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Resources Year '2005'

The current handbook is intended to provide a quick reference guide to assist headquarters- and field-based actors from the United Nations, Governments and civil society working to promote greater…
Partners for Democratic Change is an international NGO committed to building sustainable local capacity to advance civil society and a culture of change and conflict management worldwide. Partners’…
India's Right to Information Bill, which was passed in May 2005, marks a step toward ending the government's discretionary power over information, according to Indian press and NGO…
HELI is a global effort by WHO and UNEP to support action by developing country policymakers on environmental threats to health. HELI encourages countries to address health and environment linkages…
This review describes HELI's overriding mission to facilitate better access at country level to existing knowledge, tools and methods for making good policy decisions on environment and health.…
The need for a comprehensive and co-ordinated international approach to the sound management of chemicals has been recognized for over 30 years. The SAICM initiative was endorsed by the World Summit…
This declaration by Reporters Without Borders and the representative of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Freedom of the Media aims to deal with the main issues facing…
The Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle is a diverse collaborative of organizations and individuals that promotes and implements precautionary action to protect health and the…
This guide provides a basic roadmap to the legal issues that weblog publishers ('bloggers') may confront and encourages online publishers to blog freely with the knowledge that their…
This 27 May 2005 press release welcoming the decision to amend the Aarhus Convention to strengthen public participation in decisions to authorize the deliberate release and placing on the market of…