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[...] [...] document 35 C/COM SC/DR.1 (submitted by: Austria, Belgium, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Slovenia, Sweden, Tuvalu, Uruguay; co-sponsored by: Barbados, Costa Rica, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Monaco, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Suriname, and Zambia), requesting the Director-General to strengthen UNESCO’s specialized capacity on climate change, building upon UNESCO’s unique interdisciplinary profile.

[...] [...] making the legislative process more transparent by sharing draft legislation with an impact on human rights issues with the wider community; and creating a Government and civil society forum to foster an environment of cooperation to strengthen democracy and [...]

[...] [...] (b) develop strong national institutional and programmatic frameworks; (c) promote the ratification and implementation of the relevant international conventions; (d) encourage the implementation of internationally recognized standards, tools and approaches relating to the environment, health and protection from chemicals, revise legislation and enforce existing [...] [...]

[...] focused and strong, and all of them, among other provisions, reaffirm the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including East Jerusalem; deeply regret, deplore and condemn the deportation by Israel, the occupying Power, of Palestinian civilians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (resolutions 468 (1980), 469 (1980) and 484 (1980) specifically concern the deportation of the Mayors of Al-Khalil (Hebron) and Halhoul and the Sharia Judge of Al-Khalil (Hebron)); call upon Israel to rescind the orders to deport Palestinian civilians; and call upon Israel to ensure the safe and immediate return to [...] [...]

This requires strong institutions at all levels, including, in particular, effective legal and judicial systems and enhanced transparency.

[...] [...] guidance for policy, legislative and financial measures related to the development of an environment supportive of control; (b) reduce the level of exposure of individuals and populations to the common modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases, and their determinants, provide and encourage healthy choices for all, and at the same time strengthen the capacity of individuals and populations to make healthier choices and follow lifestyle patterns that foster good health; and (c) strengthen health care for people with non-communicable diseases by strengthening health systems, enabling them to respond [...] [...]

[...] [...] log; (f) an enabling system for the reporting and review of unit-level and corporate risk; (h) progressively integrated risk-informed and results-based unit work-planning and reporting processes; (i) a planned and periodic review of ERM policies and practices; and (j) contributions [...] [...]

[...] [...] UNICEF is: (a) building partnerships for the equity approach; (b) operationalizing the approach across the entire organization; (c) working to become an even stronger partner and [...] [...]

[...] [...] of specific legislation on trafficking in cultural property and potential challenges in developing specific legislation; (c) the imposition of strong penalties for [...] [...]

[...] include developing gender-based violence legislation; building legal and judicial institutions that increase the security of women [...] [...]

This legislation provides for universal jurisdiction over any or a combination of the following: (a) grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I thereto (primarily States members of the Commonwealth); (b) crimes specified under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (for example, Cyprus, [...] [...]

[...] [...] provisions needed for dedicated courtroom space in the three United Nations Dispute Tribunal locations; and the need for enhancing education and [...] [...]

[...] [...] 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 or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; [...] [...]

(e) To facilitate the establishment of a strong regional network of countertrafficking practitioners to promote cross-border cooperation, inter alia, through the organization of regular regional training and workshops for law-enforcement [...] [...]

It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors (A/64/588, para. 5).

[...] [...] international law; acknowledged that national efforts to prevent and combat illicit brokering activities can be reinforced by such efforts at the regional and subregional levels; emphasized the importance of international cooperation and assistance, capacity-building and information-sharing in preventing and combating illicit brokering activities; and encouraged Member States to draw, where appropriate, on the relevant expertise of civil society in developing effective [...] [...]

Those efforts included encouraging universities to offer modules on space law; providing fellowships for graduate and postgraduate education in space law; assisting in the development of national space legislation and policy frameworks; organizing workshops, seminars and other specialized activities to promote greater understanding of space law; providing financial and technical support for legal research; preparing dedicated studies, papers and publications on space law; supporting space law moot court competitions; supporting the participation of young professionals in regional and international meetings relating to space law; providing for training [...] [...]

[...] [...] pluralistic media while enabling freedom of information legislation; encouraging initiatives aimed at enhancing press freedom; and supporting initiatives [...] [...]

[...] [...] cent smoke-free environments in all indoor workplaces, indoor public places, public transport, and as appropriate in other public places, reinforcing legislative, administrative and regulatory capacity, in line with the guidelines.

A stronger United Nations entity for women will enable the United Nations [...] [...]

It stressed the right of scientific researchers to “express themselves freely on the human, social or ecological value of certain projects and, in the last resort, withdraw from those projects if their conscience so dictates”; it also recommended strong whistle-blower protections.

UNESCO advocated for stronger evidence-based planning and management in the area of education and for improved quality through piloting innovative inclusive and child-friendly educational approaches and developing effective education policies and laws, focusing [...] [...]

[...] [...] focus on conflict prevention; the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity; more effective protection of human rights; and enhanced rule of law.

[...] Benin UNDP “established an example of good practice in the creation of strong partnerships” [...] [...]

[...] WTO members had underlined the positive aspects of private standards on quality and access to high quality markets, many other members had expressed the following concerns: the application of private standards at the import stage resulted in de facto barriers to trade, and created difficulties especially for developing countries; complying with these standards required multiple certification by private bodies, with a high cost for small producers; in many cases private standards were more restrictive and prescriptive than government standards and Codex standards and often had no scientific basis; [...] [...]

[...] generally applicable legal and other binding regulations of European and national law and the regulations for accident prevention and environmental protection in force in the country [...]