In 2009, the United Nations and the international community continued to work towards protecting the environment through legally binding instruments and the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...

In 2009, the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN system on international trade, finance and transport dealt mainly with the global economic and financial crisis that began the ...

In 2009, the United Nations, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), continued to mobilize and coordinate humanitarian assistance. During the year, consolidated inter-agency and flash appeals ...

In 2009, the UN system continued to provide development assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)— the central UN body for technical ...

Efforts to promote human rights were boosted in 2009 by several developments. The Human Rights Council examined the human rights record of 48 Member States through the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, designed to assess ...

The five UN regional commissions continued in 2009 to provide technical cooperation, including advisory services, to their member States, promote programmes and projects, and provide training to enhance national ...

During 2009, the United Nations continued to advance the cause of lasting peace, human rights, good governance and the rule of law in the Americas. In Guatemala, the International Commission against Impunity continued to ...

In 2009, the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) took place against the backdrop of financial turmoil and economic downturn. The ...

The conservation, development and use of energy and natural resources continued to be the focus of several UN bodies in 2009, including the Commission on Sustainable Development. The Commission continued to focus on the ...