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Extension services are not always widely available, however trade associations, government institutions and even private companies often play a role in providing technical assistance and updated information to growers.

Trade associations such as the Tobacco Research Board in Zimbabwe or Agricultural Research and Extension Trust (ARET) in Malawi (which works in full cooperation with the Tobacco Research Board of that country) play a central role in training growers, providing technical assistance and research support.

Apart from APT and Semico, two Rwandan mining companies had been suspended because of their involvement in illegal tagging of 500 kg of tin ore seized in Gisenyi, according to Rwandan authorities with whom the Group consulted during industry conferences.

Education for the adults is implemented through: full-time day studies, evening studies, part-time studies, distance learning, etc; independently, or on the basis of a contract signed with various state, or private institutions; open universities, guild halls, art schools, clubs, associations, foundations, in-service refresher courses.

The Commission requested the secretariat to assist member countries in developing employment strategies that are integrated with economic, education and social protection policies; strengthen the capacity of member countries to mainstream the concerns of older persons, youth and persons with disabilities into national development plans; assist member countries in strengthening participatory social dialogue and building public, private and civic partnerships aimed at enhancing the delivery and accessibility of social services; and strengthen cooperation with member countries in the collection of data on all social groups, disseminate good practice and exchange experience in designing policies and programmes aimed at promoting social inclusion and providing equal opportunities in all aspects of life.

Because the unprofessional Special Committee distorted the truth blatantly, doing nothing to advance peace or address the real challenges facing the Palestinian people, Israel would continue to refuse to cooperate with it.

The Secretariat should assist training institutions in monitoring and assessing the quality and impact of their performance, possibly through an International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration task force working jointly with the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (Ms. Termini).

In Pakistan, a UNDP-supported Government programme facilitated a system of performance incentives for police stations (thanas) based on objectives set in collaboration with citizen community boards that have synergies, such as fighting corruption by replacing illicit rents with incentives while being more responsive to community demands.

The language of this clause is similar to the language used in relationship agreements between the United Nations and other organizations which are considered part of the common [...] [...]

[...] [...] productive employment, including for the most disadvantaged, as well as decent work for all, in order to deliver social justice combined with economic efficiency, with full respect for fundamental principles and rights at work under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and further reaffirms that macroeconomic policies should, inter alia, support employment creation, taking fully [...]

ZTE Corporation has put forward a plan for training 1,000 engineers in Ethiopia for free. At present, ZTE Corporation has trained full-time lecturers for all kinds of products, including 496 GSM, CDMA, data and fixed networks.

[...] [...] Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods,22 a digest of case law relating to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration,23 [...] [...]

[...] [...] education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination [...] [...]

During this session, the SHS and SC Commissions examined the resolution proposed in document 35 C/COM SC/DR.1 (submitted by: Austria, Belgium, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Slovenia, Sweden, Tuvalu, Uruguay; co-sponsored by: Barbados, Costa Rica, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Monaco, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Suriname, and Zambia), requesting the Director-General to strengthen UNESCO’s specialized capacity on climate change, building upon UNESCO’s unique interdisciplinary profile.

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 travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological threats and emergencies; and the organization of international forums to discuss biological risk management in relation to food and agriculture.

During the period, efforts were also pursued to encourage professional self-regulation, investigative journalism, and high ethical standards in order to provide the general public with fair and accurate information, thereby promoting transparency and accountability of national authorities and other institutions such as independent media regulators and public service [...]

[...] [...] creating employment opportunities for youth and [...] [...]

The amount for software licences and fees ($304,700), which are required by DPKO and DFS to maintain and support existing software and systems, comprises fees for website monitoring ($30,000), business intelligence software upgrades ($40,000), the peacekeeping operations contact management software (social computing) ($80,000), secure data transfer upgrades ($30,000), the peacekeeping operations task monitoring tool ($20,000), the tracking of activities of field mission operations ($40,000), communities of practice ($30,000) and licences for users in the United Nations Office to the African Union ($34,700).

Noting that the current financial crisis had highlighted the importance of effective trade finance mechanisms to cushion the impact of the crisis on exporters, the Committee recommended that such mechanisms be strengthened, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

[...] [...] Specialized Meeting on Family Farming of MERCOSUR (REAF); and the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) initiative [...]