▾

External sources (not reviewed)

The Council should remain as a forum for open, constructive and transparent discussion on cooperation

At the parallel programme, experts reviewed the depth and breadth of what constitutes accessibility, benefited from the States’

The view was expressed that satellite operators would welcome information on space weather hazards and conjunction risks on a daily basis and that expert groups B and C should consider means by which

Other measures for enhancing the professionalism and competence of logistics service providers include the establishment of minimum

In Agenda 21, all countries were called upon to (a) integrate land use and transportation planning in order to encourage development patterns that reduce transport demand; (b) adopt urban transport programmes favouring high occupancy, as appropriate; (c) encourage non-motorized modes of transport by furnishing safe cycleways and footways in urban and suburban centres in countries, as appropriate; (d) devote particular attention to effective traffic management, efficient operation of public transport

In order to respond effectively in today’s fast moving global media environment, and to

An amount of $68,800 is proposed for travel in connection with the following seminars/conferences/workshops: partnership work with the UNEP post-conflict branch to be extended to field operations; annual conference to address existing issues of contract management, performance and resolution agreement with contractors on overcoming shortfalls with respect to rations; eleventh annual plenary meeting of the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, which

The benchmarks adopted so far include: (a) adoption of a formal ERM policy since 2008; (b) an active enterprise risk management committee chaired by the Associate Administrator; (c) a formal implementation strategy for the adoption of ERM in UNDP; (d) dedicated training of staff on the policies and toolkits for ERM (e) clear procedures for the identification, reporting and escalation of relevant risks through the reporting lines for consideration by the ERM committee; (f) dedicated resources for monitoring of and follow up on the corporate risks log; (f) an enabling system for the reporting and review of unit-level and corporate risk; (h) progressively integrated risk-informed and results-based unit work-planning and reporting processes; (i) a planned and periodic review of ERM policies and

An amount of $152,000 is proposed for travel to participate in: peacekeepingrelated seminars, conferences, workshops and

Thailand identified the following capacity-building needs: bilateral assistance between

Given the regional dimension of the conflict, I reiterate the recommendation in my report on the situation of children and armed conflict in Chad (S/2008/532) that the respective United Nations country teams in the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, as well as UNAMID, UNMIS, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) and the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) peacekeeping and political missions, dedicate the required resources

The delegation of Thailand also noted that the discussions and recommendations for action from the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum were very useful and should be implemented to promote sustainable urban development in the region, and particularly requested the secretariat to prioritize three areas of work: firstly, to develop criteria and standards for city classification, such as “sustainable city”, “eco-city”, and “green industrial city” to provide a guideline for benchmarking sustainable urban development at the regional and subregional levels; secondly, to develop databases and networks at the regional and subregional levels that would include urban and rural population statistics and economic, social and physical data, including environment and geo-climatic data; and thirdly, to hold a symposium

The Conference encouraged the Secretariat to seek feedback from member countries on the conduct of the Regional Conference, with a view towards enhancing the organization and

In middle-income countries, UNICEF will seek to leverage the financial capacity, and often-extensive technical skills, of national partners for children and women, including through: support to monitoring and situation analysis; strengthening capacities in key institutions promoting children’s rights; advocating for pro-child and gender-sensitive policies, laws and

This Program will cooperate with other Programs, including Program 1 (Patent Law), Program 3 (Copyright and Related Rights), Program 4 (Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources), Program 5 (The PCT System), Program 6 (Madrid, Hague and Lisbon Systems), Program 9 (Africa, Arab, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries, Least Developed Countries), Program 10 (Cooperation with Certain Countries in Europe

The Commission supported the conclusions of the Chairperson that the main solutions to the problems of participation were the strengthening of the Trust Fund and emphasis on FAO and WHO capacity building activities in developing countries, including regional workshops and STDF projects; encouraging co-hosting of Codex sessions; the use of