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In recent years, Bangladesh has started to commit additional resources to control NCDs, imposing higher taxes on tobacco, banning smoking in public places, setting up diabetic

In addition to national best practices, the side event focused on the relevance of existing regional bodies and initiatives in the area of food security and

Although I feel that the Government has already taken a position on this topic, I still hope government officials who are present in this Chamber, particularly the Secretary, Mr LAM, will listen to Members' views with a more liberal attitude. This is because it is the hope of each of us that, through this consultation exercise and review, the soon-to-be set up or reformed

Through the launching of a flagship programme with FAO, promotion of education for disadvantaged poor rural youth, especially in Africa, resulting in decreased disparities in education in rural areas; improvement in quality of life through capacity-building in skills and productive activities at the local level; better environmental conditions through nonformal education and training of youth and adolescent girls in local communities; improvements in rural

It was encouraged by Chile’s readiness to guarantee access to education for all children,

Therefore, we welcomed with great

The Conference requested that these reports include indications

In this regard, the assessment mission

Results have already been obtained with regard to networks for accommodation with local people, and the promotion of crafts products and guides, relying on the communities

It did not accept a recommendation which would refer to

The Talmud and its study spread from Babylon to

They argued also that the granting of the patent would be contrary to the public

To this moment, Israel persists with its illegal policies,

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the

Activities underpinning the CBD UNESCO initiative on biodiversity education were pursued, especially for dryland systems, including support to the United Nations University Central Asia and Mongolia workshop on biosecurity in Mongolia in July 2002, the publication of the international UNESCO-ISESCO seminar on combating desertification held in Chad in 2000, the organization of an international workshop on “Sustainable

The official United Nations demographic estimates and projections will be

It was noted that many of the shortcomings should be addressed individually by the concerned organizations, but also by recommendations on harmonization and

In this regard, Geoparks link local geological heritage with all of the aspects of a natural site, including cultural and intangible heritage and combining, in the UNESCO

The Committee made a number of recommendations, such as: (a) that the development of standards, methodologies and guidelines for disaster statistics be given higher priority; (b) that Governments systematically collect data on small disasters; (c) that the secretariat continue promoting regional cooperative mechanisms and capacity development efforts for disaster risk reduction, including on

In collaboration with the United Nations

Discussions held at Permanent Forum sessions and in the various