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There is so much to say about the progress in my country that is positive that it always [...] [...]

But while he speaks occasionally, in Daniel's terms, of the Son of man as "coming with the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:62), he more often speaks of the Son of man [...] [...]

[...] specifically that rules must be binding, violations must be punished, and words must [...]

As Mr. Le Roy’s statement fully covered the realities as they are, I do not have much to add here, but I stand ready to answer any questions in this regard, here or in the closed consultations of the Council.

[...] [...] rights violations; prepare reports, talking points and briefing notes; increase awareness of current [...] [...]

[...] [...] bodies, civil society and representatives of vulnerable groups; participate in the assessment of policies and documents issued by the Government; and prepare position papers, talking points, ad hoc situation reports and briefing notes.

Among the lessons learned is the need to have a more manageable agenda and concise documents for the statutory meetings; 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.

[...] 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 [...] [...]

[...] view expressed in the very useful concept note (S/2011/114, annex) prepared for this debate that an inclusive and strengthened dialogue with all Somalis and key stakeholders will help [...]

Indeed, it is one thing to determine whether a unilateral statement “purports to specify or clarify the meaning or scope attributed by the declarant to a treaty or to certain of its provisions” — which corresponds to the definition of “interpretative declaration” — and another to determine whether the interpretation proposed therein is valid, or, in other words, whether the “meaning or scope attributed by the declarant to a treaty or to certain of its provisions” is valid.

The Security Council has two main levers of influence in Afghanistan: one is exercised through the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which has a mandate to foster national dialogue, and the other [...] [...]

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One delegate was of the view that, despite improvements, a yet tighter focus on measurable expected outcomes appears desirable and emphasized the need for descriptive indicators to facilitate the assessment of achievements.

Argentina would welcome the General Assembly adopting the recommendations of the Working Group as contained in the annex to draft resolution A/66/L.21, which urges the Assembly to initiate a process to ensure the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and suggests the negotiation of a multilateral agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — in other words, an agreement to implement the applicable principles of the Convention.

One member remarked that the reason for implementation delays was not provided, and asked that future reports contain some analysis of the most important reasons for delays in order to be able to provide recommendations for the Executive Committee, if relevant, on possible ways of further reducing such delays.

To say that all the parties have the right to formulate reservations to the treaty cannot imply that this right is [...] [...]

I hardly need say that my delegation will work with all other members of the Council [...] [...]

Indeed, as pointed out by some of them, given the present level of funding for principal priorities in several major programmes, it might be difficult to contemplate the allocation of additional resources if other priorities should also be successfully pursued.

Detailed terms of reference for training of content producers on key contemporary topics and for the preparation of guidelines for international strategies and national audiovisual policies were also developed.

In 2011, gender equality featured as the main topic of public statements made by UNICEF representatives most often in Latin America and the Caribbean, with close to 13 statements per country office during the year, followed by approximately 8 statements per country office in South Asia and 7 statements per country office in West and Central Africa.

Rather than reciprocate the efforts and gestures made for peace — from the explicit commitment to peace and the two-State solution based on the pre-1967 borders made by the Palestinian leadership, beginning with the Palestinian Declaration of Independence over 20 years ago; to the Madrid, Oslo, Taba, Sharm el-Sheikh and Annapolis commitments; the Arab Peace Initiative over eight years ago; the road map to Mideast peace and the Quartet Statement; the diplomatic efforts of the United States of America and all other concerned nations — Israel continues to pay only lip-service to the pursuit of peace, while its actions are actually destroying any chance for the realization of peace.

The very successful International Conference on Education, Learning to Live Together, held a few days before the attacks of 11 September 2001, immediately became a point of reference for discussions of the implications of those events.

Mr. Laurie (United Nations Mine Action Service) said that if Protocol V had already been in force for the parties to [...] [...]

He recalled that the Twenty-First Meeting of the Parties had taken decision XXI/9 on HCFCs and environmentally sound alternatives, which requested the Executive Committee, “when developing and applying funding criteria for projects and programmes regarding in particular the phase-out of HCFCs,… to consider providing additional funding and/or incentives for additional climate benefits where appropriate…[and] to take into account, when considering the cost-effectiveness of projects and programmes, the need for climate benefit”.

The Board reviewed the excerpts of minutes of the three meetings that the Advisory Committee had during the biennium, and noted that the minutes did not indicate whether the financial statements had been reviewed, to give effect to the provisions of Organizational Directive No. 24 — Charter of the Advisory Committee on Internal Oversight.

While it may be possible in some instances to treat each group member entirely separately, for many enterprise groups the best result for each of the different members may be achieved through a more widely-based [...] [...]