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The call of the international community for democracy and respect for fundamental rights will sound hollow if the present impasse continues and the Palestinians are denied their aspirations.

It was encouraged by Chile’s readiness to guarantee access [...] [...]

[...] [...] support until the end of 2011.

The report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board (A/64/291) contains the revised appropriations and performance report for the biennium 2008–2009, the proposed budget estimates for the biennium 2010–2011 and a proposal for authorization to supplement contributions to the Emergency Fund for the biennium 2010–2011 by an amount not exceeding US$ 200,000.

The Board compared the amounts per the line items in the note disclosure for accounts payable in UNRWA financial statements (note 4) and accounts receivable in UNRWA Provident Fund financial statements (note 6) and noted that although the opening and closing balances agreed, the activities recorded during the biennium did not agree on a line-by-line basis.

[...] [...] thirdly, there is still reluctance and technical barriers [...] [...]

This circular is to provide the shareholders with (i) further information on the Share Subdivision and the Board Lot Change and the re-election of directors of the Company; (ii) the explanatory statement as required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the ‘‘Listing Rules’’); and (iii) further information of the final dividend to be declared by the Company and all other information reasonably necessary to enable them to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolutions as mentioned herein and which, inter alia, will be dealt with at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held at Queensway and Victoria Room, Level 3, J.W. Marriott Hotel, Queensway, Hong Kong on Monday, 23 May 2011 at 2 : 00 p.m. (the ‘‘Annual General Meeting’’).

Subject to Section 88 of the Act and Bye-law 153A, a printed copy of the Directors’ report, accompanied by the balance sheet and profit and loss account, including every document required by law to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year and containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the Company under convenient heads and a statement of income and expenditure, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto at least twenty-one (21) days before the date of the annual general meeting and laid before the Company in annual general meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Act provided that this Bye-law shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware of or to more than one of the joint holders of any shares or debentures.

It is proposed that the Information Systems Officer (P-4) position be continued to provide systems support for the Peacekeeping Financing Division for all budget, troop cost and fund monitoring-related systems serving the Division, and to provide guidance for the development of strategies and a vision for integrating the peacekeeping budget submission requirements and the auxiliary systems supporting the Division into Umoja, which includes the articulation of the particular business requirements related to peacekeeping and coordination with the Umoja team.