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External sources (not reviewed)

In the Medical Services Section, the establishment of 15 additional national posts (6 National Officers and 9 national General Service staff) is proposed, as the Section has over the past years expanded the services it provides, which include round-the-clock operation of the UNOCI headquarters clinic, which is now functioning at level I-plus rather than the previous level I; patients are followed up at their homes after discharge from level III hospitals; patients are regularly visited in the 11 level III hospitals in Abidjan and in Sector West and Sector East; doctors in the

The Commission was also informed that Thailand was expanding its broadband network under its ―Smart Thailand‖ strategy and

His request to meet with the leaders of various political

UNICEF will cooperate in the following areas: (a) improving and monitoring policies, standards and strategies for access to and uptake of health services for poor and vulnerable children and women; (b) reducing health care costs for the poor and developing payment mechanisms less reliant on out-of-pocket expenses; (c) assuring

States Parties have also expressed that the following challenges remain in being able to live up their commitment to increase availability of and accessibility to appropriate services and ensure that appropriate services are accessible:

The Group documented in its final report of 2010 (S/2010/596, para. 173) that, while FARDC military operations had driven armed groups out of many of the principal mining

By providing employment for young people, the project makes measurable impacts on poverty alleviation and the reduction of ruralurban migration, as well as channelling much needed resources to

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure, as part of its National Environmental Policy, that comprehensive independent impact assessments are carried out prior to the setting up of mining projects, and ensure that such activities are

The Committee recommends the State party to continue its efforts to achieve its goal of “Education for All”, and

The implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) in Central Asia is hampered by several factors: proximity to the conflict in Afghanistan (where drug production feeds terrorist activities and has generated a dynamic arms-for-drugs trade); the illicit activities of transborder cash couriers (a potential source of terrorism financing); the circulation of surplus

So graphic and instantaneous is the transmission of information that there are no isolated nations or peoples who might feel themselves imprisoned by the confining geography of

Examples of initiatives undertaken include: in Afghanistan, a Physical Accessibility committee was established under Disability Sector Coordination Group; in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a new orthopaedic centre opened in Mostar; in GuineaBissau, the Janeiro Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Bissau has been re-equipped and will soon reopen; in Jordan, national accreditation standards for institutions and programmes

In addition, cooperation focuses on increased voluntary family planning coverage through training and operationalization of

The Committee is further concerned that children who are born outside of health-care facilities, including indigenous children or

Several delegations noted that technical capacity to detect infections and provide treatment had been improved

In many places, these employment opportunities have enabled young people to stay in their communities