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Nigeria also noted that the fact that the main challenge faced by Nigeria concerned unexploded ordnance points to how valuable this Convention is in ensuring

The United Nations Mine Action Services-Department of Peacekeeping Operations achieved progress in addressing the special needs of women and girls in all mine action programmes through the development and implementation of gender guidelines for mine action programmes, which were distributed through United Nations-managed and supported programmes to

United Nations mine action activities are guided by four strategic objectives identified in the United Nations Mine Action Strategy for 2006-2010: reduction of death and injury by at least 50 per cent; mitigate the risk to community livelihoods and expand freedom of movement for at least 80 per cent of the most seriously affected communities; integration of mine action needs into national development and reconstruction plans and budgets in at least 15 countries; assist the

The Subcommittee considered that the work in the following areas should be continued in the biennium

While concerns about man-portable air defence systems are very serious, authorities in the region and security agencies around the globe have acknowledged the fact that

Its armed forces were contributing to international demining operations in the

The measures envisaged for Headquarters comprise: (a) reinforced security and safety (access control, safety and

With regard to the posts requested to establish canine units at the United Nations Office at Geneva and ECA (15 General Service (Other level) and 11 Local level, respectively), the Advisory Committee was informed, upon enquiry, that canine units were recognized by the

Contrary to the other protocols annexed to the Convention, it contained

A variety of other criminal statutes also may provide the basis for such prosecutions

Deeply alarmed by the number of mines that continue to be laid each year as well as the

Maintenance and Security: Services: Following requests from the governing bodies and in view of the security situation in the world, needs were ascertained for the reinforcement of security and safety (access control, separation of

The conflict in Libya and the evolution of control of the territory by the opposition has gradually revealed the very large weapons stocks in Libya, not only in terms of their vast numbers, but also the wide variety of systems

(i) Other supplies, services and equipment ($11,208,600): attributable primarily to higher mine action activities in line with the expected expansion of the AMISOM area of

Those mines and other unexploded ordnance, which had been deployed across vast swathes of Libyan territory, including agricultural land and urban residential areas, were among the most sophisticated and harmful of their kind and posed an even more serious problem, in

All States parties should fulfil their obligations under the Protocol, including those concerning generic preventive measures, and promote international assistance and

(d) In every factory wherein more than ten workers are

With regard to the matters being debated, the Protocol on COPAX includes the following issues in its article 6: combating cross-border crime, international terrorism,

Work initiated as regards substances

The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam issued Instruction 25/2007/CT-TTg on terrorism prevention in new situations, including measures to control crimes of

We also emphasize the need for international cooperation and assistance with respect to marking and tracing through the sharing of information and experiences among States, as well as to record-keeping, so as