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External sources (not reviewed)

Shibei Si in the past year in 2012, once again withstood the baptism of a complex external environment, enterprises proceed from the management, pay close attention to internal reform, advocating a "good man, a good mechanism and a good product, a good model" of reform ideas, only common goals to solve problems for good to let internal customers to meet

The Lawyers Centre for Legal Assistance, based in Freetown, provides much needed legal assistance to indigent clients, but the Centre is unable to meet demand —

To that effect, the Tribunal, through its External Relations and Strategic Planning Section, has continued to provide the

Finally, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) architecture is highlighted as an

The Organization also provided assistance in launching a virtual library project at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) involving the

Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) in Iraq: Providing Non-formal Education, Literacy and Life Skills Interventions for Illiterates: Funded by Qatar ($6.4 million), this project aims at strengthening human and institutional capacity to deliver quality non-formal education (NFE) and literacy

For smaller agencies, geographical focus is another challenge, considering their limited

These include: a deep-sea port being constructed on the Indian Ocean near the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe, and parallel road, high-speed rail, and oil and natural gas pipelines that will

The amount of $266,500 is proposed for travel to undertake the following technical support activities: on-site evaluations and provision of technical assistance, including for assessing progress

The concrete measures recommended by the Working Group include the adoption of specific legislation on non-discrimination; the development of a national campaign to promote multiculturalism and respect for the dignity of the Afro-Ecuadorian people; the adoption of measures to reduce the educational gap that exists between Afro-Ecuadorians and the wider population; the introduction of ethno-education for people of African descent; the strengthening of Afro-Ecuadorian civil society; measures to eliminate racism and discrimination in the media; further efforts to encourage participation of persons of African

The following elements of quality education were highlighted: focus on assistance in curricula review and revision, particularly the introduction of values education and ethical approaches, in

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600

However, some of those proposals have been superseded as a result of subsequent events and the emergence of new requirements, in particular the establishment of a central business continuity management unit to address business continuity issues on a broader, Organization-wide basis, taking into account pandemic planning and other non-information and communications technology aspects (see A/64/472 and document A/64/7/Add.8 in the present