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these pricing and availability issues and have had a positive impact, there are remaining bottlenecks.

its continued development was important for all countries.

to establish an Emergency Preparedness and Support Unit was intended not to respond specifically to requirements related to the recent natural disaster in Haiti, but rather to put in place arrangements to deal with any crisis that has occurred or that may occur as the result of natural disasters, malicious acts directed at the United Nations or other emergencies.

in poverty and has not been able to harness knowledge for economic prosperity.

brought to the Office, including the provision of summary advice (206 instances), to clients in more than 80 countries; (b) closure or resolution of 54 per cent of the 938 cases filed with the Office of Staff Legal Assistance during the year; (c) a high success rate before the Dispute Tribunal; (d) undertaking outreach to staff in the field; and (e) the development of relationships with internal and external partners, including United Nations staff unions and associations, staff-at-large, the Office of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services, the legal offices of the Secretariat and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, law offices providing pro bono legal counsel, schools and universities.

the cycles are hardly the same and that the situation in Zambia is unlikely to change in the short term.

entitled to freely assess the facts of each case, taking into account the circumstances.

for prompt and adequate compensation to the Government of Lebanon and other countries affected by the oil slick, such as the Syrian Arab Republic, Israel had yet to acknowledge its responsibilities, a matter regarding which the Secretary-General had expressed grave concern in his most recent report on the matter (A/66/297).

building a modern State, and promoting and protecting human rights, in particular the right to education.

on sustainable consumption), but remain unfamiliar with them and find it difficult to develop their national sustainable development strategies.

of projects selected represents the geographical and size diversity that will provide the information searched by the decision.

strong and active advocates, we were unable to support the text and voted against it, given that it fails to acknowledge the importance of the universalization of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a step towards a nuclear-weapon-free world, and the responsibility of all States which possess nuclear weapons to reduce nuclear danger.

dedicated to defence matters, this is the first time that that recognition has led to the establishment of an independent organ on a par with the Office of the Prosecutor.

to implement a risk assessment-based inspection strategy (see S/2011/642, para. 116).

agreements, it is less helpful in securing Beijing’s long-term energy interests, especially as it is confronted with mounting risks to its investments, citizens and security.

to peace and to engaging in a credible peace process based on the agreed terms of reference, with the aim of definitively bringing an end to the Israeli occupation in order to allow the Palestinian people to exercise their right to selfdetermination in their independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, and achieving a just resolution of the plight of the Palestine refugees in accordance with international law and United Nations resolutions.

may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up without offering any right to shareholders to elect to receive such dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment.

“acceptable work” and “harmful labour” is not always clear and assessments can be muddled by local and traditional practices and beliefs.

of the Copenhagen Amendment, it had made progress since the meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group, notably by placing the bill of ratification on the Parliament’s agenda.

nexus; secondly, on the types of policies that should be pursued to achieve durable peace, security and sustainable development, including to address the root causes and drivers of conflicts; and thirdly, on the way forward for the Security Council to prevent the eruption or protraction of, or relapse into, violence, given the changing nature of conflicts and the security-development nexus, as well expressed in the concept note prepared by the Mission of Brazil (S/2011/50, annex).

the development of allocation principles for the allocation of water between provinces, the considerations will need to encompass how allocation is then practices at lower levels and whether the allocation between sectors is workable at all administrative levels.