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Some countries have or made considerable efforts to implement simple and transparent rules of origin for least developed country products, but other

In addition, many delegations expressed the view that the

Some delegations were of the view that private standards were part of the current world situation and were relevant to certain segments of the market and important for diversified market requirements; however

While some WTO members had underlined the positive aspects of private standards on quality and access to high quality markets, many other members had expressed the following concerns: the application of

Cost-effective monitoring, verification and assessment mechanisms, as well as open, transparent, balanced and sciencebased procedures for developing these

Noting that a well-articulated vision and strategy needed to be developed to enable the private sector to proceed with confidence in areas where it knew it would be supported, he urged the Government to create an investment environment that

Governments and other public authorities should promote open, transparent, balanced and science-based processes for developing labelling schemes and other mechanisms that fully reflect the impact of production and consumption, and work with the private sector to ensure that labelling, corporate reporting and advocacy are accurate, cost-effective and trustworthy so as to enable consumers to make

In this liberalised and competitive environment, firms in developing countries can no longer

Equally, in the field of education, the curricula and teaching materials of schools should reflect fully the diversity of a nation; only then would children belonging to minorities feel that they truly belonged, and children from majorities would understand much more about their classmates with different

Adopting more sustainable transportation models requires strong

They would include measures to enhance the quantity and quality of endowments of the poor groups, for example, expanding ownership and access to productive assets by improving credit markets;

suggested the recommendations be strengthened as follows: to recognize the applicability to the occupied territories of Israel’s responsibility under international human rights and humanitarian law and to investigate war crimes and other violations of international law, hold the perpetrators accountable and provide reparation to victims; to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip and allow the unhindered passage of people and goods; to halt the expansion of Israeli settlements, the destruction of Palestinian homes and the construction of the wall/fence in the

Since the Nairobi Summit, the States Parties have come to understand that the issue of accessibility is about enabling landmine survivors to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, by ensuring equal access to the physical

Notably, economic policies around the world have shifted from import substitution and directed

The elimination of anticompetitive horizontal

Australia, in its leadership role of the Cairns Group of

We consider this Workshop to constitute an important step in advancing the implementation of key elements of the sustainable development agenda, as articulated in Agenda 21a and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”),band in formulating policy options and

The agreement defines the agricultural sphere, establishes rules for the protection of trade (reduction of tariffs or minimum market access), regulates “internal price support”, or the elimination of domestic subsidies (for instance, direct payments), as well as export

However, in the absence of a precise international reference framework for the implementation of some of the specific minimum criteria contained in the Aquaculture Guidelines, COFI recognized the importance of developing

This requires establishing flexible and open