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At its 37th plenary meeting, on 27 July 2009, the Economic and Social Council took note of the decision of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to submit, at its resumed session, a list of non-governmental organizations that had failed to submit their quadrennial reports for two or more consecutive periods, for suspension of their consultative status, after having confirmed that the Secretariat had sent final reminders to those organizations with outstanding reports and had requested each to submit a report covering the preceding four-year period by 1 May 2009, and that the permanent missions of the Member States in which the headquarters of the non-governmental organizations concerned are based had been notified of the final reminders, which clearly indicated the consequent recommendations the Committee would make to the Council should those non-governmental organizations fail to meet the deadline.

In this regard, the highest policy responsibility rests with the Minister of Physical Development and the Environment while at the technical level, responsibility resides with the Chief Sustainable Development and Environment Officer.

With newly programmed websites, United Nations Radio now provides more frequently updated content to its worldwide clients, serving in one capacity as an audio news service that delivers sound bites and short news reports/bulletins, and in another as a provider of in-depth features and magazine programmes.

As a specialized agency within the United Nations system, IMO has a global mandate in the field of safety of navigation and prevention of marine pollution from vessels.

To recognize the primary responsibility of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to consolidate peace and stability, to promote recovery and development in the country, to protect civilians, to develop sustainable security sector institutions and to express the continued support of the Council in this regard.

The request for the suspension stemmed from bilateral discussions held between the Governments of Chad and the Sudan, and the concern of the latter that the resettlement programme might have a negative impact on the prospect of refugees returning to the Sudan.

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During the first biennium of the Medium-Term Strategy, it is proposed that Major Programme V will discharge its programmatic leadership with respect to the 34 C/4 strategic programme objectives “Enhancing universal access to quality information” and “Fostering pluralistic, free and independent media and infostructures” by concentrating on the above biennial sectoral programme priority.

Our central concern here, therefore, is that a strengthening of IP protection for databases at the international level, whilst encouraging more investment in new commercial database products and services, may at the same time greatly reduce the access of scientists and researchers in developing countries to the data they contain because they will often lack the financial means to pay for the necessary subscriptions.

There must be opportunities for objective assessments of progress, including the submission of reports by civil society, and mechanisms to hold governments, including both LDCs and development partners, to account for their role in fulfilling the aims of the Istanbul Declaration.

[...] [...] efforts in the area of social development, while recognizing the primary responsibility of national Governments in this regard

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Particularly as regards the protection of the marine environment, the laws and regulations and administrative measures of the sponsoring [...] [...]

Finally, while noting that regional organizations have primary responsibility for securing human, financial, logistical and other resources for their organizations, the United Kingdom would like to encourage international partners to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of financing regional organizations when they undertake peacekeeping under a United Nations mandate.

As the transition period continues towards the eventual withdrawal of international military forces and the assumption of overall security responsibility by Afghan security forces by the end of 2014, it is becoming increasingly imperative that the international community maintain its active support of the Government of Afghanistan.

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A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.