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Coprecipitation of an added or constituent metal is routinely employed.

However, present and future challenges require the definition and implementation of a new generation of public policies identifying and protecting the historic layering and balance of cultural and natural values in urban environments.

The overall aim of the Integrated Strategic Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is: (a) to forge a shared vision of how the United Nations can assist the Government and the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to end the long-lasting conflicts in the eastern part of the country, to consolidate peace in other areas, and to accelerate nationally the process of recovery and development; (b) to translate this vision into a single, coherent strategic framework that has clear objectives and priorities, taking full account of the Government’s own goals as reflected in the poverty reduction strategy and its priority action plan, and the Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; and (c) to strengthen United Nations coordination and management mechanisms to ensure the cohesive implementation of priorities in keeping with the principle of “delivering as one”.

The Delegation of Japan, while not opposing the proposal for new work, suggested that the scope of the standard should exclude sago starch, whose manufacturing process and quality factors were quite different from sago flour.

Courage and leadership is needed at this critical juncture in our region to ultimately end this prolonged tragedy and bring peace and security to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples with the achievement of a lasting, comprehensive peace based on the two-State solution of an independent, sovereign and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security with Israel on the basis of the 1967 borders, and the achievement of a just solution to the problem of the Palestine refugees in accordance with resolution 194 (III) of 1948.

At this critical period in the Middle East, particularly with regard to the long and tragic question of Palestine, the Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms its intention to continue to lend its support and actively contribute in every possible way to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East based on all relevant United Nations resolutions, the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, the principle of land for peace, the Arab Peace Initiative and the road map.

The Conference recommended that FAO work with member countries to increase productivity of crops that are of particular relevance to the diets of food- and nutritionally-insecure people, including starchy staples, pulses, coarse grains, vegetables, horticultural crops and oil crops.

The historic urban landscape is the urban area understood as the result of a historic layering of cultural and natural values and attributes, extending beyond the notion of “historic centre” or “ensemble” to include the broader urban context and its geographical setting.