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missions; analysing budgetary implications of the strategy; monitoring mission budgets and the support account for peacekeeping operations to ensure alignment of the transfer of posts and non-post resources between Headquarters, peacekeeping missions, the Regional Service Centre at Entebbe and the Global Service Centre at UNLB; providing substantive support to relevant intergovernmental, expert and legislative bodies in their budgetary review; and assisting in securing the approval of the General Assembly.

to translate this vision into a single, coherent strategic framework that has clear objectives and priorities, taking full account of the Government’s own goals as reflected in the poverty reduction strategy and its priority action plan, and the Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; and (c) to strengthen United Nations coordination and management mechanisms to ensure the cohesive implementation of priorities in keeping with the principle of “delivering as one”.

region, in order to meet challenges and future requirements for sustainable development, and to submit that strategy to the Economic and Social Council for presentation to the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit.

adjustments by various oil companies tends to be synchronized, while oil product pump prices often fail to truly reflect import costs, this Council urges the Government to actively consider introducing a fair competition law and other effective measures for the oil industries, including requesting the Competition Policy Advisory Group to take heed of any unfair mode of competition that may emerge in the local oil market, and entrusting the Group to monitor and study the situation, with a view to increasing competition in the oil industries and enhancing the transparency of product prices, thereby avoiding oligopoly, promoting fair competition and safeguarding commercial clients and the public against high oil prices.

Treatment or Punishment and the establishment of a national preventive mechanism.

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the possible acquisition of these weapons by terrorist groups, even when these weapons are held only by the nuclear-weapon States themselves, which have the prime and absolute responsibility for preventing such diversion; thirdly, the potential use of these systems by nuclear-weapon States against those that have pledged not to develop such technology; and lastly, the concept according to which the only genuine guarantee that these threats will end is the total and complete destruction of such weapons demanded by all humankind.

in the North, and by strengthening South-South collaboration.69 Proposals have been made for further initiatives to facilitate the acceleration of biotechnology research in agriculture.70 There is a need for the further development of institutions and strategies such as these which will seek to facilitate the development and acquisition of technologies required for research relevant to developing countries, seek to use the opportunities offered by IP to best advantage, and also help resolve the difficulties associated with the proliferation of patents on research tools.

will place on three overarching recommendations of the study, namely the development in each State of a comprehensive strategy on violence against children; the introduction of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence; and the consolidation of national data collection, analysis and dissemination, and research in this field.

towards a comprehensive resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, on the basis of relevant Security Council resolutions and the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, in order to ensure a political solution, with two States – Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable Palestinian State – living side by side in peace and security

parity with other nations and regions of the world, and to contribute to the conversion of the economies of member countries into economies based on scientific and technological knowledge.

and continuing its strong tradition of research and innovation in agriculture by supporting the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research with a view to increasing the micronutrient values of staple foods and exploring new ways to help vulnerable rural communities adjust to the impacts of climate change.

detention conditions of detainees, as well as to improving education and social reintegration of children in conflict with the law.

Judge; and (e) the Registry’s efficient preparations for the establishment of all the necessary practical infrastructure.

water-related work, in contravention of the Council’s multiple resolutions.

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release processes; ii) participatory varietal selection to encourage the speedy development and adoption of appropriate varieties by the end users; iii) empowerment of farmers’ organizations to conduct quality control testing on agrichemicals; and iv) revision of extension services to be more demand-driven instead of supply-led.

Dr. Michael Graw (key account manager at WACKER SILICONES).