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This initiative of UNIDO and the Spanish Cooperation Agency also enabled women producers to control the quality and level of acidity, produce safe and good-quality oil, improve their marketing, packaging design and registration of trademarks, diversify into higher value-added products and obtain organic certification.

(i ) To adopt, implement and/or strengthen appropriate policies aimed at ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for children with disabilities and their families, along with equal access to quality and affordable services, especially health, nutrition, education, welfare, social protection, safe drinking water, sanitation and other services that are essential for the child’s well-being, and, in this regard, to pay particular attention to the most vulnerable children with disabilities and to those living under especially difficult circumstances

FAO and partners started assessing the health, nutrition and animal vaccination needs of the Misseriya community.

Some $11.7 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund was allocated to Somalia in 2008 to provide urgent life-saving interventions in the areas of water, sanitation, nutrition, health, logistics and livelihood support for internally displaced persons and impoverished populations.

[...] [...] Constitution include, inter alia: the right to adequate, nutritious food and clean water; the right to adequate housing; [...] [...]

The value of early childhood care and education for later school success and the need for strong linkages between the different sub-sectors of education and among basic education, health, nutrition, safe water and the natural environment have received greater attention and are better understood.

UNESCO will: (i) provide technical support to develop supplementary materials on health and nutrition education and food safety; (ii) support the Government of China to ensure that different aspects of food safety law are properly disseminated, understood and implemented; and (iii) develop advocacy materials and launch advocacy activities to help disseminate the lessons learned, policy recommendations and best practices using various forms of media and communication.

A new report released by UNICEF highlights efforts made to assist Syrian children inside and outside the country in such areas as health, water and sanitation, nutrition and education.

Reference was made to the collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, which was important in agriculture, health and nutrition and environmental protection, and should be strengthened in years to come.

As there were an estimated 17 million orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria, a five-year national action plan had been adopted to increase their access to health, nutrition and education, and was being reviewed in the light of best practices around the world.

The Regional Director’s update on the UNICEF humanitarian response in Gaza, she said, underscored the impact of conflict on children and the crucial role of UNICEF situations of conflict and in humanitarian crises, in areas including health, water and sanitation, nutrition, education, protection and psychosocial support.

The Codex Committees on Food Labelling; Food Additives; Contaminants in Foods; Methods of Analysis and Sampling; Food Hygiene; Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses; and Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems may establish general provisions on matters within their terms of reference.