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[...] environment and sustainability, projects were undertaken aimed at optimizing the assessment, management and monitoring of natural resources, including drylands, deserts, land, agrodiversity, [...] [...]

[...] [...] caused by human activities, and accordingly, their scope would not extend, for instance, to the damages caused by volcanic eruption and desert sand (unless these are exacerbated by human activity).

[...] [...] regional and continental centres of excellence in drought and desertification research.

[...] [...] establishment of a central business continuity management unit to address business continuity issues on a broader, Organization-wide basis, taking into account pandemic planning and other non-information and communications technology aspects (see A/64/472 [...]

In the Deserts of the West, still today, there are Tattered Ruins of that Map, inhabited by Animals and Beggars; in all the Land [...] [...]

In several interventions, desertification was highlighted as the main environmental problem in dry lands and a major threat to sustainable development, as it had a very adverse impact on economic development and food security, caused [...] [...]

[...] [...] Philippines” and “Mobile safe water supply system to Gobi desert in Mongolia” to [...] [...]

Subprogramme I.1.2 concerns support to national policies and plans for EFA and UNESCO’s mandated role regarding the global coordination of the EFA movement, with special attention to those countries where the need is greatest, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and among the E-9 countries.

[...] [...] Authority has been closely associated with the activities of the Organization thanks to: the establishment in December 1993 of the Joint UNESCO/Palestinian Authority Committee, whose mandate is to discuss joint cooperation priorities; the creation in April 1994 of the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP), which became the UNESCO Programme for Palestine (UPP) in April 2000; the opening in May 1997 of a UNESCO Office in Ramallah whose capacity for action has been substantially reinforced during the current biennium, primarily by the decentralization and mobilization of additional funds and the setting up of a Project Antenna in Gaza City enabling [...] [...]

[...] [...] sustainability, food security and agriculture, energy, water, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, combating desertification and land degradation, conservation of biodiversity, watershed protection and disaster risk reduction.

Due to the expanse of deserts in Northwest China and Mongolia, which provide an abundant supply of sand and dust, the so-called sandstorms [...] [...]

[...] are the three world famous Silk routes through desert, sea and land.

TOGO TELECOM's advanced nationwide optical network combined with the WACS infrastructure will offer landlocked countries in the sub-region and Togo access to the rest of the world," said Sam P. Bikassam, General Manager of TOGO TELECOM.

[...] [...] synergies; communication and knowledge-sharing, both for internal purposes and as a basis for communicating and sharing knowledge outside of UN-Women; and staff capacity for the UN-Women mandate, including enhanced capacity for coordination within the United Nations system as a priority and measures to improve both functional and geographical staff mobility.

Even when strong linkages reduce economic leakage, structural leakage may still be significant because a [...] [...]

[...] greater choice, liquidity, and price transparency [...] [...]

As a consequence and in parallel, social integration is taking place through enhanced labour mobility and tourism, allowing for the more fluid movement of peoples, ideas and cultures across borders.

[...] [...] may be hidden in the desert in order to be used later by rebel movements and/or sold, possibly [...] [...]

The use of the Sahara desert as transit route for narcotics, in particular cocaine and cannabis, has heightened insecurity in an already volatile region, [...] [...]

[...] [...] the Mine Action Service of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations about its activities and received information about a stock of Semtex boxes that was discovered piled up in the open air in a site in the desert outside the town [...]

The presence of salbutamol in urine in excess of 1000 ng/mL is presumed not to be an intended therapeutic use of the substance and will be considered as an Adverse Analytical Finding unless the Athlete proves, through a controlled pharmacokinetic study, that the abnormal result was the consequence of the use of a therapeutic dose (maximum 1600 micrograms over 24 hours) of inhaled salbutamol.

[...] [...] space development activities can maximize the benefits of space capabilities in the service of humanity and create a positive change with regard to climate change, desertification, biodiversity loss, the [...]

[...] [...] duration and level of education; weakening influence of cultural and, especially, religious norms; growing social mobility; high cost of raising children; reduction of the children’s economic function, particularly of their role in the economic [...] [...]

[...] [...] 62.10 of 22 May 2009,3both entitled “Pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits”, and resolution 62.16 of 22 May 2009, entitled “Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property,3 [...] [...]

[...] [...] and a permit regime throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the consequent negative impact on the socioeconomic situation of the Palestinian people, which remains that of dire humanitarian crisis, particularly in the Gaza Strip, where grave hardships continue to mount as a result of Israel’s imposition of a blockade and siege as collective punishment of the entire civilian population