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Yet, they were acutely aware of the continuing gap between ambitious pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the actual amount required according to science to avoid disaster.

[...] [...] political situation, especially the growing concern over human rights issues and the government’s sensitivity on human rights, have made it very difficult to develop a common United Nations country programme for which UNCT and the government would have shared ownership; secondly, the profile of the donor community in Iran is very low and it has been very difficult to generate FIT resources and joint United Nations programming; and, thirdly, there is still reluctance and technical barriers among UNCT members to put together financial and human resources for joint [...]

The proposed institute is rooted in the principles of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, including efforts by States Parties “to foster the establishment or development of national or regional centres for training in the protection, conservation and presentation of the cultural and natural heritage and to encourage scientific research in this field” (Article 5), cooperation with the three Advisory Bodies so designated under the Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN) (Article 13), effective utilization of international assistance, which may be provided by the World Heritage Committee “to national or regional centres for the training of staff and specialists in the field of identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of the cultural and natural heritage” [...] [...]

Further sensitization and awareness raising of education policy-makers to the importance [...] [...]

Recalling the still frequent perception of violence as a needed form of discipline and the insufficient attention given to this phenomenon by laws, policies and school institutions, she placed a special emphasis on the adoption of legislation to firmly ban all violence in schools; [...] [...]

[...] [...] read documents by biometric documents and strengthen document examination capacity.

[...] [...] nevertheless deserve to be mentioned in the part of the Guide to Practice devoted to the definition of reservations, if only so as to identify more clearly the key elements of the concept, distinguish them [...] [...]

[...] when women may feel particular distress, so as to be sensitive to their situation [...] [...]

[...] [...] help develop the next generation of leaders empowered with strong financial acumen and cultural [...]

We are acutely conscious of the need for effective coordination between the Permanent Five and the elected members, especially those whose credentials for permanent membership stand acknowledged.

As a capacity-building measure, training courses and workshops on how to identify weapons of mass destruction-related materials and equipment are also important [...] [...]

The benefits of taking into account the three least developed country identification criteria (gross national income per capita, human assets index [...] [...]

Given the sensitivity of the issue, [...] [...]

[...] [...] international disarmament efforts, given the human cost of a poorly regulated arms trade, as well as arms smuggling and related activities, in particular in areas in conflict situations.

[...] [...] facilitate the identification and restitution [...]

[...] [...] and child welfare workers, to ensure they are sensitive to issues related to culture, diversity, racism [...]

In early 2000, Shanghai Hongyuan predicted the development prospect and direction of the lighting industry, invested hundreds of millions of research fund in combined with micro-electronics and lighting source technologies, and successfully applied integrated circuit technology and magnetic induction skill into ballast especially for magnetic induction lamps in the lighting field, inventing the induction lamp.

[...] Office of Human Resources Management was to be commended for its efforts, given the magnitude of its task and the relative scarcity of its resources, her delegation was concerned by the findings of the in-depth evaluation of that Office, by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (A/63/221), which underscored that the credibility of the staff selection process was not highly rated by stakeholders with regard to facilitating promotional opportunities, identifying highly qualified [...] [...]

[...] [...] regulations from a gender perspective; a methodological basis for such assessments has been created; the Constitution, a number of codes, laws and legislation are now subject to assessment from a gender perspective; the President’s national council on questions relating to women, the family and gender mainstreaming is now functioning; it has become the practice of the Parliament to receive an assessment of proposed legislation from a gender perspective; the [...] [...]

[...] [...] engagement, low-level risk initiatives and rewarding successes, not only with money – as students move along.

An International Advisory Committee composed of eminent experts and a number of policy-makers from different regions of the world was set up to advise on the final selection of successful candidates, to adjudicate on the quality of research results produced and on the good practices in poverty eradication identified under this programme.

[...] [...] provide support to public institutions to apply equality policy through the national strategy for improving the status of women and advancement of gender equality with a specific focus on the measures of economic empowerment and gender-sensitive budgeting; raise awareness of the relevance of gender equality and fight against gender-based stereotypes, as well as to build capacities of the Council.

This moment is an opportunity to build a sharper UNESCO, a UNESCO with greater impact, a UNESCO with better delivery, in tune with the ambitions of its mandate and in sync with the needs of the 21st century.