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urged States conducting activities in outer space and those interested in conducting such activities to keep the Conference on Disarmament informed of the progress of bilateral and multilateral negotiations on the matter (resolution 66/27).

to launch a discussion on the relevance of population issues to the attainment of the goals and commitments on global public health; and (c) by requesting the Secretariat to look into the possibility of organizing a side-event at the time of the annual ministerial review that would highlight the interrelations between population issues and global health.

the Committee may wish to organize its work along different lines.

of work”, on the understanding that no more than two meetings would be held concurrently, in order to ensure maximum participation of delegations.

Committee on Trade and Investment on its second session (E/ESCAP/68/6), the report of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology on its seventh session (E/ESCAP/68/7) and the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery on its seventh session (E/ESCAP/68/8).

and content of document 35 C/5, focusing on a range of relevant issues outlined in document 34 C/7.

Committee on Environment and Development on its second session (E/ESCAP/68/10) and two information documents: the report of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (E/ESCAP/68/INF/4) and the report of the Mekong River Commission (E/ESCAP/68/INF/5).

in order to enable the Committee to consider those documents, their contribution to its work, their urgency and their relevance in the light of the current situation.

deliberations on the issue of participation of observers.

resolution 59/24, namely: to survey the past and present activities of the United Nations and other relevant international organizations with regard to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction; and to examine the scientific, technical, economic, legal, environmental, socio-economic and other aspects of these issues.

projects approved for other countries, and how the destruction and waste management approaches used in the pilot demonstration projects would be extended to sectors other than domestic refrigeration.

attention; (b) the identification of progress achieved and gaps requiring priority attention with regard to the implementation of Commission mandates; (c) follow-up actions to major global conferences; (d) the articulation of Asian and Pacific perspectives on issues that will be addressed in major global forums in 2011; (e) the endorsement of the reports of the subsidiary bodies which have been held since the sixty-sixth session of the Commission; and (f) the identification of key issues to be taken up in meetings of subsidiary bodies in 2011.

minutes to present its views; member States, observer States and United Nations agencies would have up to 20 minutes to express their views on the outcome of the review, during which 3 minutes would be allocated for members of the Council and 2 minutes for observers; stakeholders would have up to 20 minutes to make general comments on the outcome of the review, during which 2 minutes would be allocated for each speaker.

procedure to be followed in considering reports by States parties and their follow-up, including, where necessary, areas identified for technical assistance.

and Social Council relevant to the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including through the participation in its discussions of the President of the Council.

Law and Innovation) (partly), Programs 2 (Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications) (partly), 3 (Copyright and Related Rights) (partly), 8 (Development Agenda Coordination), 9 (Africa, Arab, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries, Least Developed Countries), 10 (Cooperation with Certain Countries in Europe and Asia and Some Mediterranean States), 11 (The WIPO Academy), 15 (Business Solutions for IP Offices), 16 (Economics and Statistics), 17 (Building Respect for IP), 18 (IP and Global Challenges), 19 (Communications) and 20 (External Relations, Partnerships and External Offices).

for Albania, Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Chad, Ghana, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Seychelles, South Africa, Ukraine and Viet Nam; (b) take note of the six-month extension of the country programme for the United Republic of Tanzania; (c) approve the two-year extension of the country programmes for Namibia, Nepal and Sierra Leone and the second one-year extension of the country programme for Zimbabwe; and (d) comment on the draft regional programme document for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States and the draft country programme documents for Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Georgia, Iraq, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Pakistan, Serbia, Swaziland and Turkey, prior to their finalization.

children”, focusing section III of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child” on indigenous children, bearing in mind relevant international norms and standards and regional and national particularities.

the Board’s recommendations, as mentioned in paragraph 11 of the Secretary-General’s report (A/C.5/64/2).

programmes for Eritrea and the Syrian Arab Republic; (b) comment on the draft common country programme documents for Cape Verde, Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam; and (c) comment on the draft country programme documents for the Central African Republic, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand, Algeria, Yemen, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Panama, Peru and Suriname, prior to their finalization.