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materials, and ending environmental pollution by chemical substance control and the like, have become increasingly important.

transfer of the basic media and metabolite in the particle sludge, ensure the reactor in normal operation in high volumetric load.

hazards; corrosivity criteria (consideration of pitting corrosion and suitability of tests C.1 for solids); further alignment of the criteria in the Globally Harmonized System with that of the Model Regulations; editorial revision of the chapters addressing skin corrosion/irritation; assessment of water-activated toxicity; implementation issues; further improvement of annexes 1, 2 and 3 of the Globally Harmonized System; and development of additional guidance for the labelling of small packagings.

and had requested the Executive Secretary to convene a highlevel intergovernmental meeting “to assess progress against commitments in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals and efforts to ensure universal access, and identify areas for regional cooperation, in particular in such areas as policy and legal barriers to universal access and promoting dialogue between health and other sectors, including justice, law and order and drug control”.

out that despite the focus on larger enterprises there did not appear to be any associated economies of scale.

tyrosine kinase, block enzyme activity, inhibition melanin, a whitening effect.

resulted in de facto barriers to trade, and created difficulties especially for developing countries; complying with these standards required multiple certification by private bodies, with a high cost for small producers; in many cases private standards were more restrictive and prescriptive than government standards and Codex standards and often had no scientific basis; the process by which private standards were set lacked transparency and inclusiveness; and in some cases such standards did not meet the requirements of the SPS Agreement.

as a body that assesses human rights capacity-building needs at the state level.

of HPMP to be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund.

responsible for the degradation of collagen and the development of adipose tissue.

data centers have achieved LEED Silver, and the SV2 and SV5 Silicon Valley and DC10 Washington, DC IBX data centers have achieved LEED Certification for improving performance across all of the following metrics: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reductions and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts on the environment.

declines in capital flows to the developing world; the pro-cyclical nature of aid; the impact of the crisis on migrant workers and therefore on remittances; the consequent exchange rate devaluation, which has affected domestic production and prices; the impact of extreme volatility in global food prices; and the fiscal constraints in many developing countries that have already led to cutbacks in important public expenditures and social development gains, thereby affecting access to basic services, reversing social development gains and adversely affecting their quality of life.

results: the formulation of strategic lines for integrated recovery and reconstruction developed for Haitian cities affected by the January 2010 earthquake; a multi-donor support programme, assisting 10 pilot developing countries to adopt international guidelines on decentralization and access to basic universal services; a city-to-city cooperation programme providing training, research and capacity development for five countries in Western Africa; and a sustainable urban development strategy for the Arab region, to be launched at the regional conference “Municipal management and urban development for sustainability in Arab cities” to be held in Kuwait in May 2012.

to the challenge since, unlike other threats, damage to reefs from climate change cannot be prevented by any direct management intervention.