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May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to reappoint Mr. Ivan Pictet and appoint Ms. Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg as ad hoc members of the Investments Committee for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2011?

Two themes underpinning Rio+20 – the institutional [...] [...]

[...] IPU Senior Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs, Sandagdorj Erdenebileg, Acting Director of OHRLLS and Executive [...] [...]

May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to reappoint Ms. Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg and Mr. Ivan Pictet as ad hoc members of the Investments Committee for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2012?

Ten national, regional and local foundations have committed $100 million to this unprecedented eight-year initiative, including the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Detroit), the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation (Southfield, Michigan), the Ford Foundation (New York), the Hudson-Webber Foundation (Detroit), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Michigan), the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami), The Kresge Foundation (Troy, Michigan), the McGregor Fund (Detroit), the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Michigan), and the Skillman Foundation (Detroit).

At the same meeting, speaking on behalf of the Rio Group, the representative of Chile: reiterated the Group’s support for the legitimate rights of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom; recalled its declaration and special communiqué on the exploration for fossil fuels on the continental shelf around the Islands, adopted by the Heads of State and Government of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Unity Summit held in Mexico on 22 and 23 February 2010; rejected the military activities of the United Kingdom in the Islands, which ran counter to the region’s policy of seeking a solution to the dispute through peaceful means; and also recalled the declaration on that matter that had been adopted in Santiago in October 2010 (see A/C.4/66/SR.2).

[...] [...] commitments made at the Summit of the Group of Eight held at Gleneagles, the Paris [...] [...]

[...] [...] Nigeria, read a press statement (SC/9992) in which the Security Council welcomed the Kabul Conference communiqué, and recognized the conference as an important milestone in the Kabul process.

[...] [...] Tobago); Peter F. Croker (Ireland); Indurlall Fagoonee (Mauritius); Mihai Silviu [...] [...]

[...] [...] the Kingsford Terrace at a reasonable price to facilitate future [...]

[...] [...] purchased by Mr. Lafont and Mr. Montoya’s companies were introduced into Côte d’Ivoire by Sophia Airlines, whose owner is Louise Kodo (Frédéric Lafont’s wife).

[...] the preparation of Rio+20, UNESCO is jointly [...] [...]

[...] [...] the African Union summit plot is also active in Kenya, Somalia, the [...] [...]

In accordance with past practice, the Secretary-General proposes to reappoint Ms. Ochoa-Brillembourg, who has served since 2011, and Mr. Pictet, who has served since 2005, as ad hoc members of the Investments Committee for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2012.

[...] international cocoa prices, reaching its peak in January 2010 at [...]

[...] [...] President, U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria), and as Vice-Presidents, Zahid Rastam (Malaysia), Olha Kavun (Ukraine), Carmen Arias (Peru) and Magnus Lennartsson (Sweden).

[...] the other Joes on board the Flagg learn [...] [...]

Furthermore, it will be necessary for the Assembly, at its current session, to confirm the appointment of Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) and Ivan Pictet (Switzerland) as ad hoc members for a one-year term commencing on 1 January 2012.

[...] [...] the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Mr. Jeremy Sarkin, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Mr. Juan Méndez, and the Special Rapporteur [...] [...]

[...] [...] residential property prices have fallen by about 62% from their peak in 1997 and the public's [...] [...]

[...] oceans and coasts at Rio+20 enabled FAO to [...] [...]

In the course of its investigations, the Group has documented with incontrovertible evidence the modus operandi of, as well as repeated violations to the sanctions regime carried out by a trafficking network that is composed of two groups: (a) Robert Montoya, Mikhail Kapylou, Frédéric Lafont and their respective companies; and (b) a para-institutional group of individuals, namely Kadet Bertin (former security adviser of Mr. Gbagbo, now living in Ghana) and Commander Anselme Seka Yapo.

[...] [...] human rights in Rio+20; in support of [...] [...]

Noting that the Rio+20 Summit will re-envision [...] [...]

[...] [...] the small Georgian town of Birr has a wonderful Georgian atmosphere and [...] [...]

At its 2nd meeting, on 29 November, the Conference heard statements by Léo Mérorès (Haiti), President of the Economic and Social Council; Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Conference; Trevor Manuel, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Conference; Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development; and Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, in his capacity as the Chairman of the United Nations Development Group.

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