New UN websites & publications
UN in General
https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3888284?ln=en
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has launched a new annual series entitled “Why it matters”. Each volume will focus on one of the many deliberations of the United Nations. It will provide readers with a comprehensive overview, as well as an insightful backgrounder on the internal workings and the accomplishments of the Organization, backed by selected, credible knowledge sources and research expertise. The first volume in the series, “75 Milestones in International Cooperation”, chronicles pivotal moments that shaped the history of the United Nations and our world over the past 75 years.
Achieving Our Common Humanity: Celebrating global cooperation through the United Nations
https://cdn.un.org/unyearbook/yun/un75/achieving_our_common_humanity.pdf
https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/page/theworldwewant
People from across the world have been sharing their hopes and dreams for the future as part of a photo exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The #TheWorldWeWant exhibition is a collection of 75 photos, curated from more than 50,000 images crowdsourced from over 130 countries.
#PledgetoPause
https://www.takecarebeforeyoushare.org/
In a video recording for the campaign, to be released on his Twitter and Instagram accounts and designed to be replicated by other leaders, influencers and concerned citizens, Mr. Guterres, who will begin his message with a five-second pause, says “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the wrong information can be deadly. Take the pledge to pause and help stop the spread of misinformation.”
The Pause campaign is part of Verified, an United Nations initiative launched in May 2020 to communicate accessible science-backed health information in compelling formats and share stories of global solidarity around COVID-19. Pause is the first global behaviour change campaign on misinformation to mobilize experts and researchers, governments, influencers, civil society, businesses, regulators and the media under a single message – #PledgetoPause.
The campaign, which is based on research that indicates that a brief pause significantly lessens the inclination to share shocking or emotive material thereby slowing the spread of misinformation, aims to increase media literacy to enable social media users to spot misinformation and stopping themselves from passing it on.
The Pause campaign aims to reach a global audience of 1 billion globally, online and through partnerships, by the end of December.
DGACM new website
English: https://www.un.org/dgacm/
French: https://www.un.org/dgacm/fr
French: https://www.un.org/dgacm/es
The Department for General Assembly and Conference Management has launched it new website. The new portal fully redefines DGACM’s online presence. Marked by an eclectic design, the new website offers a seamless user experience with many easy-to-use features. A revamped information architecture streamlines the most pertinent information about conference services and provides easy navigation across the site. Packed with useful information, the new site not only targets DGACM’s key stakeholders and clients, but it also caters to students of partner universities and potential recruits for language positions. Highlights include: – the full spectrum of conference services offered by DGACM, – a reconfigured language careers segment which incorporated the previous United Nations Language Careers portal, – portraits of language specialists and a series of staff profile videos, – a segment about multilingualism and the role of the UN Coordinator for Multilingualism, – links to resources produced by the department, such as the Journal of the United Nations, eSubscription and the Delegates Handbook.
UN DESA – redesigned website
https://www.un.org/en/desa
The UN Department on Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) launched its new redesigned website on October 15. The new website presents UN DESA’s work in three main pillars: intergovernmental support, analysis and capacity building at the departmental level. The new website will serve as a hub for DESA products such as Publications, Databases, Policy Briefs, Working-Papers, Webinars, Statements, Videos, Infographics, and the UN DESA Voice newsletter. It will also feature the latest news and information on upcoming events from around the Department.
https://archives.un.org/
The UN Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS) redesigned its website to improve access to the archive’s information, resources and services. The new website features: Search the Archives, Management of UN Records, Field Information Management, Exhibitions and Outreach, eLearning, Partnership and Collaboration
Trusteeship Council – Dag Hammarskjöld Library Digitization Update
https://library.un.org/content/digitization-update-trusteeship-council
The majority of Trusteeship Council documents are now accessible in full-text in the UN Digital Library.
World Food Conference 1974 – Dag Hammarskjöld Library Digitization Update
https://library.un.org/content/digitization-update-world-food-conference
In the early 1970s, as the world faced a severe food crisis, the UN General Assembly, pursuant to recommendations by the 17th Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization, decided to convene a World Food Conference in 1974. The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has now digitized the complete documentation of the Conference.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
https://bit.ly/3mhPMtk
This new Policy Brief from the High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) Inequalities Task Team – a collaborative effort of 22 UN entities to strengthen the UN system’s leadership, coordination and impact on reducing inequalities and supporting SDG 10 – describes how the COVID-19 crisis is widening disparities between people. It puts forward concrete recommendations for governments, as well as those UN Country Teams that support them, to seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to ‘build back better’.
