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Based on their experience in the mining sector, small island developing States have identified the following areas for priority action: (a) improve national capacity for policy formulation, negotiations, evaluation and enforcement; (b) ensure that full cost-benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment of potential mining sites are undertaken; (c) establish fair and transparent compensation systems to

The Ministers in order to promote the human rights of women expressed their resolve to take appropriate measures at the national, regional and international levels to improve the quality of life and achieve gender equality and empowerment of women, bearing in mind the inherent

The Ministers highlighted the importance of awareness campaigns to change the negative public perception towards migration in the framework of the efforts to protect migrants and their rights and in this

The National Plan of Action contemplates the implementation of policy measures and initiatives in seven strategic areas: improving the institutional mechanism for the promotion of gender equality, ensuring gender balance at all

The meeting stressed the importance of the following actions for least developed country development: (a) domestic resource mobilization; (b) enhancing the quantity and quality of official development assistance to least developed countries; (c) attracting foreign direct investments to least developed countries’ priority sectors through home country incentives; (d) tapping innovative sources of finance, including migrant remittances for least developed countries’ development; (e) the creation of a special crisis mitigation and resilience-building facility for least developed countries to enable them to respond to shocks; and (f) the establishment of a “global financial safety net” for

The Commission notes that quality education and full and equal access and participation in science and technology for women of all ages are imperative for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, and an economic necessity, and that they provide women with the knowledge, capacity, aptitudes, skills, ethical values and understanding necessary for lifelong learning, employment, better physical and mental health, including the prevention and control of maternal mortality, HIV and AIDS and other

The serious engagement of Palestinian factions over the past month in a dialogue process mediated by Egypt has led to the establishment of five committees that are working on national reconciliation issues, the successful outcome of the Cairo international conference on the reconstruction of Gaza and the

During the debate, many members observed that the new specific procedures should promote dialogue with the competent authorities of the Member States and with the other agencies in the United Nations system (along the lines of the cooperation that existed

Expressing deep concern also about the Israeli policy of closures and the imposition of severe restrictions, checkpoints, several of which have been transformed into structures akin to permanent border crossings, and a permit regime, all of which obstruct the freedom of movement of persons and goods, including medical and humanitarian goods, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and about the consequent violation of the human rights of

This approach should present both the

The total amount of fish consumed and the species composition of the food fish supply vary according to regions and countries, reflecting the different levels of availability of fish and other foods, including the

In addition, there must be an enabling international environment based

Even before the Family Code Act was adopted, judges dealing with cases of divorce by mutual consent tended, in the name of the best interests of the

In doing so the States Parties, particularly through the

Differences in treatment between such victims with disabilities and other persons with disabilities should be

In conclusion, India stands ready to contribute to efforts to address the challenges of the countries of the

During the same period, the Government has been working on the implementation of reintegration programmes, principally

(f) Looked forward to working closely with the country task force on monitoring and reporting to ensure the successful implementation of resolution 1612 (2005), and urged the relevant agencies, including the United Nations Development Programme and the United

A set of flagship publications have been planned with regional lens, which include (i) The Arab Region 2025, which will forecast and analyse

Without neglecting the programming of activities provided for in their operational plans, and in spite of budgetary constraints, public institutions have backstopped the process of State reform by promoting and consolidating basic regulatory frameworks for the coordinated efforts required to

The mission was mandated to collect information on (a) the influx of unemployed returnees, including migrant workers, former combatants from Libya and armed Tuareg and Toubou elements into these countries, as well as the impact that

Brazil cautioned against strictly securitybased