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It is 10 days, and Israel is telling us daily that it is about to achieve its military objectives, while the media are showing us daily, nay hourly, horrific scenes of the bodies of children laid next to each other, families that have been completely decimated and innocent civilians who have been crushed by the Israeli military machine — almost 600 to date and 3,000 thousand wounded, and the Council is still silent.

Moreover, the prevalence of hunger exceeded 35 per cent in 16 countries in Africa, and external assistance to overcome food insecurity was routinely required by 20 African countries.

[...] [...] later that day, he would be beaten first to teach him a lesson.

As an alternative, the instrument can be already supplied with a tight, fix-mounted adapter flange from DN 100 (ASME 4" or JIS 100).

Young activists armed with loudspeakers and mapping devices go from door to door, looking to transform the slums of Kolkata.

The right of silence is seen by those who take this position as an essential safeguard for the weak, the immature and the inadequate, since its removal could increase the risk of false confessions by those unable to withstand police interrogation.

Going from door to door in the slums of Kolkata, they say, they’ve managed to double the immunization rate for polio in their neighbourhood – which now stands at 80 per cent.

(b) To halve, by 2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger and, by the same date, to halve the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water.

[...] [...] establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain [...] [...]

[...] [...] regions; the holding of youth forums; [...] [...]

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

These 12 posts comprise one P-2 post of Associate Economic Affairs Officer under executive direction and management; one P-2 post under subprogramme 1, Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 2, Production and innovation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 3, Macroeconomic policies and growth; one P-2 post under subprogramme 5, Social development and equality; one P-2 post under subprogramme 12, Subregional activities in Mexico and Central America; one Local level post under subprogramme 13, Subregional activities in the Caribbean; and one P-4 temporary post, one P-2 post and three Local level posts under programme support.