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[...] [...] Arab companies work to develop deepwater [...]

Ecuador was currently focused on generating conditions for “good living”.

[...] [...] properties, RMWAH is in the process [...] [...]

In its 2011 interim report (S/2011/345), the Group indicated that it was focusing its work on three main issues: the action of armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; natural resources; and updating the list of individuals and entities subject to targeted sanctions.

The World Bank is in the process of opening an office in Yangon to begin implementing an interim technical assistance package.

[...] [...] Iraq (UNAMI) is now tasked with undertaking [...] [...]

He was aware that HKCTC was taking up the work of developing accreditation service and suggested that enquiry on the issue might be made to HKCTC.

[...] children into formal education and employment, the Government and its technical and financial partners are working on [...] [...]

We welcome the ongoing work of international institutions that assist developing countries in realizing the benefits of trade liberalization, in particular the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, IMF and the regional development banks, and encourage their continuing efforts to facilitate trade that results in economic growth and development.

The BD is working out the details of its inspection plans, taking into account the scope and coverage of other types of large-scale operations to be launched by the Department.

When it comes to outbound M&A opportunities, it appears that leading listed Chinese real estate companies are acquiring property assets in the U.S., Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Malaysia.

The representative of Germany reported that the Government of Botswana was in the process of formally ratifying the Copenhagen Amendment and approving its licensing system, which was already in operation.

Governance issues apply both to the funds collected and to the manner in which those funds are disbursed.

In accordance with the on-going process of revitalization of the General Assembly, the Second Committee is engaged in updating its working methods and practices in order to improve the quality of debates and the impact of their deliberations and decisions, as well as to further streamline the Committee’s agenda and programme of work, biennialize agenda items, cluster the consideration of agenda items thematically, hold interactive “question time” sessions with secretariat officials after the presentation of substantive reports, and actively work to reduce the number and length of draft resolutions adopted during its sessions.

Most speakers were generally in favour of the draft resolution, considering it was going in the right direction.

Notes with satisfaction the progress made within the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) in the implementation of the workplan of the UN-SPIDER programme for the biennium 2010–2011,14 in particular the work of the UN-SPIDER office in Bonn, Germany, which is establishing a systematic compilation of relevant information with respect to disasters and making it accessible to all end-users, as well as the work of the UN-SPIDER staff in Vienna who are coordinating all the programme activities, including the work of the regional support offices, and encourages Member States to provide all necessar y support, on a voluntary basis, to UN-SPIDER, including financial support, to enable it to carry out the workplan

[...] months of 2010 are confirming that the CBD is moving in the [...] [...]

To support further strengthening of the quality of the Frameworks to be developed in 2009 and 2010, the United Nations Development Group is working to further strengthen the capacity of country teams and regional United Nations Development Group teams, including by providing improved guidance on how to prepare a Development Assistance Framework.

Until this is accomplished, however, the current operating structure of CONADIS (and it should be noted here that we are preparing the ground for reversing this situation in 2010) restricts the scope of its work in effectively mainstreaming disability-related issues (including budget commitments).

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) seems convinced that Myanmar is heading in the right direction and may soon confer upon it the leadership of the organisation for 2014.

Calibration ensures all devices acquire, [...]

Finally, the Special Representative noted that numerous national bodies, regional organizations and other United Nations Special Procedures have invoked the framework in their policy assessments and how this might be a sign that the mandate is heading in the right direction.

Mr Konuma stressed that while the region was on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty, this progress had not been translated into a commensurate decrease in the proportion of undernourished.

In addition, we will organise an education programme jointly with a social enterprise with a view to enabling students and youths to have a correct understanding of various capabilities of persons with disabilities, and learn to respect differences and the inherent dignity of persons with disabilities through interesting workshops, experiential activities and inter-school competitions, so as to foster a discrimination-free culture and encourage them to work together to create a barrier-free society.

We hope that the HKU can improve its governance and set a good example for various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, so that governance in the tertiary education sector will be geared up to develop in the right direction continuously, thereby nurturing more talents with good civic qualities and laying a solid foundation for the future development of Hong Kong society.

The first briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an important step in the right direction.

In addition, we will organise an education programme jointly with a social enterprise with a view to enabling students and youths to have a correct understanding of various capabilities of persons with disabilities, and learn to respect differences and the inherent dignity of persons with disabilities through interesting workshops, experiential activities and inter-school competitions, so as to foster a discrimination-free culture and encourage them to work together to create a barrier-free society.

The aim should be to stop people from suffering and being killed … We might not have made peace, or even danced together (in Vienna), but perhaps we had taken a step — or two — in the right direction.

The implementation of the global information technology project, which was aimed at integrating, across duty stations, information technology into meetings management and documentation-processing systems, was a step in the right direction.