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External sources (not reviewed)

in Peru in mid-2008, as part of the UNDAF EFA framework.

counter terrorism and welcomed the work of APEC in areas such as trade security, aviation security, anti-terrorist protection of energy infrastructure, countering terrorism financing, fighting cyber-terrorism, protecting the food supply against terrorist contamination and emergency preparedness.

in November 2009,10 noted that the completion of the E/ESCAP/66/5 Page 7

the Secretary of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism and the Assistant Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

human security by acknowledging that vulnerability to natural disasters, international terrorism, pandemics and cross-border drug trade impose high economic costs that threaten human security in the subregion.

produced solid and tangible results, particularly through the effective and results-oriented management of the project by the secretariat.

on Counter-Terrorism and the Asia-Middle East Dialogue, including close cooperation on preventing and combating terrorist financing, increased cooperation in investigations and the sharing of information among law enforcement authorities, intelligence and further exchanges of ideas on tightening border controls, capacity-building and inter-faith dialogue.

(AAHM), collaboratively organized the national training-of-trainers workshop on cultural tourism sites management and guiding in Bangkok and the Historic City of Ayutthaya, Thailand, from 31 July to 3 August 2007.

and Machinery on its seventh session (E/ESCAP/68/8).

groups focused on the areas of transport and border crossing; water and energy resources; information and communications technology for development; statistics; trade; and gender and economy.

and Early Warning, Particularly Drought, the two new modules of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders, which is the flagship programme of the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communications Technology for Development, as well as the publication of the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2012 in cooperation with the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and other partners.

under the theme Towards Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media: Best Practices for Gender Perspective in Media and in Media Content.

and remove legal and policy barriers to universal access as well as promoting dialogue between health and other sectors, including justice, law and order, drug control and social protection.

Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and United Nations University, said that those staff, working both at headquarters and in the field, brought aid to people in need, helped those living in conflict zones, supported the less privileged and ensured that the perpetrators of war crimes were brought to justice, often facing hardships and risks to their health and their lives as they served under the United Nations banner.

extent of mangrove forests in the world and provided a critical spawning and juvenile growth area for tuna and other globally significant fish species.

Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNDP, UNESCO, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and WHO) and seven other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (CARICOM, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Sea Level Rise Foundation, the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat, the World Conservation Union and the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme).