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External sources (not reviewed)

targets” for being potential opponents to Government policies.

accountability and enforcement.

such rights and, in some cases, may have limited infrastructure and limited resources which may constrain the Group’s ability to ensure that it has obtained secure title to individual exploration licences or extraction rights.

destruction; as a result, companies and countries have accumulated a social and ecological debt to local communities, especially in the ecosystems of the South.

the size of mined areas and have led to inappropriate allocations of time and resources.

and prescriptive than government standards and Codex standards and often had no scientific basis; the process by which private standards were set lacked transparency and inclusiveness; and in some cases such standards did not meet the requirements of the SPS Agreement.

of social risks and crime, greater delinquency and distrust in many social and economic policies.

trust fund, it was noted “BDP should use lessons learned from DGTTF projects to identify kinds of activities that work best in addressing difficult democratic governance issues,” and “Much more proactive assembly, analysis and dissemination of DGTTF project experience are very important” [10].

analysis and processing of cases, identifying clients’ needs and triaging these to the regional ombudsman or the case officer as appropriate or dealing with requests for information/follow-up directly; keep clients informed of progress and meet the timeline for services to clients; keep abreast of human resources policies, conditions of service and developments in the various new policies and practices as many cases referred to in the Office pertain to employment-related issues.

appointed to administer group members that will have the most complete information on group members and is therefore in the best position to assess the appropriateness or desirability of substantive consolidation.

under the Montreal Protocol (see data by country in Annex I).

plans and strategies of least developed countries, partly owing to prevailing civil conflicts and political instability in several least developed countries.

have a more formalized partnership with the United Nations.

law as possible threats to peace and security.

have been implemented as long as the results obtained and their correlation with the steps taken in response to the recommendation have not been assessed.

than being a part of broader coordination frameworks in accordance with the understandings adopted by the States Parties in Nairobi and reaffirmed in Cartagena.

the failure to report acts of torture and ill-treatment, lack of protection for victims of torture and the absence of redress; a failure to align domestic legal frameworks with the international norms that prohibit torture and provide safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty, coupled, very often, with a failure to apply regulations in those cases where they exist; the inadequate human rights training provided to members of the judiciary, prison personnel, law enforcement officials, health-care professionals, social workers and teachers, etc.; and the links between torture and corruption

role in formulating UNDAFs to encourage greater attention to poverty-environment linkages,” and that the “Poverty-Environment Initiative is playing a unique catalytic role in integrating poverty reduction and environmental objectives in-country” [12].

or scientific knowledge: innovating by adopting and adapting existing technologies could be a powerful way for creative firms to develop successful businesses.