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[...] Rapporteur on Torture earlier this year.

Launched at ICTP at the beginning of this year, with the consent of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), this project is, in our opinion, a mistake.

The United Nations published this year its third MDG [...]

At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly welcomed the adoption and the ongoing ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, expressed its appreciation, in the year which marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Office of the High Commissioner, for the leadership shown by the Office, and commended the Office for its ongoing efforts, with the support of the international community, to assist African countries of asylum, and urged the international community, in the spirit of international solidarity and burden-sharing, to continue to fund generously the refugee programmes of the Office, taking into account the substantially increased needs of programmes in Africa (resolution 65/193).

first Security Council resolution on the protection of civilians, be the year in which a sustained effort to approach the issues in a comprehensive and consistent manner begins to produce results.

With regard to the assessment of peacebuilding so far and the objectives for this year, what other indicators of success does he think we should be following, and what other objectives, if any, would he like to see added for 2009?

In the first half of this year, Skywave [...]

This year again witnessed violent clashes between the two groups in Behsud district [...] [...]

[...] [...] in Lisbon this year, the training [...] [...]

[...] [...] for the current year, as orally revised, [...] [...]

Mr. President, and with your customary leadership and courage, this body will break out of its stagnation, and that a new era — an era of negotiations able to weigh the security needs of all members — will be able to be reflected in the report of the Conference on Disarmament at the end of this year’s session.

[...] [...] for this last year of the current [...] [...]

Lastly, he enquired whether it would be possible for a future report to address the link between torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment within the framework of the transitions to democracy that had gotten under way that year, in order to make better use of the opportunities and lessons learned throughout that process.

Before bidding farewell and wishing a safe [...] [...]

[...] [...] January of this year on post-conflict [...]

In order to do a better job for the public interests and assume its social responsibility, CNNIC, together with experts of the industry in and out of China, prepared and published for the first time Research Report of the Development of IP Address and Domain name Technology of the Internet based on the latest technological development of the fundamental resources of Internet such as IP address and domain name, especially the latest technological development of the IPv6 and nextgeneration Internet, IDN and multilingual e-mail address, DNSSEC and domain name security as well as the application of these new technologies in the emerging fields of Internet of things, cloud computing and big data, and will make the reporting regular and systematic so as to reflect the latest progress, analyze the characteristics and predict the development trend of IP address and domain name technology for the reference by the managers, researchers and workers in the Internet industry.

He closed by saying that in each of the 18 countries he visited this year, and in every community, he saw the evidence of what a difference an equity approach could make in children’s lives.

[...] [...] expired in the first half of the year.

Geneva will this year host two important [...] [...]

Indeed, in addition to illegally confiscating land and constructing settlements, Israel continues to apply a host of other illegal measures aimed at driving out the indigenous Palestinian population, including the demolition of homes (the occupying Power has demolished at least 31 Palestinian residential buildings, leaving 106 Palestinian civilians, including 61 children, homeless since the start of this year), the revocation of residency rights, the continued closure of Palestinian institutions in the city and the recent decision to ban social activists from travelling to other parts of the West Bank, effectively severing them from their work and familial relations with their natural surroundings.

For example, the new Supply Customer Relationship Management system, which is being rolled out this year, will offer a new and improved web supply catalogue, and capacity for improved management of customer enquiries, handling of online requests for cost estimates, and online order tracking for internal and external customers.

[...] [...] orders dates from the year 1176.

The annual fine wine tasting fair in Hong Kong organised by one of China’s leading fine wine importers, ASC Fine Wines, will for the first time be extended to Macao at The Venetian  Macao Resort Hotel’s Portofino Restaurant on November 28.

[...] operation later this year, the 240-MW [...] [...]

[...] [...] including by considering earlier this year the establishment [...] [...]

He reminded members that business planning at the present meeting would set the direction for the year’s work, and that 2011 being a replenishment year, any decisions made on policy and project approvals would have an impact on the final outcome of the replenishment discussions.

In May of 2012, after 36 years in the hands of the same owner, a 12.04 ct. round brilliant Fancy Intense Pink VS2 sold for a stratospheric US$17.4 million at auction, after six minutes of frenzied bidding, to an anonymous telephone bidder.