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In 2007, training of organizers to work with poor women and establishment of an organization to address their needs; holding of a national meeting for single mothers with more than 500 participants; bringing child rearing, home making and nursing services to approximately 3,000 single parent families (2007-2008); request made to presidential candidates for development of a policy on poor women; adoption of a bill on national pensions for elderly citizens, which requests provision of a pension to people over 65; and revision of the Single Parent Family Support Act

His mother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, is visiting from Paris and gives a music box and a necklace

The decision defines “disability” and establishes that a household

Bearing in mind that the ways in which the challenges and potential of young people are addressed will influence current social and

The view was expressed that the present issues and challenges faced in the field of outer space should be addressed through inclusive development, which encompassed not only promoting the sustainable development of the outer space environment and resources but also ensuring that space activities benefited all countries,

UNESCO Kathmandu will be involved in three of the four priority areas, namely Priority Area 1: Strengthen rule of law, governance, and human rights for all Nepalese to benefit from the peace and recovery process, Priority Area 2: Improve access to and quality of

We, the Heads of Arab States and Governments who, on 19 January 2011, are gathered together in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh at the second session of the Arab Economic, Development and Social Summit, hereby renew our complete commitment to the development strategies that were approved at the Kuwait Summit on 19 and 20 January 2009, and affirm that we will advance the human, economic, social and technological development of our Arab societies and will activate and develop our joint Arab action mechanisms, under the

The concrete measures recommended by the Working Group include the adoption of specific legislation on non-discrimination; the development of a national campaign to promote multiculturalism and respect for the dignity of the Afro-Ecuadorian people; the adoption of measures to reduce the educational gap that exists between Afro-Ecuadorians and the wider population; the introduction of ethno-education for people of African descent; the strengthening of Afro-Ecuadorian civil society; measures to eliminate racism and discrimination in the media; further efforts to encourage participation of persons of African descent in public administration; the establishment of a centre for Afro-Ecuadorian studies; the further development of free legal aid services; the creation within the office of the Ombudsman of a sub-unit dedicated to issues related