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Mori Seiki NMH10000 DCG high-precision 5-axis control horizontal machining center was awarded the "38th Machine Design Award (Nippon Brand Prize)," sponsored by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

The NMV8000 DCG high-precision, 5-axis control vertical machining center was recently awarded the 39th Machine Design Award (Distinctive Merit Award), sponsored by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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[...] city of birds called Zambezia.

Kai (a young Falcon) leaves his remote outpost against his Father’s wishes to join the prestigious Hurricane defense flyers that patrol the skies keeping Zambezia safe.

Kai’s father goes after him but is captured by the notorious Budzo, a giant lizard who has conspired with the scavenging Marabous to take over Zambezia.

Expresses its appreciation for the work of [...]

To this end, Zambia has introduced [...]

Thanks to funding from Spain, a second phase of the literacy and post-literacy project has been launched in two communes in the South-East: La Vallée de Jacmel and Marigot.

On 12 December, the Governorate Council in Diyala voted to form an autonomous region and submitted a request to the Council of Ministers to initiate the referendum process in accordance with the 2008 Law on the Executive Procedure for the Formation of Regions.

[...] special session for Zambia’s proposal to [...] [...]

[...] [...] Suriname, and Zambia), requesting the [...] [...]

Regarding funding support for the arts groups, members in generally considered that the Administration should (a) ensure a reasonable and fair distribution of funding resources amongst arts groups; (b) review the existing mode of subsidy for the major performing arts groups to avoid stifling the development of non-subvented commercial arts groups; (c) provide more funding for the support of small and medium sized arts groups and budding artists; (d) explore means to minimize staffing and administrative expenses in the operation of arts programmes so that the savings could be re-allocated to the use of arts development; (e) examine the effectiveness of the current funding policy in achieving the policy goals, such as encouraging diversified and balanced development of arts and culture; and (f) consider increasing its overall allocation of funding for culture and the arts, given the imminent need to achieve the vision of the West Kowloon Culture District project.

These include: a deep-sea port being constructed on the Indian Ocean near the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe, and parallel road, high-speed rail, and oil and natural gas pipelines that will create an energy and trade corridor to China’s landlocked south west; the Kaladan multi-modal project that will create a transportation corridor between the Indian Ocean and India’s eastern seaboard and its landlocked north east; and the Dawei Development Project which, if completed according to plan, would include a large industrial estate and modern deep-sea port in the south, with road and rail links for transhipment of goods to Thailand and on to Vietnam, cutting several days off the sea route through the Straits of Malacca.

For smaller agencies, geographical focus is another challenge, considering their limited representation outside the federal capital; a problem which UNESCO is addressing by furthering its already close cooperation with the federal and provincial government departments and other partners concerned.

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The amount of $266,500 is proposed for travel to undertake the following technical support activities: on-site evaluations and provision of technical assistance, including for assessing progress in field operations in connection with the expansion of provincial offices and other contractual activities, the procurement solicitation process, strategic deployment stock warehouse inventory and codification issues, and review of fuel operations in the field ($166,000); improve knowledge and technical skills of staff in the field charged with aviation safety and establish a formulation of the United Nations Common Aviation Safety Standards for the use of air assets between different United Nations entities ($65,300); and implementation of the electronic rations management system and the electronic fuel management system in peacekeeping missions ($35,200).

In addition, the ICBL noted that many efficiency issues they have raised touch upon the role of the United Nations and, in this regard, expressed appreciation for a constructive dialogue that has started in recent months between non-governmental organisations and the UN.

It also noted with appreciation the measures taken [...] [...]

In the course of consultations with key constituencies (Member States, United Nations and academia) around the desirability of preparing a draft universal declaration of ethical principles in relation to climate change, it became clear that significant work is needed on the upstream clarification of basic ethical principles, including but not limited to climate change issues, along with downstream development of practical policy tools.