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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

These 12 posts comprise one P-2 post of Associate Economic Affairs Officer under executive direction and management; one P-2 post under subprogramme 1, Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 2, Production and innovation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 3, Macroeconomic policies and growth;

Therefore, the Conference urges all States Parties possessing advanced biotechnology to adopt positive measures to

South-South cooperation and its agenda have to be set by countries of the South and should continue to be guided by the principles of respect for

The Commission underlined that development must be people-centred, including through good governance and public policies that promote health, education, skills

In this context, it was suggested that both States Parties and the broader implementation community need to make sure that this actually happens, including moving beyond the general

In the context of education, activities focus on the following areas: (a) violence against children as a follow-up to the recommendations contained in the World Report on the Violence against Children (2006), with an added emphasis on gender dimensions of such violence, the role of religion and culture in its prevention, and the promotion of non-violent, participatory practices and support services; (b) inclusive education, with the aim of promoting an educational system that answers the needs of a diverse group of

14.4 During the 2014-2015 period, the programme is expected to continue to concentrate its efforts on the following six focus areas: (a) increasing women’s leadership and participation in all areas that affect their lives, including in political and economic areas; (b) increasing women’s access to economic empowerment and opportunities, especially for those who are most excluded, particularly women living in poverty; (c) preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls and expanding access to survivor services; (d) increasing women’s leadership in peace, security and humanitarian response; (e) strengthening the responsiveness of

At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly took note of the appointment by the Secretary-General of a new Coordinator for

These included the social disparities between non-Maori and Maori; the status of the

To conclude, he observed that a recent assessment of his country’s policy to increase the minimum wage had shown

The Programme of Action sets a broad agenda for the improvement of the status of women,

In the case of other services which in essence provide primary level care, such as nursing care at home, midwife’s service, health promotion and prevention, health care at work and

The activities undertaken within this function will include: (a) producing country, regional and global-level technical and programme guidance covering the substantive areas in which UN-Women works, from ending violence against women to increasing women’s contributions to peace and security; (b) devising and coordinating multi-stakeholder, holistic country programmes that involve inter-agency participation and national partners in line with national and regional policies and priorities and that are consistent with UN-Women’s Strategic Plan; (c) ongoing, on-demand technical support to national partners and UNCTs in UN-Women’s core areas of work (e.g., support to NWMs; support to women’s

Some delegations expressed the view that, as the geostationary orbit was a limited resource at risk of becoming saturated, its use should be streamlined, giving priority to activities with a long-term perspective, leading to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Within the framework of the project, a survey is carried out to find out the

New challenges included assisting women with disabilities through economic empowerment, addressing the needs of women in the construction

The subparagraph should thus read: “Designing, revising and

The document prescribes measures and activities which shall help mainstream the social model and approach based on human rights into the policies affecting the status of persons with disabilities: mainstreaming issues relating to the status of persons with disabilities into general development plans; developing efficient legal protection; availability of social, health and other services based on the rights and needs of beneficiaries;

Consequently, it is incumbent upon all of us to realize that the only solution must be a Syrian solution through a comprehensive and inclusive Syrian political process that satisfies the aspirations of the Syrian people in a national dialogue in which all participate under the umbrella of the homeland in order to

The Security Council also recalls the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (A/52/231) and the outcome document of the twenty-third Special Session of the United Nations