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entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and the prompt commencement of negotiations on and conclusion of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons are crucial to the international community’s disarmament and non-proliferation efforts.

to sign exploration agreements (after being publicly reprimanded by the prime minister’s office for losing out to China in the country’s energy stakes).

a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

on an exceptional basis between 2006 and 2009 up to 21.9 ODP tonnes of Annex A (Groups I and II) and/or Annex B (Groups II and III) or products containing these substances, when these substances and/or products are for preserving human, plant and/or animal life; national defence, safety and fire-fighting; and scientific research safety, when such products cannot be replaced by environmentally-sound and economically-viable alternatives”.

arrangements so as to expedite the timely deployment of material and human resources to missions; analysing budgetary implications of the strategy; monitoring mission budgets and the support account for peacekeeping operations to ensure alignment of the transfer of posts and non-post resources between Headquarters, peacekeeping missions, the Regional Service Centre at Entebbe and the Global Service Centre at UNLB; providing substantive support to relevant intergovernmental, expert and legislative bodies in their budgetary review; and assisting in securing the approval of the General Assembly.

after taking into account the views provided by Member States and following consultations with the incumbent President and the Secretary-General, will suggest an issue, or issues, of global concern upon which Member States will be invited to comment during the general debate.

will help consolidate Hong Kong’s status as an international financial, trade, shipping, logistics and high value-added service centre, and will lay the foundation for the two sides to jointly develop education, medical services, as well as testing and certification, environmental, innovative technology and cultural industries.

capacities in science and science education.

— and on increasing the quantity and improving the quality of growth in order to reduce the impact of external economic and financial shocks, resource crises characterized by commodity price volatility, and ecological crises.

(OECD) published a study report in 2006 forecasting that for the 45-year period 2005-2050, the total health and long-term care spending brought about by an ageing population is projected to increase across OECD countries at only 0.6% per year.

including an assessment of progress over the previous year, at each session of the Assembly during the debate on the followup to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome; and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress made in the implementation of the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit in the framework of the comprehensive report on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/265).

caused by radiation, for assistance in acquiring food supplies and for other forms of social assistance.

of reports on measures taken by Member States to implement this Recommendation, requested each Member State to prepare and submit to the Secretariat a first report on such measures by the end of the month of January 2007, and subsequently once every four years with effect from that date (33 C/Resolution 54).

meeting on the Millennium Development Goals and had reaffirmed in the outcome document of the meeting (A/65/L.1) that the protection of all human rights was essential to the achievement of development goals.

domestic workers in order to set new international standards in that area, in particular to better protect women and girls, who accounted for a great part of those workers and were particularly vulnerable to discrimination and to physical, verbal and sexual violence.

and all the patients who have reached or will reach the ceiling will be successful in their new applications; and