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[...] [...] Education”; the eighth International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage was held in November 2003 at the University of La Laguna, Spain on “World Natural Heritage: Development, Sustainability and Ethics” and the preparation of a curriculum on vernacular and rural World Heritage at the University of Milan, Italy, at the Institute of Engineering Agronomy [...]

Project activities, carried out by local and international NGOs working in eight countries – Bhutan, India (Ladakh), Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal (Humla), Pakistan (Chitral and the Kalash Valleys) and Tajikistan – included training local tour guides, focusing on young people and women, establishing community-based home-stay accommodation, and training in the production and sale of high-quality craft items as part of a strategy for skills building and the development of sustainable employment.

[...] [...] the White Helmets initiative, and in view of the success of coordinated actions carried out with, inter alia, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to suggest measures to enhance [...]

[...] [...] workers, the eight fundamental Conventions of that Organization and the Global Jobs Pact adopted by the International Labour Conference at its ninety-eighth session, as a general [...] [...]

[...] [...] reports of the United Nations, G8, G20, the African Union and NEPAD, the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002, at the WFEO World Engineers Conventions in 2000 (Hanover, theme: “Humanity – Nature – Technology”), 2004 (Shanghai, theme: “Engineers Shape the Sustainable [...] [...]

[...] [...] its second and eighth meetings, representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), both as implementing agency and as Treasurer of the Fund, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) [...]

[...] [...] broadening of the recruitment base for peace operations to cover international and national professional and civil society organizations and has regularly supplied lists of suitable women candidates for special representatives and envoy posts and for regular peace operations staff to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs and the offices of the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General.

[...] [...] International Labour Organization was invited to present to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2009 the Global Jobs Pact, which was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its ninety-eighth session and which [...] [...]

As host of the 2005 G8 meeting, the United Kingdom should work with UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Bank and the G8, and build on the work of the Commission [...] [...]

Notes with concern the continuing high levels of unemployment as a consequence of the global financial and economic crisis, recognizes that decent work remains one of the best routes out of poverty, and in this regard invites donor countries, multilateral organizations and other development partners to continue to assist Member States, in particular developing countries, in adopting policies consistent with the Global Jobs Pact adopted by the International Labour Conference at its ninety-eighth session, as a general framework within which each country can formulate policy packages specific to its situation and national priorities in order to promote a job-intensive recovery and sustainable development

[...] strengthening UNESCO’s advocacy work aimed at ensuring visibility for EFA at international conferences and high-level meetings [...] [...]

[...] agenda of the International Labour Organization, including for migrant workers, the eight fundamental Conventions of that Organization and the Global [...] [...]

Through evidence-based advocacy, teacher education was notched up as an international economic and social issue with the result that the issue was adopted in G-8 priorities (Genoa Summit 2001), was accepted in the form of a flagship programme by the Inter-Agency Working Group on EFA along the lines jointly [...] [...]

[...] [...] explore ways to cooperate in the future with other United Nations bodies, such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Commission on Science and Technology for Development of the Economic and Social Council, in order to find ways in which space technology could contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and any future development targets that might [...] [...]

[...] and bilateral mechanisms including OECD, G8 and FTI.

[...] [...] Convention against Corruption, the G8 Lyon/Roma Working Group, and the Financial Action Task Force, as well as practitioner networks such as the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Eurojust, the Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network (CARIN), [...]

[...] [...] (ECA); Mr Jean-Pierre Patat, Representative of Mr Camdessus (France G8 Sherpa for NEPAD); Mr Abderahmane Merouane, Human Resources Coordinator, NEPAD Secretariat; and representatives from the International Office for Migration (IOM); the International Organization of [...]

[...] was established by the Group of Eight at the summit held in Evian, France, in 2003 to support an expanding senior policy dialogue between Africa and OECD countries [...] [...]

[...] [...] (including privately held patents); delivering on its commitment to mobilize $20 billion in additional official development assistance (ODA) for sustainable agriculture, as pledged at the 2009 G-8 Summit held in L’Aquila, Italy; providing small-scale farmers with expanded access to mechanisms for the payment of environmental services; and, in the case of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, eliminating agricultural subsidies.

UNESCO has participated in the design of the FTI through the Education Task Force of the G-8 and is now co-convenor, with the World Bank, of the FTI donors group.

[...] [...] and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving [...] [...]

[...] [...] threats and emergencies; and the organization of international forums to discuss [...] [...]

[...] [...] Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other United Nations specialized agencies to establish, within their respective mandates, new units and work programmes to support and promote South-South cooperation, and request United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies, as well as regional commissions, to help developing countries to establish or strengthen existing South-South centres of excellence, within their respective areas of competence, and to enhance closer cooperation among such centres of excellence, especially at the regional and interregional levels, with a view to improving SouthSouth knowledge-sharing, networking, mutual capacity-building, information and best practices exchanges, policy analysis and coordinated action among developing countries on major issues of common concern

[...] [...] view towards enhancing the organization and efficiency of future sessions, maximizing opportunities for exchange [...] [...]

Recalling also previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of migrants, and the work of various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants

This should include support for efforts to promote literacy, including functional literacy, formal and non-formal education, beginning with early childhood and continuing on a lifelong basis, education in the mother tongue in the early stages of learning, values education including social and moral awareness, the development of a culture of dialogue, a commitment to a culture of peace, education for sustainable development, teacher training, technical and vocational education and training (geared towards enhancing employability and drawing on the expertise of UNEVOC) as well as science and technology education.

[...] [...] Internal Affairs and General Prosecutors; meetings of the G-8 Roma-Lyons Group on combating terrorism and transnational organized crime; and at expert counter-terrorism consultations between the European Union and the Russian Federation.

Recalling further the importance of the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization, including for migrant workers, the eight fundamental Conventions of that Organization and the Global Jobs Pact adopted by the International Labour Conference

Thus, the authority of the UNESCO Staff Pension Committee extends to the following matters: (i) granting of benefits under the Pension Fund Regulations to UNESCO participants and beneficiaries; (ii) interpreting and applying the Pension Fund Regulations and Administrative Rules in respect of UNESCO cases; (iii) proposing amendments to Regulations and Rules of the fund for consideration by the Joint Staff Pension Board and subsequent submission to [...] [...]