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Factories in Rayong's industrial estates, part of Thailand's eastern province, will be made public soon to help local villagers learn more about the contaminants in their communities. The…
Policymakers, conservationists and scientists have high hopes that REDD, a mechanism for compensating countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, will spur a massive…
The mission of UNeGov.net is to build a Community of Practice interested in developing, sharing and applying concrete solutions for Electronic Governance through research, development and community-…
The Portal was created within the framework of the Central Asia Regional Water Information Base (CAREWIB) Project. The aim of the CAREWIB Project is to improve information provision for water and…
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie. The report was scheduled to be…
The article explains how India's poorest citizens are using the "Right to Information Act" to secure public services and resources and expose corruption. The Act, which came into force…
The ONI collects global data on Internet filtering using technical and contextual tools. Its analysis is based on a fusion of expert (qualitative) and statistical (quantitative) methods, and…
The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity affirm States’ obligations to ensure effective protection of all…
The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, key tools for governments and industry worldwide to assess the safety of chemical products, are now available free of charge on the OECD public…
Global Hand is an Internet matching service helping corporate/ community groups partner with NGOs: a non-profit brokerage facilitating public/ private partnership. Organizations can submit offers or…