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[...] [...] central and impartial role of the United Nations [...] [...]

The Office of Internal Audit will focus its outputs on evaluating and improving governance, risk management and control processes by ensuring that (a) it has a clear mandate linked to organizational objectives and is supported by an independent, objective and well-functioning management structure with approved annual work plans; (b) it secures and retains the right quantity and quality of human resources in a timely manner to execute its annual work plans and fulfil its mandate; and (c) it is effective and efficient in applying (i) audit and investigation methodologies, including the use of supporting tools, technology and knowledge management approaches; (ii) operational management practices, including divisional and engagement management and performance monitoring; and (iii) quality assurance and continuous improvement.

Recommendations proposed included prioritizing least developed countries in allocations of official development assistance; implementing new and innovative sources of financing; exploring and, where possible, experimenting with new types of financial and, especially, non-financial collaboration; leveraging resources through subsidies for international private sector engagement, especially foreign direct investment, in areas of least developed country priority; strengthening least developed country capacities for commercial contracting through greater transparency in agreements and by fostering governmental, especially parliamentary, review; increasing the participation of least developed countries in governance of the aid architecture.

[...] [...] Organization should act as a facilitator [...] [...]

[...] [...] retain its advisory role to the Commission, [...] [...]

However, where governance and policies are developed without a strategic assessment of the relative roles of the men and women involved, the effect can be to disempower stakeholders.

Delegations underlined that these complimentary efforts were all required to enable agriculture to live up to its potential to raise incomes and access to nutrition, and also reduce national dependency on food imports and exposure to international food price volatility.

The appointed detainees wore distinctive green overalls, and undertook numerous different functions, including helping the registrar and the nurses, and being responsible for hygiene in the cells.

The Beijing Statement on Combating Desertification and Promoting Sustainable Development (see E/CN.17/2008/15, annex I) recognizes the importance of forests in both preventing desertification and land degradation as well as in rehabilitating degraded lands; it also states that the implementation of the forest instrument provides a framework for advancing sustainable forest management and its contribution to combating desertification, mitigating climate change and preserving forest biological diversity.

But if it is able to manage this complex process, Myanmar has the possibility to finally realise its enormous economic potential, catching up with its neighbours while avoiding some of their mistakes.

[...] [...] agencies should play a more supportive role to enable lowincome [...] [...]

[...] Parties have a role to play, the Conference [...] [...]

They play a key role as partners in [...]

The overall goal of the programme is to enable Poland’s full human resources potential through increasing employment; the adaptability of the enterprises and employees; raising the level of education in society; reducing areas of social exclusion and supporting the development of the state’s administrative structures.

Citing substantive linkages between the regional Asia-Pacific Disaster Report and the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Committee recommended that the next issues of the two reports, which were scheduled respectively for 2012 and 2013, use common data sources and comparable methodologies and that their outlines be coordinated in order to create synergies and maximize their impact.

The Co-Chairs highlighted that the publication has the potential to promote coherence, closer cooperation and efficiency in collective efforts to implement relevant instruments of international humanitarian and human rights law.

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[...] [...] contract management role by monitoring the [...] [...]

[...] [...] issues), can play an important role in addressing the [...] [...]

The Secretary-General’s report and today’s briefings underline some crucial and evident factors: the need for an intelligent, hard-headed political vision for Afghanistan’s future and a credible political process to achieve that vision; the fact that while military efforts alone will not resolve Afghanistan’s conflict, we cannot lose sight of the importance of security to making progress in other areas, such as governance, development and human rights; the indispensability of a credible and effective partner in the Afghan Government itself that can provide basic services and take action against corruption; and the obvious need to give priority to developing Afghan capabilities in order to transition to Afghan ownership.

[...] [...] particularly the role of the Peacebuilding [...]

[...] [...] cases played a pivotal role to accelerate [...] [...]

The National Institute for Youth (INJ) has produced a preliminary draft of a national policy on youth containing seven basic lines of action for young people in various forums and workshops, namely empowerment of young people in participatory democratic processes, universal access to the knowledge society, digital inclusion and multilingual communication, popular culture, sport and recreation as a strategy for social inclusion and development, economic rights of young people through decent work and rural development, all-round health and a healthy lifestyle, social protection from violence and justice as a basis of a culture of peace.

[...] [...] of women to play an effective and fundamental role in Arab societies; [...] [...]