and Ukraine in 2016-2019, organized by UNECE. They promoted demand-driven debates held in each country on what is needed to change for the private sector to invest in sustainable energy and substantially increase the uptake of renewable energy. Information and data included in this report are extracted from the activities, which aimed to investigate barriers that hinder the full unfolding of renewable energy potential, and facilitated an open exchange between political decision makers, governmental officials, project developers, investors and technology providers.

This regular publication comprises the official record of all the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during the course of its seventy-fifth session. (Supplement No. 49.)

The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).

The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. They are used in the calculation of many of the key development indicators commonly used by the United Nations system, including for more than one third of the indicators used to monitor progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, which have been prepared since 1951 by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The 2019 revision presents population estimates from 1950 until the present for 235 countries or areas, which have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from vital registration and recent nationally representative household sample surveys. The 2019 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels. These Highlights summarise key population trends described by the estimates and projections presented in World Population Prospects 2019.

The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.

This is the official record of the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its seventy-fourth session. Supplement No. 49.

The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-third session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System.

This regular publication comprises the official record of all the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during the course of its seventy-fifth session. (Supplement No. 49.)

This report brings together a range of existing scientific assessments and reviews global progress and future sustainable development pathways in an integrated way. It responds to the 2012 Rio+20 Conference mandate to contribute to strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable development. Major international conferences and summits in 2015 – on financing for development, sustainable development, and climate change – have defined a new sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. At all levels, from global to local, attention is turning to implementing this ambitious agenda. This is the context in which this year’s Global Sustainable Development Report appears. Given the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its sustainable development goals (SDGs), the report adopts the SDGs as its scope. True to its mandate, the report is designed as an assessment of assessments. It endeavors to present a range of scientific perspectives and to be policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. Like its predecessors, it continues to explore possible approaches and vantage points from which to examine the science-policy interface, as well as scientific approaches that can inform policies building upon integration and interlinkages across sustainable development goals, sectors, and issues.

Le Rapport du Secrétaire général sur l'activité de l'Organisation (A/77/1) est publié en réponse à l'article 98 de la Charte des Nations Unies et met en évidence la manière dont le Secrétariat de l'ONU traduit les ressources en impact. Le rapport couvre neuf sections: (i) promotion d'une croissance économique soutenue et d'un développement durable; (ii) le maintien de la paix et de la sécurité internationales; (iii) le développement en Afrique; (iv) la promotion des droits de l'homme; (v) une coordination efficace de l'assistance humanitaire; (vi) la promotion de la justice et du droit international; (vii) désarmement; (viii) lutte contre la drogue, prévention du crime et lutte contre le terrorisme international; et (ix) le bon fonctionnement de l'Organisation. Le livre électronique de cette publication a été converti en un format accessible pour les malvoyants et les personnes ayant des difficultés de lecture imprimée. Il est entièrement compatible avec les principales technologies de lecture d'écran telles que JAWS et NVDA.

El Libro de Bolsillo de las Estadísticas Mundiales es una compilación anual de indicadores estadísticos clave que prepara la División de Estadística del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas. Los temas tratados incluyen: agricultura, balanza de pagos, educación, energía, medio ambiente, alimentación, género, salud, información y comunicación, finanzas internacionales, turismo internacional, comercio internacional, trabajo, migración, cuentas nacionales, población y precios.

Cette publication met en évidence l’intérêt de la politique de concurrence en vue d’un développement inclusif au sein des pays de la Communauté Economiques et Monétaires des Etats d’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC). Conformément à l’agenda 2030 des Nations Unies sur le développement durable, un tel développement remet l’homme au centre de toutes les attentions en prenant en compte sa santé, son niveau de vie et son environnement. L’approche systémique sur laquelle s’appuie cette étude rappelle à suffisance que nous vivons dans un monde interconnecté et que, c’est ensemble que nous ferons face aux multiples défis dont le monde fait face, la crise sanitaire du Covid-19 en est une illustration parfaite. Une mobilisation est donc nécessaire pour soutenir les économies des pays de la zone CEMAC pour l’atteinte des objectifs du développement durable selon l’agenda 2030 afin de ne laisser personne de côté. Dans cette perspective, le management des ressources communautaires combiné au management de la complexité qui est préconisé apparait comme fondamental pour une meilleure intégration de la politique de concurrence.

Competition and consumer protection policies, are intersecting with sustainability. Businesses innovate new production, distribution and sales processes to gain sustainability advantages only when consumers value the importance of sustainability and are well-informed about its attributes in products. Empowered consumers are a driving force to encourage business innovation, investment and competition on sustainability. This report starts by exploring the interplay between competition law and sustainability. It then takes stock of initiatives undertaken by competition authorities. It then addresses how to promote sustainable consumption through the lens of consumer protection policy, providing examples from different jurisdictions on consumer information and education, business initiatives towards consumers and enforcement and guidance actions undertaken by consumer protection authorities.