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In pursuit of 32 C/Resolution 47 of the General Conference on “New Perspectives in UNESCO’s activities pertaining to the dialogue among civilizations, including in particular followup to the New Delhi Ministerial Conference”, UNESCO will respond to new challenges to the dialogue among cultures and civilizations, especially in the context of globalization, through concrete action in each of UNESCO’s domains and introducing innovative modalities and approaches.

The State party should lift the restrictions on “pattern barging”, the pursuit of multi-employer agreements and matters that are not “permitted”, and to remove the secret ballot requirements for workers who wish to take industrial action.

It does not confer “unbridled license” that [...] [...]

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We believe that the resistance of Governments to developing adequate national sustainable consumption and production policy frameworks is combined with a continued promotion of unsustainable consumerism, an erosion of trust and accountability of the private sector, inadequate regulation for sectors whose profits depend on unsustainable consumption (as witnessed by the global financial crisis) and, lastly, a lack of understanding of the forces driving unsustainable production and consumption patterns.

[...] the matrix do not correspond to [...]

Convinced that respect for cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity, as well as dialogue among and within civilizations, is essential for global peace and understanding, while manifestations of cultural and ethnic prejudice, religious intolerance and xenophobia generate hatred and violence among peoples and nations

[...] [...] overcome the asymmetry imposed by [...]

We will reinforce cooperation with each other and work with UNHCR and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to deepen our understanding of evolving patterns of displacement and to agree upon ways to respond to the challenges we face in a changing global context.

[...] an objection does not preclude the entry [...] [...]

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

[...] [...] techniques to meet mission requirements and environmental action to conserve, recycle and replenish resources without adversely affecting [...]

that peace, democracy and empowerment of the people are inextricably linked; peace is integral to humane development; global peace is the sum total of local and regional peace; peace is impossible without the removal of all sources of repression, inequality and deprivation; peace is impossible without alleviation and eventual eradication of poverty and economic disparity in a world of opulence; peace is impossible without institution-building on human rights, constitutional rights and justice; peace is impossible without true empowerment of women, political, economic and social; peace is impossible without a secular mindset and embracing diversity and multi-ethnicity; peace is impossible without including the marginalized; peace is impossible without job creation; peace is impossible without transparency and accountability of Governments to citizens and a total respect for the rule of law.

The representative of Colombia went on to say that the reason he had voted against the no-action motion was due to the fact that it was in line with his country’s stated position in MERCOSUR and the Organization of American States.

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In many countries, targets have been introduced to phase in renewable energies, sometimes with a penalty for non-compliance.

Planning should respond to national and, if possible, regional, economic and social trends, to projected changes in demand for different classes of goods and services, and for different types of skills and knowledge in such a way that technical and vocational education may easily adapt to the evolving scientific, technological and socioeconomic changes.

Domestic policy measures: A total of 131 measures are planned, under 10 main themes: equality of treatment, integration and combating racism and xenophobia; combating gender-based violence; the rights of Spaniards abroad; religious freedom; effective judicial protection (including the generalization of the right to a second hearing); care for victims (of terrorism, for example); personal freedom and the State security forces (national mechanism for the prevention of torture, guarantees for persons held incommunicado, and human rights training for those forces, inter alia); the right of asylum and respect for the principle of non-refoulement; social rights (education, housing, health care, employment, persons with disabilities, personal autonomy, childhood); and the right to an environment conducive to personal development.

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Germany recommended that Saudi Arabia (a) implement the 2008 recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in particular by abolishing the system of male guardianship over women and enacting comprehensive and effective regulations on gender discrimination; (b) lift its general and its specific reservations to CEDAW; and (c) review its practice of imposing capital and corporal punishment and prohibit all forms of corporal punishment for persons under 18 years of age.

An international process with counterpart national processes should be established, aimed at a rigorous study of illegitimate debt, including case studies, in order to come up with policies that lead to full and unconditional debt cancellation and changes in lending and borrowing policies and practices.

In some cases, responsible fishing practice can be incentivized through market pressures, but compliance is at best partial, actions of non-compliant fleets are difficult to sanction, and, in many instances, effective protocols under international law are as yet developing.

In our judgement, regional and bilateral agreements are much less preferable to the setting of multilateral standards, where the negotiating capabilities of developed and developing countries although remaining asymmetrical, are counterbalanced by numerical advantage and the ability to build alliances.

While bottom-set longlines may snag and damage benthic epifauna and irregular objects on the bottom, longline fisheries do offer the potential to conduct fishing without severe habitat damage and to do so in a relatively energy-conscious manner.

[...] [...] investment in the IT sector, while [...] [...]

Focus areas included: reforming and updating the legislative and policy frameworks; launching education and training programmes for different target audiences; developing information collection and communication systems; and strengthening research on a broad range of subjects, including sustainable forest management, sound use of wood, ecosystem services, etc.

[...] the recurrent cycle of underfunding, [...] [...]

The success of the monitoring programme will be based on well designed forms for data collection, evaluation and reporting; regular programme of monitoring visits; and appropriate cross-checking of information from different sources.

In the context of revitalizing the role of the Conference on Disarmament, we must recognize that many of the central objectives in the field of disarmament can be achieved at the international level only through negotiations within the Conference, such as negotiations on a nuclear-weapons convention aimed at a total ban on nuclear weapons, with the year 2025 as the appropriate time frame for the realization of a nuclear-weapon-free world through such negotiations, and negotiations on crafting a legally binding international instrument that provides non-nuclearweapon States with unconditional assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, pending the realization of nuclear disarmament.