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It urged the Council to continue to apply pressure to New Zealand to meet its treaty obligations and act on the recommendations of special procedures relating to Maori.

At its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly stressed the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and decided to consider at its sixty-seventh session the reports of the Secretary-General on concrete recommendations to enhance the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (A/66/278) and on the review of United Nations system support to small island developing States (A/66/218), issued for the sixty-sixth session (resolution 66/198).

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe.

These included the social disparities between non-Maori and Maori; the status of the Treaty of Waitangi in domestic legislation; family violence; equality of opportunity; overrepresentation of Maori in the criminal justice system; and ratification of human rights treaties to which New Zealand was not party.

At the 10th meeting, on 16 October, the representative of India, on behalf of Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Samoa, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction” (A/C.1/63/L.34).

The Advisory Committee recalls that in document A/64/6 (Sect. 34), the Secretary-General submitted a preliminary proposed programme budget for section 34 of the regular budget and the gross budget for jointly financed activities, pending the completion of the comprehensive management review of the organization of the Department of Safety and Security that was recommended in June 2008 by the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel and Premises Worldwide and the submission of the response of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination to the recommendations of the Independent Panel.

Assistance and advice is extended by countries in advanced stages of ODS phase-out as in the case of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s involvement in shaping the phase-out strategy in Albania and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or the role of Mauritius in providing assistance to some African countries.

(submitted by Sudan and supported by Portugal, Syrian Arab Republic, China, Nigeria, Kuwait,1 Iraq,2 Djibouti,3 Madagascar, Yemen, Brazil, Algeria, Ghana, Japan, United Republic of Tanzania, Niger,4 Ethiopia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Eritrea, South Africa, Morocco), as amended following a consultation process outside the Commission and as amended orally in the Commission during the debate by Denmark and the Russian Federation (33 C/Resolution 66).

(b) To carry on all or any of the businesses following: Namely, cotton spinners and doublers, flax, hemp, and jute spinners, linen manufacturers, flax, hemp, jute, and woollen spinners, yarn merchants, worsted stuff manufacturers, bleachers and dyers, and makers of vitriol, bleaching and dyeing materials, and to purchase, comb, prepare, spin, dye, and deal in flax, hemp, jute, wool, cotton, silk, and other fibrous substances, and to weave or otherwise manufacture, buy and sell and deal in linen, cloth, and other goods and fabrics, whether textile, felted, netted, or looped, and to supply power.

In the light of the progress made, the lessons learned and the constraints on implementation of the Mauritius Strategy highlighted in the present report and in the three regional review meetings, Member States may wish to consider concentrating on the following four areas, where focused actions are needed most to further address the vulnerabilities and support the sustainable development of small island developing States: (a) strengthening support for national sustainable development strategies and national development planning processes; (b) supporting initiatives towards sustainable energy development; (c) strengthening the resilience of fragile ecosystems to the impacts of climate change; and (d) supporting partnership initiatives for action in the further implementation of the Programme of Action.

There are now 36 States Parties that formally indicated that they must still fulfil the obligation contained in Article 5, paragraph 1 of the Convention: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Mozambique, Peru, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen and Zimbabwe.

As at 27 June 2011, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law will be composed of the following member States: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

Therefore, in order to ensure the faithful representation of the views received from States, section II of the present report contains a compilation of the unaltered views as submitted by the following States: Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania (on behalf of the League of Arab States), Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of the Caribbean Community), Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zambia, the Holy See and the European Union.

This was attributable to a combination of factors, including the increase in revenue contributions by most of the business segments with continuing volume growth, subsidies granted by government and the decrease in general and administrative expenses as a result of the implementation of cost cutting measures which are partially offset by the decrease in gross profit contributions.

As at 1 March 2010, 46 members of the Authority were in arrears for a period of two years or more: Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Iraq, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia (Federated States of), Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Republic of Moldova, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The representative acknowledged that violence against women and the need for more progress for New Zealand’s indigenous Maori women remained challenges for the country.

(17) To carry on all or any of the trades or business of preparing, spinning, knitting, doubling, weaving, combing, scouring, sizing, bleaching, colouring, dyeing, printing and finishing, working or manufacturing in any way whatever, cotton, wool, silk, flax, hemp, linen, jute, leather, synthetic fibres and other fibrous or textile substances, whether animal, vegetable or mineral in any state and whether similar to the foregoing substances or not and to treat and utilise and deal in any waste arising from any such operations, whether carried out by the Company or otherwise, and also of makers of vitriol and of bleaching, dyeing, and finishing materials, and the buying and selling of and dealing in all or any of the aforesaid substances.

The amount of contract costs incurred to date plus recognized gross profit or loss in excess of progress billings is recognized as assets; whereas, the amount of progress billings in excess of contract costs incurred to date plus recognized gross profit or loss is recognized as liabilities.

In its resolution E/2009/17 on the review of United Nations support for small island developing States, the Economic and Social Council invited the Committee for Development Policy to consider the findings contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (A/64/278), and to submit its independent views and perspectives on United Nations support for small island developing States to the Council.

The statements were made by the representatives of Yemen (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), Nepal (on behalf of the Group of Least Developed Countries), Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Australia (on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand), Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Malawi, Mauritania, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America and Zambia.

During this round table, ministers and high officials of the following countries made statements: Croatia, Norway, Turkey, Cameroon, Austria, Thailand, Zambia, Philippines, Peru, Ghana, China, Senegal, Mongolia, Angola, Romania, United States of America, Morocco, Hungary, Lesotho, Central African Republic, India, Poland, Russian Federation, Czech Republic, Israel, Mauritania, Ukraine, Gabon, Indonesia, Botswana, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Italy, Nepal and Jamaica.

As discussed in the final report of the previous Group of Experts (see S/2009/521, paras. 292-306), illicit traders have used Ghanaian diamond voucher receipts to certify rough diamonds of Ivorian origin as Ghanaian-produced stones.

Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen and Palestine: draft resolution

I am participating in this debate today because the Secretary-General’s latest report on children and armed conflict (S/2010/181) mentions instances of the recruitment and use of children and systematic attacks on schools by Maoist armed groups in some parts of central and eastern India.

At the 10th meeting, on 16 October, the representative of India, on behalf of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Chile, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Jordan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Samoa, the Sudan, Viet Nam and Zambia, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Reducing nuclear danger” (A/C.1/63/L.16).

These were mainly attributable to the increase in gross profit contributions following the increase in Wuhan sourced cargo and increase in tariff while partially offset by the increase in general and administrative and other operating expenses.

A workshop for participants from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger was held in Mali from 29 September to 1 October; a workshop for participants from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia was held in Botswana from 7 to 9 July; a workshop for participants from Angola and Mozambique was held in Angola from 26 to 29 May; a workshop for participants from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Congo was held in the Central African Republic from 12 to 14 May; a workshop for participants from Mauritius, Seychelles and the United Republic of Tanzania was held in Seychelles from 28 to 30 April; a workshop for participants from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo was held in Togo from 24 to 26 March; and a workshop for participants from Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland was held in Lesotho from 27 to 29 January.

Spread of H5N1 HPAI by contaminated dust or infected feathers has not been proven to occur over extended distances but there have been some suggestions from an outbreak in Canada of HPAI that contaminated dust particles might have played a role in the spread of infection.

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.