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[...] [...] countries as a key means of building resilience and adaptive capacities; urgently increasing international financial and technical support for the adaptation of developing countries, especially vulnerable countries; strengthening institutions at the local level to manage resource scarcities and environmental stresses [...] [...]

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; [...] [...]

A political agreement will be necessary to resolve these redeployments, including 9,599 “voluntarily demobilized” SPLA troops in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States and 32,814 otherwise unaccounted for SPLA troops.

[...] [...] documents developed under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

[...] [...] recruitment of child soldiers and should be given the conditions and means to operate effectively, including strengthened capacity of the office.

[...] [...] forces who ordered their subordinates to shoot at unarmed protestors, kill soldiers who refused to obey such orders, [...] [...]

[...] [...] C/5, thereby underlining that the endowment of field offices with staff must be seen in close linkage with the availability of decentralized programme resources.

From the outset, I would like to commend the Force Commanders, their officers and staff for the selfless and gallant service they render in the maintenance of peace and security in their respective areas of operation.

[...] [...] the tools necessary to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from significant [...] [...]

UNMIS will continue to prevent, reduce and, when necessary, stop violence against civilian populations in the Mission area, ensure humanitarian access to vulnerable populations, and [...] [...]

[...] [...] deserted the military, but because he was a Sunni Muslim who had served in the Republican Guards under Saddam Hussein.

In that regard, I ask the Council to urgently reconsider the recommendation of the African Union Peace and Security Council to increase the mandated strength of the AMISOM force to 20,000 troops from the current ceiling of 12,000, and to provide it with key enablers and force multipliers, including air and maritime components.

Israel’s violations of international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law have been increasing, as manifested by many practices, such as the detention of 10,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails and detention facilities without any legal grounds; the continued construction of the racist separation wall, in defiance of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice; the tight siege of the Gaza Strip, contrary to Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) and General Assembly resolution ES-10/18; the barriers and checkpoints in the West Bank; the Jewish loyalty oath instituted by the Israeli Cabinet to isolate the Arab-Israel population in Israel; the recent Knesset legislation setting stringent new conditions on any withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories annexed to Israel except through a referendum or the approval of a two-third majority of the Knesset; and many other violations that time will not permit us to list.

[...] [...] that, in some cases, there was no need to abide by international law; at most, mention could be made of the possibility of adopting such coercive measures as [...] [...]

that, in the globalization era and with the information revolution, arms regulation, non-proliferation and disarmament problems are more than ever the concern of all countries in the world, which are affected in one way or another by these problems and, therefore, should have the possibility to participate in the negotiations that arise to tackle them

[...] [...] military personnel or compulsory military service in the MSAR.

Makenga in Rutshuru, at the foot of Mounts Mikeno and Karisimbi, near the Rwandan border, after an exchange of fire with Government forces at Kibumba.

Miss CHAN Yuen-han, Chairman of the WS Panel, said that she was pleased to learn that the Administration had acceded to the Panel’s request of not mandating a ceiling of 15% of the grants from the Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged (the Fund) for staffing and administrative expenses.

In this regard, it will be important for the Government and MONUC to define the specific end state, informed by a regional perspective, under which they would declare that the threats from FDLR, LRA and Congolese armed forces have been reduced to a level where they can be addressed by the Congolese authorities without MONUC support, as a law and order problem.

[...] [...] credibility in the eyes of unarmed civilians, who call [...] [...]

[...] be delivered under this component are set out in paragraph 29C.35 of the budget document, and include the provision of a wide array of training programmes designed to build and sustain the Organization’s leadership and managerial capacity; improve the human and financial resources management expertise of programme managers and staff with administrative responsibilities; upgrade the information technology skills of Secretariat staff; build and strengthen linguistic capabilities; [...] [...]

The variance is attributable primarily to reduced requirements with respect to: (a) construction services owing to the near completion of the multi-year projects and the Operation’s strategy to engage in-house resources and military enablers; (b) acquisition [...] [...]

[...] [...] pirate leaders remain at liberty and without apparent fear of arrest, and in some cases the Puntland authorities have extended protection to pirate militias.