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Participants also underlined the evolving character of the strategic objectives and priorities (e.g. the dramatically increased needs as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa which warrants in the view of several participants the introduction of a new cross-cutting theme in document 31 C/4 – see also para. 69 below).

The armed conflicts currently raging and their psychological and physical harm to civilians in various corners of the world — including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, Chad, the Philippines, Nepal and elsewhere — should compel Member States to draw on all proposals on the protection of civilians in armed conflict made by the United Nations, and the Secretary-General and his representatives in particular, in order to draft effective resolutions establishing investigative committees or similar entities to protect civilians in a practical and concrete manner.

This request emanated from the shared desire of Lebanese citizens to put an end to the terrorist crimes that have blighted their recent history and to give a voice to the victims of such attacks.

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In the media and in schools, the instability plaguing the entire country is blamed on Tutsis.

The United Nations, together with a wide range of other actors, has been involved in helping postconflict countries grapple with their most pressing needs now for more than 20 years, and virtually every conflict-wracked country currently on the agenda of the Council — from Haiti, to Liberia to the Sudan to Afghanistan — seeks effective international assistance to rebuild its institutions.

And as the cholera epidemic continues to take lives in Haiti, community clinics and other health facilities still rely on UNICEF deliveries of nutritional supplements such as Plumpy’nut, a highly nutritious peanut-based paste containing multiple vitamins and minerals.

The Council congratulated IHP on the activities conducted in Pakistan during the floods that devastated the country in 2010.

And, as we meet, we fear that a new wave of watermay beabout to sweep through areas that have already been devastated and reach those yet untouched.

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The international community could lend a strong supportive hand wherever an acute gap was felt, especially by bringing all international and regional actors, stakeholders and partners together in a synchronized manner, through the Peacebuilding Commission, to create synergy in promoting peace, development and necessary institutions in conflictravaged countries.

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In order to combat drug trafficking in the region,international cooperation had been established between CSTO and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and within the framework of the Paris-Moscow process.

In some regions, host communities face the risk of conflict, the prevalence of criminal acts and violence.

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There, weak health infrastructure and widespread rumours about vaccine side effects contributed to the spread of the crippling virus.

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In spite of the global financial crisis and weak domestic private consumption, Taiwan Mobile (“TWM” or “the Company”) delivered satisfactory results last year, surpassing its peers in various key performance indexes.

The epidemic remains most severe in southern Africa, which accounted for almost half of all deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in 2010; it is less prevalent in North Africa.

the Year Under review was a challenging year for the Group and the cosmetic industry, owing to the far-reaching effect of the Us sub-prime economic meltdown in north america and europe across the globe in undermining investors’ confidence in the global stock markets and the financial service industry as a whole. the mounting unemployment rate and swine flu epidemic affecting all countries and regions posed as additional factors hindering the global economic recovery.

Of course, it must also be recalled that, as we are all aware, the occupying Power’s rampage inthe Gaza Strip did not leave the United Nations facilities there unharmed, as several UNRWA schools and the main United Nations compound also came under Israeli attack, which gravely damaged United Nations facilities and caused an immense loss of materials stored at the main compound, including food and medical supplies.

Taiwan should also be allowed to participate in the International Atomic Energy Agency in the area of nuclear safety, just as it became an observer at the World Health Organization during the SARS and avian flu pandemics of the 1990’s. Where nuclear safety is concerned, China must rethink its policy of isolating Taiwan from international bodies.