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Each of the 13 Occupational Group Managers would continue the responsibilities for reviewing applications, identifying candidates for further assessment by subject matter experts, that is, expert panels, serving as

By its resolution 65/310, the General Assembly welcomed the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/65/19), decided that the Special Committee, in accordance with its mandate, should continue its efforts for a comprehensive review of the

The report also noted that member States voiced support for the following steps to be taken: (a) further streamlining the number of documents and their contents; (b) further consolidating reports; for example, committee reports could serve as background or information documents, with only the key recommendations from

The note by the Secretariat included an overview of the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests and major forest and finance issues; considered the role of the private sector; reviewed existing and recent international financial cooperation; described some emerging programmes; discussed the terms “global

These reports also covered special requests

Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided to approve the pilot project for validation of methyl formate as a blowing agent in the manufacture of polyurethane foam (phase I) in Brazil at a total cost of US $401,500 plus agency support costs of US $30,113 for UNDP, noting that the project was consistent with decision 55/43(e) and that it had been designed to disseminate the results from the validation of methyl formate technology in rigid and integral skin polyurethane foam applications globally, and on the understanding that the project would be the final validation project for methyl formate in the manufacture of rigid and integral skin polyurethane foams, and that approval of the

As it had already been reviewed by the Secretariat, however, it could be approved exceptionally on the understanding that, in the future, projects that

While noting the complainant’s contention that the courts of the State party based their decisions on false assumptions about the worth of the diplomatic assurances provided by Mexico, in particular with regard to the ability of the Mexican authorities to control the country’s security forces and so lessen the risk of torture, the Committee concludes that the information before it does

At the system-wide level, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, in collaboration with the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality led a long consultation process towards the development of an action plan for operationalizing the United Nations system-wide policy on gender equality and empowerment of women, which was adopted by CEB and

One representative, while noting the progress being made by many parties in eliminating the use of controlled substances under essential-use exemptions, expressed the hope that the Technology and Economic