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External sources (not reviewed)

Due to the fragmented nature of the country, with the population distributed

An amount of $68,800 is proposed for travel in connection with the following seminars/conferences/workshops: partnership work with the UNEP post-conflict branch to be extended to field operations; annual conference to address existing issues of contract management, performance and resolution agreement with contractors on overcoming shortfalls with respect to rations; eleventh annual plenary meeting of the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, which focuses on GIS data

The suggestion was also made that SHS should develop a coherent set of activities concerning the assessment and fostering of the role and status of the

Also, transit countries should allocate

In addition, many delegations expressed the view that the persistence of restrictive rules of origin and non-tariff trade

Within the framework of the principal priority Programme V.1 “Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expression”, action was consolidated to attain the four main thrusts (i) promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the press; (ii) creating an enabling environment which is conducive to and facilitates universal access to information and

The second session of the expert meeting will focus on energy and

Given that the Arab region is facing ever-increasing risks as a result of the degradation of environmental systems and the natural disasters that are occurring regularly because of increasing geological and

Some of the elements of a vision for a lowcarbon transport system could include: (a) dense, but green, and mixed-use cities that provide jobs, and shopping and leisure facilities close to people’s residential areas; (b) modern, high-quality links between the centres and good integration of long-distance hubs with local transportation; (c) high-quality alternatives to individual car use, in particular efficient public

In particular, the Meeting was informed that the Summit, through its Beijing Declaration, had (a) noted that the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) data-sharing implementation

Following the report of OIOS on the audit of the standard costs applied to Headquarters overhead (A/60/682), the Secretariat has reviewed the standard costs and, to the extent possible, has applied the revised rates in the formulation of the requirements under recurrent costs, such as those for the rental of premises, office supplies and equipment, commercial communications costs (fax and

These include, inter alia, market drivers (for example, very specific market windows that require the appropriate combination of technical and business skills to access fully); consumer issues (for example, importing markets requiring specific

The Delegation, pointing out that this point was also emphasized in the Guidelines for the Validation of Food Safety Control Measures adopted at the current session, which provided that control measures required validation on a case-by-case basis, proposed that the restriction be lifted, but

The phase out plan will be managed by a team dedicated to this job that consists of a coordinator that will be designated by the UTOZ and have

This presupposes actions that would be concentrated on a favourable investment environment for agricultural and processing enterprises, attraction of financial means in the country from

Some countries have or made considerable efforts to implement simple and transparent rules of origin for least developed country products, but other serious obstacles to trade remain, including non-tariff barriers that are inconsistent with World Trade Organization rules and

The recent results achieved in terms of basic education schooling demonstrate that in the short term there will be a heavy demand

It was extremely difficult to meet the demands of the population, especially in

The key factors that facilitated the smooth implementation by SIAP of all planned activities for 2009 were: (a) the strong support of the host Government, Japan, which continued to

Reiterating its concern over the negative developments that have continued to occur in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including the large number of deaths and injuries, mostly among Palestinian civilians, the acts of violence and brutality committed against Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, the widespread

In Agenda 21, all countries were called upon to (a) integrate land use and transportation planning in order to encourage development patterns that reduce transport demand; (b) adopt urban transport programmes favouring high occupancy, as appropriate; (c) encourage non-motorized modes of transport by furnishing safe cycleways and footways in urban and suburban centres in countries, as appropriate; (d) devote particular attention to effective traffic management, efficient

The Commission also underscored the importance of the secretariat’s capacity-building activities, including in the areas of

In order to carry out effective inspections within the framework of its mandate, the Group calls upon the relevant Ivorian authorities to provide the Group of Experts with a general pass

Such issues included: legal validity of electronic communications, including via mobile devices; identification, authentication and authorization, in particular in the context of identity management; data use, retention and privacy; evidentiary value of

In order to counter poverty, one of the main factors

The Office continued to help the Organization to align its human resources capacity with emerging challenges and to support the establishment of new entities; to