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External sources (not reviewed)

the UNEP post-conflict branch to be extended to field operations; annual conference to address existing issues of contract management, performance and resolution agreement with contractors on overcoming shortfalls with respect to rations; eleventh annual plenary meeting of the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, which focuses on GIS data sharing and technology exchange as well as development of the United Nations spatial data infrastructure; annual NATO Partnership for Peace geospatial conference for the exchange of GIS data and applications; and coordination meetings with NATO, the European Union Satellite Centre and the European Commission Joint Research Centre.

a better understanding among university students and young professionals of important global issues and the role of the United Nations in addressing them in seven locations in Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States.

on poverty reduction; encourage reforms at the Bretton Woods institutions; secure greater capital in order to fund development; be proactive in anticipating potential future challenges such as climate change; set up income redistribution policies as a way of reducing the costs of volatility in markets; stabilize exchange rate regimes through the use of reserve funds and loans from regional banks; foster the transition towards a green, fair and equitable economy; encourage social equity for a better preservation of the environment; set up policies to increase the creation of employment opportunities; put in place national legislation to encourage the use of renewable energies posing no threat to food security; maintain over time the stability of subsidies for renewable energy use; and better coordinate macroeconomic policies at the global level.

on youth and to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (i) workshops for Somali youth in support of gender equality education, as called for in the Agreed Conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women; (j) a public forum against nuclear weapons.

as WTO and regional trade agreements, and research on intellectual property.

status as a Non-Self-Governing Territory, with a view to accepting the Territory’s future political status once chosen by its people

seminars for practitioners and students, all of which were intended to broaden and advance the knowledge of space law.

from events in the Arab world or other international events which have been presented to the university by experts involved in security organizations and the administration of criminal justice in Arab countries.

the protection and preservation of the marine environment from activities in the Area, and the process and status of the legal regimes established for recovery of seabed minerals, as well as presentations on relevant regional issues with respect to the law of the sea.

opinion to the question of Palestine and the peace process and at enhancing dialogue and understanding between Palestinians and Israelis for the promotion of a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including by fostering and encouraging the contribution of the media in support of peace between the two sides

wide participation and contributed to institutionalizing ethics training.

on detected gaps and thematic issues, as well as elaborate possible additional practical proposals, in order to facilitate the implementation of the priority recommendations for the Committee’s future action.