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[...] culturally irrelevant or insensitive [...]

The general explanation for the breaks in linkage stems from the lack of an established Organizational procedure for the proper translation of 30 C/5 main line of action expected results into realistic implementable actions and activities in work plans placed online in SISTER.

[...] [...] that many sources were unconnected to science-policy interfaces; there was a need for a [...] [...]

The review will subsequently (a) compare these processes in their contributions to enhancing organizations’ accountability and transparency; (b) evaluate their relevance, ownership, effectiveness and cost-efficiency in terms of compliance with legislative mandates and missions, as well as their impact on the operation of the organizations, taking into account related external and internal business conditions; and (c) address issues related to joint programming, planning and coordination among institutions, the financial foundation of the planning, including linkage and disconnect between strategy and the budget, and commitment of senior management and Member States to the strategy.

The obvious conclusion is that consumption habits, and the current plethora of products, services and associated production processes designed to feed this appetite are significantly out of step with the natural resources needed for material production and the ecological “sinks” available for waste disposal.

I welcome the continued clear commitment to the protection of civilians agenda as being at the heart of the Council’s work and the recognition by most, if not all, speakers of the need to do more to ensure that our words have more impact where they matter most — on the ground — to overcome what more than one speaker described as a disconnect what we may say in this and other chambers and the reality on the ground.

Such a growing disconnect appears to be one of the main reasons why the pattern of growth and development has, in recent years and in many countries, been neither inclusive nor sustainable.

Augustine's teaching on grace may be summarized as follows: Humanity shared in Adam's sin and therefore has become a massa damnationis from which no one can be extricated save by a special gift of divine grace that cannot be merited; yet God in his inscrutable wisdom chooses some to be saved and grants graces that will infallibly but freely lead them to salvation.

The disconnect between the international instruments governing oceans on the one hand and sustainable development on the other has created barriers to the full realization of the development aspirations of small island developing States and in many instances are a primary barrier to the achievement of national economic development goals.

Tensions between the central and local governments are another obstacle to the effective implementation of energy policies.

[...] [...] disadvantage and social dislocation being experienced [...] [...]

This disconnect between the strategic and operational levels needs to be reconciled in order to ensure that reasonable expectations are being set and that United Nations peacekeeping remains a dynamic and effective instrument of international peace and security.

Respondents also noted disconnection between members of the Task Force and those in the field who provide information for the System-wide Action Plan.

[...] [...] the shortfalls were in practice rather [...] [...]

The AAC reiterates its position from previous years: in view of ongoing changes to UNFPA internal financial and operational policies and practices, and the evolving external environment, additional and ongoing revisions are required to ensure that internal control guidance remains relevant and practical, follows international guidance including that from INTOSAI, and is fully compliant with the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) standards.

The most widespread is “horizontal” incoherence, where economic or business-focused departments and agencies that shape business practices conduct their work in isolation from and largely uninformed by their Government’s human rights agencies and obligations, and vice versa.

This measure of unmet need is a robust indicator of additional demand for contraception because it reflects the disjuncture between reproductive intentions and contraceptive behaviour.

The meeting brought together more than 100 participants and its aim was to inform IGBC of the progress of the work and to receive IGBC’s views on the ongoing discussions, by inviting it to give an opinion on the text drawn up by the IBC Drafting Group to prevent any divergence between IGBC’s debates and those of IBC.

All these factors contribute to the social dislocation of indigenous peoples and their alienation from both their ancestral lands and North American society in general.

Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of the UNDP, noted in her opening remarks that there is “a disconnect between economic growth and human development” in many societies that are making overall progress but leaving behind the poorest of the poor.

that the broad concept of social development affirmed by the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly has not been fully implemented in national and international policymaking and, although poverty eradication is a central part of development policy and discourse, further attention should be given to the other commitments agreed to at the Summit, in particular those concerning employment and social integration, which have also suffered from a general disconnect between economic and social policymaking

Aside from considering the annual report of the Secretariat, the Commission has traditionally not played an active role in the provision of technical assistance, and accordingly there is a disconnect between its legislative activity and its involvement in the TA activity required to promote that legislative activity.

This should not be interpreted to say that persons with disabilities cannot be lawfully subject to detention for care and treatment or to preventive detention, but that the legal grounds upon which restriction of liberty is determined must be de-linked from the disability and neutrally defined so as to apply to all persons on an equal basis.

The AAC reiterates its position from previous years: in view of ongoing changes to UNFPA internal financial and operational policies and practices, and the evolving external environment, additional and ongoing revisions are required to ensure that internal control guidance remains relevant, practical, and is fully compliant with COSO standards.

In this regard, we wish to stress that the reality on the ground cannot and should not be disconnected from the ongoing peace efforts towards the realization of the two-State solution for peace on the basis of the pre-1967 borders.