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External sources (not reviewed)

There is growing interest also in transboundary cooperation, and the recent

A training seminar on conflict resolution is being organized and a new set of recommendations to

The Madrid Action Plan (MAP), which sets out

(38) Having examined 31 C/DR.69 (submitted by Belarus, Ukraine, Poland), concerning paragraph 02220, calling upon the MAB programme and its World Network

At its fourth meeting on 15 October 2009, the Commission examined item

In the normative field, action was strengthened (i) to sensitize Member States about the urgent need to address ethical challenges arising from the advances made in science and technology, notably through the dissemination of the three declarations in the field of bioethics he Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights; the International Declaration

During the first 18 months of implementation of

Over the years, the work of the

Within its standard-setting action in the field of bioethics carried out by the Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO has adopted three Declarations — the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1997), the International Declaration on Human Genetic Data

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness

For example, in relation to obtaining sound basic data and ground truth for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems

The Commission was informed of initiatives that were being undertaken by Pacific island

It also considered the issue from a more general point of view in resolution 1373 (2001) on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (the Council “[noted] with concern the close connection between

The Commission recommended that the General Conference adopt by acclamation, for the records of the General Conference, the draft resolution contained in paragraph 32 of document 33 C/22, as amended orally by Indonesia and the

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) considered the issue several times and adopted, at its 2008 substantive session, ECOSOC decision 2008/233 which invites the Director-General of UNESCO to consult with relevant United Nations entities: (i) on the implementation of and follow-up to ECOSOC resolutions 2001/39 and 2004/9, the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, the International

Most Member States were of the opinion that UNESCO should refrain from developing new normative instruments and concentrate on the implementation of existing instruments, adopting at the same time a

The objectives of Tonga Offshore Mining’s plan of work are to: (a) determine the most efficient and environmentally acceptable method to process and recover nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese from the polymetallic nodules, and define in what form these metals would report in a final product for sale, as well as the related capital and operating costs; (b) decide upon the optimum method to recover the material to surface with the minimum of environmental disturbance, as well as the related capital and operating costs; and (c)