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External sources (not reviewed)

defenders, women, displaced persons, journalists, children, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants.

asking the Government to report publicly, accurately and comprehensively how these laws had been implemented and what had been done in relation to various recommendations to improve the protection of civil society space, namely to ensure freedom of expression, assembly, association and the right to participate in public and political life, to adopt a National Plans of Action to improve the human rights situation and to implement some of the recommendations of the Treaty Bodies on freedom of peaceful assembly, to investigate all reports of assaults on human rights defenders and bring to justice those responsible.

of women in society and their access to decision-making posts, as well as of other recommendations relating to discrimination against women.

as well as the intention of EULEX to continue to increase its presence and activities in order to address more efficiently the rule of law challenges in northern Kosovo, including the restoration of full customs controls.

consider ways to promote and expand cooperation and coordination with Pacific Islands Forum members and the Forum secretariat; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the resolution to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session (resolution 65/316).

of la Francophonie; invited the United Nations system organizations to collaborate with the Secretary-General of la Francophonie by identifying new synergies; invited the Secretary-General of the United Nations to take the steps necessary, in consultation with the Secretary-General of la Francophonie, to continue to promote cooperation between the two Organizations; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 65/263).

adoption of a resolution on 12 January 2009, which, inter alia, calls for an immediate cessation of Israeli military attacks and demands the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from the Gaza Strip; demands that Israel, the occupying Power, lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and open all border crossings to allow for access and the free movement of humanitarian aid; urges all parties to respect international humanitarian and human rights law and to refrain from violence against the civilian population; and decides to dispatch an urgent international fact-finding mission to investigate all violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by the occupying Power.

resources for improving ICT support for census operations and economic statistics, and noted the need to assess and report on the results of completed programmes and projects.

international community to work together with the African Union to better define feasible steps towards a coordinated strategy aimed at protecting civilians from the LRA threat and, ultimately, eliminating the group’s capacity to terrorize civilians.

and refined with a view to achieving a better balance between qualitative and quantitative indicators, complementarity with the expected outcomes of the Medium-Term Strategy and coherence between expected outcomes, expected results, as well as monitoring instruments and reporting standards.

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.

emphasis being on life skills development for employability and effective citizenship.