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The Sectors now feel more involved and participate more consistently and professionally in the evaluation of the requests submitted.

We are pleased with this encouraging [...]

General Assembly resolution 64/215 on the legal empowerment of the poor is a welcome step.

On a positive note, following discussions on the Government-led Joint Plan for Assistance for the Northern Province for 2011, child protection activities were included as a priority.

[...] [...] Peacekeeping Operations was a welcome development.

Finally, Major Programme V has set a welcome example by earmarking at least 20% of its regular budget resources for intersectoral engagement, with particular focus on HIV and AIDS; climate change (including education for sustainable development and science education); new knowledge acquisition processes (including ICT-enhanced learning; media and information literacy); diversity and mutual understanding (including multilingualism and heritage preservation); and support to countries in post-conflict and post-disaster situations.

There are encouraging signs of [...]

[...] [...] the recent one on post-conflict peacebuilding (see S/PV.6299) and today’s on working methods, is a welcome development.

Nevertheless, there are also several encouraging medium-term and long-term growth drivers at play.

Conscience and Peace Tax International commented on paragraph 53 of the report, noting that, while it was commendable that relatives of victims of past human rights violations were exempt from military service, this was not a question of conscientious objection.

(g) While there has been some welcomed progress in increasing women’s representation in politics, through, among other things, quotas or reserved seats for women in a number of countries, there continue to be low levels of women’s representation in politics, and few countries in the region have reached the 30 per cent target representation level established by the Economic and Social Council

But it would be a very welcome step if the Chinese Government were to become a signatory to these two covenants.

You may be pleased to note the good progress made in the common efforts to suppress the menace of modern-day piracy through recently compiled statistics, which show that against 33 ships and 733 seafarers held captive by pirates in February (when the numbers peaked to record highs), the numbers have lately fallen to almost one third of those mentioned above: to 13 ships and 265 seafarers.

As the African Union is approaching its tenth anniversary in 2012, it has made commendable strides with regard to peace and security on the continent, such as the launch of the African peace and security architecture.

Fortunately, the international community (development partners) is providing a helping hand.

During the period, the Group, through strategic deployment of talents to our business lines, actively recruited relevant professionals with experience in large financial organizations and international vision, which further enhanced our talents deployment and business teams. In particular, we made remarkable breakthrough in various aspects such as research, institutional sales, asset management and investment banking, and built a solid talent base for the rapid expansion of business and market coverage in the future.

This remarkable result is achieved thanks to the high attention paid [...] [...]

Governance of aquaculture has become increasingly important and has made remarkable progress.

Indonesia views the role of the Disarmament Commission to be all the more important in facilitating an exchange of various viewpoints, given the optimistic international movements in the field of disarmament and in building consensus on the issues on its agenda.

While the adoption of the programme of work was indeed a welcome development, it is regrettable that we have continued to be unable to implement this decision.

The successful conclusion of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, together with the welcome recent ratification of the New START agreement by the United States and Russia, has given us a critical boost for disarmament efforts in the year ahead.

In 2011, the CANZ group had participated in the Human Rights Council’s annual panel debate on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the Conference of States Parties to the Convention had been held, drawing welcome attention to a core principle, namely, that facilitating the full participation in society of persons with disabilities was of benefit to all society.

The Executive Committee recognizes that there is good work being done in promoting and identifying activities to sustain this consumption and continue its reduction to meet the full CFC phase out in 2010 particularly the country’s plans to enforce a ban on CFC imports commencing 2008.

[...] [...] responses, some promising trends are evident, with [...] [...]

Mr. Cai possesses deep thinking skills and unique insights in the fields of coordinated development of city clusters, planning and co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, new types of urban development, construction of greenways, livable cities, urban expansion and improvements and inter-city rail transportation transit-oriented development (TOD), having achieved satisfactory results and received commendations from both the Guangdong Provincial Department of Housing & Urban-Rural Development and leaders of the Guangdong Province.

[...] focus on their welcomed efforts to reduce [...] [...]

In particular, we believe that a balanced step-by-step approach to expansion of the membership of the Conference and the participation of NGOs in its informal sessions may help to bring out fresh and promising ideas which are important for our practical work.