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External sources (not reviewed)

Humanitarian Assistance and the Environment, and the UN Commission for Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD).

of women, which was adopted by CEB and noted in the 2007 triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities of the United Nations development system (A/62/73-E/2007/52).

per cent on personnel and 50 per cent on the scale of activity, measured by audited expenditure levels (see also para. X.14 below).

in each entity’s planning; and inadequate use of intersectoral synergies to obtain maximum impact of efforts carried out by United Nations entities in individual areas of action.

the Joint Inspection Unit, the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017), science and technology, and the International Public Sector Accounting Standards.

Nations entities and the Unit, which would in turn improve the rate of implementation of its recommendations.

and programmes) has already provisions in this regard.

for the different applications.

as one” and United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks) for generating evaluative information on the United Nations system contribution to gender equality; and (c) actively contributing to the work of the United Nations Evaluation Group for the inclusion of a gender equality perspective in United Nations evaluations, through the development of guidelines and accountability frameworks.

States and the United Nations system has been provided mainly through its three-in-one multilateral South-South support architecture: the Global South-South Development Academy, which helps partners to systematically and jointly identify, document and share southern development solutions; the annual Global South-South Development Expo, which has enabled partners to regularly showcase successful and scalable development solutions; and the South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange (SS-GATE), which has provided partners, especially private sector partners, with the opportunity to list solutions, match supply and demand and collaborate for scaling up, including through finding financing options.

Nations bodies be requested to include observance of the International Year; that a unit be established in OHCHR to coordinate the activities of Afro-descendant NGOs to enable their participation in activities marking the International Year and in subsequent meetings of the Working Group; and also that OHCHR organize forums and seminars or side events during the regular sessions of the Human Rights Council, on the situation of people of African descent.

Safety at Work, held in Washington, D.C., from 16 to 18 February 2009, and the conference on the theme “Road Safety at Work”, held in Dublin on 15 June 2009, which highlighted the importance of fleet safety and the important role of the private sector in addressing driving behaviour concerns among their workers

military materiel and preventing its proliferation.

of the progress made in implementing the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, while at the same time maintaining its original mandate on science and technology for development

against women, stimulate increased joint programming on eliminating violence against women on the ground, strengthen efforts with UNICEF, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and women’s networks to support replication of at least 35 models of “Safe Cities for Women and Children”, and will also continue to expand inter-agency involvement in enhancing the impact and resources for programmes supported by the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women.

organization’s internal efficiency and management practices in support of delivering results.

addresses the underlying causes of conflict; and that avoids ad hoc coordination assistance outside the Government machinery and an unbalanced assistance that further undermines the State, making the support unsustainable in the long run and turning State actors into spectators.

above), comparing the protection against retaliation policies of its members with a view to harmonization, and reviewing existing ethics training programmes.

management, in areas such as staff security, administration of justice, contract modalities and staffing in non-family duty stations.