Culture in Crisis: Policy guide for a resilient creative sector (UNESCO)
English, French & Spanish:
https://en.unesco.org/creativity/publications/culture-crisis-policy-guide-resilient-creative
Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together (WHO)
https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx
At the occasion of the World Health Summit 2020 and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, a new book has been launched that calls on world leaders and politicians to unite in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other threats to health and the global economy. It is the latest in a series of titles published by the Global Governance Project in collaboration with WHO. This year’s edition features another prestigious line-up of authors, including Amina J Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the UN, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Calling for coordinated action in response to COVID-19 and on other pressing health-related issues, the publication focuses on five key areas: 1. Inclusive economics, defined by a new social contract and the pursuit of progress for all, 2. The fundamental requirements for a healthy life and equitable health care, 3. Equitable investments and how to make universal health coverage a reality, 4. Health in the digital age and how technology can help reshape the human rights agenda, 5. The long-term outlook on global health.
Health system considerations: when influenza meets COVID-19, October 2020; Preparedness and response measures when COVID-19, influenza and acute respiratory infections coincide in the WHO European Region (WHO/Europe)
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336165/WHO-EURO-2020-1248-40998-55644-eng.pdf
At the time of writing, there has been a resurgence of cases in many countries, especially as restrictive public health and social measures (PHSM) were eased to help restart economic and societal activity. This upsurge in cases is a cause for concern and countries in the WHO European Region have started re-implementing restrictions. But as COVID-19 will continue into the autumn and winter, the impending threat of seasonal influenza, influenza-like infections (ILIs) and pneumonia in the northern hemisphere will further challenge already overstretched health systems, raising new issues in managing the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and resulting COVID-19. These challenges are expected to continue until effective vaccines and antiviral treatments become available.
How long will it take for LDCs and SIDS to recover from the impacts of COVID-19? (DESA Working Paper No. 170)
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/wp170_2020.pdf
The COVID-19 pandemic is entailing huge costs worldwide. To help developing countries formulate policy responses to minimize negative impacts of the COVID-19, possible size and duration of the shocks on most vulnerable countries, i.e., least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and their resilience to overcome the shocks need to be assessed. This paper quantitatively examines possible paths of LDCs and SIDS recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, using an autoregressive model of income growth and a panel regression model of external demand for LDCs and SIDS. Evidence from the experience of the 2007-08 global financial crisis suggests that the income growth of LDCs and SIDS had not recovered to the level of pre-crisis rates even 5 years after the crisis. This suggests a slower recovery for many LDCs and SIDS, while developed economies were able to achieve a quick recovery. The magnitude of current COVID-19 crisis relative to previous shocks is unknown, and so the regression analysis suggested that, if income in advanced economies fell by 6 per cent in 2020 and bounced back in 2021, growth of per capita income in LDCs and SIDS may need about 4 to 5 years to be able to return to the projected path under the baseline scenario without the COVID-19 crisis. The actual speed and duration of recovery in LDCs and SIDS are likely to be slower and longer, considering other factors, such as additional impacts from shocks related to commodity prices and climate change.
https://www.iom.int/issuebriefs
The following news briefs issued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are available:
- COVID-19 Impact on Stranded Migrants
- Countering Xenophobia and Stigma
- COVID-19 Emerging Immigration, Consular and Visa Needs and Recommendations – Brief 3
IPBES Workshop on Biodiversity and Pandemics – Workshop Report
Report & Executive Summary: https://ipbes.net/pandemics
Setup and management of COVID-19 hotlines (2020) (WHO/Europe)
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336027/WHO-EURO-2020-1206-40956-55530-eng.pdf
What have we learnt? Overview of findings from a survey of ministries of education on national responses to COVID-19
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000374702
Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
2020 State of Climate Services: Move from Early Warnings to Early Action (WMO)
https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=10385
Beijing+25: generation equality begins with adolescent girls’ education
English & French: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000374579
Building a Greener Recovery: Lessons from the great recession (UNEP)
https://greengrowthknowledge.org/guidance/building-greener-recovery-lessons-great-recession
“The world today finds itself in the worst financial and economic crisis in generations. The crisis has triggered an unprecedented policy response: interest rates have been dramatically reduced, in some cases down to almost zero, and hundreds of billions of dollars in liquidity support and fresh capital have been provided to banking systems around the world.” Sound familiar? This is what economist Ed Barbier said in 2008-09 with the world reeling from the effects of the financial crisis. At the time, experts urged countries to put environmental sustainability at the core of their recovery packages, a message that received a lukewarm response. Now, more than a decade later, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says the world has a second – and possibly last – chance to tackle climate change and other environmental threats. Authored by Barbier, a professor at America’s Colorado State University, it draws on lessons from the Great Recession and calls on governments to develop concrete strategies to combat environmental decline as they rebuild their economies from COVID-19. The paper is the first in a series of UNEP reports designed to help countries build back more sustainably from the pandemic. The paper finds that in the wake of the financial crisis, some countries made investments in energy efficiency and clean energy projects. Those efforts created jobs and expanded the use of renewable energy for several years but provided little long-term support for de-carbonizing the world economy. This time, the paper calls on governments to commit to a five- to 10-year strategy of public investment and legislative reforms, including implementing levies that would make it more expensive to pollute. It says that will help spur a transformation towards a green economic order and foster a sustained financial recovery.
