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We also welcome the decision taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in November 2009 to approve the agreement between the Russian Federation and IAEA to establish a reserve of low enriched uranium (LEU) for the supply of LEU to IAEA for the needs of its member States,

The Gender and Water Alliance, a network of over 300 organizations and individuals around the world, offers a mix of information- and

The Commission further noted that the CCPR had

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of

The Advisory Committee notes that the requirements for the United Nations Office at Vienna are to be shared among the four organizations based in Vienna, namely, the United

The Mekong River is a major waterway for all seasons, brings in arable alluvium in the lower land areas along the river, is the fishing lot in the dry season, is the irrigation for rice fields during the dry season, provides

Features assessed included the name of

Cooperation agreements have been concluded with UNESCO, the Civil

The Committee paid special attention to the coordination of its own activities with those of other international organizations whose activities impinge on the field of transport of dangerous goods or of

Among the ground-breaking achievements of this

From thousands of 50W installations for basic lighting in Bangladesh; to the Sydney Theatre

Following the establishment of large toroidal chambers with magnetic coils (tokamaks), such as the JT-60 in Japan, the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor in the United States of America, the Joint European Torus in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Tore Supra in France, the ITER project is in its final research phase

The highly sensitive measuring systems that are adapted to the requirements of hydro power

Other major achievements include: the Organization was accepted in a process which involves also UNEP, FAO and UNDP, for ensuring the interim secretariat of IPBES (a final decision in this regard will be taken by the Platform’s first plenary foreseen for early 2013); the adoption by African Ministers in charge of STI, Finance and Planning, and Education, of the Nairobi Declaration on STI at the African Forum on “STI for Youth Employment, Human Capital Development and Inclusive Growth” (Nairobi, Kenya, April 2012); the adoption by the IHP Intergovernmental Council of the Strategic Plan for Phase VIII (2014-2021) of IHP on “Water Security: Responses to Local,

The government has begun to address key issues such as the float of the kyat to eliminate the multiple exchange rate system and the distortions it introduces; dismantling of monopolies (such as in edible oils, fuel, vehicles and possibly soon telecommunications); promotion of foreign investment,39 with a stated emphasis on industries that add value to Myanmar’s raw materials and those that

The Representative reported on recent and on-going activities of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division, including: staffing the FAO Desk in the IAEA Incident and

Eight United Nations organizations (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),

All of the Authority’s technical studies and workshop proceedings have been converted to e-book format and may be

Voith has delivered two variable-speed pump turbines, each with 380 MW

(c) Developing the use of renewable energy resources in the light of

CEMEC’s offer of infrastructural investment is extensive. CEMEC committed to constructing a special purpose deepwater port at Santa Clara, a railway track

In 2009, Astronergy first mass produced “amorphous/ microcrystalline” high-efficiency thin film PV cell with conversion efficiency exceeding 10% in mainland China, and actively explored application of thin film in BIPV; it has introduced MES and SPC management systems into quality management sector to improve product quality; in terms of engineering general contract, the company has undertaken numerous national “Golden Sun”