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Armed with this confidence, they will therefore be able, alongside their representatives and the Administration, to meet potential difficulties and benefit from a meaningful dialogue, to prevent each party from being deadlocked in mutual distrust.

The sequences that proved most successful with the television programmes concerned were, in the field of culture, those on the new sites placed on the World Heritage List, the thirtieth anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the underwater heritage and the laying of the first stone in the reconstruction of Mostar Bridge, and, in the field of education, the sequence produced on the occasion of the joint UNESCO-ILO study on the shortage of teachers.

That is why I have to say that allegations made with immunity can lead to, I think, an extremely difficult and delicate position which is grotesquely unfair to private individuals and I am sure that is something which this Council will want to take account of.

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Considering that the world is facing major global changes: accelerating environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, pollution, and emerging impacts of a changing climate and recognizing that all of these challenges impede efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve an equitable society, we commend the Director General’s support of developing nations, the role of women in science, and the future of our planet.

(c) Take all possible measures, to the maximum of their available resources, to ensure that persons living in poverty have access to at least the minimum essential food that is nutritionally adequate and safe, basic shelter, housing and sanitation, and an adequate supply of safe drinking water, so as to prevent diseases and other harmful consequences of material deprivations, including malnutrition, epidemics and maternal and infant mortality.

Health centres have been damaged, clean water is scarce, and the education system is near complete collapse.

Many passengers said that they found the experience of being “paraded” before the media and the sometimes hostile crowds unsettling and humiliating.

Moreover, if international responsibility arises at the time of the taking of the decision, the international organization would have to refrain from placing its members in the uncomfortable position of either infringing their obligations under the decision or causing the international responsibility of the international organization, as well as possibly incurring their own responsibility.

As a means of further encouraging the production of creative, culturally diverse content in developing countries, UNESCO co-produced such documentaries as La lutte contre les pauvres (the struggle against the poor) (Mali); Le dilemme d’Eya (Eya’s dilemma) (Togo) which were awarded two prizes at FESPACO (March 2003), “Traditional Music of Nigeria”; Afro@digital (Democratic Republic of Congo); “S21 – The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine” (Cambodia) which was selected for the 2003 Cannes Festival and for the grand prize of the International Radio and Television University (URTI); and “A story of people in war and peace” (Armenia).

That moral quandary and the conviction that world peace and security cannot be achieved without sustainable development for all are at the heart of the political compact uniting the whole international community, which we have come here today to consider.

At a minimum, children are entitled to a package of basic social services that includes high-quality health care, adequate food, housing, safe drinking water and sanitation and primary education, so that they can grow to their full potential, free of disease, malnutrition, illiteracy and other deprivations.

This article pointed out the various hardships faced by the middle class under such economic downturn.

It is wrong to put a wife into a position where she may have to choose between incriminating her husband and committing perjury.

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Many of the poorest continue to live in post-conflict States where inadequate infrastructure and low investment prevent the delivery of basic social services and limit the productive capacity of the economy.

Due to the embarrassment and fear, victim women seldom disclose this problem and that is the reason of no accurate statistic on the rate of the domestic violence.

The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Capacity and Guardianship Law so that custody of children up to the age of six is not always given to mothers, and ensure that child support awards do not lead to an inadequate standard of living for the father.

In order to bring topical discussion to country offices, when it is not possible to provide face-to-face training, online modules are planned that would engage staff in discussions of ethical dilemmas, with material to support the resolution of these dilemmas.

Indeed, when faced with broad criticism, there was an attempt to suggest that Mr WANG's remarks were his personal views, and not those of Beijing.

While noting the provision of child allowances and other benefits to families with children, the Committee is concerned about the situation of families with three or more children and single-parent households, who continue to be disproportionately affected by poverty.

However, in view of their meagre resources and the immense challenges, such as guaranteeing physical security for humanitarian agencies in Somalia, he appealed for a more robust international response under the leadership of the United Nations Security Council to augment Africa’s own efforts, particularly with regard to Somalia.

Finally, some States with no objections to the Convention remain outside it simply because ratification or accession to it is one of many competing priorities for scarce administrative resources.

Many countries in the region suffer large spatial inequalities with regards to income, wealth and opportunity. This is due to a lack of all-weather roads to villages, infrequent or unreliable transport services to outlying areas and islands, poor access to deeper hinterlands and weak rural-urban connectivity.