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Currently, with a very modest capacity (1 P-5 and 1 GS (OL) posts located in Brussels and 1 P-4 post and 3 general temporary assistance positions located at Headquarters), the Division, on behalf of DPKO and DFS, builds and maintains partnerships, both within and outside the United Nations, to lay the foundation for improved operational relationships in the field.

The President of the Russian Federation has approved a comprehensive plan of information-related measures to combat terrorism in the Russian Federation for the period 2008-2012, aimed at establishing a system of informational support for State policy with regard to combating the ideology of terrorism and reducing the level of radicalization of the population, improving mechanisms for the protection of the information space from the ideology of terrorism and extremism and laying the socio-political, legal and organizational foundations for effectively combating these threats.

While the public consultation work of the Consultative Committee and its Advisory Groups was not entirely sufficient to make the general public fully understand the long-term financial commitment arising from the development of the individual facilities, their work has at least providedafairly solid foundation for taking the project forward.

Those tools could be shaped through a process of genuine consensus and would lay the foundations for progress on such a vital issue.

Efforts are also being made towards the development of an overall culture strategy to mainstream culture in other development areas and to establish the basis for a national cultural statistics framework.

After holding extensive consultations during the past months in New York, Geneva, Kigali, Sydney and Lima, and attending several meetings and consultations with States, international and regional organizations, and representatives of the civil society and academia, I note with satisfaction that most of the actors involved are convinced of the need to produce concrete results, building upon the achievements reached during the Third Biennial Meeting, layingthe foundation for a successful Review Conference in 2012.

The results: there has been an institutional and normative strengthening of procedures and mechanisms for the assessment of draft laws and regulations from a gender perspective; a methodological basis for such assessments has been created; the Constitution, a number of codes, laws and legislation are now subject to assessment from a gender perspective; the President’s national council on questions relating to women, the family and gender mainstreaming is now functioning; it has become the practice of the Parliament to receive an assessment of proposed legislation from a gender perspective; the use of gender-disaggregated statistics has grown; a system of national mechanisms has been set up to monitor and evaluate the status of women; and standardized gender indicators have been produced on the basis of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Millennium Development Goals.

The Government is encouraged to complete its HCFC phase-out management strategy in a timely manner and to ensure that the measures it has put in place to monitor compliance of the regulated community and enforce national regulations remain well-institutionalized, laying the groundwork for future institutionalization of HCFC controls.

Despite the enormous security risks involved, Israel had taken many similar measures in an effort to find a balance between its legitimate security needs and its desire to foster growth andlay the foundations for peace.

Reports on all cluster consultations were presented in plenary and will serve as a basis for future cluster consultationson programme activities envisaged in the new programme management cycle.

I also look forward to the innovations that adopting Ethernet will make possible; we will soon be able to remove the need for additional I/O cards as Ethernet gives us a solid foundation for future developments.

As mentioned in the concerned Establishment Subcommittee paper, the WKCD Office is responsible for providing necessary support for the establishment of the WKCDA and providing administrative and secretariat support during the early stage after its establishment; taking charge of the financial management for the WKCD project; conducting recruitment exercises for the WKCDA; laying the ground work for the preparation of conceptual plans and Development Plan (DP) for the WKCD through conducting the Stage 1 public engagement (PE) exercise; and handling all issues relating to the collaborations between the Government and the WKCDA.

The problems that must be solved are: document registration of refugees (absence of identity documents hampers the right to employment); creation of conditions for social integration of recognised refugees, establishment of a legal background that would regulate the integration and its financial support; absence of a placement centre for foreigners that are to be expelled from the Republic of Moldova (the person which was refused the status of refugee, after using all possibilities of appeal, must leave the territory of the Republic of Moldova during 15 days after the final decision on the refusal of the application).

Environmental monitoring and public reporting forms the basis for institutions for sustainable development that will be able to realize those policy ambitions and meet the rising public demand for a cleaner environment.

