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As frequency and intensity of natural disasters increase, it is imperative that UNESCO Natural Sciences develop a comprehensive approach.

As a matter of priority, it should tackle overcrowding, as well as the separation of female and male inmates, and adopt specific regulations to protect the rights of women in detention.

It was imperative that similar situations should be avoided in future.

The recent results achieved in terms of basic education schooling demonstrate that in the short term there will be a heavy demand for secondary level, and it is urgent that the current infrastructures and human resources are adapted to meet this impending situation.

One immediate step will be the production of a module on governance for children’s rights as part of the European Community-funded Child Rights Toolkit for development practitioners.

It called on the Government to prioritize programmes creating employment opportunities so as to prevent displacement and risky migration, and urged it to respect the rights to freedom of speech and expression, protection of the life of journalists, fighting corruption, ending impunity and the promotion of good governance.

Deeply alarmed by the number of mines that continue to be laid each year as well as the presence of a decreasing but still very large number of, and area of square kilometres infested by, mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of armed conflicts, and therefore remaining convinced of the necessity and urgency of strengthening mine-action efforts by the international community with a view to eliminating the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war to civilians as soon as possible

In Chapter 7, we dealt with the issue of the need for more “joined-up” policymaking in developing countries, and the crucial requirement to develop expertise in policymaking in IP in their national institutions.

It was urgent to ensure the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, improve IAEA safeguards and protocols, create a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, promote new disarmament initiatives for the nuclear-weapon States, and initiate negotiations for a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons.

In this context, we believe it is imperative that the issue of the illicit traffic of small arms light weapons be considered as a priority on the agenda of the Commission and be included in the negotiations of the Open-ended Working Group towards an Arms Trade Treaty as a response to the wishes of most delegations present here.

The revelation that the Eritrean authorities have indeed been holding Djiboutian military personnel in their custody, and that at least five prisoners of war were known to be still alive in September 2011, albeit surviving under dire conditions, renders Eritrean implementation of Security Council resolution 1862 (2009) and subsequent resolutions a matter of urgency.

Adaptation measures that reduce vulnerability to climate change are critical, especially in many countries where the risks are here and now.

The Commission noted that the definition of consensus and how the concept was handled in practice in Codex was considered an important issue by many members, to be further discussed as a matter of priority within the CCGP.

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For such communities, the imperative is to be able to ensure that their traditional knowledge and the customary laws governing it are preserved and respected, rather than to obtain monetary compensation.

It is essential to use the information generated to provide feedback to teachers with the aim of identifying strengths and weaknesses in the teaching in the country’s classrooms.

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With regard to the financing of non-governmental organizations, her delegation believed that the main thing was to establish control measures for the use of funds paid by donors and wondered what else could be done to increase the transparency of how resources available to local organizations, including women’s associations, were managed.

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This is comparable to other infrastructure developments in transport and trade: the priority is connection to the most economically important location, i.e. air travel to major cities or shipping to ports.

The growth of the pharmaceutical industry in India was in danger due to international rules; therefore, it was urgent to revisit domestic regulations to determine to what extent they could provide space for generic industries to provide new drugs.

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China believes that the priority for the time being must be to achieve a complete and unconditional ceasefire, as called for by the Council, and to establish a ceasefire monitoring system under the auspices of the United Nations.

Despite the efforts made, however, and given the information obtained during the follow-up mission, the Subcommittee is of the view that the creation of a national preventive mechanism in Paraguay is a matter of urgency.

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(f) Community-based Support Projects for Persons with Disabilities which provides a wide range of community-based support services, including home care service, personal development programme, specialised programme for persons with autism and mentally handicapped persons with challenging behaviour, support scheme for newly blind persons, home-based rehabilitation training service, junior gateway club and support service for on-the-job disabled persons.