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Applications become more energy efficient, the torque is consistent at every performance level, acceleration can be increased and the motors run cooler than their asynchronous counterparts.

Specifically, recommendations pertaining to field project exit strategy, wise coastal standards, guidelines, procedures and possible accreditation mechanisms, regional and global wise practices virtual forums, communications activities, extrabudgetary funding and the impact of LINKS and SIV on SCI activities were made.

Since that time, Estonia, Gambia, Guyana, Papua New Guinea and Saint Lucia and Sao Tome and Principe each provided an initial transparency report as required confirming that no stocks were held.

[...] [...] diplomacy, with particular reference to Africa.

Upon request, the Committee was provided with a definition of those categories and detailed list of projects proposed for 2012-2013 by component, location and category (see table XI.4).

He refers to the legal opinion, confirming, inter alia, the author‟s argument that this latter requirement is actually illegal under Uzbek law.

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 [...] [...]

At its seventy-first session, the Commission considered a document containing the elements of an updated performance management framework that included, inter alia, proposals for recognition, incentives and rewards.

The scorn of the world grew more and more intense, as time after time they foretold a wreck of matter and a crush of worlds, and time after time their predictions failed—until now the very mention of prophetic time is received very generally with an incredulous smile, or with open contempt, even by Christians who well know that prophecy and chronology constitute a large proportion of God’s revelation.

The Executive Committee has reviewed the report presented with the institutional strengthening project renewal request for Syrian Arab Republic, and notes with appreciation that within the framework of the institutional strengthening project, Syrian Arab Republic has taken significant steps to phase out its ODS consumption, in particular, the implementation [...] [...]

[...] [...] the members of the European Union welcomed the inclusion of the Convention on Cluster Munitions as an important legal framework to address the humanitarian challenges; and drew particular attention to the provisions of the eighth [...]

[...] [...] torture, inter alia, by alerting everyone, including perpetrators, victims and the public, to the particular gravity of the crime of torture and by increasing the deterrent effect of the prohibition [...]

The lack of a precise definition has caused many studies to offer a broad interpretation and consider all types of non-conventional forms of finance under the rubric of innovative development financing, ranging from the mechanisms mentioned earlier, such as securitization of ODA commitments, international taxes and new SDR allocations, to all kinds of “other innovations”, [...] [...]

The Executive Committee has reviewed the report presented with the institutional strengthening (IS) project renewal request for Turkey, and notes with appreciation the completed activities during the period of the IS project which was implemented through the World Bank, in particular the country’s [...] [...]

[...] [...] all forms of violence against children, including in early childhood, by adopting appropriate policy measures aimed at, inter alia, raising awareness, [...] [...]

Draft article 2 (b) added clarity to the Commission’s previous definition in that it focused on the actual use of armed force, explicitly mentioned armed groups and differentiated between the use of armed force in international as opposed to noninternational armed conflicts, since in the latter, it needed to be “protracted”, in other words, to cross a certain threshold of intensity.

[...] regarding projects to phase out HCFCs in the solvent sector, the Executive Committee agreed to maintain them in UNDP’s business plan with a view to discussing specific submissions on a case-by-case basis in the agencies’ work programmes, focusing inter alia on cost-effectiveness.

However, the expenditure amounts under each line are broken down into staff and activity costs for additional information.

[...] [...] procuring entity’s decisions or actions, alerting them in particular whether a specifically dedicated and defined time frame [...]

Gender aspects play a critical role across all the MDG areas of support and specific examples are included and further elaborated in section E under gender equality, in particular the experience with multifunctional platforms in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.

The Committee’s recommendations were based, inter alia, on its recognition of the importance of providing adequate security and safety services at headquarters locations and at the regional commissions, as well as on its understanding that, since information was the single most important commodity needed to provide security for modern global field operations, there was a need both to strengthen threat and risk assessment capacity and to develop a comprehensive information management strategy.

Two of the 4 general temporary assistance positions, 1 P-4 and 1 P-3 Training Officers, and 1 P-4 continuing post, currently funded from the support account, design, deliver, upgrade, harmonize and evaluate three ongoing cross-cutting leadership programmes: the senior mission leaders’ programme, a two-week course, conducted twice annually at a host Member State, for 26 candidates from Member States, the Secretariat, the United Nations agencies, programmes and funds); the senior leaders’ programme, a compulsory orientation course for all mission personnel at the D-2 level and above, conducted twice annually in New York; and SMART, an intensive year-long programme involving distance learning and three week-long workshops for two groups of 40 candidates.

[...] [...] 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 [...] [...]

In the Medical Services Section, the establishment of 15 additional national posts (6 National Officers and 9 national General Service staff) is proposed, as the Section has over the past years expanded the services it provides, which include round-the-clock operation of the UNOCI headquarters clinic, which is now functioning at level I-plus rather than the previous level I; patients are followed up at their homes after discharge from level III hospitals; patients are regularly visited in the 11 level III hospitals in Abidjan and in Sector West and Sector East; doctors in the regional headquarters perform outreach activity by visiting remote offices twice a week; support is provided to the Government during important functions and to the United Nations country team as part of the United Nations integrated framework; and medical support is proposed to be provided eight hours a day at the logistics base in Koumassi as opposed to the current two hours a day.

During this session, the SHS and SC Commissions examined the resolution proposed in document 35 C/COM SC/DR.1 (submitted by: Austria, Belgium, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Slovenia, Sweden, Tuvalu, Uruguay; co-sponsored by: Barbados, Costa Rica, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Monaco, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Suriname, and Zambia), requesting the Director-General to strengthen UNESCO’s specialized capacity on climate change, building upon UNESCO’s unique interdisciplinary profile.

In the supplementary information provided to the Advisory Committee, the Secretary-General indicates that the original ICSC proposal reflecting a 0.59 per cent increase was supported by five out of the eight member organizations that provided comments; the other three insisted on a zerogrowth budget.