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The Government wished to express its highest appreciation for the professional competence, commitment and objectivity of the Special Rapporteur and his staff.

[...] is to provide cultured individuals [...] [...]

[...] [...] developing civic skills and media literacy.

Based upon a review of the Centre’s proposed activities and its strategic programme priorities and objectives, it may be concluded that the activities of the Centre will improve access to information and knowledge, foster promotion of cultural diversity and multilingualism, and increase awareness about ethical dimensions of the information society, improve media and information literacy and promote capacity-building and policy development on open access in the Member States in the region.

Best practices enabling the Commission to tackle those challenges included building support for the agency among key stakeholders, producing high-quality research, recruiting qualified staff and maintaining their morale, lowering compliance costs, establishing a high moral authority and ensuring the integrity of the Commission and its staff.

(a) Educational cruise to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site: in preparation for the event, the Center invited the former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to deliver lectures; (b) research on public science literacy: in 2006 the Center began collaboration on a major national survey of Indian scientists’ beliefs about education, society and values (http://www.worldviewsofscientists.org); (c) attended and spoke at NGO briefings on the Alliance of Civilizations and released, at the Human Rights Council, a related research paper entitled “Is there a clash of civilizations?

Resolution 1904 (2009) must be implemented as soon as possible, with the urgent appointment of an Ombudsperson possessing the highest moral and professional qualifications and with the immediate implementation of appropriate Committee guidelines for the new institution.

[...] [...] rights, media literacy and education about religions [...]

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Moreover, the unprecedented participation of Timorese soldiers in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan attests to the professionalism of the Timor-Leste army and to the commitment of the Government to contributing to achieving the objectives of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Executive Board may wish to note the increased professionalism of the organization, its financial stability and the contribution it makes to the peacekeeping, humanitarian and development operations of its partners.

While significant progress has been made in relation to vitamin A supplementation and salt iodization, micronutrient deficiencies remain significant public health problems in many countries.

[...] [...] the first national micronutrient deficiencies assessment and response survey to review the overall micronutrient status of various [...]

Recent estimates suggest that the combined effect of inadequate macronutrient (protein) and micronutrient (including iron and iodine) intakes is responsible for 35 per cent of child deaths and 11 per cent of the global disease burden.

UNICEF is committed to scaling up and sustaining coverage of its current high-impact nutrition interventions in the programme areas of: (1) Infant and Young Child Feeding; (2) Micronutrients; (3) Nutrition Security in Emergencies; and (4) Nutrition and HIV/AIDS.

[...] [...] protein and micronutrients in local diets.

[...] [...] Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling, no conclusion on the need to amend the Guidelines to require mandatory nutrient declaration, on the revision of the current list of nutrients that should always be declared, and on the development of additional criteria for nutrient presentation.

The Commission was also informed of the work on nutrient profiling and on-going country field-testing of the guiding principle manual.

Bangladesh is one country where the use of micronutrient-fortified solutions in school systems has helped to halve malnutrition, exemplifying how school systems are an excellent distribution network for this important health intervention.

Thus, in Pakistan micronutrient deficiency symptoms are used only as a supplement to other diagnostic techniques like soil testing and plant analysis.

Unless genuine constraints on the part of resource-poor farmers are not taken care of adequately, wide-scale adoption of micronutrient use is not expected in the country.

[...] [...] above; or (iv) a combination of the above with relative amount expression as a percentage of nutrient reference value stipulated in Schedule 7 of the Amendment Regulation (if such value is available).

[...] [...] interventions such as micronutrient supplementation [...]

Other vulnerable groups are pregnant and lactating women, who are at greater risk of acute malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.

[...] [...] washing as some nutrients may be lost, and [...] [...]

With a few exceptions for selected species, fish is usually low in saturated fats, carbohydrates and cholesterol. Fish provides not only high-value protein, but also a wide range of essential micronutrients, including various vitamins (D, A and B), minerals (including calcium, iodine, zinc, iron and selenium) and polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid).

[...] [...] pathogens, nutrients and toxic substances potentially threatening to human health and aquatic life, particularly in environmentally pristine coastal areas.

[...] [...] (GAIN), the Micronutrient Initiative and the Flour Fortification [...]