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Furthermore, development of this sector should help to bridge the digital divide and technology gap in support of rapid poverty eradication and sustainable development.

It called on the State to remedy such deficiency and to demonstrate its political will for building a democratic State.

In paragraph 434 of its report A/63/5/Add.10, the Board recommended that UNOPS (a) implement policies to hold project managers more accountable for income delivery; (b) review budget-setting methods and controls to ensure that budgets set and agreed with clients are more in line with project delivery; (c) improve monitoring controls at the regional offices over the performance of operations centres; (d) take steps against operations centres that have under-delivered; and (e) consider reducing administrative costs to make up for delivery shortfalls.

A principal objective of a dialogue is to bridge the gap in knowledge about other civilizations, cultures and societies, to lay the foundations for dialogue based on universally shared values and to undertake concrete activities, inspired and driven by dialogue, especially in the areas of education, cultural diversity and heritage, the sciences and communication and media.

Georgia and Lithuania have closed loopholes which had previously allowed citizens to renounce or lose nationality even if they became stateless.

The programme on outer space worked successfully in the field of disaster management and emergency response in order to facilitate the use of all types of space-based information in this field by bridging the gap among space-imagery providers, humanitarian organizations and national disaster management authorities.

It entails raising the troop level to 17,731 uniformed personnel and a set of enablers and force multipliers aimed at achieving a fine balance between the operational requirements and a realistic level of resources through (a) the prioritization of areas of operation; (b) the phasing of the operation without significantly altering the desired objectives; (c) trading force multipliers and enablers for troop levels by maintaining capability; (d) requesting Ethiopia to continue to provide support to Transitional Federal Government/AMISOM operations in the Bay, Bakool and Hiraan regions; and (e) the provision of immediate operational logistics support to the Transitional Federal Government security forces.

The deployment of protection experts through the United Nations Protection Standby Capacity Project has become an important and successful element in filling capacity gaps in the field.

Great will be the suffering the Messiah of the tribe of Ephraim has to undergo for seven years at the hand of the nations, who lay iron beams upon him to crush him so that his cries reach heaven; but he willingly submits for the sake of his people, not only those living, but also the dead, for all those who died since Adam; and God places the four beasts of the heavenly throne-chariot at his disposal to bring about the great work of resurrection and regeneration against all the celestial antagonists" (Pesiḥ. R. 36).

For example, activities relating to books provided the Ministry of Culture with an opportunity to conduct a detailed review of the sector, to hold a meeting with book professionals, and to begin preparing an action plan to rectify the problems identified.

We understand the reluctance of developing countries to embark down this path, but the development of national competition laws and effective international cooperation could act as a counterbalance to the aspects of the TRIPS agreement which have the effect of restricting competition globally, and inhibiting technology transfer in certain circumstances.

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It is clear that the subsidies provided are not enough to cover the difference between wind power production costs and the market price.

However, the States Parties have increased their understanding of the importance and cross-cutting nature of psychological support, including peer support, and the need to raise the profile of this component to assist mine survivors and the families of those killed or injured to overcome the psychological trauma of a landmine explosion and promote their social well-being.

Governments must show political will to enforce the rule of law and bridge the gap between de jure equality and de facto discrimination, including by affirmative action.

Although the loss reported was insignificant, the concept did not promote the environmental goal of the Protocol: if filling losses were not accounted for, there would be no incentive to CFC producers to reduce such losses and thereby reduce emissions of CFCs into the atmosphere.

Reminding the Committee that Cameroon’s forest was part of the Congo basin, the second largest ecological lung in the world after the Amazon rainforest, he hoped that the international community would include a mechanism in the agreement on the post-Kyoto regime that would compensate his country and others for forgoing full use of their forest resources and thereby maintaining their carbon capture capacity.

The centres were vital in bridging the gap between developed and developing countries in terms of access to information and communications technology.

Others cautioned that the existing gaps in forest finance could not be bridged through these measures alone; promising and innovative financing mechanisms and opportunities might be explored respecting national situations and priorities.

The more technologically advanced developing countries will also want to ensure that their IP regimes complement and enhance their broader policies for encouraging technological development and innovation.

Given the recent eruption of post-electoral violence, special attention must be paid in preventive diplomacy efforts to guaranteeing the transparency of elections, remedying the lack of trust in conventional bodies for settling electoral disputes, increasing the credibility of the electoral process as a whole as a way to transfer power, and consolidating the legitimacy of elected officials in order to avoid situations in which their democratic process could be blocked and undermined.

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It is therefore necessary that the Legal Advisory Section create an institutional legal repository to provide legal advice to counsel, in order to compensate for any unfamiliarity that counsel may have with a substantive or procedural area of applicable law and to place defence counsel on an equal footing with the Office of the Prosecutor.

Furthermore, it is necessary to upgrade the capacities of individuals already participating in the labour force to compensate for inadequate education received in the past and the skill obsolescence that occurs during one’s working life.

The Commission noted the further clarification provided by the Secretariat on the discrepancy between the budget estimates and the final expenditure due to the fact that increases of unitary prices for official internal translators and interpreters in FAO were known only after submitting the estimates and that to compensate for vacant general service posts either consultants or temporary assistance needed to be recruited.

It was stated that multistakeholder partnerships in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, organized by the NGO Café Africa, had created a shared vision, trust, and synergies among different actors in the value chain to bridge market failures and information gaps, and to encourage investments in the sector to meet the growing international demand for coffee.

Given that the value-added taxes introduced in many developing countries did not sufficiently cover the shortfall of tax revenue caused by trade liberalization, donor countries should support national efforts in the area of tax collection.

At any time after the receipt of a communication and before a determination on the merits has been reached, the Committee may transmit to the State Party concerned for its urgent consideration a request that the State Party take such interim measures as may be necessary in exceptional circumstances to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violations.

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