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251. UNEP United Nations Environment Programme:
International Conventions - Law - Legislation - Environmental law (International Contracts)
 The process of developing environmental norms, standards and procedures among Governments rests at the core of UNEP's catalytic role.Thés role of UNEP for the promotion and progressive development of international environmental law has been identified as one of its major functions..
http://www.unep.org/
 
252. UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization:
Biosphere - International Organizations (Biosphere)
 UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, was established on 16th of November 1945. It has its headquarters in Paris, France and 73 field offices and units in different parts of the world.The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.
http://www.unesco.org/
 
253. UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women:
Political Ecology - Movements - Women - Ecofeminism
 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) promotes women's empowerment and gender equality. It works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice, and acts as a catalyst within the UN system, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to all critical issues on the national, regional and global agenda. UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System. Playing a strong advocacy role, the Fund concentrates on fostering a multilateral policy dialogue on women's empowerment.
http://www.unifem.undp.org/
 
254. Unification of Archaeological sites of Athens Program of the Ministry of the environment, regional planning and public works and the Ministry of culture:
Development - Sustainability - Large Scale Works
 One of the most ambitious and important projects ever to be realized for the capital of Greece. The "Unification of Archaeological sites of Athens S.A." aims at the rehabilitation of the historic, cultural and architectural identity of the city.
http://www.astynet.gr/
 
255. Union of Concerned Scientists:
Science - Knowledge - Rationalism - Biotechnology
 UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of 50,000 concerned citizens and scientists across the country. We augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world
http://www.ucsusa.org/index.html
 
256. United Nations Capital Development Fund:
Development - Sustainability - Decentralization
 Established in 1966 as a special purpose fund primarily for small-scale investment in the poorest countries, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has come in recent years through intense, necessary and far-reaching changes. Today, UNCDF works to help eradicate poverty through local development programmes and microfinance operations. Through its focus on two areas of concentration, UNCDF has strengthened its identity and competence. That was the principal conclusion of the 1999 external evaluation of the Fund, subsequently endorsed by its Executive Board in September 1999.
http://www.uncdf.org/
 
257. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat):
Anthropogenic Environment - Human Settlements
 UNCHS (Habitat) was established in October 1978 as the lead agency within the United Nations system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements. The mission of UNCHS (Habitat) is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all.
http://www.unchs.org/
 
258. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
Development - Sustainability - Trade
 Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment and development issues.
http://www.unctad.org/
 
259. United Nations Organization:
Biosphere - International Organizations (Biosphere)
 The United Nations is central to global efforts to solve problems which challenge humanity. Cooperating in this effort are more than 30 affiliated organizations, known together as the UN system. Day in and day out, the UN and its family of organizations work to promote respect for human rights, protect the environment, fight disease, foster development and reduce poverty. UN agencies define the standards for safe and efficient transport by air and sea, help improve telecommunications and enhance consumer protection, work to ensure respect for intellectual property rights and coordinate allocation of radio frequencies. The United Nations leads the international campaigns against drug trafficking and terrorism. Throughout the world, the UN and its agencies assist refugees and set up programmes to clear landmines, help improve the quality of drinking water and expand food production, make loans to developing countries and help stabilize financial markets.
http://www.un.org/
 
260. United Nations Secreteriat of the Convention to Combat Desertification:
Biosphere - Decertification (Biosphere)
 This is the second generation of the UNCCD website launched in June 2000. It was designed to facilitate the access to the official documents maintained or received by the secretariat (COP-documents, Reports and Action Programmes) for the participants of the COP-process as well as to establish a general source of information on the topic of desertification for the interested public. This page provides technical instructions about the usage of the CCD website and details how to achieve an optimal browsing experience.
http://www.unccd.int/main.php
 
261. United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV):
Political Ecology - Movements - Volunteerism
 The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) is the UN programme that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers. It is administered by UNDP and operates amidst growing recognition that volunteerism makes important contributions, economically and socially, to more cohesive societies by building trust and reciprocity among citizens. Every year some 5,000 UN Volunteers from more than 150 different nationalities actively support the programmes of the United Nations itself and almost all UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies.
http://www.unv.org/
 
262. University of Minnesota / Environmental Health & Safety (Improving the quality of our work and study environment):
Pollution - Wastes - Hospital wastes
 This is the web page of the Environmental Health & Safety Department of the University of Minnesota. The “Program Areas” section provides a lot of information about biohazard wastes, hazardous wastes, radiation, indoor air quality, working environment, food and other topics.
http://www.dehs.umn.edu/
 
