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Higher temperatures and changes in extremes are projected to affect availability and distribution of rainfall, snowmelt, river flows and groundwater and further deteriorate water quality.

Having at its disposal arable land, a favourable climate and abundant water resources his Government had taken measures aimed at achieving food security in accordance with the commitments made at the African Union Summit in Maputo.

Although Africa’s share of global freshwater resources (10 per cent) closely matches its share of world population (12 per cent), the distribution of the resources is uneven, encompassing areas of severe aridity, such as the Sahara and Sahel in the north and the Kalahari in the south, and areas of abundant water resources, such as the Congo basin, which is estimated to have 50 per cent of Africa’s freshwater.

The international conference on bioethics, human rights and new technologies focused on current issues in the field of human rights to rapid development in science and technology.

Engineering and application tool sets allow easy design and installation with preferred interoperability of the broad range of component-class products.

The country is rich in natural resources, significantly water, hydropower, and some minerals including gold, silver, precious stones and uranium.

Children are girls and boys of any age and belong to different cultures and religions, come from varied social and ethnic backgrounds, may live in difficult circumstances, may be in need of special assistance and protection and may have experienced refuge and displacement, and must be respected as such.

It is little wonder in view of such incidents that both Médecins Sans Frontières and UNICEF have recently said that the number of children suffering from stress disorder has greatly increased.41 Colonel Desmond Travers, a member of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (whose report is generally known as the “Goldstone Report”) said in a recent interview: “If the British had behaved toward children who threw stones at them in the manner that is the norm on the West Bank for Israeli security forces — whereby children are rounded up in the evening and taken to places of detention, hooded, beaten, and in some cases tortured — the Northern Ireland problem would not be resolved today.

According to the Secretary-General (ibid., para. 31), unless funding of the after-service health insurance liability is initiated with the related funds actively invested, the annual cash requirements for after-service health insurance benefits will continue to increase exponentially, putting an ever-increasing strain on future budgets.

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The 21 participating banks joining the Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arrangers in the transaction include: Rabobank International, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS (Deutschland) AG, First Gulf Bank PJSC, Singapore Branch, Indian Overseas Bank, Singapore Branch, Qatar National Bank SAQ, Singapore Branch, United Overseas Bank Limited, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Limited, Singapore Branch, British Arab Commercial Bank plc, Chinatrust Commercial Bank Co.

UNESCO should highlight this by supporting countries in yielding the benefits of communication and information through a concerted action within the United Nations system and in close collaboration with the donor community and the major regional development organizations, to work towards a rich and diverse media landscape, high professional and ethical standards, and the widespread use of information and communication technologies, from radio to mobile media and the Internet.