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[...] [...] problems, including de-stigmatization of such problems, and adapting and disseminating the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Guidelines on Mental Health [...] [...]

The five factors with the most potential to cause slippage in projected estimates for completion of judgements on appeal are the delays associated with or caused by: (a) the nature of multi-appellant cases; (b) the inordinate amount of pre-appeal motions; (c) the inordinate length of time for translation of trial judgements into Bosnian/Croatian/ Serbian, as well as for translation of written submissions into one of the Tribunal’s working languages and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, especially in cases of selfrepresented appellants; (d) amendments to grounds of appeal, especially following translation of the trial judgement (mainly for represented appellants); and (e) understaffing and/or lack of experience in appeals support.

[...] [...] identify and resolve issues of terminology and translation [...] [...]

However, now that the relevance of the mainstream news media is being challenged by the rising popularity of alternative sources, news distribution platforms are rapidly multiplying and diversifying and social media tools are revolutionizing the way in which people access and share information, the Committee wonders whether the time has come for the Department of Public Information to assess how it can enhance the responsiveness of its public information activities to the Organization’s needs, how it can bring greater creativity and innovation to its work, and how it can continue to promote the work of the United Nations in a way that is more relevant to the daily lives of individuals all around the world.

[...] complexity of the issues that would require [...] [...]

The inordinate length of translation times, especially in cases of selfrepresented appellants, calls for greater [...] [...]

The level of resource requirements would provide for consultations with regional and international organizations in the development of a new questionnaire, as well as 10 work-months of temporary assistance at the P-3 level to update the data collection system and to process and disseminate the additional information, and the editing and translation of new questions to be attached to the existing questionnaire.

With regard to the incremental costs of the conversion of the foam manufacturing enterprises, the following issues were addressed: the higher unitary costs proposed for several equipment items, such as storage tanks, dispenser retrofit, and safety-related equipment, [...] [...]

Fiscal retrenchment was not the solution to the world’s current problems, he said; instead, [...] [...]

It is our hope that the groundbreaking visit will herald a new chapter in relations between the Transitional Federal Government and the regional administrations and set a positive tone for national reconciliation and improved outreach [...] [...]

[...] [...] from one store, in which case it probably wouldn't hurt to ask for a small discount.

[...] [...] verdicts of lower courts where serious claims of fair trial violations were raised.

[...] the number of visitors doubled, to 42,700 from over 45 countries; and page downloads increased by 50 per cent in one year to 111,000.

[...] [...] procedure does not comply with the requirements of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons for the following: the simple marking [...] [...]

[...] noted that the issue of the translation of treaty body documentation, including working documents, continued to pose a serious problem for the functioning [...] [...]

(d) a certificate given by or on behalf of Bank of East Asia at any time that any property or liabilities specified in the certificate (which property or liabilities immediately before the appointed day is the property or liabilities of First Pacific Bank) is or, as the case may be, is not, deemed to be vested in Bank of East Asia under this Ordinance, shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes of the fact so certified.

The following issues were addressed by UNICEF management in its response to the annual report of the Office of Internal Audit to the Executive Board for 2009: (a) the request to address, as a matter of urgency, the follow-up and implementation of audit recommendations, especially in high-risk areas; (b) the request to address systemic weaknesses, particularly in the areas of financial controls, programme management, cash transfers, and procurement and asset management, where there is a significant number of unsatisfactory ratings; and (c) the request to report on progress in improvements to strengthen risk management and controls in governance, accountabilities, oversight, guidance, support and performance in response to the results from the headquarters, systems and thematic audits completed in 2008.

In the context of the overall orientation of the programme, clarifications were sought concerning the [...] [...]

[...] illegal, inhumane and shameful blockade of the Gaza [...] [...]

The Secretariat explained that, first, the project concerned urgent renovation work and compliance with safety standards in that area and, secondly, the timetable for the execution of the work and funding for the project were still under study.

The Committee recommends that any appeal relating to an asylum application submitted at the border be subject to a hearing at which the applicant threatened with removal can present his case effectively, and that the appeal be subject to all basic procedural guarantees, including the right to an interpreter and counsel.

In the pursuit of that goal, CARICOM member States, through the strategies to be pursued by PANCAP, will collaborate with regional and national entities in strengthening programmes targeting the populations most at risk; promote policies and legislation to address HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, within the framework of the protection of human dignity and human rights; intensify negotiations for the reduction in costs of antiretroviral drugs and associated laboratory commodities; and strengthen international links with key development partners.

[...] [...] concrete needs and problems as they manifest [...]

[...] will no longer have access to the download link or digital key(s) in [...] [...]

[...] [...] gender equality and women’s empowerment, social protection and services, education, health promotion, infant and maternal mortality, improved access to water and sanitation, and building resilience to disasters, particularly for disadvantaged and vulnerable social groups including meeting [...]

Her delegation acknowledged the Secretariat’s ongoing efforts to ensure timely submission, processing and issuance of documentation and supported the provision in the draft resolution whereby the Secretary-General was requested to reconvene the task force to study the matter; to provide an interim report on documentation concerning peacekeeping financing; to report on the results of the consultations and actions taken to solve the problem to the General Assembly through the Committee on Conferences at its organizational session in 2009, in order for the Fifth Committee to consider the report at the second part of the resumed session; and to provide a comprehensive report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session through the Committee on Conferences.

[...] world energy situation, the following issues were discussed: how to cope [...] [...]

In particular it was concluded that the following issues remained unresolved: duty-free [...] [...]

[...] [...] between the expected and delivered quality of services under constraints of available resources; an inappropriate [...] [...]