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Given the enormity of the threats posed by climate change, it is incumbent upon the Council to begin work on this enormous task at once.

In the spirit of seeking consensus, the OIC had proposed using generic language that covered all types of discrimination.

Particularly in today’s context, where there is an indisputable need for intercultural and interreligious dialogue, respect and understanding, it is our undeniable moral obligation to foster a society which comprehends and respects the sensitivities of all peoples worldwide.

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The identification of staff members by name and the description of their actions and characters in intemperate terms in Dispute Tribunal judgements have led some staff members to file complaints against the judges and raise concerns about defamation.

I did not say in my reply that the remarks of the Chief Executive in reply to Mr CHAN's question in this Chamber were the personal opinions of the Chief Executive.

We still believe that the international community must play its rightful and obligatory role by taking the necessary action to halt all illegal measures taken by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.

In line with the provisions of its Constitution, UNESCO is duty-bound to foster through its action mutual understanding, reconciliation and peace.

UNESCO was also urged to increase action with respect to the introduction and use of ICTs at all levels of education, especially through the development of national distance education courses and access to other online content to be made available in Arabic, multilingual content development, and enhancing lifelong learning opportunities through access to diversified delivery systems.

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Prevention was important and obligatory, but the Department of Economic and Social Affairs had a clear mandate to help promote and protect the rights of those who already had disabilities.

The Joint Expert Group UNESCO (CR)/ECOSOC (CESCR) on the Monitoring of the Right to Education has underlined the need for compliance with the core obligations of states for ensuring universal primary education, free of charge, and of making necessary resources available.

The participants unanimously reaffirmed the abiding relevance of UNESCO’s mandate and agreed that its mission statement should build on the provisions of its Constitution, especially underlining the obligation of the Organization to help build a culture of peace.

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As a priority, it is incumbent on the donor community to provide adequate humanitarian support, which is not yet forthcoming;47 and on the government to ensure free unfettered access to the area, including for the resumption of pre-existing programs for vulnerable communities, which it has not yet done.

The EU favours the specific amendment to Article 31(f) described above.

Even without the other problems related to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian problem, the horrors besetting the Gaza Strip today would make it incumbent on Arabs to call out to each other and to call on their leaders for action.

Corfu Channel case (see footnote 560) p. 22 (noting that “[t]he obligations incumbent upon the Albanian authorities consisted in notifying, for the benefit of shipping in general, the existence of a minefield in Albanian territorial waters and in warning the approaching British warships of the imminent danger to which the minefield exposed them.

(7) The qualifier “essential” before the term “needs” was included in order to indicate more clearly that the needs being referred to are those related to survival or similarly essential needs in the aftermath of a disaster.

I welcome the continued clear commitment to the protection of civilians agenda as being at the heart of the Council’s work and the recognition by most, if not all, speakers of the need to do more to ensure that our words have more impact where they matter most — on the ground — to overcome what more than one speaker described as a disconnect what we may say in this and other chambers and the reality on the ground.

As to the question of whether Members will continue with their political career or leave this very hot kitchen which is often so fascinating in Dr David CHU's descriptions, if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, that is, if one feels too hot, one will have to pull out of the place, I believe some Members will very wisely make such a choice.

In order to accommodate this change, speaking time at the General Policy Debate should be reduced from eight to six minutes; this would also have the added benefit of allowing the GPD to close at the end of the first week of the General Conference, allowing a better, less-constraining planning of work for subsidiary bodies and other events, and at the same time limiting the number of parallel events during the first week (which delegates and the Secretariat alike described as “overcrowded” at the 2007 session).

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The NGOs described culture as being what human beings held most sacred after air and water, and they highlighted the importance of ownership of development policies and the integration of development into the highest levels of politics.

Decision required: The Executive Board is invited to express its gratitude to Member States that have paid their contributions for the year 2006 and to those that have made efforts to reduce their arrears of contributions in response to appeals, recall that the prompt payment of contributions is an obligation incumbent on Member States, and appeal to Member States in arrears on payment plans to settle their outstanding instalments and regular assessed contributions.

Ensuring the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights is a mandatory and immediate obligation of States parties.22 Implementing article 3 of the Covenant, in relation to article 15, paragraph 1 (a), requires, inter alia, the elimination of institutional and legal obstacles as well as those based on negative practices, including those attributed to customs and traditions, that prevent women from participating fully in cultural life, science education and scientific research.23 2.

We must respond to the immediate phase of humanitarian relief, without forgetting that the people of Haiti will continue to need us in the subsequent rehabilitation, reconstruction and development stages, a commitment that Venezuela most naturally and resolutely accepts.

While enjoying broad consensus within the international community, the protection of cultural heritage and the promotion of the restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin are also inalienable and fundamental cultural rights of the people of countries of origin, as well as cultural responsibilities incumbent on all Governments.