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Delegates noted that international food commodity prices remained

The issues addressed through such cooperation include

The Conference encouraged FAO and member countries to explore opportunities for enhancing resilience through

Marine science and its supporting technologies, through improving knowledge and applying it to management and decision-making, can make a major contribution to eliminating poverty; ensuring food security; supporting human economic activity; conserving the world’s marine environment; helping to

The Advisory Committee received the following clarification: in spite of the timing of its presentation, the proposal of the Secretary-General to establish an Emergency Preparedness and Support Unit was intended not to respond specifically

These databases, including the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa geospatial database, the African Climate Policy Centre’s climate change activities database and its agricultural commodity value-chain database and interface, form the core of the African Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure, with dedicated online applications and streamlined electronic delivery of products and services for targeted sectors including

Least developed countries continue to be vulnerable to a variety of shocks,

This situation has several causes, such as the structural weaknesses of the agricultural sector in terms of

Changing demographics and poor technological and socio-economic conditions, unplanned urbanization, development within high-risk zones, underdevelopment and poor infrastructure, weak adaptive capacity, environmental degradation, climate variability, climate change, exposure to geological hazards, competition for scarce resources, and the impact of epidemics

He emphasized that, by adopting the draft resolution, the General Assembly would call upon States to find durable solutions for displaced persons, would welcome the fact that a growing number of countries had adopted domestic legislation covering all stages of displacement and would

The representative also offered to share his country’s initiatives on enhancing the safety of power plants, some of

Given that the Arab region is facing ever-increasing risks as a result

Such frameworks fostered better resource management and resource sharing to deal with increasing resource constraints, helped

Examples were given of national, bilateral, regional and international programmes to further socio-economic and sustainable development, notably in the following areas: agriculture and fishery; climate change monitoring; detecting illegal crops and opium poppy

We share the concern — expressed in the report of the assessment mission to the Sahel (see S/2012/42) and reiterated by the Secretary-General — over

Noteworthy new areas of cooperation were railway transport, tourism and the improvement of cotton production and processing in OIC member States, in addition to the

Two thirds of smallholder farmers live on remote and marginal lands in environmentally difficult conditions, such as in

(q ) To take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection and safety of children with disabilities during and after situations of risk, including

Among the objectives of the Commission, as clearly stated in its Article 3, are the following: to create conditions of mutual confidence and peace and security conducive to the harmonious development of States; to promote close consultation in the exploitation of the natural resources of the Gulf, with a view to ensuring the economic development of member States and the well-being of their peoples; to harmonize the respective policies of States regarding matters of common interest, particularly matters concerning the exploitation of natural resources; to

Recognizing also the urgent need to further develop and make use of the existing