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The rich and powerful countries continue to exercise an inordinate influence in determining the nature and direction of international relations, including economic and trade relations, as well as the rules governing these relations, many of which are at the expense of developing countries.

In anticipation of the next biennial budget, virtually all members of the Commission pronounced that UNESCO should stop funding its other programmes and activities at the expense of Major Programme II, and that there should be no further cuts in the science programmes which would rather require budgetary strengthening.

These surveys provided insight into the costs of explosives contamination and the benefits of mine action, and documented the type of development investments that are valued by this sample of rural communities.

Further, the green economy concept is based on the conviction that the benefits of investing in environmental sustainability outweigh the cost of not doing so, as much as it outweighs the cost of having to protect ecosystems from the damages caused by a “non-green” (brown) economy.

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The Working Group emphasizes that every process of reconciliation needs to be based on the right to the truth and cannot be achieved at the expense of the right of victims of enforced disappearances to justice and reparation.

The exchange of information, knowledge and experience among and between capacity-building providers and beneficiaries, as well as cooperation and coordination of donor and provider programmes, is necessary for the effective delivery of initiatives, the reduction of costly duplication as well as for ensuring their sustained outcomes at all levels.

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Meanwhile, as Ms. Amos underscored earlier, the protection of civilians requires enhancing international disarmament efforts, given the human cost of a poorly regulated arms trade, as well as arms smuggling and related activities, in particular in areas in conflict situations.

And given that equity oil does little to promote energy security, CNPC has profited from investments in Sudan that have come with diplomatic and reputational costs for China that could make them inconsistent with national interests.

In addition, the ICRC and the UNDP supported Cambodia in organizing a regional seminar on addressing the human costs of anti-personnel landmines.

The changes that have been made in ecosystems have contributed to substantial net gains in human well-being and economic development, but these gains have been achieved at growing costs in the form of the degradation of many ecosystem services, increased risks of non-linear changes and the exacerbation of poverty for some groups of people.

The recommendations of the Symposium were to press for more reforms in global governance; maintain the focus of development on poverty reduction; encourage reforms at the Bretton Woods institutions; secure greater capital in order to fund development; be proactive in anticipating potential future challenges such as climate change; set up income redistribution policies as a way of reducing the costs of volatility in markets; stabilize exchange rate regimes through the use of reserve funds and loans from regional banks; foster the transition towards a green, fair and equitable economy; encourage social equity for a better preservation of the environment; set up policies to increase the creation of employment opportunities; put in place national legislation to encourage the use of renewable energies posing no threat to food security; maintain over time the stability of subsidies for renewable energy use; and better coordinate macroeconomic policies at the global level.

The human costs of these shocks also need to be addressed.

Siemens’ partnership with UNODC will support anti-corruption efforts in three crucial areas: reducing vulnerabilities in public procurement systems; creating legal incentives in line with the Convention against Corruption to encourage corporate integrity and cooperation; and educating current and future business and public leaders about the true costs of corruption and how compliance with the Convention can help to protect both the public good and business interests.

All countries, developed and developing alike, can pay serious political, economic and social costs from financial shocks.

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Just as experience has shown that government-directed development policy without consideration of market forces can lead to inefficiency and misallocation of resources, so have we learnt in recent years that, if governments do not provide an adequately regulated enabling environment, then those same forces can produce considerable economic and social costs and even threaten national sovereignty.

In that regard, it recommended the adoption of an integrated approach that combined at-the-border and behind-the-border trade facilitation measures.

If an NLD landslide comes at the expense of minority ethnic representation – as the results of the recent by-elections and the 1990 elections suggest it well might – those deals might start to unravel.

Australia’s Office of Best Practice Regulation requires a regulation impact statement on the merit and efficiency of regulatory actions in meeting policy objectives with minimal costs for business and the community, assists decision-makers’ understanding of the costs and benefits, encourages transparent, timely and meaningful stakeholder consultation, and ensures information-sharing between Government and the public.

The international community counts on its Blue Helmets to protect the vulnerable in some of the world's most dangerous places, but their service comes at a high cost--throughout UN peacekeeping’s more than 60-year history, violence, accidents and disease have cost the lives of more than 2,700 individuals working in hot spots around the world, from the Middle East to the Balkans, Africa and beyond.