Climate Action Superheroes
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-action-superheroes/
A new component of the ActNow campaign aims to educate and engage children on climate action from an early age. Eight Climate Action Super Heroes will challenge kids to learn more and act when it comes to recycling, saving energy, countering misinformation, conserving water, and more! Dedicated challenges linked to each of the Superheroes, to complete at home or at school, allow children to earn a certificate of completion and share it with their friends.
see also: English – https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/11/1077042
French – https://news.un.org/fr/story/2020/11/1081762
The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP)
http://wfp.sixeleven.it/wfp-plate-of-food-2020/dist/en/
Europe 4.0: Addressing Europe’s Digital Dilemma (World Bank)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34746
FAO at 75 – Grow, nourish, sustain
English, French & Spanish pdf versions: http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb1182en
Device-friendly format: http://www.fao.org/3/cb1182en/online/cb1182en.html
Financing Circularity: Demystifying Finance for the Circular Economy (UNEP)
https://bit.ly/3270jA3
Financiers can and must make the shift to circularity, ensuring the consumption and production patterns of the businesses they invest in make more efficient use of resources and minimize waste, pollution and carbon emissions, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Launched on 13 October 2020 at UNEP FI’s Global Roundtable 2020 outlines how financial institutions can help redesign global economies by changing the way we consume and produce.
English: https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit
French: https://www.un.org/fr/food-systems-summit
Spanish: https://www.un.org/es/food-systems-summit
In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit will launch bold new actions to deliver progress on all 17 SDGs, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems.
Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty: An Update (UNICEF / World Bank)
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-estimate-children-monetary-poverty-update
An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group-UNICEF analysis released on 20 October 2020. It notes that sub-Saharan Africa – with limited social safety nets – accounts for two-thirds of children living in households that struggle to survive on an average of $1.90 a day or less per person – the international measure for extreme poverty. South Asia accounts for nearly a fifth of these children. The analysis shows that the number of children living in extreme poverty decreased moderately by 29 million between 2013 and 2017. However, UNICEF and the World Bank Group warn that any progress made in recent years is concerningly slow-paced, unequally distributed, and at risk due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Guide to Circular Cities (ITU)
https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/Publications/2020/06/25/16/22/Guide-to-Circular-Cities
The Guide provides a ‘circular city implementation framework’ for cities to define the best course of action to improve circularity. It outlines a four-step methodology for cities to assess opportunities for circularity, prioritize the opportunities capable of delivering the most value, catalyze associated circular actions, and evaluate the impacts of these actions. The Guide begins by mapping all of the ‘assets and products’ found in a city to provide a high-level categorization of opportunities for circularity. It proceeds by highlighting the ‘circular actions’ that cities could apply to these assets and products, actions including sharing, recycling, refurbishing, re-using, replacing, and digitizing. It highlights the ‘outputs’ resulting from circular actions, outputs such as more energy-efficient buildings, a longer lifespan for water resources, or more inclusive uses of public spaces. The Guide also highlights the wide range of ‘enablers’ that cities can apply to catalyze these actions.
