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Yet despite the domestic nature of their motivations, the implications of their activities are increasingly international.

Another important strand is the convergence of the growing momentum on the rule of law work of the United Nations and the transitional justice/action on impunity agendas.

Governments criminalize environmental and indigenous movements, which makes it more difficult for them to fight for their human right to live in a healthy environment.

According to the report, there is a noticeable improvement in the level of health-care services and accessibility to these services among the Arab population.

China’s energy needs have led it to play a more prominent role in international markets in recent years.

And together we must confront, first, the continuing threats of climate change and global warming, the global food crisis now compounded by the global financial crisis, and the threats of diseases that know no borders, such as H1N1, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, et cetera.

This sector is focusing increasingly on quality and, given existing food safety standards and growing concern for quality and the environment, the public and private sectors are making great efforts to improve the safety and quality of aquaculture products, while at the same time reducing their environmental impact.

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This high frequency of Security Council meetings in recent months and weeks testifies to an increasing conviction that sustaining peace is a multidimensional and complex undertaking.

QoS verification for VoLTE services, data applications and video broadcasting increase the need for sophisticated testing tools.

In those 40 years, there had been dangerous incidents, a terrible accident in Chernobyl, and growing concerns over the misuse of sensitive nuclear technologies, and yet there was still no prospect of real solutions for environmental and health concerns, no universal commitment to recognize the IAEA Additional Protocol as the verification standard, and no real interest in safe and fair multilateral control of the nuclear fuel cycle through IAEA.

This poses a challenge for sustainable and inclusive economic development, and raises concerns that some individuals and communities are becoming increasingly marginalized and vulnerable to business-related impact on their human rights.

With the onset of the drawdown of foreign security forces and the transition process, it is all the more important for the international community — especially the countries of the region — to remain committed in this crucial phase, when Afghan national institutions are still being developed and consolidated.

Ms Touriya Majdouline of the Moroccan Commission underlined the growing need to clarify and strengthen the role of the National Commissions within the context of the United Nations reform process as well as emphasizing the important role National Commissions play in fostering dialogue among cultures, for example Euro-Arab dialogue.

Besides the concerns mentioned above as to the quality and content of the intervention, it should be noted that a good coverage of life-skills education in schools may not mean a good coverage of children and youth in general in Member States where the rate of children in schools is not high or with regard to at-risk groups who are more frequently out of school.

Population ageing has emerged as a serious developmental challenge that will become increasingly salient in the coming years.

This has been true even when my mandate has required me to scrutinize relevant aspects of the work of those missions.36 The increased use and changing nature of peacekeeping and multinational force operations raise many questions with respect to the human rights and humanitarian law obligations of international forces, and accountability for violations of those obligations.

While emphasizing the value of the Council’s growing awareness of the need for preventive action, one interlocutor pointed out that it needed to improve conflict resolution in, for example, Cyprus and the Middle East.

Nevertheless, migratory pressures will persist owing to: marked inequalities in real salaries and living standards among countries; diverging demographic dynamics between developed (with stable and increasingly ageing populations) and developing countries (increasing and young populations); the spread of lifestyles and consumption habits from developed societies to the rest of the world; and the reduced cost of transport.

In addition to its segregation policy, Israel had imposed a financial and economic blockade on the Palestinian National Authority spreading poverty and unemployment among wide strata of the population.

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