The present report, based on information provided by member states' governments and by NGOs, gives an overview of the recognition of sign languages in 26 European states. It also summarises policies and programmes which have been developed by member states to ensure sign language users access to their political, social and cultural rights.

For four years from 1990, the author made a series of trips through Catholic Europe. This book is the result of the trips. It shows the complications and contradictions of the Catholic Church, and tries to unravel how they in turn influence a country's sense of nationalism. It tests both faith and the written word.

In resolution A/RES/60/5, the United Nations General Assembly encouraged Member States to adhere to the UN Conventions on Road Signs and Signals and on Road Traffic in order to ensure a high level of road safety in their countries, and also encouraged them to strive to reduce road traffic injuries and mortality in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This publication contains consolidated versions of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, the European Agreement supplementing the Convention, and its additional protocol, incorporating all the amendments that have been prepared and adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Road Traffic Safety in order to make their safety provisions more stringent.