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External sources (not reviewed)

the Commission on the theme “Improving family planning services to achieve universal reproductive health” and responded to questions raised by the representatives of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, the United States of America and the Netherlands and by the observers for Norway, Denmark and the Gambia.

the Global Carbon Project, the International Council for Science, the International Energy Agency, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the International Trade Union Confederation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Tellus Institute, Tsinghua University, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Economic Forum and Yale University.

and escalate global efforts to reach the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

the World Conference on Women, Fulbright Scholarships, the British Distance Learning Agency, the Commonwealth of Learning, Action Aid International, Save The Children, interreligious dialogue networks in the field, ALECSO and ISESCO.

lead healthy and productive lives.

the Sheikha Fatima Fund for Refugee Women, the Postcode Lottery in the Netherlands and Sweden, the United Nations Foundation, the Lebara Foundation, and the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

to date, urgent priorities for the final push towards the total eradication of polio, commitments of polio-affected countries and donors towards these efforts and the wider benefits that polio eradication has on child health.

better connect small farmers to markets, against the budget of US$ 1 billion of food purchase in developing countries in 2008.

and Malaria, and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization), aimed at better coordination, particularly at the country level.

to provide vaccines, engage with the media, and support door-to-door visits promoting immunization.

“The world hoped in the 1950s and 1960s that [malaria] could be eliminated by killing mosquitoes with DDT, but that tactic failed when the mosquitoes evolved to be resistant to the chemical.

shadow reports within the framework of the universal periodic review; and civil society efforts to combat violence against women and to protect children from abuse.

Vaccines ($14 million), Canadian Micronutrient Initiative ($11 million) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ($6.2 million).

of the African Union Commission; and Sam Worthington, President and CEO of InterAction.

the William J. Clinton Foundation, WHO and the World Bank funded a consortium to support the African Medicines Registration Harmonization Initiative, which aims to help African countries to build effective medicine registration systems through regional harmonization and capacity-building at the regional economic community level.

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.

Guinea, Eritrea, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Paraguay, 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 and Uruguay.