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Tunisia noted that it did not delegate authority to any other country to speak on its behalf in the Commission.

In the course of their investigations, members of the Monitoring Group travelled to Belgium, Canada, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Republic of Tanzania and the United States of America.

The Executive Board will also have before it for discussion 17 draft country programme documents: Cape Verde (draft common country programme document), Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Malawi and Mozambique in the Africa region; Algeria and Yemen in the Arab States region; Iran (Islamic Republic of), Myanmar, Papua New Guinea (draft common country programme document), Thailand and Viet Nam (draft common country programme document) in the Asia and the Pacific region; and Brazil, Dominican Republic, Panama and Peru in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

At the invitation of the President, the representatives of the following countries took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Zimbabwe has reported that it has mined areas that straddle its border with Mozambique, that issues of access and responsibility for clearance of these mined areas have been discussed at the technical level between the two countries’ respective national mine action authorities, that these issues will be subject to discussion in due course at bilateral high level government forums that already exist between the two countries and that no problems in dealing with these issues are anticipated and therefore the involvement of third parties is not warranted at this stage.

(submitted by Sudan and supported by Portugal, Syrian Arab Republic, China, Nigeria, Kuwait,1 Iraq,2 Djibouti,3 Madagascar, Yemen, Brazil, Algeria, Ghana, Japan, United Republic of Tanzania, Niger,4 Ethiopia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Eritrea, South Africa, Morocco), as amended following a consultation process outside the Commission and as amended orally in the Commission during the debate by Denmark and the Russian Federation (33 C/Resolution 66).

At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Norway, Mozambique (on behalf of the African Group), Finland, Cameroon, Honduras, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Afghanistan, Barbados, Nauru (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Timor-Leste, Poland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Portugal, Angola, Kazakhstan, Maldives, New Zealand, Costa Rica and the Sudan.

The representatives of the following countries made statements during the general exchange of views: Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile (on behalf of the Rio Group), China, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), India, Indonesia, Indonesia (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Nigeria, Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam.

Subsequently, Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Eritrea, Gabon, Haiti, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Montenegro, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swaziland, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania joined in sponsoring the draft resolution.

The following least developed countries were represented during the course of the Trade Fair: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Kiribati, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu and Zambia.

The Chairperson said that Belize, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Israel, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Zambia had become sponsors of the draft resolution as orally revised.

Those countries include: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, China, Croatia, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Philippines, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

UNODC also participated in a number of other activities organized by the Executive Directorate, including a joint meeting with OSCE on Central Asia to develop strategies for countries on incitement and violent extremism, held in Uzbekistan on 9 and 10 December; an Executive Directorate workshop for prosecutors, held in New York from 1 to 3 December; an Executive Directorate workshop on effective border control for Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, held in Nairobi from 30 June to 2 July and an Executive Directorate workshop on supporting the regional prosecutors and police network, held in Sri Lanka from 8 to 10 June.

Sustained UNV efforts resulted in the drafting and/or the adoption of legislative frameworks or policies in support of volunteerism and the establishment or implementation of national volunteerism laws, schemes, programmes, networks or strategies in 33 countries, including in Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia), Asia and the Pacific (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam), the Commonwealth of Independent States (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine) and Latin America and the Caribbean (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru), thus contributing to the strengthening of national voluntary sector capacity.

The following 25 Member States are members of the Advisory Committee for a period of four years, beginning on 1 January 2008 and ending on 31 December 2011: Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, United States and Uruguay (resolution 62/62).

Mozambique further reported that all the existing standards have been reviewed to ensure the land release concept is integrated throughout Mozambique’s national standards in compliance with the IMAS, that it is expected that through proper non-technical and technical survey there will be a significant reduction to the estimated suspect hazardous area, and, that this reduction will ensure a more efficient use of time and resources for demining operators, which could reduce the estimated completion timelines of in various provinces and districts.

Co-hosted by the Bank of Tanzania, the Central Bank of Kenya and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), the event saw high-level policymakers from across the African continent make a commitment to sharing best practices and experiences on MFS policy and work together to ensure the region's unbanked population is able to easily and safely use mobile technology to gain access to the formal financial sector.

During the high-level segment statements were made by heads of delegation of the following parties, listed in the order in which they spoke: Madagascar, China, United States of America, the European Union and its member States, Zambia, Bolivia, Japan, Ukraine, Indonesia, Holy See, Burundi, Fiji, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Brazil, Jordan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Uganda, Maldives, Nepal, Sudan, Kiribati, Yemen, Guinea, Philippines, Mozambique, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Malawi, United Republic of Tanzania, Serbia, Timor-Leste, Canada, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Iraq, Nicaragua, Malaysia, Mongolia, Palau, Panama, Côte d’Ivoire, Chile and India.

The statements were made by the representatives of Yemen (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), Nepal (on behalf of the Group of Least Developed Countries), Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Australia (on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand), Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Malawi, Mauritania, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, the Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America and Zambia.

The CSIR claimed they had planned to inform the San of the research and share the benefits, but first wanted to make sure the drug proved successful.

According to the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 published by the Lausanne-based Institute for Management Development, the major competitive disadvantage of Hong Kong was price, due to the high level of apartment rent (ranked 53 among 55 economies, i.e., the third highest apartment rent) and office rent (ranked 45, i.e. the eleventh highest office rent, among 55 economies).

Further to fully complying with the relevant provisions of the Lausanne Treaty, Greek policy and legislation reflect and implement contemporary human rights norms and standards, as well as the European Union acquis, aimed at improving the living conditions of the members of this minority and their smooth integration into all aspects of both local and national society.

The delegations of the following countries participated in the interactive dialogue: the Republic of Korea, Greece, Qatar, Barbados, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Afghanistan, Belgium, Nicaragua, Argentina, Lithuania, the United Republic of Tanzania, Niger, Finland, Guatemala, Gabon, Botswana, Timor-Leste, Paraguay, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico, Egypt, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, El Salvador, Uruguay and Ireland.

A workshop for participants from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger was held in Mali from 29 September to 1 October; a workshop for participants from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia was held in Botswana from 7 to 9 July; a workshop for participants from Angola and Mozambique was held in Angola from 26 to 29 May; a workshop for participants from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Congo was held in the Central African Republic from 12 to 14 May; a workshop for participants from Mauritius, Seychelles and the United Republic of Tanzania was held in Seychelles from 28 to 30 April; a workshop for participants from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo was held in Togo from 24 to 26 March; and a workshop for participants from Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland was held in Lesotho from 27 to 29 January.

As at 28 February 2010, the number of parties to the Protocol was 31, as follows: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay.

Let me conclude my remarks by stressing our solidarity with the people of Guinea-Bissau and reaffirming the full commitment and openness of the Mozambican chairmanship of the CPLP to working closely with all relevant partners to find a lasting solution to the crisis in Guinea-Bissau.

Here, the issue was not whether the patent should or should not have been granted, but rather on whether the local people known as the San, who had nurtured the traditional knowledge underpinning the invention, were entitled to receive a fair share of any benefits arising from commercialisation.

Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

On the basis of earmarked funding provided by Australia, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland, the ISU has been able to offer inter-ministerial process support to all relevant States Parties and has undertaken intensive process support visits to Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Colombia, Croatia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau, Jordan, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uganda, and Yemen.