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develop the infrastructure for the communications network and provide the required training for data and information dissemination, QA/QC and archiving.

OPPs, carbamates, pyrethrins and pyrethroids and dithiocarbamates are four common groups of pesticides generally used as insecticides, herbicides or fungicides on agricultural crops.

[...] munitions containing white phosphorous, the Military Advocate [...] [...]

Some 20 million tons of phosphorous are mined every year [...]

[...] [...] Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (a Vitamin C derivative) [...]

[...] [...] those competences, its acts would be ultra vires (Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996 (I), p. 82; Phosphates in Morocco, Judgment, 1938, P.C.I.J., Series A/B, No. 74, p. 14).

Although approved for use for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nearly 60 countries, use of citicoline in a randomized trial that included more than 1,200 participants with TBI did not result in improvement in functional and cognitive status, according to a study appearing in the Nov. 21 issue of JAMA.

Excessive exposure to some pesticides may cause acute adverse health effects (e.g. methamidophos and triazophos, may affect the nervous system) whereas other pesticides have shown to cause chronic adverse health effects (e.g. lindane may affect the liver and kidney; and dicofol may affect foetal development) in animals.

[...] [...] other heavy weapons, including white phosphorous shells and dense inert metal explosive [...] [...]

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

[...] equal access to education for all children, embodied in its [...]

Without cooling, even with good phosphine fumigation, it is [...] [...]

In addition, Tajikistan reported that it is preparing to conduct a needs assessment of landmine and other ERW victims in mine affected districts with the main goal being to establish a functional victim information system (VIS), which would comply with the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) standards and become a systematic and reliable mechanism at the district and oblast level.

The creators of a GM superpig, nicknamed the Enviropig, say its manure contains less phosphorus than normal slurry and poses less risk to rivers, streams and lakes.

[...] [...] targeted; (4) existing mechanisms must be built on and better [...] [...]

[...] [...] highly toxic organophosphorus pesticides including methamidophos (a list would be announced separately) had been invalidated and agricultural use of these highly hazardous organophosphorus pesticides had [...]

[...] [...] capacity-building assistance on the certification [...] [...]

[...] [...] prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats [...] [...]

In conclusion, on the occasion of Egypt’s presidency of the Group of Arab States for this month, I would like to call for the participation of all United Nations bodies, including the Security Council, in implementing what was called for by the resolution of the League of Arab States adopted on 2 June on the need to protect civilians in Syria and provide the United Nations Supervision Mission with the necessary tools to do that, as well as to take the necessary measures and decisions according to the relevant articles of the Charter of the United Nations in order to put an end to the attacks that are targeting civilians in the Syrian Arab Republic.