DESA
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs ofthe United Nations Secretariat is a vital interfacebetween global policies in the economic, social andenvironmental spheres and national action.The Department works in three main interlinkedareas: it compiles, generates and analyses a widerange of economic, social and environmental dataand information on which States Members of theUnited Nations draw to review common problemsand to take stock of policy options; it facilitates thenegotiations of Member States in many intergovern-mental bodies on joint courses of action to addressongoing or emerging global challenges; and itadvises interested Governments on the ways andmeans of translating policy frameworks developed inUnited Nations conferences and summits into pro-grammes at the country level and, through technicalassistance, helps build national capacities.United Nations publicationSales No. E.07.IV.1ISBN 10: 92-1-130257-9ISBN 13: 978-92-1-130257-8Copyright © United Nations, 2007All rights reserved
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The designations employed and the pres-entation of material in this publication donot imply the expression of any opinionwhatsoever on the part of the Secretariat ofthe United Nations concerning the legalstatus of any country, territory, city or areaor of its authorities, or concerning thedelimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.The assignment of countries or areas tospecific groupings is for analytical conven-ience and does not imply any assumptionregarding political or other affiliation ofcountries or territories by the UnitedNations. The designations “developed”and “developing” are intended for statisti-cal and analytical convenience and do notnecessarily express a judgment about thestage reached by a particular country orarea in the development process.
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