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of African descent; the strengthening of Afro-Ecuadorian civil society; measures to eliminate racism and discrimination in the media; further efforts to encourage participation of persons of African descent in public administration; the establishment of a centre for Afro-Ecuadorian studies; the further development of free legal aid services; the creation within the office of the Ombudsman of a sub-unit dedicated to issues related to people of African descent and the creation of special programmes to promote the education of women of African descent.

the Organization’s leadership and managerial capacity; improve the human and financial resources management expertise of programme managers and staff with administrative responsibilities; upgrade the information technology skills of Secretariat staff; build and strengthen linguistic capabilities; and support career development and upgrade substantive skills.

10 per cent of the peacekeeping operations expenditures were in currencies other than the United States dollar in 2009/10 and 2010/11, and that over time the variation on exchange rate had limited impact overall on the accounts of peacekeeping operations, while taking into consideration the pros and the cons of the various options explored to mitigate the risk, as indicated in the first performance report (A/65/589), the Secretary-General is of the view that expected return from the various options set out above would be offset by the actual cost generated and opportunity cost it would represent for missions as well as Member States.

and in determining the amount of compensation payable in respect of it; to mobilize international technical and financial assistance in order to ensure that the Eastern Mediterranean Oil Spill Restoration Trust Fund has sufficient and adequate resources; and to submit to the Assembly, at its sixty-seventh session, a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 66/192).

its responsibilities, a matter regarding which the Secretary-General had expressed grave concern in his most recent report on the matter (A/66/297).

happens, including moving beyond the general discussions of how to ensure that girls, boys, women and men have equal access to the resources generated through implementation of the Convention, and, by asking why progress has been so slow.

other non-information and communications technology aspects (see A/64/472 and document A/64/7/Add.8 in the present supplement), as well as the requirement for a new secondary data centre in the context of the relocations due to the capital master plan (see A/64/346/Add.1).