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External sources (not reviewed)

These 12 posts comprise one P-2 post of Associate Economic Affairs Officer under executive direction and management; one P-2 post under subprogramme 1, Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and

Pending a full evaluation of the experience gained with and the results attained by the various CCT projects carried out during the 31 C/5 and 32 C/5, the Director-General recommends to continue during the 33 C/5 only a limited number of ongoing CCT projects which have demonstrably shown effectiveness and results

The Conference encouraged FAO and member countries to

New investments are required in regional and national agricultural and fishery research and rural infrastructure,

A lack of transparency in that respect might (a) undermine trust and political support for individual public authorities and Government and State institutions in general, thus endangering the efficacy of public interventions and risking political instability; (b) provoke significant redistributions of wealth in ways that not only are unfair and, in some cases, possibly illegal, but also favour rent-seeking behaviour, act against fair

However, now that the relevance of the mainstream news media is being challenged by the rising popularity of alternative sources, news distribution platforms are rapidly multiplying and diversifying and social media tools are revolutionizing the way in which people access and share information, the Committee wonders whether the time has come for the Department of Public Information to assess how it can enhance the responsiveness of its public information activities to the

These developments are also providing means for linking to

(j) Increasing efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, strengthening the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases, including by providing adequate funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and through the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other

WIPO, especially under its Strategic Goal I (balanced evolution of the international normative framework for IP), Strategic Goal III (facilitating the use of IP for development) Strategic Goal V (world reference source for IP information and analysis) and Strategic Goal VII (addressing IP in relation to global policy issues), can play

For the purpose of the present document, technical cooperation focusing on capacity development is defined as encompassing: (a) policy advocacy and dialogue on critical and emerging issues, including follow-up to global and regional commitments; (b) regional knowledge networking aimed at enabling the members and associate members of ESCAP to

The Commission took note of a number of national initiatives, including the introduction of ICT

Having successfully launched in four cities

In view of our concern for the well-being and future of Arab citizens, consultations took place on ways of overcoming obstacles to achieving the Millennium Development Goals; the importance of building and activating human capacities; improving education and scientific

Recommendations proposed included prioritizing least developed countries in allocations of official

WACKER, a leading supplier of complete

The Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 2007/40 of 17 October 2007 (para. 6), decided to develop and consider, with a view to its adoption at the eighth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, a voluntary global financial mechanism/portfolio approach/forest financing framework for all types of forests, aimed

In paragraph 12 of the same section of the resolution, the General Assembly welcomed the efforts made by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management to seek the evaluation by Member States of the quality of the

UNICEF cooperation areas include (a) strengthening monitoring and implementation of these two Conventions, the National Plan of Action for Children and the National Plan of Action for Women, with a focus on the rights of poor and vulnerable children and women; (b) strengthening child- and gender-sensitive and evidence-based policy frameworks, laws, national plans and

The report "IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform" (source: IDC) identifies “the most important trends and events in 2013 will cluster around what

The specific objectives of the Meeting were: (a) to examine the trends that are apparent in the worldwide development of GNSS and how they will affect the growing population of users of satellite-positioning technologies; (b) to review ongoing and planned initiatives as well as case studies that could contribute to the wider use of GNSS technology and its applications, including the possibility of one or more national, regional and international pilot projects in which interested institutions could incorporate the use of GNSS technology; (c) identify a