Handbook on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Spatial Planning (UNECE)
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/main/wp5/publications/1922152E_WEB_light.pdf
Human Mobility, Shared Opportunities: A Review of the 2009 Human Development Report and the Way Ahead (UNDP)
Report in English, Executive Summary in English, French & Spanish: https://www.undp.org/content//human-mobility/en/home.html
State of the Climate in Africa 2019 (WMO)
https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=21778
State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (UNEP)
Report in English, Summary for decision makers in English & French:
https://planbleu.org/soed/
The Sustainable Development Goals Trade Monitor (WTO / UNCTAD / ITC)
https://sdgtrade.org/
https://www.urbanagendaplatform.org/
The New Urban Agenda Platform is the knowledge portal for gathering voluntary reports, best practices, and data – both quantitative and qualitative, for reviewing the progress made in implementing the New Urban Agenda to achieve the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. This platform is for national governments, subnational governments, local authorities, civil societies, UN entities, private sector, regional organizations and all other key stakeholders to voluntarily share their contributions to the implementation of the global agenda from the global, regional, national and local level. A one-stop shop for both reporting and learning, the platform supports knowledge exchange, builds interaction and supports capacity development to establish communities of practice for sustainable urbanization development.
Used Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Light-Duty Vehicles – Flow, Scale and Regulation (UNEP)
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/global-trade-used-vehicles-report
Women Running for Elected Office in Iraq: Needs and Challenges
Women’s participation in political processes in Iraq is hampered by many obstacles, despite Iraqi women’s determination to engage in the public sphere. In 2020, Iraq ranked 70th worldwide in terms of women holding seats in parliament. These findings are highlighted in a new report issued on 1 November 2020 by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Iraq Foundation, which documents the challenges faced by women running for elected public office and the factors influencing voter choices regarding women candidates. The report also proposes a set of recommendations to overcome these challenges.
https://wbwaterdata.org/
With support from the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP), the World Bank has just launched the World Bank Water Data Portal. For the first time ever, a curated list of water data from the World Bank and other sources and institutions is now available in one place.
The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics (UN DESA)
https://worlds-women-2020-data-undesa.hub.arcgis.com/
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a new UN report launched on 20 October 2020. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economic potential as the COVID-19 pandemic additionally affects women’s jobs and livelihoods, the report warns. The report compiles 100 data stories that provide a snapshot of the state of gender equality worldwide. Presented on an interactive portal, the report analyses gender equality in six critical areas: population and families; health; education; economic empowerment and asset ownership; power and decision-making; and violence against women and the girl child as well as the impact of COVID-19.
International Peace and Security
2020 UNESCO Director-General’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity
https://en.unesco.org/themes/safety-journalists/dgreport
New statistics published by UNESCO ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, 2 November, show a 14% decline in the killing of journalists in 2018-2019 compared with the previous two-year period. The new data are set out in the UNESCO Director-General’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity, and also show that the level of impunity for crimes against journalists is still extremely high with almost nine in ten cases remaining unpunished. According to the report, in 2018-2019, UNESCO recorded a total of 156 killings of journalists worldwide. Fifty-seven of them occurred in 2019, the lowest annual total in ten years. The figures show that while journalist killings in countries experiencing armed conflict have declined significantly, this has not been the case in countries free of armed conflict. These countries registered the highest number of journalist killings in several years. This suggests a worrying trend whereby most journalists are now killed outside of armed conflict zones for covering corruption, human rights violations, environmental crimes, trafficking, and political wrongdoing. The report also notes that journalism remains a dangerous profession whose practitioners face many types of threats, violence and harassment. Female journalists are particularly targeted by offline and online gender-based attacks that range from harassment, trolling and doxxing to physical and sexual assault.
Concept note for the Security Council open debate on “Maintenance of international peace and security: comprehensive review of the situation in the Persian Gulf”
English, French & Spanish: https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/1013
The Security Council held an open videoconference (debate) entitled “Maintenance of international peace and security: comprehensive review of the situation in the Persian Gulf” on 20 October 2020. The Russian Federation, Security Council President for October has prepared this concept note.
Concept note for the Security Council open debate on “Women and peace and security: twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) – focusing on better implementation”
English, French & Spanish: https://undocs.org/en/S/2020/1014
The Security Council held an open debate (videoconference) entitled “Women and peace and security: twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) – focusing on better implementation” on 29 October 2020. The Russian Federation, Security Council President for October has prepared this concept note.
Concept note for the Security Council open debate on “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace: contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity”
English, French & Spanish: https://undocs.org/S/2020/1064
The Security Council held a virtual open debate under the agenda item “peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Security Council President for November, has prepared this concept note.
