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She is working diligently to establish a system to identify records at the institution; is developing, in conjunction with the Archives and Records Management Section and the Joint Tribunals Archival Strategy Working Group, a records retention policy for records throughout the Tribunal; has begun a comprehensive review of the several different retention schedule recommendations within the Tribunal; and is leading a review to ensure that the records retention schedule represents an internally consistent system.

[...] [...] for such exception is recorded prior to the selection.

Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, 24 States had already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: China, France, Gabon, Mexico, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America selected by the Security Council; Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, Poland and Republic of Korea elected by the Economic and Social Council; Canada, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and Sweden selected by and from among the top 10 providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Nigeria and Pakistan selected by and from among the top 10 providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions.

There is a widespread perception of a “non-transparent culture” in the selection process of these appointments, which needs to be addressed.

To add "; (18) on the premise of protecting the autonomy and academic freedom of tertiary institutions, to encourage tertiary institutions to apply to the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications for accreditation of the degree programmes they offer, so as to obtain recognition; (19) to expeditiously implement the recommendation put forward in the 2011-2012 Policy Address on putting up the Queen's Hill site for qualified sponsoring bodies to apply for establishment of non-profit-making private tertiary institutions; and (20) to increase the Government's technological research expenditure on applied research, and improve the Research Grants Council's existing university research funding allocation mechanism, which is not conducive to promoting innovation and applied technological research" immediately before the full stop.

(a) appraise plans and proposals for the listing, study, classification and protection of Macao's cultural and natural heritage; and (b) collaborate in the development of guidelines for the conservation and enhancement of the heritage and, in conjunction with the relevant departments, ensure its restoration, maintenance and suitable use.

This will cover the implementation activities, the day-to-day follow-up, and the selected consultants will advise the NOU, the Lead and the Cooperating IAs if necessary corrective measures are required.

[...] [...] public and government-held records, to identify and promote [...] [...]

[...] [...] defined in Appendix 5-A of the Agreement.

[...] [...] the form of Appendix 4-A (“Format of Implementation Reports and Plans”) covering each previous calendar year; that it had achieved a significant level of implementation of activities initiated with previously approved tranches; and that the rate of disbursement of funding available from the previously approved tranche was more than 20 per cent; and (d) That the Country has submitted an annual implementation plan in the form of Appendix 4-A covering each [...] [...]

In this connection, the Office helped the Committee identify UNESCO recommendations.

[...] secretariat for documenting and sharing good [...] [...]

Three offers would be provided under that framework: flight experiment opportunities on board Chinese space laboratories and the future space station for scientists from around the world; an international astronaut programme, including astronaut selection, training and flight opportunities; and the launch of supporting projects to provide China’s human space technologies, facilities and human resources to developing countries, with the aim of promoting capacity-building activities in human space technology and its applications.

For example, staff members in the Appeals Division have now assumed responsibility for: maintaining a digest of the Tribunal’s substantive and procedural case law and ensuring its dissemination throughout the Office; assisting with the development of a new web page for the Office to facilitate the collection and development of legal resources of general interest throughout the Office; overseeing the selection, assignment, training and management of interns for the Office; and organizing periodic Legal Advisers’ meetings to promote information-sharing and the continuing legal development of staff within the Office.

The pillars of the UNOPS accountability framework and oversight policies that are internal to the organization include: the Strategy and Audit Advisory Committee, the Internal Audit and Investigations Group, the Ethics Officer, the Office of the General Counsel, the Appointment and Selections Panel, the Appointment and Selections Board, the Headquarters Contracts and Property Committee, the “balanced scorecard”, and the implementation of UNOPS organizational directives and administrative instructions.

In its appeal against Judge Bates’ ruling, the United States administration notified the court that it was introducing a new review process at Bagram, “modifying the procedures for reviewing the status of aliens held by the Department of Defense at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility”.335 However, the experts are concerned that the new review system fails to address the fact that detainees in an active war zone should be held according to the Geneva Conventions, screened close to the time and place of capture if there is any doubt about their status, and not be subjected to reviews at some point after their capture to determine whether they should continue to be held.

The Government has initiated the development of poverty indicators, which are designed to reflect the fact that poverty is a multi-faceted and complex problem requiring individual solutions and make it possible to identify poor families and individuals, as well as implement specific initiatives to lift them out of poverty.

While welcoming the efforts made by the Secretary-General in that connection, his delegation drew attention to chapter IV B of the SecretaryGeneral’s report on human resources management reform (A/63/282), and in particular to a contradiction between paragraphs 54 and 57 of the report concerning geographical representation and gender balance; it was not fair for candidates to be selected from an overrepresented Member State while there were 16 unrepresented and 17 underrepresented Member States.

The Action Plan proposes: (1) affirmative action in the recruitment and selection processes; (2) an increase in the intake of women LEAD candidates; (3) that efforts to achieve gender parity be a mandatory key result area in the performance assessment of managers; (4) career development initiatives involving leadership training and mentoring; (5) promoting mobility via initiatives such as providing spousal employment and flexible assignments; (6) the implementation of gender-focused work-life policies such as flexi-time, telecommuting and job-sharing; (7) an inter-agency gender parity network; (8) the formulation of communication and advocacy tools;( 9) the preparation of the Gender Parity Report to provide periodic monitoring, in addition to progress updates to senior management.

[...] [...] representatives on the selection process [...]

(d) Governments should, in a flexible and timely manner, provide the broadest possible international cooperation to combat money-laundering and support the recovery of assets that were the proceeds of crime through information exchange, the sharing of information on money-laundering typologies and the identification and location of assets and property.