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External sources (not reviewed)

addressed the phase-out targets for ozone-depleting substances (ODS), and were fully committed in line with decision XVII/40 of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties.

to information and communications technology in support of field missions ($178,000), and a number of other consultancies, including: the engagement of two IATA consultants for training on air charter ($40,000); the revision of the procurement manual for changes related to the enterprise resource planning system ($30,000); and the engagement of a food rations expert to advise on price negotiations ($12,000).

the Executive Committee had been given the great responsibility of continuing its good work, particularly with regard to compliance with the 2010 CFC phase-out deadline for Article 5 countries and with expediting the accelerated phase-out of HCFCs.

be given to national selection processes for treaty body members so as to encourage States to nominate members who were independent from the Government and had the required expertise to assist States with the implementation of their respective obligations.

and if the Trustee will have received Instruments of Commitment from Contributing Participants whose contributions aggregate not less than SDR 290 million, the Trustee may deem, prior to the Effective Date, one quarter of the total amount of each contribution for which an Instrument of Commitment has been deposited with the Trustee as an advance contribution, unless the Contributing Participant specifies otherwise in its Instrument of Commitment.

rights, such as health and education, in these countries.

and its productive use; tapping innovative sources of finance for least developed countries and promoting South-South cooperation.

industries, had been remarkable.

to economic recovery, including increasing employment and government revenue, vital for effective social and other service delivery.

improvements in the lives of the African people.

21.7%, whilst the update indicator of the state social allowances, set by Law No. 499-XIV from 14 July 1999 on state social allowances for certain categories of citizens, with the exception of the nursing allowance and the death allowance, was 12.3%, following the average annual increase of the consumer prices indicator for the preceding year.

generates service activities, like retail stores, transportation…, which eventually become the bulk of the economic activity.

girls’ access to quality education and training throughout their life cycle, including, inter alia, through the provision of scholarships for study in science and technology in secondary and tertiary institutions, and to ensure that research and development in the field of science and technology directly benefits women and girls

in conflict prevention, management and resolution.

crop varieties, scaling up of the size of farmland, farm mechanization and better farm organization.

European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.

managers and staff with administrative responsibilities; upgrade the information technology skills of Secretariat staff; build and strengthen linguistic capabilities; and support career development and upgrade substantive skills.

of United Nations Professional and higher category staff with pay levels of comparable staff in the United States federal civil service.

results in decreasing the burden of malaria in many countries, and that some countries are moving towards elimination of malaria, many countries continue to have unacceptably high burdens of malaria and in order to reach internationally agreed development goals, including the health-related Millennium Development Goals, must rapidly increase malaria prevention and control efforts, which rely heavily on medicines and insecticides whose utility is continuously threatened by the development of resistance in humans to antimalarial agents, as well as resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides