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At the same session, the General Assembly invited Member States to provide their suggestions in relation to the overall theme, the agenda items and the topics for the workshops of the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and

In his introduction to the debate, the Assistant Director-General of the Communication and Information Sector recalled that the Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace was adopted in October 2003 by the General Conference at its 32nd session. He also indicated that, as at 31 January

(b) Regarding International Women’s Day on 8 March, a broad range of activities were pursued, many of which highlighted issues surrounding women and AIDS: a video exhibition “In Movement: UNESCO salutes Women Video Artists in the World” in partnership with corporate sponsors; the award ceremony for the L’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science; a series of events on “Africa’s cultural response to HIV/AIDS: Women and their struggles” including the production of a video, “Le sud aide le sud face au SIDA” in conjunction with Routes du Sud and the Minister of Culture of Mali with the support of various corporate partners; the screening of a documentary “Shadow-Ombres Afghanes” on living conditions of women in Afghanistan; the screening of “My Wife is Yéré”, a documentary discussing the education of

The Working Group recommends the

At its 44th plenary meeting, on 30 July 2009, the Economic and Social Council decided to authorize a three-day international expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity – articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

It was also queried whether Article 5 countries with an approved HPMP should utilize the funding not previously allocated for

During the reporting period, it attended and contributed to a large

The Unit remained committed to its mandate and

Reallocations not categorized as major changes may be incorporated in the approved annual implementation

A, paragraph 5, of its resolution 63/248, the General Assembly noted that the percentage of meetings held by the bodies entitled to meet “as required” that were provided with interpretation services in New York in 2007 was 88 per

In recognition of the importance of statistical training in achieving the strategic goals of the Committee on Statistics, the Commission took note of the view expressed by the representative of one delegation that the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute

In accordance with paragraph 6 of the terms of reference of the Committee for Programme and Coordination contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX), the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit concerning the economic, social and human rights programmes of the United Nations system, including the reports dealing with the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Institute for

In its resolution 65/281, entitled “Review of the Human Rights Council”, the General Assembly decided to continue its practice

Also in its resolution 65/230, the General Assembly requested the

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions has considered the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board on the administrative expenses of the United Nations

The General Committee may wish to recommend that the Assembly, when considering item 9 in its entirety in plenary meeting, take note of the clarification that, in implementing

In addition to the common documents being considered under agenda item

The Representative indicated that

Decides to establish, in accordance with rule 28 of its provisional rules of procedure, for a period of no longer than two years, a Committee of the Security Council, consisting of all members of the