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Beijing also views the country as a potential source of and trans-shipment route for energy in the case of interruption of shipping through the Malacca Strait.

[...] [...] activities that did not comply with the requirement of decision 44/8 para. (d), which “requests bilateral and implementing agencies concerned to assist the companies or institutions hosting recovery and recycling centres to review the original planning agreed by the countries and stakeholders in developing a new business plan, which should include calculations of operational costs and projections of revenues, as well as costs and modalities for transporting halon and/or equipment to and from clients.

The immediate causes of most of the 34 recommendations were: inadequate staff understanding of the regulatory framework of UNICEF; inadequate monitoring by management of the functioning of internal controls; unpredictability of funding; inadequate workflows and insufficient monitoring; and offices operating in emergency modes.

[...] [...] increase in test items, such as with audio for video output of computer products increased by GB13837 audio, video transmission power measurement (if the RF output with increased output of unwanted RF signal measurement), etc., for digital audio and video equipment, according to GB9254 radiated disturbance field strength measurement (not only the fundamental [...] [...]

It is anticipated that climate change issues as well as [...] [...]

[...] [...] products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the [...] [...]

[...] [...] undertaken to test their utility in a variety of very different situations.

This effort resulted in a contribution of approximately C$ 1 million over the 2010/11 fiscal year and included the development of updated electronics for systems used to monitor on-load refuelled reactors, studies in the application of satellite imagery in monitoring nuclear facilities and support for upgrades to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguarding transfers to dry storage.

The capacity required to operate request-for-proposals with dialogue, which involves the ability to assess and monitor different solutions, and to engage in dialogue on technical and commercial terms including price, is generally considered to be in excess of that required to operate two-stage tendering.

The five factors with the most potential to cause slippage in projected estimates for completion of judgements on appeal are the delays associated with or caused by: (a) the nature of multi-appellant cases; (b) the inordinate amount of pre-appeal motions; (c) the inordinate length of time for translation of trial judgements into Bosnian/Croatian/ Serbian, as well as for translation of written submissions into one of the Tribunal’s working languages and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, especially in cases of selfrepresented appellants; (d) amendments to grounds of appeal, especially following translation of the trial judgement (mainly for represented appellants); and (e) understaffing and/or lack of experience in appeals support.

The private sector is poised to build on the strong [...] [...]

It was also noted that some countries had not acquired the necessary capacity to deal with matters electronically and that, therefore, some paper would remain necessary.

[...] [...] Heritage issues, the preparation of World Heritage nomination files, strengthening of conservation and management approaches for World Heritage properties, the monitoring of the state of [...] [...]

[...] [...] prisoners, on a non-discriminatory basis, and carefully monitored by the prison administration, to ensure that provision [...] [...]

[...] [...] minor and major equipment, and the payment of troop allowances at United Nations rates so as to ensure adequate, predictable and sustainable [...]

[...] [...] other vulnerable populations; to prepare for emerging global threats [...] [...]

[...] [...] inspect that equipment to ensure that it will not affect the [...]

[...] [...] counter-terrorism; provisions of equipment for identification, detection, [...] [...]

[...] [...] mechanical power station equipment and automation systems such as measuring, control and command [...] [...]

[...] [...] system on the server or network to test its resistance to heavy-duty , or to [...] [...]

These weaknesses included: non-compliance with UNIDO rules, manuals and administrative instructions; inefficient and ineffective procurement processes; no accountability arrangements for incidents of non compliance; full and open competition for procured items not always achieved; items purchased at prices in excess of market or competitive prices; purchases not made at arm’s length; limited enforcement of vendor performance; vendor roster mechanism not complied with; no unique vendor numbering system that would allow for statistical analysis and exception reporting; and related party transactions not disclosed.

The lack of sustainable drug information and monitoring systems continues to hinder the monitoring of changing and emerging trends, the implementation of evidence-based responses and the ability to assess the effectiveness of those responses.

As the budget can only be implemented to the extent that resources become available, thorough and high-level monitoring and continuous re-prioritization and adjustment of programmes are required in light of the availability of resources.

Evaluating and certifying content-aware equipment by testing with a single application, like HTTP, may seem suitable for other testing providers, but it is irresponsible when today's network devices are hammered by an increasing volume of business, recreational and malicious traffic.

[...] issue, training and equipment supply alone would [...] [...]

Long-term fiscal sustainability requires that spending efforts go hand in hand with commensurate domestic resource mobilization and renewed efforts by the international community to live up to its aid commitments, particularly in favour of countries with limited fiscal space and with limited and dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

There are other worrying signs, such as the attack on the opposition presidential candidate in September of last year, which was followed by an attack by members of the opposition on property of the governing party, the questionable imposition of a threemonth ban on all political party rallies, violence surrounding a win by the opposition in by-elections for the Freetown City Council and the recent break-in into a newspaper critical of the Government.

[...] [...] irreversible manner within an agreed timetable; declaring all warheads and de-alerting them in a verifiable manner; eliminating nuclear warheads in a phased programme and in an irreversible [...]