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External sources (not reviewed)

[...] [...] readily available than a nutritious, locally produced meal.

[...] go for cheap but nutritionally harmful foods and [...] [...]

Assistance focuses on (a) establishing legal and policy frameworks consistent with international standards and norms; (b) strengthening the capacity of domestic institutions, in particular anti-corruption bodies and criminal justice institutions, to effectively prevent and control corruption in an integrated and coordinated way; (c) enhancing integrity, accountability and transparency in public and private sectors, including the management of public resources; (d) supporting relevant Government institutions in international cooperation and the recovery of assets at the domestic and international levels; (e) development of strategic and thematic partnerships with members of the international community and United Nations system to ensure coherency in the delivery of technical assistance; and (f) supporting the establishment of networks and platforms for policy dialogue and peer learning among Member States at the regional and international levels.

[...] [...] right to adequate, nutritious food and clean [...] [...]

We should seek to establish a framework that is flexible enough to accommodate at one end sophisticated private medicine and at the other a good standard, very low cost public sector service for those whose circumstances are insufficient to enable them to obtain private medicine.

(e) The Administration should examine how the transparency of the mechanism could be enhanced, taking into account the need to strike a balance between the rights of individual civil servants to pursue employment or business after retirement on the one hand, and the public interests and the aspirations of the community regarding the integrity and impartiality of the civil service on the other.

In addition, ongoing cooperation with the OECD, the European Science Foundation, the European Commission and relevant bodies at national level has proceeded with an emphasis primarily on scientific misconduct and integrity.

The following elements of quality education were highlighted: focus on assistance in curricula review and revision, particularly the introduction of values education and ethical approaches, in accordance with national priorities and Arab needs; “learner-centred” education; improvement of teaching including capacity-building and teacher training; improvement in the status of teachers; development of benchmarking and assessment; elaboration of national standards regarding quality education.

As regards activities under the “ethics of science and technology, in particular bioethics”, the suggestion was made to place more emphasis on information and sensitization of the public-at-large and decision-makers, on the development of further normative instruments, on the promotion of ethics education, on the ethics of the use of science and technology, capacity-building and on multidisciplinary action.

They emphasized the need to diversify energy by developing advanced, cleaner, more efficient, affordable and cost-effective energy technologies, including fossil fuel technologies and renewable energy technologies, and their transfer to developing countries on concessional terms as mutually agreed in order to promote sustainable energy systems with the objective of increasing its contribution to total energy supply, recognizing the role of national initiatives and priorities and voluntary targets, where they exist, and ensuring that energy policies are supportive to developing countries’ efforts to eradicate poverty, and regularly evaluate available data to review progress to this end.