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"That, in view of the immense efforts of Hong Kong’s neighbouring territories in enhancing the attractiveness of their tourist facilities and the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland next year, this Council urges the Government to step up its external publicity in promoting Hong Kong as an international tourist centre, and to comprehensively review, enhance and strengthen the attractiveness and competitiveness of various ancillary tourist facilities so as to cater for the increasing demands of tourists, and to devote all its effort to attract more tourists with high spending power to visit Hong Kong.

[...] [...] bodies are based, revealed that there had been [...] [...]

As documented by the Group, in 2009 Serge Mel Meledje was appointed Managing Director of Darkwood Logistics and UAZ-CI (see annex 21); however, Mr. Meledje’s real role was to cash cheques issued by the Treasury, keeping a personal commission of 0.05 to 0.08 per cent of the amount of the cheques (see annex 22).

The Advisory Committee was informed that, as in the past, other issues, including investment management matters not included in the budget submission for the biennium 2010–2011 that were considered by the Pension Board in July 2009, will be reported to the General Assembly next year during its sixty-fifth session.

In this regard, UNESCO has strengthened its efforts, in view of the High-Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals that will be held in New York in September, to secure explicit recognition of the role of culture in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the outcome document that will be adopted.

The Executive Committee is therefore hopeful that, in the next year, Cote d’Ivoire will continue with the implementation of its terminal phase out plan with outstanding success towards total phase-out of its ODS consumption as stated in the action plan.

[...] seek to raise its profile within [...]

The Executive Committee is therefore hopeful that, in the next one year, Kiribati will continue with the implementation of its country programme and activities with outstanding success, in particular, on the implementation of its licensing system to ensure sustainable reduction and phase-out of CFC consumption.

If we only say that because the Government's objectives are correct, and these objectives have to be achieved by carrying out this work, and therefore we cannot and need not monitor the process involved; or as pointed out by Mr LAU Kong-wah, once monitoring is carried out, the highly confidential nature and effectiveness of such work would be compromised, which would in turn jeopardize the security of the whole society; if this attitude is adopted ― I stress again ― if such logic, attitude or stance is adopted, there is no need for us to ask any question about the Government's funding proposal of $80 million this year, or $800 million next year or possibly $1.8 billion in the future, because there is nothing we can really ask.

[...] [...] deferred until next year.

However nothing has yet been fixed for next year.

[...] [...] stop accepting delivery bookings from non-local Mainland women whose husbands are not Hong Kong residents next year.

[...] [...] included read code, clear code, data flow, action [...]

In the analyzed period, Gini coefficient indicates an increase in inequality, in the year 2006, after this year it began to decrease, to 30.5% in 2008.

Delegations requested further information on the implementation of the Strategic Priority Action Plan for Gender Equality, 2010-2012, and on the application of the Gender Equality Marker (GEM) for tracking genderrelated allocations and expenditures from programme funds.

[...] [...] advance progress in clarifying the fate of Kuwaiti [...] [...]

[...] [...] “as required”, indicating that 88 per cent [...]

Mozambique required observers to be present during at-sea trans-shipments and expected to move to a “no at-sea trans-shipment” scheme in the next year, augmented by the implementation of port State measures, including vessel inspections.

We agree with the ideas outlined in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/446) and hope that, in connection with the security situation following the transfer of power next year, the Secretariat and MINUSTAH will carry out an assessment of the strength, composition, resources and requirements of the Mission.

The estimates indicate that, in almost all [...] [...]

[...] Bureau of Statistics shows that in 2004 26.9% [...] [...]

The Marshall Islands hoped that Columbia University's international academic conference on this issue to be held early next year would result in a more coherent understanding on the part of international policy experts and decision-makers.

[...] suggestions for identifying the reasons [...] [...]

According to The ESCAP Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Agreements Database (APTIAD), ESCAP regional members were party to close to 180 RTAs in force, signed or under negotiation in early 2012.

Following COP15, the Maldives has expressed its support to the “Copenhagen Accords”, though expressing its hopes that the Accords would be a new beginning in the polarized climate change negotiations which would lead to a legally binding agreement with specific emission reduction targets and deadlines in COP 16 to be held in Mexico next December.

(English article) This announcement looks important since it affirms the regulator, after some initial hesitation early last year, is now fully supporting China Mobile’s plans to roll out a commercial 4G network as soon as next year, even though China Mobile itself has recently run into delays in its own trials for the technology.