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External sources (not reviewed)

of the professional competence of the individual compliance officers, when dealing with Chief Security Officers at the P-5 or senior P-4 levels or debriefing designated officials at the level of D-2 or above, a P-3 compliance officer has neither the seniority nor the field experience to be credible.

improve coherence between results and indicators through better coordination of planning between Headquarters and field offices, and to account for delays in certain cases due to external factors such as security conditions.

to draw conclusions and best practices on the policy options available to ensure effective and sustainable transitions to democracy; (iii) Arab Regional Integration, which analyses the potential areas and characteristics of integration be they social, economic, cultural or political and assessing their prospective impact on the long-term development of the region; and (iv) a joint publication with other Regional Commissions on Beyond the MDGs: A Future United Nations Development Agenda.

a review of management issues.

of the reform programme of the Secretary-General, the comprehensive policy review and the follow-up to international conferences, so as to allow the Council to fulfil its coordinating role (General Assembly resolution 48/162, annex, 53/192, 62/208 and 65/176, and Council resolutions 1995/51 and 2010/23).

was needed on the target audience for the proposed database and the proposed newsletter, both of which had been seen as part of an overall strategy for the dissemination and communication of lessons learned, and the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer was asked to provide more information on how those activities would be part of such a strategy.

in accordance with the priority areas identified by member States, and to ensure timely and proper communication with the Governments of member States, in particular the host country, regarding meetings and events.

of protection of civilians tasks in the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations; the more consistent and systemic consideration of protection of civilians issues in the Secretary-General’s reports; the significant inclusion of several paragraphs on the protection of civilians in the 2010 recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (see A/64/19), including the development of a strategic framework for mission-wide protection strategies; the elaboration of protection of civilians training modules; and an assessment of the resource requirements for implementing protection mandates.

in the present report and in the three regional review meetings, Member States may wish to consider concentrating on the following four areas, where focused actions are needed most to further address the vulnerabilities and support the sustainable development of small island developing States: (a) strengthening support for national sustainable development strategies and national development planning processes; (b) supporting initiatives towards sustainable energy development; (c) strengthening the resilience of fragile ecosystems to the impacts of climate change; and (d) supporting partnership initiatives for action in the further implementation of the Programme of Action.

and inclusive global economic growth, especially in the developing countries; find an immediate and sustainable solution to the environmental problems; translate resolutions, declarations and plans into concrete implementable actions; and improve the current sustainable development institutional framework in order to promote the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development.

Process within the West African subregion.

quality control of contractual translations, including on requirements relating to the number and appropriate level of the staff needed to carry out that function.

related technical assistance activities, which could be offered to States parties upon request.