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External sources (not reviewed)

The pursuit by the Department of high-quality translation and interpretation services is based on a three-pronged approach: (a) reliance on exacting standards in recruiting language staff only through periodic competitive language examinations in the relevant language professions; (b) provision of training and close and continuing supervision of junior language staff throughout their initial probationary period and beyond, as well as expanded opportunities for upgrading substantive and technical skills for longer-serving staff; and (c) an outreach programme aimed at helping equip graduates of partner language training

Such legal support generally pertains to the following types of cases: (a) pre-litigation cases (during the 2009/10 period, approximately 38 per cent of the Division’s reviews of recommendations for dismissal related to staff members in peacekeeping operations); (b) cases at the Dispute Tribunal level (during the 2009/10 period, approximately 39 per cent of the advice to entities representing the Organization before the Dispute Tribunal related to cases arising in peacekeeping operations, and approximately 16 per cent of the total number of judgements related to cases arising in peacekeeping missions); and (c) representation of the Organization before the Appeals Tribunal (during the 2009/10 period, the Division submitted 19 appeals and answers related

To illustrate more specifically the interlinkages among the three issues addressed under agenda item 5 (b), their interaction is examined for three important groups of developing countries — low forest cover countries, small island developing States and high and medium forest cover countries — many of whom have received less attention by the international community owing

Turning to the Secretary-General’s note on the financing arrangements for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 (A/64/728), he said that, in the light of the devastating earthquake on 12 January 2010 in Haiti, the Security Council, in its

Other proposals made in this regard include: a

The total amount of CFCs needed to enable compliance with the 50 per cent and the 85 per cent CFC phase-out reduction target in 2005 and 2007 respectively is based on the calculated CFC baseline (2,056.8 ODP tonnes, representing the total maximum allowable consumption which needs to be addressed during the triennium 2005-2007) and not on the 2002/2003 consumption reported

For the period in which interest rate is a fixed value, nper for a total

The Subcommittee welcomed the fact that UN-SPIDER regional support offices were currently being hosted by eight national organizations: Algerian Space Agency, Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute of Colombia, Károly Róbert University of Hungary, Iranian Space Agency, Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency, Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, Romanian Space Agency and National Space Agency of Ukraine; and by four regional organizations: ADRC, based in Kobe, Japan; Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), based in Nairobi; University of the West Indies, based in Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; and Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin

The principles which were subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly in resolution 57/68 include: strengthening the international non-proliferation regime through its treaties and other instruments; securing chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials in use, storage and transport; securing facilities against sabotage; strengthening border controls and law enforcement efforts to deter, detect and interdict in cases of illicit trafficking;

His delegation did not wish to

The increase in operational capacity and security operations of the Iraqi security

Finally, during the period under review the Committee has answered seven requests for guidance on aspects of the asset freeze and it has received 21 reports from Member States on the

In conjunction with its partner, Teck Resources, a major Canadian mining company, Nautilus has also discovered additional