During that session, the Working Group agreed that the exchange of information relevant to the peaceful exploration and use of outer spaceprovided animportant basis for its work under the multi-year workplan and allowed it to continue examining the main developments taking place at the national level in order to identify common principles, norms and procedures (A/AC.105/935, annex III, para. 16).

The Ministry of Environment has ensured -and will assure in the future- passage of all necessary national laws and regulations, including establishing an import licensing system which allows to establish annual maximum admissible import quantities for Chile of substances that are regulated under the Montreal Protocol, its amendments and its annexes and set the basis for control of HCFCs into the country.

In order to establish a long-term incentive mechanism closely linked with the Company’s business performance and long-term strategy, so as to help optimise the overall remuneration structure and create a competitive advantage in human resources that will contribute to the long-term, sustainable growth of the Company’s operation, the Remuneration and Evaluation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has formulated the Phase I Share Incentive Scheme of the Company, which has come into effect upon approval by the general meeting of the Company.

The information and evidence exchanged as a result have led to tangible benefits, and serve as a good foundation for future improved cooperation.

In order to lay the foundation for closing these gaps it is important therefore, before undertaking any assessment, to understand and explore the conceptual linkages between the MDGs measurement metrics and WIPO’s RBM framework.

Our focus on Asia Pacific markets in which we have a leading position and depth of experience, combined with our financial strength and a highly motivated team, put us in a very strong position to optimise opportunities for further growth and generate strong and sustainable returns for our shareholders.

Education institutions in Australia are among some of the best in the world offering modern and innovative facilities that will ensure your time as a student is positive and valuable, preparing you for a successful career in your chosen field.

In the first instance, the concept proposes that the unfinished development agenda be completed apace, but in a manner that minimizes the pressure on natural resources and starts layingthe foundation of the transition to a sustainable society.

At a more general level, one of the key objectives behind the Authority’s work since its establishment has been to promote more open science within the marine scientific research communities working in the Area for the benefit of all mankind, by encouraging scientific research, especially on the impacts of mining activities on the environment, and ensuring the public availability of as much material as possible, thus laying a basis for developing States members of the Authority to better understand what is available and develop their capacityto participate in such science.

Moreover, CoChairs have seen that their responsibilities to facilitate progress in implementation are not limited to simply chairing a single meeting but rather span the entire year of their respective terms and set the ground for a continuation of efforts by their Co-Rapporteurs.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General introduced the SecretaryGeneral’s report (S/2008/688), and said that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq had focused in recent months on supporting electoral preparations, laying the seeds for a resolution to the problem of disputed internal boundaries, supporting national development strategies and facilitating Iraq’s partnership with the international community and its neighbours.

Highlighting the need for trade and transit facilitation to be addressed in an integrated manner in order to achieve regional connectivity, the Committee requested that the secretariat help lay the groundwork for more effective cooperation among South Asian countries in addressing trade and transit facilitation issues.

Mr. President, and with your customary leadership and courage, this body will break out of its stagnation, and that a new era — an era of negotiations able to weigh the security needs of all members — will be able to be reflected in the report of the Conference on Disarmament at the end of this year’s session.

Establishing specialized anti-piracy courts, either in Somalia or on the territory of another State in the region, would require that the Transitional Federal Institutions adopt the necessary constitutional and legislative bases, including considering the compatibility of both options with the relevant provisions of the 1960 Constitution of the Somali Republic and the 2004 Transitional Federal Charter for the Somali Republic.

In return for this openness, cooperation and commitment on the part of Syria, and since Damascus accepted Mr. Annan’s plan, terrorist operations have escalated, including acts of aggression and the killing of Government forces and civilians; the sabotage and destruction of infrastructure; and the forcible eviction of peaceful citizens and their relocation to prefabricated camps in neighbouring countries, with the objective of laying the groundwork for the creation of a refugee crisis to be used for political ends and later built upon to establish so-called buffer zones that would, in turn, justify calls for foreign military intervention.