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The international conference in Tashkent, which marked an important stage in the preparations for the World Water Forum, was attended by more than 350 experts, prominent scientists, environmentalists and water management specialists from 32 countries, as well as representatives of some 30 influential international organizations and financial institutions, including the United Nations and its agencies, the World Water Council, the Global Water Partnership, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Economic

The Commission was informed of initiatives that were being undertaken by Pacific island developing countries to protect biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem services, such as the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in Kiribati, the largest marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean, and the Coral Triangle Initiative, which covered a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, included the greatest extent of mangrove forests in

In 2010, the OSCE will continue to work closely with the United Nations on these and many other common challenges, such as arms control and confidence- and security-building measures; transnational threats and challenges, including combating terrorism; economic and environmental

While bottom-set longlines may snag and damage benthic epifauna and irregular objects on the

In paragraph 119 (d) of resolution 64/72, the General Assembly called upon RFMO/As to adopt conservation and management measures, including monitoring, control and surveillance

However, there are concerns over the reprovisioning of the affected facilities (such as David Trench Rehabilitation Centre, Kennedy Town Swimming Pool, Centre Street Market West Block and open spaces); the possible adverse effect of ventilation shafts to the

In this context, the position of Uzbekistan — that the projects to construct new giant hydroelectric power stations in the upstream flow of the Syrdaria and Amudaria

They may also require assistance, inter alia, in the preparation of fisheries management plans, the implementation of a modern approach to fisheries management,

Life-cycle rituals – birth; rites of passage; wedding, divorce and funerary rituals; games and sports; kinship and ritual kinship ceremonies; settlement patterns; culinary arts; designation of status and prestige ceremonies; seasonal ceremonies;