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[...] [...] as well as the positive changes on the political and socio-economic fronts, gradually overcoming [...]

[...] decades but the positive impact will progressively fade away by around [...]

[...] heavily dependent on snow or gradual glacier melt [...]

In fact, over time, while increased cogeneration development has led to additional electricity supply, the land area on which sugarcane is cultivated has been declining – implying that increased efficiency in cogeneration has partly led to freeing up land for other uses, including food production.

[...] to an incremental but positive trend towards integrating [...] [...]

Since those benefits are rarely likely to be realised at the time the decision is made, but rather to accrue over the course of the proceedings and their successful resolution, it may be more appropriate for the draft recommendation to provide that the harm will be offset by the benefits.

[...] restructure, in a gradual manner, the post [...] [...]

Instead, all social actors — States, businesses, and civil society — must learn to do many things differently”.3 But, he added, those things must cohere and generate an interactive dynamic of cumulative progress – which the framework is designed to help achieve.

A different viewpoint was that the grounds for expulsion should be limited to public order and national security, at least with a view to progressive development.

[...] [...] awareness of the positive role of youth [...]

The new programme orientations have been defined, widely shared with and accepted by partners and firmly entrenched within the operations of the Office; new quality projects are being developed and funded, with some already in the implementation stage, and the former portfolio of projects will be totally phased out in 2009; the challenge of aligning administrative and financial procedures, adapting corresponding tools and achieving an effective control environment has been addressed with major steps already completed and others well engaged; personnel have received necessary training in many essential aspects, developed an institutional understanding and are able and motivated; linkages and proper working procedures with programme sectors and central services at Headquarters have been re-established and consolidated; networking with other field offices in the region, and even beyond, is taking place; and UBO is well integrated within the UNCT.

It is recognized that the increasing interdependence of national economies in a globalizing world and the emergence of rules-based regimes for international economic relations have meant that the space for national economic policy, that is, the scope for domestic policies, especially in the areas of trade, investment and international development, is now often framed by international disciplines, commitments and global market considerations.

Further to my report pursuant to paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 1859 (2008) (S/2009/385), once all outstanding activities under the oil-for-food programme are concluded, and taking into account (a) any necessary residual activities, (b) any indemnities that may be provided by the Government of Iraq and (c) the need to ensure the availability of sufficient funds for the Organization to meet the costs and expenses that (i) have been incurred, (ii) are associated with the winding down of the oil-for-food programme and/or (iii) arise from the cooperation of the United Nations with Member States in respect of investigations and proceedings related to the programme, all other remaining funds should be transferred from the Iraq escrow account to the Development Fund for Iraq.

[...] [...] recognition of their positive contribution [...] [...]

Algeria also welcomed the favourable follow-up on its recommendation to ensure that certain minorities had access to adequate housing, education, employment and health care, and that particular attention was to be paid to the promotion of their integration in all sectors of social life.

The following priority areas/themes were mentioned for consideration in preparing document 35 C/5: freedom of expression and freedom of the press; increased emphasis on ethics, also in relation with action line 10 of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS); cultural diversity “of the media” and “in the media”; the promotion of multilingualism; media and a culture of peace; the role of knowledge in societal development; the role of ICTs in building knowledge societies, an area in which the Information for All Programme (IFAP) could play an active role; and support for regulators in Africa.

The Commission was informed of initiatives that were being undertaken by Pacific island developing countries to protect biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem services, such as the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in Kiribati, the largest marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean, and the Coral Triangle Initiative, which covered a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, included the greatest extent of mangrove forests in the world and provided a critical spawning and juvenile growth area for tuna and other globally significant fish species.