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The heads of delegations of the following Member States: Australia, Austria, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Comoros, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines,

In the course of their investigations, members of the Monitoring Group travelled to Belgium, Canada, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands,

Subsequently, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Niger, Poland, Qatar, the

Since the last periodic report (1995) on the implementation of the Convention, the following 28 States have become party to the Convention: Barbados, Bolivia, Botswana, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of

The following States and observers also participated in the meetings of the Working Group: Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Haiti, the Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mauritania, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru,

Representatives of the following 56 member States of the Committee attended the session: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea,

This legislation provides for universal jurisdiction over any or a combination of the following: (a) grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I thereto (primarily States members of the Commonwealth); (b) crimes specified under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (for example, Cyprus, Japan and the Netherlands); (c) other violations of international humanitarian law where no treaty requires universal jurisdiction, such as war crimes committed in non-international armed conflict (Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and the Philippines) and violations of treaties that

Major actions included the following: (a) Goal 7, target 1: trained 286 civil servants in environment and conflict cooperation issues; strengthened

The Commission held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Italy, Jordan, China, Guatemala, France, Portugal, Cameroon, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, Qatar, Canada, Gabon, the United States, Indonesia, Paraguay, Pakistan,

The statements were made by the representatives of Yemen (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), Nepal (on behalf of the Group of Least Developed Countries), Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Australia (on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand), Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Malawi, Mauritania, Norway, Pakistan,

The Executive Board may wish to (a) approve the two-year programme extensions for Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sierra Leone; (b) approve the second one-year programme extension for Iran (Islamic Republic of); (c) take note of the one-year programme extensions for Albania, Bangladesh,

The delegations of the following countries participated in the interactive dialogue:

At the 1st meeting, on 23 April 2012, a message was delivered by the Chef de Cabinet, Office of the President of the General Assembly, on behalf of the President of the Assembly, and statements were made by the President of the Economic and Social Council, by the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), by Peru (on behalf of the States Members of the United

A workshop for participants from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger was held in Mali from 29 September to 1 October; a workshop for participants from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia was held in Botswana from 7 to 9 July; a workshop for participants from Angola and Mozambique was held in Angola from 26 to 29 May; a workshop for participants from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Congo was held in the Central African Republic from 12 to 14 May; a workshop for participants from Mauritius, Seychelles and the United Republic of Tanzania was held in Seychelles from 28 to 30 April; a workshop for participants from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo was held in Togo from 24 to 26 March;

Assistance was provided on drafting legislation or awareness-building of consumer protection for

The meeting was attended by the Secretary-General, the Head of State of Panama, the Prime

At the 8th meeting, on 14 October, the representative of Brazil, on behalf of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mexico,

At the 15th meeting, on 22 October, the representative of Mexico, on behalf of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria,

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi

Arab experts participated in a number of regional and international meetings, including the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions of the Group of Experts; the tenth meeting of the Working Group on Exonyms, held in Austria in 2010; the seventeenth International Seminar on Sea Names, held in Vancouver, Canada, in 2011; a workshop on establishing a road map for geographical names in the countries of Africa, held in Gaborone, Botswana, in

However, some developing countries in Asia