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The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) was adopted at the Fourth Ministerial; Conference "Environment for Europe" in Aarhus, Denmark, on 25 June 1998, Thirty-nine countries and the European Community have since signed it. The Aarhus is a new kind of environmental agreement. It links environmental rights with human rights. The Convention focuses on the interactions between the public and public authorities in a democratic context and it is creating a new process for public participation in the negotiation and implementation of international agreements. This guide provides both a general overview and a detailed article-by-article analysis of the Convention. The guide also analyses each provision of the Convention to clarify both the fixed obligations, the obligations that allow for some flexibility, and the options for implementation in each case.

Fully indexed, the 1995 edition of the Yearbook is the single most current, comprehensive and authoritative reference publication about the work of the United Nations, other international organizations and related bodies. The book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officials and scholars but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and students. The year 1995 was a remarkably eventful one for the United Nations and in the conduct of international relations. This volume of the Yearbook details the activities of the United Nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a new form of multilateral cooperation for a better world. It records the diverse and globe-encompassing activities of the United Nations and its enduring efforts to deal with the world's pressing concerns, particularly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, the settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the ageing and humanitarian assistance for refugees as well as disaster relief.