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Other areas proposed for inclusion in mainstreaming approaches were: indigenous peoples; post-conflict countries and countries experiencing violence and conflict; culture of peace/peace-building; environment and environmental education; marginalized and vulnerable groups of society; people with disabilities; information on HIV/AIDS and malaria; dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples; promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue; Haiti; talented children; domains of education and culture; the Central Asia region; social and cultural

The following priority areas/themes were mentioned for consideration in preparing document 35 C/5: freedom of expression and freedom of the press; increased emphasis on ethics, also in relation with action line 10 of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS); cultural diversity “of the media” and “in the media”; the promotion of multilingualism; media and

At the same time, it highlighted the profoundly negative impact on trade flows of the ongoing world economic and financial crisis; reaffirmed the importance of an equitable multilateral trade system, reiterating the call to resist all protectionist tendencies and to rectify any

At its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly stressed the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing

Efforts are envisaged to: increase women’s participation in economic activities; strengthen the role of women in economic life and boost their economic rights; support women facing the challenges of economic globalization; give women a larger share of loans and of funding for small and medium-sized

The key factors that facilitated the smooth implementation by SIAP of all planned activities for 2009 were: (a) the strong support of the host Government, Japan, which continued to provide the bulk of cash contributions, administrative and infrastructure support, and fellowships for all four SIAP-Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tokyo Metropolitan Area (TMA)-based training courses; (b) the strong support of many other member States: cash and in kind contributions from those member States increased in 2009 compared with their level in 2008; and (c) close collaboration with United Nations agencies and international organizations, which provided the opportunity to

The objectives of SIAP were most recently described in ESCAP resolution 61/2. Statute of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific in 2005 as follows: “to strengthen, through practically oriented training of official

RESAP, since its inception more than two decades ago, has helped in fostering and coordinating space cooperation in the region, set up training and education networks in China, India and Indonesia, and developed institutional arrangements with Sentinel Asia for access

In addition, greater efforts must be made to generate a global strategy

Under this focus on the uncertainty of the world energy situation, the following issues were discussed: how to cope with the impact of the price of oil at its peak; how to cope with the impact of the escalation of the

This issue should give a clear impetus to the Government to restore administrative control of diamond mining,

It further noted with appreciation that both events, especially the workshop, contributed to an enhanced communication between the science and policy communities, and to an enhanced consideration and understanding by Parties of emerging scientific findings and related issues on

Special and differential treatment must remain an integral part

Some delegations highlighted specific reasons for retaining annual sessions: in

In the light of the potential value that these organizations could add to the process, Bhutan suggested that the Council consider means to facilitate

Several delegations expressed their appreciation to the Executive Secretary and the ESCAP secretariat for their efforts to

Given that private companies have to be primarily responsible to their shareholders, this

Our central concern here, therefore, is that a strengthening of IP protection for databases at the international level, whilst encouraging more investment in new commercial database products and services, may at the same time

Decisions on the location of meetings other than at the seat of the secretariat shall take into account

Furthermore, we call on our development partners for a constructive engagement in the preparation of a successor action programme, which in addition to transit trade and trade facilitation problems, should also address issues of

Developed economies had begun to stagnate with the waning fiscal

The Conference requested FAO to continue support for initiatives in member countries to test and demonstrate the feasibility of various climate change adaptation and mitigation activities in the agricultural sectors, such as the United Nations

It identified a number of broad policy directions that must be promoted, as follows: (a) Governments should increasingly take on a more central development role in cities; (b) reformed urban planning systems must fully and unequivocally address the current and emerging urban challenges, including climate change, rapid urbanization and poverty, shrinking cities, ageing, multicultural composition of cities, informality and safety; (c) countries should formulate national urban policies in order to address urban challenges and prospects more systematically; and (d) capacity to enforce urban planning regulations,