263. Vegetarian Pages:
Quality of Life - Vegetarianism
 The Vegetarian Pages is intended to be an independent, definitive Internet guide for vegetarians, vegans and others. The Vegetarian Pages hosts many valuable resources too!
http://old.veg.org/
 
264. Watershed - Why Mineral Water is the Best Drinking Water:
Natural Environment - Mineral waters - natural springs - healing waters
 Watershed - Why Mineral Water is the Best Drinking Water web site is not intended as medical advice. Rather they are meant to demonstrate that aging can be slowed and even reversed and that Great Health achieved when the most fundamental nutritional needs of the human body are met.
http://watershed.net/mineral.htm
 
265. Who Center for Urban Health - Healthy Cities Project:
Anthropogenic Environment - Healthy cities
 The WHO Healthy Cities project is a long-term international development project that aims to place health high on the agenda of decision-makers in the cities of Europe and to promote comprehensive local strategies for health and sustainable development based on the principles and objectives of the strategy for health for all for the twenty-first century and local Agenda 21. Ultimately, the Healthy Cities project seeks to enhance the physical, mental, social and environmental wellbeing of the people who live and work in cities.
http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/
 
266. Women, health & environment:
Political Ecology - Movements - Women - Ecofeminism
 This Anthology is part of a teaching package aimed at enhancing information in the area of women, health and environment, and encouraging teaching and research around the issues it contains. It cannot provide answers to the many difficult questions raised, although we hope that teachers, students, or other users may be inspired to undertake or promote further research on these or similar issues, thus bridging the gaps in existing knowledge in the interrelated areas of women, health and environment.
http://www.who.int/m/topics/women_health_environment/en/index.html
 
267. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME:
Biosphere - Hunger
 Set-up in 1963, WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In 2000, WFP fed 83 million people in 83 countries, including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people.
http://www.wfp.org/
 
268. World Health Organization:
Quality of Life - Health
 Founded in 1948, the World Health Organization leads the world alliance for Health for All. A specialized agency of the United Nations with 191 Member States, WHO promotes technical cooperation for health among nations, carries out programmes to control and eradicate disease and strives to improve the quality of human life.
http://www.who.int/home-page/
 
269. World Health Organization - Protection of the Human Environment:
Pollution - Wastes - Hazardous substances
 This site presents WHO's work to assist its Member States and their populations in achieving a sustainable basis for health for all by ensuring an environment that promotes health, and by making individuals and organizations aware of their responsibility for health and its environmental basis.
http://www.who.int/peh/
 
270. World Health Organization - Protection of the Human Environment - Climate and Health section:
Biosphere - Climate
 This site presents WHO's work to assist its Member States and their populations in achieving a sustainable basis for health for all by ensuring an environment that promotes health, and by making individuals and organizations aware of their responsibility for health and its environmental basis. This section contains information about climate and health.
http://www.who.int/peh/climate/climate_and_health.htm
 
271. World Health Organization - Protection of the Human Environment - Health care waste management Health care waste management section:
Pollution - Wastes - Hospital wastes
 This site presents WHO's work to assist its Member States and their populations in achieving a sustainable basis for health for all by ensuring an environment that promotes health, and by making individuals and organizations aware of their responsibility for health and its environmental basis. This section contains information about health care waste management.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/Environmental_sanit/health_care_waste.htm
 
272. World Health Organization - Protection of the Human Environment- Water and Sanitation Water Sanitation section:
Natural Environment - Water resources management
 This site presents WHO's work to assist its Member States and their populations in achieving a sustainable basis for health for all by ensuring an environment that promotes health, and by making individuals and organizations aware of their responsibility for health and its environmental basis. This section contains information about Water and sanitation
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/index.html
 
273. World Meteorological Organization:
Biosphere - Climate
 From weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, the World Meteorological Organization coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment. Within the United Nations, the Geneva-based 185-Member Organization provides the authoritative scientific voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere and climate
http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
 
274. World Nuclear Association:
Energy - Nuclear energy
 The World Nuclear Association is the global non-governmental trade organisation concerned with nuclear power generation and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, plant manufacture, transport and the safe disposition of spent fuel.The WNA serves its Members by facilitating their interaction on matters of commerce, technology and policy, and by promoting wider public understanding of nuclear technology.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/
 
275. World Resources Institute - Education Center:
Environmental Education - Centers for environmental information
 World Resources Institute provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment for current and future generations. Our program meets global challenges by using knowledge to catalyze public and private action.
http://www.wri.org/wri/enved/index.html
 

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