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The Director-General has been requested to prepare, in

The priorities and challenges that are anticipated for the 2012/13 period include the provision of continuous support to meet the

There have been consistent reports received in 2010 by the United Nations from civil society groups, national authorities and security forces, as well as the United States Forces in Iraq (USF-I), that Al-Qaida in Iraq operates a youth wing for children under the age of 14 called “Birds of Paradise” (also referred to

Also at its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly held its first discussion on sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America and recognized the need to promote the development of sustainable tourism, in particular through the consumption of sustainable tourism products and services, and to strengthen the development of ecotourism, taking into account the declaration of 2012 as the Year of Sustainable Tourism in Central America, while maintaining the culture and environmental integrity of indigenous and local communities and enhancing the

These are the right of the individual to life, liberty, security of the person and enjoyment of property and the right not to be deprived thereof except by due process of law; the right of equality before the law and the protection of the law; the right of respect for private and family life; the right of equality of treatment from any public authority in the exercise of any functions; the

The Secretary-General’s report proposed three mechanisms for achieving these goals: the establishment of an NGO consultative group in each country; the identification of a dedicated staff member in the Resident Coordinator’s office, charged with liaising with civil society representatives (45 UNCT civil society focal points have already been nominated to this date); and the establishment of a trust fund to resource the afore-mentioned measures and to build capacity of the NGO community at the country level (the report also proposed the establishment of a to increase the

In any case, clauses included in intellectual property licence agreements that provide, for example, that a licence terminates after X years or upon material breach such as failure of the licensee to upgrade or

Often such claims depend on some form of ‘technological determinism’ in which

During 2009 and 2010, Argentina and

Quite often and quite naturally, the focus on civilian casualties is centred on the loss of life and

Some of the challenges included the need to build economic resilience, particularly for Pacific island economies to broaden their economic base, to

I have the honour to transmit a copy of a note verbale dated 17 March 2010 (see annex) that has been sent by the United States Mission to the United Nations to the

Based on the considerable volume of correspondence, even before initiating the review, it is clear that the system requires improvement in a number of areas: the managing and updating of the names of staff and linkages with the human resources information system; formats for staff that are easier to manage and which have logical checks,