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[...] [...] Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the important areas of peace, [...] [...]

The Commission noted the importance of coordination between ESCAP and the Economic Commission for Europe on initiatives to promote key areas, such as transport and intermodal linkages, and highlighted the significant role the SPECA programme could play in facilitating those efforts.

Policy commitments have been hard to obtain with rapid political changes during times of conflict, and momentum seems lost on certain important areas like gender, but intensive lobbying has resulted in dedicated focal points in the Ministry of Education, e.g. for gender (each agency under MOES), HIV/AIDS and for ICT in education.

IHNFA runs three major programmes: the Family Welfare and Community Development Programme, with a predominantly preventive focus and with its main initiatives in three key areas, namely child welfare, strengthening the family and publicizing and promoting children’s rights; the Social Intervention and Protection Programme, which aims to protect children at social risk by avoiding placement in care and to that end involving the family and society in the process of intervention and restitution of rights.

Throughout consultations held since the launch of UN-Women, United Nations partners have made clear the main areas that UN-Women should prioritize in providing support to the United Nations system: (a) strengthening the capacity of the United Nations system at all levels to mainstream gender perspectives into individual portfolios and joint programmes of United Nations bodies; (b) supporting improved knowledge on the status of women in individual countries; and (c) leading the United Nations country teams in improving accountability for gender equality, including improved tracking of investments, and implementation of global policies, norms and standards.

The results showed that: (a) the demand for statistical training is increasing as more and more countries realize the critical importance of statistical information in formulating and monitoring development policies; (b) the three focus areas (the Millennium Development Goals, SNA and information and communications technology) in the strategic plan of the Institute for the academic years 2010-2014 were identified as high priority areas; and (c) the training programme should have a greater emphasis on the skills (competency) development of government officials, including higher level officials.

There are two main areas that have the potential for change: microbial pathogens, and harmful algal blooms.

She informed the Commission that the work of the secretariat had been focused on four key areas to direct and shape efforts to deal with the challenges and vulnerabilities: sustaining Asia-Pacific dynamism; building social inclusion and equity; pursuing sustainable development and resilience; and working for greater regional economic integration and support for countries in transition.

14.4 During the 2014-2015 period, the programme is expected to continue to concentrate its efforts on the following six focus areas: (a) increasing women’s leadership and participation in all areas that affect their lives, including in political and economic areas; (b) increasing women’s access to economic empowerment and opportunities, especially for those who are most excluded, particularly women living in poverty; (c) preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls and expanding access to survivor services; (d) increasing women’s leadership in peace, security and humanitarian response; (e) strengthening the responsiveness of plans and budgets in the area of gender equality at all levels; (f) supporting the development of global norms, policies and standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

These measures cumulatively seek to reaffirm the importance of compliance with the rule of law in U.S. detention practices, to ensure U.S. adherence to its international legal obligations, and to promote accountability and transparency in this important area of national security policy.

[...] [...] high-priority fields more efficient, [...]

IFAD would focus subsequent efforts on four main areas: promoting the active participation of indigenous organizations in the design of IFAD Country Programmes; improving the design, monitoring and evaluation of IFAD-funded projects using specific indicators; supporting the empowerment of indigenous peoples by promoting effective and sustainable indigenous organizations; and improving its advocacy in disseminating best practices at national, regional and international levels.

Canada’s holistic, multifaceted approach focuses on four main areas of activity in countries of the former Soviet Union: (a) strengthening the physical security of weapons-grade nuclear materials and facilities; (b) eliminating the use of plutonium through the shut down of the last plutonium-producing reactor in Russia and supporting international efforts to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium; (c) removing and securing highly radioactive sources to improve radiological security; and (d) improving border security to prevent the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radiological materials.

[...] [...] scientific progress in this important area.

[...] [...] 2009 noted that, although progress had been made in many key areas, notwithstanding [...] [...]

CARICOM agrees with the proposal outlined in the concept note (S/2012/195, annex) for an assessment to be conducted of the different United Nations structures, with a view to determining the extent to which they are meeting States’ capacity-building needs in this vital area, as well as improving the Organization’s ability to help Member States counter illicit flows.

[...] [...] Countries and as a major development partner of my country in a number of significant areas.

All least developed countries are lagging behind in these critical areas which are key drivers for transformation and have great potentials to change the development landscape of least developed countries if developed and harnessed properly.

He also indicated that animal feeding was an important sector of collaboration between the OIE and Codex and that the OIE was working on the development of guidelines on animal feeding (for both terrestrial and aquatic animals) which would complement the work already undertaken by Codex.

Those situations will remain important areas of interest for UNHCR in 2012 and 2013.

[...] [...] in three main areas: (a) fostering [...] [...]

The Report also identifies three main areas of opportunities for expanding trade and investment in the region: (a) Aligning production structures to meet regional demand; (b) Developing competitiveness in trade and investment in climate-smart goods and technologies (CSGTs).

[...] [...] Goals, focusing on three key areas: population [...] [...]

Furthermore, it is critical that salaries should be realigned as part of a sound wage policy so as to minimize the impact of strikes on key sectors, such as the health sector, as occurred during the period under review.

The main areas of common approach [...] [...]

Responding to the needs of media outlets and audiences around the world, United Nations Television continued to enhance its operations in three main areas: providing live feeds from meetings and other major events at United Nations Headquarters; producing varied news and feature-style programming; and generating video material for the broadest possible use on a growing number of web and mobile platforms.

The African Task Force on Food and Nutrition Development, the African Union Commission and its NEPAD programme, regional economic communities, UNICEF, WHO, FAO and WFP met in Addis Ababa in November 2009 to harmonize the implementation of the Africa Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005-2015) in order to address emerging nutrition issues such as increasing cases of hunger and famine and high food prices; developed a workplan that focuses on three main areas; coordination and resource mobilization; nutrition information and knowledge management; and capacity development in food and nutrition.

[...] [...] itself in all key areas of peacekeeping.

The Committee has discussed the following main areas for potential progress: continuing to improve assistance procedures; identifying and analysing assistance needs; continuing to develop a dialogue with relevant international, regional, subregional and, as appropriate, non-governmental organizations on assistance; strengthening the ability of the Committee and its experts to facilitate assistance; and increasing awareness of assistance issues.