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The representative of Turkey underlined the following points: (a) the organization, Centre Europe-tiers monde had been failing to adhere to the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the basic requirements set out in Council resolution 1996/31 by disrespecting the territorial integrity and political unity of Turkey; (b) the organization had been undertaking unsubstantiated and politically motivated allegations against Turkey; (c) the organization had been inciting and condoning acts of terrorism against States Members of the United Nations, which is prohibited under international law; (d) the organization had become a propaganda vehicle of the terrorist organization PKK/Kongra-Gel; and (e) the organization had not taken into consideration earlier statements of Turkey regarding the need to uphold its obligations and responsibilities under the Charter and Council resolution 1996/31.

[...] [...] undertaken in Shenmu and Hengshan subordinate to Yulin City at present.

The membership of the Advisory Commission is currently as follows: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States; to invite Palestine to attend and fully participate in its meetings as an observer; to invite the European Community to attend its meetings; and to invite the League of Arab States to attend its meetings as an observer.

The following speakers made statements: Mr. Petko Draganov, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD; the representative of Cuba, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China; the representative of Nepal, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs); the representative of Bangladesh, speaking on behalf of the Asian Group; the representative of Egypt, speaking on behalf of the African Group; the representative of Belgium, speaking on behalf of the European Union; the representative of the Dominican Republic, speaking on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC); the representative of the United States of America; the representative of China; the representative of Turkey; the representative of Lesotho; the representative of France; the representative of Ethiopia; the representative of Thailand; the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; the representative of Yemen; and the representative of Angola.

In order to support and encourage Member States to develop national youth policies, UNESCO participated in a few important meetings and working groups concerning youthrelated policies, namely: the Council of Europe Research Seminar “Re-situating Culture: Reflections on Diversity, Racism, Gender and Identity in the context of Youth” (Budapest, Hungary, 10-15 June, 2003); all three meetings of the Council of Europe task force on Youth Policy Indicators (Strasbourg, France, 13-14 December 2002; Budapest, Hungary, 1-3 July 2002 and Strasbourg, France, 26-27 March 2003); the International Congress on Youth Policies (Bilbao, Spain, 19-21 March 2003); the European Conference of Ministers “Youth constructing Europe” (Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-9 November 2002); the IX Ibero-American Conference of Youth Ministers (Salamanca, Spain, 21-22 October 2002); the United Nations Meeting on Global Policies for Youth (Helsinki, Finland, 6-11 October 2002).

A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.

The project has been successful in involving many local partners such as, in China, the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), All China Women Federation (ACWF), East China Normal University, Institute of Philosophy, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, the local authorities (Dalian City Government, Jintang Country Government (2002), the Yunnan Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) and Chinese National Commission for UNESCO.

[...] [...] town and work together to have exchange [...] [...]

[...] [...] envisaged 35 county support bases, and that in the second year it would require staffing for 9 additional county support bases, [...] [...]

[...] [...] the Viljandi County Authority, included [...] [...]

[...] [...] Japan, Jordan, Montenegro, Nauru, Norway, [...] [...]

[...] [...] the demanding mountainous terrain (sustainable [...] [...]

[...] [...] Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, [...] [...]

[...] [...] Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe; of those 28 States the following 16 States have joined the Protocol: China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Panama, Paraguay, Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [...]

UNESCO, in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF), will lead on needs assessment and capacity-building of social workers, officials and policy-makers in programme counties of Sichuan.