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In concluding, we commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and his team for their unrelenting efforts in promoting peace and stability in Kosovo and in the region.

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With the activities planned for the next phase, the Executive Committee also noted that the Dominican Republic has as a full team assigned to the national ozone office supported through the institutional strengthening project and with the continued commitment of the Government to have a very high level government official managing all national Montreal Protocol activities.

This is a major challenge given that he has inherited a cabinet and government bureaucracy from the old authoritarian regime.

The first step, to be taken immediately after approval of the proposed support budget, will be to complete the transition management process at Headquarters so as to put in place a strong senior management team to lead the strengthening of field capacity and the finalization and implementation of a resultsoriented Strategic Plan.

Finally, as every year when the report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea is considered, Argentina wishes to acknowledge the team in the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its professional and devoted work and for the assistance that it spontaneously provides to Member States in the matters of its competence.

Today, since a new governing team will soon assume office and of course, under the leadership of Donald TSANG, this will be an opportunity, a pivotal turning point, and it should try to review whether this accountability system can be truly improved in order to be accountable to the people and be repositioned to reflect the needs of the people, and also whether it is conceptually in line with the direction of the development of society.

Having examined this draft resolution, the Commission recommended to the General Conference that it request the Director-General to ensure, through the work plans, that the staff teams in charge of Subprogramme V.1.2 “Harnessing ICTs for Education” and relevant cross-cutting projects focus their activities significantly on capacity-building in ICTs in Africa.

We are encouraged by the momentum that has grown considerably in the past few months, particularly in three areas: the appointment of Special Representative Wallström and her work beginning to assemble a team of well qualified staff; the formulation of a team of experts; and the immediate attention that the Special Representative has given to the grave crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The report should include a statement signed by the RSE to confirm that adequate supervision has been provided in accordance with the quality supervision plan,acopy ofthe inspection log book of the quality control supervisors of the RSE stream and the RC stream for the heat soak process required in paragraph 23 above, and a softcopy of the record of the data logger required in paragraph 22 above.

However, because the CE and the Secretaries of Departments are the core members of SARG's leadership, we will continue to conduct and release their support ratings and support rates in parallel.

Our latest survey shows that the popularity of CE Donald Tsang and his governing team continue to drop, as many officials registered their historical low popularity figures.

The phased installation of UN-Women’s capacity will begin immediately following approval of this budget, with: (a) the establishment of a senior management team at Headquarters; and (b) essential capacity strengthening in up to 10 field offices, giving priority to those with the largest programme resources and/or with operational complexity.

Tsinlien Group Tianjin Asset was also awarded the titles of Civilized Unit at Municipal Level as well as Outstanding Section Leaders of Developing Area and Bonded Area.

The provision will facilitate the further development of the Political Appointment System which will enhance the political capacity of the governing team in the pursuit of people-based and effective governance.

The Chair finally thanked the CMP President and her team for their excellent collaboration during the session.

As it was his last meeting as Chair, he wished to express his gratitude for the support he had received throughout his term and for the continued dedication and commitment shown by members of the Executive Committee.

The effort is not only put in finding the right persons for the job, but in establishing the right leadership teams that will complement each other in the field which is critical for the effective functioning of the Mission.

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The Council agreed that the causes and consequences of the conflict in Darfur had yet to be addressed and reiterated its support for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the efforts of the United Nations-African Union Joint Chief Mediator, Djibril Bassolé, to promote a lasting political settlement of the conflict, and called upon the Government and other parties in the Sudan and the region to work with President Mbeki and his colleagues, in coordination with the international community as appropriate.

The planned political transition in China also hindered any stimulative effects.

The Joint Special Envoy is preparing a visit to Damascus to discuss with President Assad and his team, and a range of other relevant interlocutors, including from the opposition, the need for urgent action to implement the six-point plan and the way forward on the political process.

Its Humanitarian Director is a member of the group of humanitarian coordinators of the United Nations and has regularly been part of interview panels for the humanitarian coordinator pool.

This measure could be initially adopted for a limited period of time, subject to periodic reviews by the Meeting of States Parties, possibly starting with the new composition of the Commission after the elections in June 2012.

The program is community-based and boasts a wideconsortium of participants, including representatives from the Bedouin community leadership and the educational system, along with providers of curative and preventative health-care services, the Department of Health in the Community and the Department of Epidemiology of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Prior to the current political transition, it was clear that the Chinese government was comfortable with a slower rate of growth as it still had concerns over inflation potential (mainly housing and food).