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UNESCO was also urged to increase action with respect to the introduction and use of ICTs at all levels of education, especially through the development of national distance education courses and access to other online content to be made available in Arabic, multilingual content development, and enhancing lifelong learning opportunities through access to diversified delivery systems.

[...] [...] to build and sustain the Organization’s leadership and managerial capacity; improve the human and financial resources management expertise of programme managers and staff with administrative responsibilities; upgrade the information technology skills of Secretariat staff; build and strengthen linguistic capabilities; and support career development and upgrade substantive skills.

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

Some countries have or made considerable efforts to implement simple and transparent rules of origin for least developed country products, but other serious obstacles to trade remain, including non-tariff barriers that are inconsistent with World Trade Organization rules and obligations and supply-side constraints, in particular lack of infrastructure and modern technologies and energy deficiency.

At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly took note of the appointment by the Secretary-General of a new Coordinator for Multilingualism; requested the Secretary-General to ensure equal treatment for all language services and effective multilingual communication among representatives of Member States, including through simultaneous distribution of documents in all official languages; requested the Department of Public Information to improve actions taken to achieve parity among the six official languages on the United Nations [...] [...]

The Chairman( spoke in French ): If there are no comments, I shall take it that the Commission wishes to adopt the report of Working Group I, on item 4, as contained in document [...]

[...] [...] ethnicity, religion or language, or because they belong to an indigenous group, are migrants, are stateless, are refugees, live in underdeveloped, [...] [...]

[...] [...] acknowledge that the phrase “inasmuch as they are governed by other rules of international law” created a penumbra of possibilities, reflecting the practical interplay of norms between different legal regimes, which the more determinative “inasmuch as they are in conformity with international law” seemed to avoid.

[...] [...] aiming at the inclusion of students for whom Portuguese is not the mother tongue (Documento Orientador do Programa para a integracão dos [...] [...]

A description of current status only partially reflected that development, as it was generally portrayed as a collection of separate entities with ill-defined responsibilities.

[...] [...] their members entities other than States as well as States; the term “intergovernmental organization” might be thought [...] [...]

[...] [...] 10 (Cooperation with Certain Countries in Europe and Asia), Program 11 (The WIPO Academy), Program 19 (Communications), Program 20 (External Offices and Relations), Program 27 (Conference and Language Services) and Program 30 (SMEs and Innovation).

The delegation of Nepal requested that the secretariat help least developed and landlocked countries to conduct analyses on key export and import products; introduce single windows and paperless trade and the promotion of public-private sector dialogue on the implementation of trade and transit facilitation measures; provide a platform to discuss issues of common concern, paying particular attention to least developed and landlocked countries; promote value chains for agricultural and forestry products, including under initiatives such as “one village one product” programmes; [...] [...]

Some delegates expressed their wish that the priority given to Africa and gender equality will not result in loss for other [...] [...]

[...] [...] transport facilitation; (c) promoting regional economic integration, regional cooperation for food and energy security, and [...] [...]

President Colom Caballeros( spoke in Spanish): For us, the Millennium Declaration of 2000 and its subsequent codification into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations in terms of moving towards the great objective of promoting the economic and social progress of all peoples.

[...] [...] pointed out by some members that the phrase was imprecise, suggestive of preambular language than clear legal text for the operative part.

In expected accomplishment (d), after the words “developing countries”, add the words “, middle-income countries and countries with economies in transition”.

[...] [...] nuclear-weapon States against those that have pledged not to develop such technology; and lastly, the concept [...] [...]

[...] [...] implementation of bold initiatives to resolve the current debt problems of developing countries, including debt cancellation, particularly for Africa and LDCs.

(b) The unique situation with the service technicians (i.e. expatriate contract workers with fixed contracts, little knowledge of English and Arabic), and a high turn over rate necessitating stronger commitment from the large service companies with regards to training, which could encourage the Government to impose a certification and training scheme for technicians

Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Argentina (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), the Marshall Islands (on behalf of the small island developing States), Nepal (on behalf of the least developed countries), Nauru (on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States), the United States of America, Switzerland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Indonesia (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations).

Ms. Grey (Australia): Mr. President, as this is the first time I have taken the floor this year, let me congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Conference and assure you of the full support and cooperation of my delegation.

[...] [...] children of foreign origin and not of German mother tongue.