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In that connection, the Legal Counsel has informed me that, after the established deadline for nominating candidates, the following additional submissions were received from several national groups, all of which relate to the candidates already nominated by other national groups appearing in documents A/66/182, A/66/183 and A/66/184: Tsvetana Kamenova (Bulgaria) has been nominated also by the national group of Malta; Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone) has been nominated also by the national group of Malta; Mr. Hisashi Owada (Japan) has been nominated also by the national groups of Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, India, Liechtenstein, Malta and Romania; Julia Sebutinde (Uganda) has been nominated also by the national group Romania; Peter Tomka (Slovakia) has been nominated also by the national groups of Liechtenstein and Romania; and Xue Hanqin (China) has been nominated also by the national groups of India, Liechtenstein and Romania.

I have the honour to transmit herewith relevant documents along with letters written by 45 prominent Palestinians from Jerusalem and Israel, including Christian and Muslim figures, politicians, businesspeople and civil society activists, addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, urging that they take action to stop the continued destruction of Ma’man Allah Cemetery in Jerusalem by the Israeli Government (see annex).

Members requested the Administration to ensure that: (a) the design of the Project should incorporate appropriate measures to maximize the use of renewable energy and promote energy efficiency; (b) the new facilities for the Project would be constructed further away from the riverside in order to provide a larger green area along the Shing Mun River for public enjoyment; (c) adequate sports and ancillary facilities and barrier-free access would be provided for disabled athletes in the redeveloped HKSI; and (d) training facilities for cycling would be provided following the demolition of the outdoor velodrome at Fo Tan venue to make way for the construction of the new multi-purpose building.

The Audit recommended, among other things, that LCSD should : (a) ensure that each LCSD museum has a collection policy for the acquisition of collection items; (b) require each LCSD museum to regularly review and update its collection policy; (c) expedite action to finalise the procurement procedures for the acquisition of collection items; (d) draw up an action plan to clear the backlog of collection items pending accession; (e) critically review the overall storage requirements of LCSD museums and expedite action to develop a central museum collection repository; and (f) ensure that action is taken by the Hong Kong Museum of History to promptly upload information items on its website for public access.

He welcomed the delegates, noting in his address that major changes of leadership have occurred at several levels within UNESCO and congratulated Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Ms Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, on their appointments and called for their support to the vision and expectations of the water community of UNESCO.

Taking into account current global challenges, Ms Bokova emphasized that despite changing realities, the need for UNESCO still remains – to mobilize international solidarity, to secure inclusive quality lifelong learning for all, to promote open access and dialogue within sciences to ensure that sciences serve the development of humanity, to establish culture at the heart of development, and to promote freedom of expression to ensure diversity.

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