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The Ministers recognized the importance of Strengthening the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the establishment of an a fair and just international regime on access and benefit sharing that respect the sovereign rights, of States over their natural resources and promotes the fair and equitable benefit sharing from the utilization of

For them, fish and fishery products often represent an affordable source of animal protein

At its fifth and sixth meetings on 6 October 2005, the Commission examined the following five items: 8.1 “Draft international convention against doping in sport”, 5.3 “Implementation of 32 C/Resolution 54 concerning educational and cultural institutions in the occupied Arab territories”, 5.24 “Proposed establishment of the International Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa (CIEFFA) under the auspices of UNESCO, in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)”, 5.8 “Cooperation between UNESCO and OECD in drafting guidelines on ‘Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education’”,

Another challenge arising from the specific nature of international courts is the need to amalgamate various judges in order to establish a new whole, made up of individuals with different cultural and legal backgrounds: some judges come from common-law

The study concludes that indigenous women’s knowledge and experience of effective local mitigation and adaptation measures can highly contribute to more sustainable and gender-responsive climate change policies and indicates as priority

In addition, we make a broad range of hardware platforms, with some models offering a

The Committee further recommends that the State party include in the new drafts of law being developed clear and precise norms for the effective protection of the right of indigenous peoples in the north, Siberia and the far east, to their ancestral lands, natural resources and cultural heritage, including protection

There are many other issues that the authorities cannot avoid dealing with, including: ensuring the exchange rate remains stable, but also not overvalued, so as to protect and promote manufacturing and agricultural produc tion; tackling corruption; protecting against the possibility of rising inflation; dealing with rampant land speculation and the potential for land grabbing; and

In hot pursuit of environment-friendly society and innovative lighting, around the year 2000, Mr. Shen Gumao predicted that a better new illuminant must appear in the early 50 years of the 21st century, which is closely connected with the progress of electron device and electronic circuit; and he also forecasted that there would be two excellent illuminants in the future, one of them, the semiconductor LED, and the other one, electrodeless discharge illuminant, namely induction lamp, whose lighting effect and color

The issues touched upon by the Special Rapporteur in his observations include extractive and development projects involving natural resources taking place in indigenous peoples’ territories, including mining and hydroelectric projects; threats to indigenous peoples’ sacred places or areas of cultural significance owing to competing interests on those

Such voluntary mechanisms should be effective and should aim to mobilize resources that are stable and

Using cartridge valves in a custom manifold, a designer can create a hydraulic integrated circuit (HIC) that provides a compact package for hydraulic

The policy areas in which it was desirable to promote sustainable consumption and production were: innovation, life cycle and supply-chain approaches to policies on production and land use; strategic environmental assessments; the incorporation of sustainable consumption and production into national development plans; voluntary private sector agreements; energy efficiency and renewability; the promotion of environmentally friendly practices in construction; the need to assess labelling and define labelling criteria in the best interest of the region; the establishment of instruments to enhance the relative profitability of sustainable activities; the expansion of markets for sustainable products; and efforts to ensure that local communities and

While it may be relatively easy to identify and agree to eliminate the “worst forms of child labour”, the distinction between “acceptable work”

At the same time, it was important that traditional media,

To be able to face current and future challenges, it is necessary to increase the physical, human and institutional infrastructure; increase agricultural productivity and expand the export capacity of communities and countries; mainstream climate change and land

(d) Proposed that the Council should encourage the General Assembly to adopt, as a matter of urgency, appropriate permanent measures to ensure that indigenous