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The authorities are to be commended for maintaining macroeconomic stability and strong momentum for needed reforms in the face of these external shocks.

[...] [...] unemployment, social unrest (including youth [...]

Volatile politics and loose gun control can be a deadly mix in Thailand.

The special programme under the subprogramme is aimed at helping landlocked developing countries to mitigate the adverse economic consequences of their geographical disadvantage through: (a) support for policymaking with a view to enhanced productive capacities and sound economic specialization; (b) helping small island developing States to enhance their resilience to external shocks and making steady socio-economic progress possible for most of them; and (c) instilling throughout UNCTAD a practice of devoting systematic attention to the problems of other structurally weak, vulnerable and small economies, as referred to in paragraph 10 of the Accra Accord.

Delegations underlined that these complimentary efforts were all required to enable agriculture to live up to its potential to raise incomes and access to nutrition, and also reduce national dependency on food imports and exposure to international food price volatility.

Another shortcoming was that the Brussels Programme of Action itself had, in a number of cases, not been effectively integrated into national development plans and strategies of least developed countries, partly owing to prevailing civil conflicts and political instability in several least developed countries.

Based upon the situation on the ground and the impact of the volatile West Africa subregion on mandate implementation, it is assessed that the post of Senior Political Affairs Officer (P-5) will continue to be required by the West Africa integrated operational team for the 2012/13 period.

The subprogramme will focus on improving the integration of all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — and on increasing the quantity and improving the quality of growth in order to reduce the impact of external economic and financial shocks, resource crises characterized by commodity price volatility, and ecological crises.

(a) Immediately fulfil its obligations under the Convention to prevent and protect all individuals under its jurisdiction from torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; the Committee recalls, in this regard, that no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture

All the large cities have significant Muslim minorities, and if the violence in Rakhine State evolves into a broader religious conflict, with communities turning on each other across the country, it could be a source of major instability and a serious threat to the reform process.

Financial markets remain paralysed between bouts of fear and volatility, lacking the anchor that only a proactive and coordinated policy action can provide.

The commitment included essential framework conditions such as: participatory, transparent and accountable political systems, as well as good governance at the national and international levels, as established in the Millennium Declaration; recognition of the universal indivisible interdependent and interrelated nature of all human rights; increased external assistance to developing countries through official development assistance and debt relief; recognition of the important interaction between environmental, economic and social policies; improved access for developing countries and countries with economies in transition to the markets of the developed countries; and reduction of the negative impact of international financial turbulence.

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Large segments of the state face violent political unrest, making access to social services more difficult for children and families.

The Commission underscored the importance of preventing a potential setback to the efforts of the developing countries aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals due to the effects of global economic and financial turmoil.

A high-level panel on “Steering inclusive development through global turbulences and volatility” will review the region’s outlook as it faces a global economic slowdown and assess policy responses to emerging vulnerabilities.

While in a number of countries, the positive impacts of globalization have been reaped in the form of rapid economic growth, globalization has also given rise to a range of challenging issues including rapid transmission of financial shocks, international crime and drug trafficking, increasingly volatile and turbulent international financial and product markets, issues of food and energy security, climate change, migration and a widening of income and social inequalities.

Her voice will echo each time the oath is recited, her fire will burn each time the flame is lit and her legacy will live and grow through every athlete in every competition, daily, around the world.

In light of the huge number of displaced persons and the volatile security situation, this approach could mean that a large number of displaced potential voters will be unable to exercise their human right to vote on an equal and fair basis.

It is not only the threat from Islamic radicalization or home-grown terror that is imminent in the Maldives, but also various other threats that have their roots in the terror situation in the neighbouring region as well as the whole world and also various other concerns that might lead to unrest in the country.

The general instability in Iraq affected all Iraqis and was not personal to the complainant.

Some of the challenges included the need to build economic resilience, particularly for Pacific island economies to broaden their economic base, to reduce dependence on export demand from developed countries by increasing domestic demand and intraregional trade, and managing financial and exchange rate stability with the return of volatile capital flows and rising food and fuel prices.

[...] [...] begging, vagrancy, debauchery and disorderliness.

[...] catastrophic upheavals caused by violence [...] [...]

I have seen the good that the United Nations has accomplished all over the world, and I have been privileged to meet many of the dedicated men and women who work under the blue flag in troubled lands very far from their homes: places like Liberia, where United Nations forces have provided the space and security that that war-torn country needed to begin putting itself back together; Pakistan, where United Nations aid workers are assisting people whose homes and livelihoods have been washed away by the floods; and, of course, Haiti, where United Nations peacekeepers, led by Brazil, were immediately back on the streets after the earthquake, despite having suffered grievous losses themselves.

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Moreover, in turbulent economic times, trade protectionism remains a risk, and an immediate challenge is therefore to achieve a strengthened and sustained inclusive and resilient multilateral trading system.

This is a fundamental prerequisite for fulfilling the right of all girls and boys to education, as well as a basic requirement for promoting schools and hospitals as zones of peace and as vehicles for psycho-social support and recovery for children in unstable situations.