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S o c i al A f f a i r sE c o n o m i c &United NationsIndicators ofSustainable Development: Guidelines and MethodologiesOctober 2007 Third EditionPublished by the United NationsISBN 978-92-1-104577-2 Sales No: December 2007 2,300 Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies Third EditionUnited NationsNew York, 2007 DESAThe Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The Department works in three main interlinked areas: (i) it compiles, generates and analyses a wide range of economic, social and environmental data and information on which States Members of the United Nations draw to review common problems and to take stock of policy options; (ii) it facilitates the negotiations of Member States in many intergovernmental bodies on joint course of action to address ongoing or emerging global challenges; and (iii) it advises interest

on indicators of sustainable development approved by the Commission on Sustainable Development in 1995. These earlier sets were published in 1996 and 2001. We hope that countries will find the publication useful whenever they are reviewing their existing indicators or developing new indicators to measure

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