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[...] included: climate change, disaster prevention and preparedness, minimizing biodiversity loss through sustainable management of resources, renewable energies, the formulation of national strategies in science and technology, the promotion of local and indigenous [...] [...]

The recommendation classified as overtaken by events relates to the recommendation of the Department of Internal Oversight Services peer review results, which will be fully known only when the next peer review process is performed.

[...] generating pressure for change, I have attached [...] [...]

The oversight bodies also have an important role to play to ensure the likelihood of the implementation of recommendations by: issuing recommendations that include a clear and workable proposal for their implementation; providing mechanisms that promote action and follow up on oversight recommendations and foster discipline to pursue full and timely implementation; focusing on critical issues with substantial impact on functional effectiveness in oversight reports and avoiding an excessively large number of recommendations that may have a “crowding-out effect” and stretch thin the Secretariat’s capacity to respond; and applying a consistent risk-based approach to oversight which will ensure that highrisk recommendations/areas are given priority.

[...] [...] construction activities and the continuous presence of marine renewable energy devices; killings or change in the behaviour of fish and mammals from noise [...] [...]

At 1200 hours, Ahmad Ghazwan Nashnashi (mother’s name Iman; born 1944 in Bab Hud) was taken to the Al-Birr Hospital, where he died, after being shot below the armpit by unidentified armed [...]

[...] [...] for several different reasons: limited financial resources; increasing demands to make more comprehensive improvements to the standard of living of citizens; and the limited ability of administrations to generate the knowledge, problem-solving skills and innovation required for new institutional [...]

At the same time, the internationally renowned actress and long-time UNICEF advocate said she’d been deeply touched by the way ordinary Lebanese families – themselves very poor – had opened up their homes and hearts to the incoming refugees.

The staffing strategy is being developed in an external context, which has drastically changed over the past decade and which will continue to do so in the next decade and within an environment of major reform initiatives in the United Nations system.

In addition, the strategy for delivering development activities will shift from a request driven to a more strategic and needs driven approach articulated in country plans.

[...] alleviate everyday body odors from multiple sources, like bad breath (halitosis), underarm odor, perspiration odor and foot odor.

Furthermore, anecdotal evidence suggests that those impacts have overstretched the already limited coping capacities of small island developing States to the point where they are lagging behind, thus increasing their exposure.

Management approaches that integrate across sectors become particularly relevant in inland waters (Box 13), where major impacts on fishery resources and ecosystems are often not caused by fishing activities but by water use and habitat modification.

Moreover, a country situation will obviously evolve over time and should therefore be assessed on a regular basis in order that mechanisms may be adjusted to ensure the effective participation of minorities.