In Focus: Women, Peace, Power (UN Women)
English: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-peace-security
French: https://www.unwomen.org/fr/news/in-focus/women-peace-security
Spanish: https://www.unwomen.org/es/news/in-focus/women-peace-security
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Human Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/WebStories/Going_Further_Together_advance_unedited_version.pdf
This new study released on 12 October 2020 is highlighting the critical contribution of human rights to these operations. Issued at a virtual launch event on 12 October, it details just how key human rights components are to the implementation of mandates of UN missions operating in different and constantly evolving contexts, from start-up to drawdown and transition.
Maximizing the use of the Universal Periodic Review at country level: Practical Guidance
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/UPR/UPR_Practical_Guidance.pdf
Created in cooperation with EOSG, UNDP, DPPA, DPO, OCHA, and other UN partners, this publication enables the UN system to fully use the Universal Periodic Review mechanism at the country level and implement human rights on the ground. The Universal Periodic Review is a unique check-up of the human rights records of 193 Member States, which takes place every four and a half years. Created in 2006, the Universal Periodic Review is a State-driven mechanism of the Human Rights Council, conducted for 3.5 hours each for every member of the UN during the Universal Periodic Review Working Group session in Geneva, which is informed by inputs from civil society, national human rights institutions, Parliaments, regional mechanisms and UN entities.
United Nations Guidance Note: Protection and Promotion of Civic Space (September 2020)
Guidance Note: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/CivicSpace/UN_Guidance_Note.pdf
Executive Summary: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/CivicSpace/UN_Guidance_Note_Executive_Summary.pdf
In September 2020, under the leadership of the Secretary-General, the United Nations adopted a Guidance Note on Protecting and Promoting Civic Space. The Guidance Note recognizes civic space as a threshold issue to successful implementation of all three pillars of the United Nations and, building on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human Rights, commits the United Nations system to take concrete steps in protecting and promoting civic space at the global and country levels.
Humanitarian Affairs
Africa Migration Report: Challenging the Narrative (IOM / AUC)
https://publications.iom.int/books/africa-migration-report-challenging-narrative
The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019 (UNDRR)
https://www.undrr.org/media/48008/download
Nuclear, Chemical and Conventional Weapons Disarmament
Aide-Memoire: Options for reflecting weapons and ammunition management in decisions of the Security Council, Second Edition (UNODA)
https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/aide-memoire-2ed-1.pdf
Final Report of the UNODA Project to Identify Lessons Learned from the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism
https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/jimll-rpt-web.pdf
When the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) was established by Security Council resolution 2235 in August 2015, it was given the mandate to identify, to the greatest extent feasible, the perpetrators of the use of chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic. The JIM’s mandate for attribution of responsibility was a unique undertaking in the context of past efforts by both the United Nations and the OPCW to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons. Accordingly, after the expiration of the JIM’s mandate in 2017, there was interest in conducting a lessons-learned exercise to distill the lessons from the experience of the JIM, as is frequent practice within the United Nations after the conclusions of missions and programmes. UNODA was fortunate to receive support for a lessons-learned project from the Governments of Canada and Switzerland, whose generous financial contributions made the project possible. UNODA is pleased to share the final report of the JIM lessons-learned project. The project provided an opportunity to reflect on the recommendations that could benefit future such investigations and help to enhance common understanding of what can be done to establish an effective and credible mechanism to identify those responsible for the use of chemical weapons. While any future such mechanism would need – and should be enabled to the fullest extent – to make its own decisions on the topics addressed in this report based on the requirements of its mandate and individual case information, UNODA hopes that the lessons and recommendations presented in this report could serve as helpful guidance. UNODA also hopes that these recommendations could serve to help the international community confront the challenges to international peace and security posed by the use of chemical weapons and to restore respect for the global norm against chemical weapons use.
Drug Control, Crime Prevention and Counter-terrorism
UNODC’s Data portal now also available as country profile
https://dataunodc.un.org/
UNODC’ data portal, dataUNODC has just introduced a new feature which allows users to find all its data on drugs and crime grouped under a country’s profile. The Country Profile pages have been developed by the UNODC Research team, as there was a great demand for it. Users can now access country specific data on drug use and treatment, violent crime, homicide, prisons, trafficking in person or criminal justice. New features on the website also allow users to put some of the data, such as the data on drug demand, in relation to global estimations. This way figures from a specific country can be compared with the global situation.
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