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[...] status of the “Kosovo refugees”, and [...]

Under operational costs, the reduction of $405,400 in resource requirements is attributable to: (a) the cancellation of engineering projects under facilities and infrastructure, such as the construction of a new entrance at the Mission’s headquarters compound in Pristina; (b) restrictions in official travel, in particular for training and participation in conferences, purchasing tickets at least two weeks in advance and requesting United Nations agencies to participate in facilitation meetings on behalf of UNMIK in countries where United Nations agencies are present; (c) postponement of the planned outsourcing contract for heavy vehicles repair and maintenance under ground transportation; (d) lower actual expenditure related to training consultants and lower cost of travel for the consultants on the Human Rights Advisory Panel; and (e) reduced requirements for medical supplies (see A/66/777, para. 9).

[...] also called upon the “Kosovo Albanian leadership to enter immediately into a meaningful dialogue without preconditions and with international involvement, and to a clear timetable, leading to an end of the crisis and to a negotiated political solution to the issue of Kosovo”; demanded that “the Kosovo Albanian leadership and all others concerned respect the freedom of movement of the OSCE Verification Mission and other international personnel”; “[i]nsist[ed] that the Kosovo Albanian leadership condemn all terrorist actions”; and demanded that the Kosovo Albanian leadership [...] [...]

Food items covered in the prohibition order included the a) all fruits and vegetables; b) all milk, milk beverages and dried milk; and c) all chilled or frozen game, meat and poultry, poultry eggs, and live, chilled or frozen aquatic products unless accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent authority of Japan certifying that the radiation levels do not exceed the standards laid down by the Codex.

[...] [...] programmes to enhance wild stocks, the management [...] [...]

[...] [...] Territory and to Kosovo.

In 20082009, these initiatives entailed very limited financial implications, principally for feasibility studies, the preparation of project proposals or selected pilot activities, including for the creation of a international Biomics (genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics) centre at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot proposed by the Israeli National Commission; the establishment in Tbilisi (Georgia) of a Caucasian Institute of Biotechnology; the development of the activity of the International JINR Benchmark Centre for training of young researchers from developing countries; the preliminary proposal by the Russian Federation for a UNESCO satellite science education project; the International Year of Chemistry in 2011 proposed by Ethiopia and other Member States; and the foundation of the IBSP cluster of UNESCO Chairs.