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Celebrating the
60th Anniversary of the
United Nations Statistical Commission
Since 1947, the Statistical Commission has been active in building the Global Statistical System... more
ECOSOC unanimously adopts the resolution on strengthening statistical capacity !
Bringing together for the first time at the global level the Chief Information Officers (CIO) of national statistical offices...more

Country Profiles of Statistical Systems

The United Nations Statistics Division, in its mission to promote the development of national statistical systems, has developed a central repository of Country Profiles of Statistical Systems Database. The profiles include, among others, a brief history of the country’s national statistical system, legal basis, the statistical programme and much more...
 
Presents an internationally comparable series of commercial energy statistics summarizing world energy trends and annual data for 215 countries and areas. more...
   This handy pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 208 countries and areas more..

SITC, Revision 4 is now available!

The fourth revision of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC, Rev.4) has been produced in view of the accumulated changes in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). more..

Regional Workshop on Use of Administrative Data in Economic Statistics
Moscow, Russian Federation, 30 October – 1 November 2006

A regional workshop jointly organized by the United Nations Statistics Division, Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation for CIS countries on the use of administrative data in economic statistics. more..

17th United Nations Regional Carthographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (UNRCC-AP)
Bangkok, Thailand, 18-22 September, 2006

A regional forum where heads of mapping agencies and land surveys and experts from Asia and the Pacific and other regions, meet to address the common needs, problems and experiences in the field of surveying and mapping, cartography, and geographical information systems. more..

Expert Group Meeting on Energy and Environment Statistics
 Abuja, Nigeria, 7-9 August, 2006

UNSD, in collaboration with ECOWAS, executed a project entitled “Strengthening Statistical Capacity-building in Support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meeting will discuss and finalize strategic frameworks for strengthening capacity in the development and institutionalization of energy and environment statistics in the ECOWAS region more..

Asean Meeting on 2010 Population annd Housing Census
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 31 July - 2 August 2006

The purpose of the meeting is to introduce the revised United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses and also address ways of instituting and fostering regional cooperation in ASEAN countries in conducting population and housing censuses more..

Workshop on Tourism Statistics
Madrid, Spain, 17-20 July 2006

The joint UNSD/UNWTO workshop would focus on the following: (i) to review current country practices in compilation of the basic variables of tourism statistics and their relevance to current user needs; (ii) to review the existing 1993 Recommendations in the context the amendments incorporated in Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework more..

  • Opening Statement by Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations     Statistics Division