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External sources (not reviewed)

In accordance with established practice, the Secretariat posted the Programme of Work, the Modalities for conducting the meeting, including with regard to the interventions by States and other stakeholders, as well as all contributions received, before, during or after the session of the working group, by United Nations Member States, non-member States and observers and non-governmental organizations on the Extranet page of the Council.

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The Office also takes part whenever possible in meetings with technical and financial partners in Niger and Burkina Faso and keeps itself informed of United Nations system coordination work in Burkina Faso.

At the same meeting, on the proposal of the Chairman, the Committee, in accordance with rule 48 of the rules of procedure of the Conference, established a Working Group to finalize the draft outcome document of the Conference (A/CONF.212/3/Rev.1) and decided that the Working Group should meet only when the Main Committee was not in session.

In a 150-page document sent to the Group of Experts (dated 14 September 2010), which was referenced in the Group’s final report of 2010 (S/2010/596, annex 1, footnote c), Mr. Rujugiro’s United States-based legal representatives denied that he had purchased or invested in lands in “Masisi district” (sic) while they were under CNDP control; held meetings with CNDP leaders, including “General” Nkunda at his ranches in Kilolirwe in 2006; paid money to CNDP for “protection” of cattle on his ranches; or appointed a CNDP commander to manage his ranches.

However, it was pointed out that, owing to the broad scope of each of the five thematic areas, as well as to their complex interlinkages, the current regional implementation meeting process might be insufficient to comprehensively address all aspects relevant to areas of priority for collective regional action.

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Those steps included risk analyses of the sale of non-regulated precursors; reviews of the legal trade in non-scheduled substances in line with the European Union voluntary monitoring list of non-scheduled substances; reviews of national legislation to assess its efficacy in chemical control; national lists of controlled chemical substances for domestic monitoring; outreach and awareness-raising measures for chemical industry representatives and manufacturers; voluntary codes of conduct for the reporting of suspicious transactions; participation in international special measures for the surveillance of precursors as part of Project PRISM and Project Cohesion; and expert group conferences such as the Synthetic Drug Enforcement Conference held in Nunspeet, the Netherlands, in November 2007, which highlighted trends, new chemicals and legislative weaknesses.

Similarly, during the recent meeting of the Highlevel Committee on humanitarian issues on 19 July in Khartoum — comprising the Government, the United Nations country team, donors, NGOs and UNAMID — the participants decided to establish a subcommittee on safety and security, which is to meet on a weekly basis to address the enhanced security of the humanitarian community and restrictions of movement.

Referring to paragraph 8, she said that while the decision to convene the Conference and the intergovernmental preparatory committee would certainly give rise to additional resource requirements with regard to conference servicing, support services and public information services, the Secretariat would not be able to determine the full extent of those requirements until specific information on the dates and venue of the Conference and on the duration and dates of the preparatory committee’s meetings became available.

Given that some Members wanted to discuss IS as part of a larger package on HCFC policy, the Executive Committee agreed to refer consideration of IS to the contact group convened under agenda item 9(b), “Analysis of new approaches on second-stage conversions, determination of cut-off date and other outstanding HCFC policy issues (decision 57/34)”.

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However, their informal status and the fact that the meetings have taken place outside the plenary have led to limited attendance, in particular from small delegations, often from mine affected countries.

Equally, though, the Coordinating Committee recognised that the small number of country cases was not indicative of the great complexity associated with remaining stockpile destruction challenges and that the amount of meeting time consumed by any particular Standing Committee was not indicative of its relative importance.

The proposals included providing for shorter but more frequent annual meetings, including extraordinary meetings, that could take both [...] [...]

Decisions on the location of meetings other than at the seat of the secretariat shall take into account the benefits of venue rotation, particularly venues in developing countries and those that facilitate [...] [...]

During the reporting period, the three rounds of informal talks between the parties, their two meetings on natural resources and confidence-building measures, and the numerous bilateral consultations that my Personal Envoy held with them, confirmed that the parties continue to have the political will to meet, but not as yet to engage in substantive negotiations towards the objective set forth by the Security Council in successive resolutions, namely, “a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara”.

[...] [...] the Executive Committee away from the seat of the Multilateral Fund Secretariat in Montreal in order to aid the Executive Committee in deciding where to hold its meeting.

Regarding recommendation 1, that the coordinating bodies hold their meetings on a regular and predictable basis, OIOS was provided with agendas and background documents demonstrating that they do hold their meetings on a regular and predictable basis and that, between sessions, they work through other means, such as inter-agency working groups and thematic networks.

This practice should replace the current method of informing the missions only after compiling the total list of applicants and the meeting of the informal working group, which limited the ability of missions to respond, if they wished to, within a reasonable time frame.

It is to be noted that the country has just reached the HIPC completion point, which affords an opportunity to fund some social sector components, including education.

He also drew attention to the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) on internal oversight: proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013 (A/66/85); the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) entitled “Review of management and administration in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime” (A/66/315) and the comments of the Secretary-General and of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) (A/66/315/Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1); the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the JIU report entitled “Policies and procedures for the administration of trust funds in the United Nations system organizations” (A/66/348) and the comments of the Secretary-General and of CEB (A/66/348/Add.1); and the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on the review of the organizational framework of the public information function of the Secretariat (A/66/180).

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During this period, decentralization evolved, from a decentralized administration whose members, appointed by presidential decree, were mandated to begin decentralized local administration with State funding, to a provisional regional council with well-defined prerogatives, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Republic representing the authority of the central State.

Action 15 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons states that “[…] the Conference on Disarmament should, within the context of an agreed, comprehensive and balanced programme of work, immediately begin negotiations of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons or other explosive devices in accordance with the report of the Special Coordinator of 1995 (CD/1299) and the mandate contained therein”.

(c) To closely monitor the situation of children exposed to discrimination, in particular those belonging to the above-mentioned disadvantaged groups, and develop, on the basis of the results of this monitoring, a comprehensive strategy containing specific and well-targeted actions, including affirmative social actions, aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination against them.

In accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX), the Committee will have before it the annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) for 2008/09.

The activities of nongovernmental organizations and other private actors, sometimes collectively referred to as “civil society” actors, are included within the scope of the draft articles only in a secondary manner, either as direct beneficiaries of duties placed on States (for example, of the duty of States to cooperate, in article 5) or indirectly, as being subject to the domestic laws, implementing the draft articles, of either the affected State, a third State or the State of nationality of the entity or private actor.