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UIS has been actively involved with partners, such as USAID/Macro International, UNICEF and the World Bank in promoting the use of better quality education indicators derived from household surveys.

[...] [...] making the results publicly available.

(d) Investing in a “Single Number Reach” telephone system would allow staff to redirect their incoming calls to multiple phone numbers, which would be invisible to the caller, i.e. staff could divert their work calls to their home or mobile numbers making it easier for customers to contact them without publicizing their private numbers.

[...] [...] proposed as a theme for new intersectoral cooperation); continuation of the Memory of the World Programme as a flagship activity; reflection and guidelines on the use of open source [...]

They enable easy access to a wide range of information on IP policy subjects as well as to the on-line patent databases and libraries of organisations like WIPO and the major patent offices.

[...] [...] be strengthened and enhanced and that options (a) (enhancing UNEP), (c) (establishing a specialized agency such as a world environment organization) and (e) (enhancing institutional reforms and streamlining existing structures) were potential [...] [...]

The draft resolution on oceans brings to the world’s attention a host of [...] [...]

Through UNESCO’s participation in GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems), there was a marked increase in earth observation activities meant to improve the management of World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks.

Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006) and 1874 (2009) which the hostile forces regard as the “ground” for taking issue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s satellite launch are a product of their high-handed policy for antagonizing and oppressing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the height of illegality; they are faked up at random, disregarding even universally accepted international law.

With regard to the equitable distribution of world’s food products, the Law No. 1491-XV [...] [...]

In partnership with UN-Women and UNEG, an electronic evaluation resource centre on equity, human rights and gender equality was launched, providing free and convenient access to state-of-the art approaches and methods to evaluators all over the world.

The Committee’s final decisions (findings, inadmissibility decisions and decisions to discontinue consideration of a communication) are made public, after the communications have been examined in private meeting.

Furthermore, strict observance of this rule does not prevent certain statistical data on the CR’s activities from being made public and being publicized among the National Commissions and NGOs and on the Internet.

It is imperative that the findings of the investigations be made public and the alleged perpetrators be brought swiftly to justice.

Given that intergovernmental organizations, such as the United [...] [...]

With reference to document A/CN.9/754, the Commission requested the Secretariat: to reflect in paragraph 16 the discussion in the Working Group at its twenty-first session of the use of the terms “available” and “accessible” (A/CN.9/745, para. 17 (b)); to make clear in the third sentence of paragraph 35 that the relevant part of the record would not be available to suppliers or contractors that had been disqualified as a result of pre-qualification proceedings; to align paragraph 57 with paragraph 24 of document A/CN.9/754/Add.1; and to rephrase footnote 2 and that part of the draft Guide contained in document A/CN.9/754 and Add.1-3 to use the past tense to refer to the 1994 UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services3 and the present tense to refer to the 2011 Model Law and reflect the content of footnote 2 in the text of the Guide.

[...] put forward, such as: to ensure the preservation of digital heritage, including archives and libraries as a component of the “Memory of the World Programme”; to develop [...] [...]

[...] [...] number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, included the greatest extent of mangrove forests in the world and provided a critical spawning and juvenile growth area for tuna and other globally significant fish [...]

[...] [...] many of its practices have been quoted in publications such as the biennial state of the world’s cities report and the global report on human settlements.

[...] the full promise of the equity approach and deliver results more effectively for the world’s most vulnerable children and families, UNICEF is: (a) building partnerships for [...] [...]

[...] delegations stressed that Codex should maintain its independence from WTO and remain true to its dual objectives, i.e. to protect the [...] [...]

[...] [...] decision-makers will accept clinical trial results, and such other factors [...] [...]

(b) Utilize a child rights’ approach in the elaboration of the State budget by implementing a tracking system for the allocation and the use of resources for children throughout the budget, thus providing visibility on investment on children and enabling monitoring and evaluation

Several delegations commended the secretariat for documenting and sharing good practices and country experiences in eco-city development, promotion of public transportation, green buildings, 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) strategies, sustainable urban planning, solid waste management, water supply, sewerage, participatory approaches to urban management, promotion of public-private partnerships and municipal finance.