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[...] apartheid were severed in our country, [...] [...]

[...] [...] Afghanistan, seeking to cut insurgent supply routes.

Algeria recommended that Saudi Arabia, (a) in examining the recommendations, take into consideration those that are in line with its religious, social and cultural specificities, in particular those emanating from the Shari’a, which adds to general human rights principles without replacing them; (b) go ahead with its intention to examine the ratification of some international human rights instruments; (c) further its efforts to fight terrorism and protect human rights at the same time, especially support for the conclusion of a comprehensive international treaty to combat terrorism; (d) continue its efforts to create a positive working environment for all migrant workers in the Kingdom.

However, in many countries the rate of deforestation and forest degradation remains deeply disturbing.

Yunnan authorities, regional army commanders and ethnic groups have all been directly involved.

Mounting ecological stress is reflected in biodiversity losses, land degradation, water scarcity, deforestation and increasing levels of hazardous chemicals in [...] [...]

The general problem of deforestation is threatening to affect the landscape of the world heritage site of Angkor, in particular its water management.

Civil society accepts that the private sector can play a useful role, but our experience is of companies that have unsustainably exploited minerals, fish and forests; land grabs that have stolen the resources and livelihoods of local people; biofuel plantations that have destroyed forests and agricultural lands; food dumping that has destroyed farmers’ livelihoods; and projects that leave local people with no water and a polluted environment.

Topics raised by speakers included environmental crime, particularly illegal logging and fishing; counterfeiting and piracy of digital media; and trafficking in firearms.

The Ministers also reaffirmed that urgent actions were needed to support adaptation and voluntary mitigation measures undertaken by developing countries, and to strengthen cooperation at the global level to address, inter alia, desertification, land degradation and deforestation, and called upon the international community to prioritize the needs of the developing countries, taking into account the needs of those that are particularly vulnerable, in accordance with the criteria set in the UNFCCC, and to provide long-term, adequate, scaledup, predictable, new and additional finance, technology development and support as well as capacity-building.

c) In seeking the Legislative Council’s approval of funding for public works projects, project offices will also include in Public Works Subcommittee papers information on tree preservation/felling/planting in relation to the projects.

[...] [...] ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond [...] [...]

[...] [...] emergence of knowledge monopolies.

In the Medical Services Section, the establishment of 15 additional national posts (6 National Officers and 9 national General Service staff) is proposed, as the Section has over the past years expanded the services it provides, which include round-the-clock operation of the UNOCI headquarters clinic, which is now functioning at level I-plus rather than the previous level I; patients are followed up at their homes after discharge from level III hospitals; patients are regularly visited in the 11 level III hospitals in Abidjan and in Sector West and Sector East; doctors in the regional headquarters perform outreach activity by visiting remote offices twice a week; support is provided to the Government during important functions and to the United Nations country team as part of the United Nations integrated framework; and medical support is proposed to be provided eight hours a day at the logistics base in Koumassi as opposed to the current two hours a day.

Reports on illegal tree felling incidents [...] [...]

A United Nations investigation confirmed that during those attacks, at least 33 persons, including 9 children and 6 women, had been killed, either burned alive, decapitated or shot.

Poaching, the feralization of the domestic reindeer, the increasing number of predators (wolves), massive deforestation, a decrease in the number of reindeer moss, high rent for northern reindeer herding, at 5.35 rubles per hectare on forest area units and many other reasons have also led to the catastrophic situation of reindeer herding in Sakhalin.

Countries affected by illegal harvesting and trade also started to adopt new technologies for tracking timber movement.

[...] [...] undergrowth and felling larger trees, effectively [...]

The Panel has identified a number of available technologies and practices: afforestation; reforestation; forest management; reduced deforestation; harvested wood production management; use of forest products for bioenergy and to replace fossil fuels; tree species improvement to increase biomass production and carbon sequestration; improved remote-sensing technologies for analysis of vegetation/soil carbon sequestration potential; and the mapping of land-use change.

[...] [...] Services Section on a continual basis in order to [...] [...]

Furthermore, agriculture development has been suffering from adverse impacts of climate change, environmental degradation, desertification, land and soil degradation, extreme weather events, floods, droughts and cyclones, deforestation and loss of biodiversity, declining water availability and degrading water quality.

We need sustained assistance and action to consolidate peace and security and our national institutions, to train our armed forces and police, to create jobs for youth, in particular to keep them occupied, to strengthen the State’s capacities to provide quality social services, to resettle the many displaced people and to accelerate the strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation — REDD-plus — in short, to bring about sustainable development and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Environmental factors, such as poorly designed irrigation and water systems, inadequate housing, poor waste disposal and water storage, deforestation and loss of biodiversity, all are regarded as factors contributing to the most common vector-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue.

For example, the One United Nations Training Service Platform for Climate Change (UN CC:Learn) which includes 32 partners, supports Member States, United Nations agencies and other development partners in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change, while the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme) assists developing countries in the preparation and implementation of national REDD+ strategies.

[...] [...] 12-gauge pistols, and machetes.