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The provision would provide for specialized expertise not available in the Organization, outside the scope of the systems integration contract, in the area of change management, in technical areas, including mobile technology, report design and implementation, data warehousing and business intelligence, and in functional areas, including travel, central services, field operations and logistics, payroll, budgeting and planning, as well as management consultants to cross-check the project management services provided by the main contractor/systems integrator.

One delegation expressed some concern with the proposal to “revitalise” the Executive Committee, noting that it was already carrying out important functions and should retain its advisory role to the Commission, but should not take decisions that were the responsibility of the Commission.

[...] care or children belonging to risk groups, [...] [...]

In this connection, the Committee notes that, as indicated in paragraph I.52 (a) above, the Secretary-General is proposing the redeployment of one P-4 post from the Disarmament and Peace Affairs Branch (subprogramme 1) to the Central Planning and Coordination Service (subprogramme 2) in New York in order to formally establish the training coordination function, which has hitherto existed on an ad hoc basis.

No two members of the General Committee shall be members of the same delegation and it shall be so constituted as to ensure its representative character.

It was noted that while both matters belong to the larger [...] [...]

[...] [...] or because they belong to an indigenous [...] [...]

The Government shall be responsible for dealing with any claims which may be brought by third persons against UNESCO, against members of its staff or against other persons employed by the Regional Centre, and shall hold UNESCO and the above-mentioned parties harmless from any claims or liabilities resulting from operations of the Regional Centre under this Agreement, except where it is agreed by UNESCO and the Government that such claims or liabilities arise from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such persons.

[...] [...] established that the Protocol “does not apply to objects falling within the definition [...] [...]

These safeguards are considered not so much as due process safeguards — this task falls to other United Nations bodies — but as instruments of prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

These include, but are not limited to, talented young voices giving expression, through word and image, to their expectations of the Organization and those who lead its Member States; scholars, students and teachers who see in their work a discernible United Nations “impact”; college students who adapt the dynamism of the General Assembly’s possibilities to a “Global Model United Nations” that is entirely their own; non-governmental organizations and individuals who breathe new life into long-debated topics with the vigour of a vaster geographical base and greater opportunities for participation; Governments, research institutions and the media, which seek, and can now find, the recorded positions of Member States on key issues in readily accessible form; and the creative community, which sees in matters vital to the Organization’s agenda the chance to reach its audiences in a fashion that informs as it entertains.

In that connection, the assessment mission proposed the following key benchmarks as preconditions for a more substantial drawdown of the force: (a) completion of credible disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants and dismantling of militias; (b) successful completion of the elections; (c) commencement of security sector reform, in particular confidence-building measures within a broader framework for democratic governance and oversight of the security sector, reunification of the army and establishment of functional and republican Ivorian armed forces and security services; and (d) restoration of State authority throughout the country.

[...] two projects were among the investment activities considered under agenda [...] [...]

While much of this has been unofficial “track two” diplomacy, a success in the Thai-Cambodian conflict could give it even more confidence and greater ambitions.

Additionally, section 13 the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Act, 2002 states that any member of the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, any customs officer, or any immigration officer may seize and detain any cash if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that: it is intended to be used for the purposes of a terrorist act, it is terrorist property within the meaning given in section 2 of the Act.

Furthermore, UNESCO will also continue its efforts to promote a culture of peace and the dialogue among cultures and civilizations, both of which are cross-cutting endeavours.

Machinery and machine tools, petrochemicals, electrical and electronic goods, computer and information and communications technologies (ICT) equipment, steel and steel products, and toys and leisure equipment were among other developing country industrial exports to be affected.

Many delegations and observers supported the inclusion of fruit and vegetable juices and nectars in the Terms of Reference of the Committee with the exclusion of the reference to “related products” as this term was ambiguous and would open up the scope of the work of the Committee to products that might fall outside of what could be understood as a processed fruit or vegetable, for instance, composite products in which fruit juice could be used as an ingredient that were already covered by horizontal Codex texts addressing multi-ingredient foods.

At the 2nd meeting, on 9 February, statements were made by the representatives of Hungary (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union and the associated countries), Argentina (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), Chile (on behalf of the Rio Group), Namibia (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)), Indonesia (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)), Spain, the Russian Federation, Ghana, China and Japan.

[...] [...] within the purview of the Secretary-General, as Chairman of CEB, to bring issues relating to system-wide coordination to the attention of its members.

The Conference declares that the Convention is comprehensive in its scope and that all naturally or artificially created or altered microbial and other biological agents and toxins, as well as their components, regardless of their origin and method of production and whether they affect humans, animals or plants, of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes, are unequivocally covered by Article I.

[...] doctrinal subjects belonging to this section of [...] [...]

Reallocations not categorized as major changes may be incorporated in the approved annual implementation programme, under implementation at the time, and reported to the Executive Committee in the report on implementation of the annual programme.

[...] [...] gifts, and it makes no sense to relieve [...] [...]

[...] [...] persons and entities belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary [...] [...]

Mexico reported that article 2 (A), paragraphs V and VI, of its Constitution state that it recognizes and guarantees the right of indigenous peoples and communities to self-determination and, as a consequence, autonomy to conserve and improve the habitat and preserve the integrity of their lands in accordance with the Constitution; and to have access to the forms and modalities of property of land established in the Constitution and related laws on the matter, as well as the rights acquired by third parties or by other members of the community to the preferential use and enjoyment of natural resources of the places they live in, except for those that are strategic areas according to the Constitution.

Furthermore, I would like to clarify that the Abiad Lake is divided between the Republic of the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan by the border line of January 1956 and there is no dispute on that, the whole of the Abiad Lake area is not among the four or five disputed areas on the border between the two countries, and our armed forces, which were attacked by SPLA and JEM forces, were stationed inside the territories of the Republic of the Sudan.

Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Sudan (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), the Czech Republic (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union), Bangladesh (on behalf of the Least Developed Countries), Grenada (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Alliance of Small Island States), Tonga (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Oman (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members [...] [...]