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[...] [...] attendance through video links or such other means as it deems appropriate) and may [hold the hearings in private][close the hearings] where this is or becomes necessary [...]

[...] [...] indigenous peoples have become actively engaged in the REDD-plus process and links have been established with Governments and NGOs that are keen to have REDD-plus included in the agreements reached at United Nations climate change conferences.

The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, which unfairly singled out Israel and endorsed overly broad restrictions on freedom of expression, had been reaffirmed [...] [...]

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.

[...] decrease is due to anticipated efficiencies arising from the proactive management and prioritization of resources, including through minimizing [...] [...]

It entails raising the troop level to 17,731 uniformed personnel and a set of enablers and force multipliers aimed at achieving a fine balance between the operational requirements and a realistic level of resources through (a) the prioritization of areas of operation; (b) the phasing of the operation without significantly altering the desired objectives; (c) trading force multipliers and enablers for troop levels by maintaining capability; (d) requesting Ethiopia to continue to provide support to Transitional Federal Government/AMISOM operations in the Bay, Bakool and Hiraan regions; and (e) the provision of immediate operational logistics support to the Transitional Federal Government security forces.

[...] [...] national standards in compliance with the IMAS, that it is expected that through proper non-technical and technical survey there will be a significant reduction to the estimated suspect hazardous area, and, that this reduction will ensure a more efficient use of time and resources for demining operators, which could reduce the estimated completion [...] [...]

[...] [...] operating costs, controlling GHG emissions and minimizing environmental [...]

Sikha joined the Daredevils four years ago and has since risen to become one of the most powerful voices in her community on girls’ rights.

Given the importance of family reunification and the free flow of financial remittances for migrants, she called on all delegations to join the sponsors and vote in favour of draft resolution A/C.3/63/L.43.

UN-Habitat activities, with additional resources from the regular programme of technical cooperation, had a large multiplier effect and generated an important project portfolio, as demonstrated by the following results: the formulation of strategic lines for integrated recovery and reconstruction developed for Haitian cities affected by the January 2010 earthquake; a multi-donor support programme, assisting 10 pilot developing countries to adopt [...] [...]

At any rate, UNESCO cannot in current circumstances be “all things to all people”, hence the need to clarify roles, tasks and programme delivery responsibilities and then prioritize between and among them.

This allows enumeration of defined classes of particles as well as the measurement of component specific characteristics in a blend, such as the particle size distribution of an active ingredient.

All parties to the review process were aware that Israel’s exclusion from the Council’s regional groups as well as Israel’s restricted role within the [...] [...]

In response to the request that an additional criterion be added to the existing criteria for the prioritization to give consideration to the specific needs of developing countries, the Commission noted that the existing criteria adequately covered this matter and that the criteria could be further reviewed later, if required, in the light of experience with the application of existing criteria.

(a) A list of staff of the Office of the High Commissioner based on their nationality or nationalities, grade and level, type of contract, source of funding, and mandate, and the measures taken to correct the imbalance in geographical composition of staff of the Office, in order to facilitate monitoring of the issue of imbalance of the geographical distribution of staff of the Office by the Human Rights Council

[...] [...] the first six names and rank all them in that order) and “void ballots” (if the system compels rank-ordering candidates for [...]

(a) Given that the Bills Committee aimed to complete scrutiny of the Bill by mid-June to enable the resumption [...] [...]

In 2010, the Republic of Kazakhstan joined the group of constituent countries (Algeria, Argentina, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey) of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, which aims to contribute to international efforts in the fight for announcement of a comprehensive moratorium on the death penalty towards complete abolition of this form of punishment all over the world.

(e) Fulfilling the reporting requirements for the annual implementation reports, annual implementation plans and the overall plan as specified in Appendix 4-A for submission to the Executive Committee.

Achievements leading to this assessment include: (i) the informal consultations between senior scientists of the World Foundation for AIDS Research has contributed to a more scientifically based understanding of HIV/AIDS among heads of governments and cabinet members, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa; (ii) the Havana declaration, signed by Ministers of Education in the Caribbean in the course of a UNESCO instigated conference, commits all governments in the region to introduce the subject of HIV/AIDS in the school system; (iii) the advocacy tool kit introduced in the Asia and the Pacific region is being widely used; and (iv) the outputs of the Culture Sector (the cultural approach to HIV/AIDS) with some 21 publications (country studies, methodological papers, manuals) over a three-year period.

The pattern is the same among both target groups: activities in decreasing order of implementation are information, life-skills education in schools, alternative activities, media campaigns, family and parenting skills training, workplace programmes, screening/brief interventions and, vocational training/income-generation support.

[...] [...] have to be demined or those which will be “ruled out” through clearance techniques as the total suspected areas are not yet known and that the program will implement a range of land release [...] [...]

[...] [...] decrease the damage to aquatic ecosystems, reduce GHG emissions (which is a legal obligation for governments under [...] [...]

[...] [...] out and criteria that will be used for ranking suppliers or contractors, [...] [...]