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[...] [...] to bridge the digital divide and the need to continue [...] [...]

Three convergent pilot projects all help to fight poverty through direct and indirect job creation, to narrow the digital gap by the creation in the South of multimedia centres and data banks, to develop cultural and intercultural tourism, and to combat negative stereotypes in education.

However, in the light of the growing digital divide between developed and developing countries, [...] [...]

[...] [...] narrowing the digital divide, and to examine, within [...] [...]

[...] [...] content and the reduction of digital divide.

UNESCO’s continuing efforts to build capacities are of particular significance, notably for the bridging of the digital divide through the development of gender-responsive toolkits and methodologies which empower policy-makers, educators and others to adopt measures suited to their local environments.

[...] [...] the growing digital divide – not only between [...] [...]

At the sixth special session of the General Assembly in 1974, States Members of the United Nations solemnly proclaimed their “united determination to work urgently for the Establishment of a New International Economic Order based on equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, irrespective of their economic and social systems which shall correct inequalities and redress existing injustices, make it possible to eliminate the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries and ensure steadily accelerating economic and social development and peace and justice for present and future generations” (resolution 3201 (S-VI)).

[...] [...] archives) thereby reducing the digital divide.

[...] [...] the growing digital divide and disparities in [...]

Governments must show political will to enforce the rule of law and bridge the gap between de jure equality and de facto discrimination, including by affirmative action.

[...] bridge the digital divide and technology [...]

In other words, the question was how to bridge the growing gap between old-school rhetoric and current realities.

[...] institutions in source countries, to increase their support for private foreign investment in infrastructure development and other priority areas, including projects to bridge the digital divide in developing countries [...]

The Ministers expressed concern over the digital divide in access to ICT tools and broadband connectivity between developed and developing countries, which affects many economically and socially relevant applications in areas such as, inter alia, government, business, health and education, and further expressed concern with regard to the special challenges faced in the area of broadband connectivity by developing countries.

[...] [...] the current gender divide in FOSS.

[...] [...] bridging the digital divide through community multimedia centres in remote areas; local content production and the utilization of knowledge for sustainable development; reduction of the digital divide; use of ICTs and [...] [...]

[...] [...] Uruguay; co-sponsored by: Barbados, Costa Rica, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, [...] [...]

In section V, paragraph 11, of the same resolution, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to seek a more effective strategy to fill current and future language post vacancies at all duty stations in a timely manner, took note of paragraph 92 of the report of the Secretary-General on the pattern of conferences (A/63/119 and Corr.1), and also requested the Secretary-General to hold the competitive examinations for the recruitment of language staff referred to in that paragraph, as well as other examinations beyond 2009, well in advance so as to fill current and future language post vacancies at all duty stations in a timely manner, and to inform the Assembly at its sixty-fourth session of efforts in that regard.

[...] [...] peace programme; and strengthening [...] [...]

The National Central Bureau carried out other specific work such as appointing the terrorism liaison official; linking the INTERPOL I-24/7 computer system and police units, giving the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration access to the Fixed Interpol Network Database and Mobile Interpol Network Database (FIND/MIND) to check passenger lists at the international airport in order to prevent terrorists from entering and passing through the country; updating the database of lost and stolen passports; and investigating and registering international foundations that wanted to operate in the country.

Two of the 4 general temporary assistance positions, 1 P-4 and 1 P-3 Training Officers, and 1 P-4 continuing post, currently funded from the support account, design, deliver, upgrade, harmonize and evaluate three ongoing cross-cutting leadership programmes: the senior mission leaders’ programme, a two-week course, conducted twice annually at a host Member State, for 26 candidates from Member States, the Secretariat, the United Nations agencies, programmes and funds); the senior leaders’ programme, a compulsory orientation course for all mission personnel at the D-2 level and above, conducted twice annually in New York; and SMART, an intensive year-long programme involving distance learning and three week-long workshops for two groups of 40 candidates.