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The concrete measures recommended by the Working Group include the adoption of specific legislation on non-discrimination; the development of a national campaign to promote multiculturalism and respect for the dignity of the Afro-Ecuadorian people; the adoption of measures to reduce the

At its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly stressed the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and decided to consider at its sixty-seventh session the reports

The inordinate length of translation times, especially in cases of

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or

In section V, paragraph 11, of the same

With respect to activities for the dissemination and communication of the lessons learned from

In this context, Austria also commends the efforts of the Security Council Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions to strengthen the

One delegation highlighted water scarcity and drought

The projects include analysis of and support for the adaptation of public websites, the training of both public- and

In addition, many delegations expressed the view that the persistence of restrictive rules of origin and non-tariff trade barriers, such as standards and technical measures, as well as severe supply constraints and a trade-related infrastructure

As regards activities under the “ethics of science

Another example would concern the need to retain communities and rural economies, where it would be necessary to strike a

Those efforts included encouraging universities to offer modules on space law; providing fellowships for graduate and postgraduate education in space law; assisting in the development of national space legislation and policy frameworks; organizing

Among the recommendations were that UNRWA must: impress upon donors that its core budget was not an administrative black hole but the key to running its educational programmes and thus should be seen as an investment in the future of the Palestine refugees; exploit all funding opportunities; enlarge its donor base for the core budget, to which only a small number currently contributed — a point to which he had drawn attention in Cairo at a meeting of Arab League ministers whose countries gave welcome support to specific projects and emergency appeals but not to the core budget; expand its partnerships with non-State actors such as foundations and other institutions in the private

In this context, many challenges would need to be addressed, in particular: the gap between the current competencies and skills and the competencies required in order to meet the Organization’s future needs, also affected by delays in the current recruitment processes of the Organization; the gender and

The meeting strongly welcomed the advances in results-based programming which should, nonetheless, be