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The challenges for the region were to maintain a balance between growth and inflation, manage

In order to achieve that goal, it would be necessary to promote

The Advisory Committee notes that the resources are related to maintaining the telecommuting infrastructure for Headquarters for 1,100 critical staff, supporting

The document prescribes measures and activities which shall help mainstream the social model and approach based on human rights into the policies affecting the status of persons with disabilities: mainstreaming issues relating to the status of persons with disabilities into general development plans; developing efficient legal protection; availability of social, health and other services based on the rights and needs of beneficiaries; developing policies and implementing programmes providing equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and encouraging independence, personal development and active living in all areas; providing access for persons with disabilities to the constructed environment, accessible

The strategy will include a reduction in overlap in the social services and benefits offered by different ministries; consolidation of funds under a single system and transparent management; the design of mechanisms to improve the

Countries had responded to the sharp increases in food prices in 2007-2008 with a range of

Regarding Security Sector Reform and the rule of law, the focus will be on: (a) the implementation of a national holistic Security Sector Reform strategy, including support through the ECOWAS/CPLP road map; (b) demobilization in the defence and security sectors and progress in the vetting and certification process for policing and internal security personnel, in accordance with gender and human rights standards; (c) increasing access to justice for the most vulnerable and strengthening the justice sector, including penitentiary reform, to address impunity and combat drug trafficking and transnational crime; and (d) coordination and resource mobilization activities for the pension fund and

When transferring these arrested persons with

During these fora, participants analysed national and international policy responses to the financial crisis, outlined policy proposals to stem the worst social effects, and emphasized

Calls upon States to note that the global economic and financial crisis do not diminish the responsibility of national authorities and the international community in the realization of human rights and calls upon them to assist, in particular, the most vulnerable in this regard, and in this context urges the international community to support

In 2006, ICJ submitted legal comments on draft general comments as follows: (a) draft general comment No. 32 of the Human Rights Committee on the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial; (b) in 2007, draft general comment No. 19 of the Committee on

At the global level, UNICEF is a key member of the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health

Several specialized agencies with ad hoc mandates include the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Audit Bureau, the Jordan Securities Commission, the Ombudsman Bureau, the Financial Disclosure Department, the Anti-Money Laundering Unit, the Inspectorates (internal control bodies within each ministry), the Ministries

The Committee was informed about various programmes and policies undertaken in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals and targeted at vulnerable groups and rural communities, such as the conditional cash transfer programme in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Programme, the Rural Economy Advancement Program of Bhutan,

Responding to the question raised by China, she said that the

Increasing efforts in vulnerable countries should be prioritized through investment and targeted partnerships where capacity-building for resilience to external shocks is required: climate change mitigation and adaptation; rural and small-scale agriculture; diffusion of low-cost and low-technology solutions for energy and water provision; protection of marine and coastal resources and fisheries;