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Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological

A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned

The Commission was informed about recent activities of the Subregional

The Conference’s rule of unanimity

Zimbabwe has reported that it has mined areas that straddle its border with Mozambique, that issues of access and responsibility for clearance of these mined areas have been discussed at the technical level between the two countries’ respective national mine action authorities,

One member informed the Committee that a discussion paper on the

The Commission was informed that the 2012 SPECA Economic Forum, which was scheduled to be held in Bangkok on 27 and 28

The delegation also noted that the Special Rapporteur had identified a number of areas of concern, including the need to develop binding national guidelines to address land reform; making the legislative process more transparent by sharing draft legislation with an impact on human rights issues with the

As an outcome of the conference, participants agreed to establish an International Contact Group on Libya, which would, first, provide leadership and overall political direction to the international effort, in close coordination with the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the OIC and

Attended by high-level officials, including Heads of States and Governments, heads of agencies, ministers, ambassadors, other senior government officials, renowned experts, chief executive officers and civil society

It decided also that the Council should: (a) be responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction

By paragraph 7 of resolution 1896 (2009), the Council also expanded the mandate of the Group of Experts to include the task to produce, taking into account paragraph 4 (g) of resolution 1857 (2008), drawing inter alia on

Also at the same meeting, the Commission heard presentations by the following on the outcomes of intersessional events: Mr. Akira Nitta (Japan), on the outcomes of the “Inaugural

At the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

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Some delegations reiterated the commitment of their countries to the peaceful use and exploration of outer space and emphasized the following principles: equal and non-discriminatory access to outer space and equal conditions for all States, irrespective of their level of scientific, technical and economic development; non-appropriation of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, by claim of sovereignty, use, occupation or any other means; non-militarization of outer space, and its exploitation strictly for the improvement of living conditions and peace on the planet; and

The expected outcomes under this agenda item include: (a) the identification of emerging issues that merit policy-oriented attention; (b) the identification of progress achieved and gaps requiring priority attention with regard to the implementation of Commission mandates; (c) follow-up actions to major global conferences; (d) the articulation of Asian and Pacific

In addition to national best practices, the side event focused on the relevance of existing regional bodies and initiatives in the area of food security and nutrition such as the Asia and the Pacific Regional Food Security Framework among the FAO, ADB and IFAD; the Regional Thematic Working Group on Poverty and Hunger; the Association of

It also participated in: (a) consultation tours and public meetings on the Commission on the Status of Women; (b) annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration programmes pertaining to the abolition of nuclear weapons; (c) national conferences on women and peace, disarmament, non-violence and sustainable clean energy; (d) various discussions and events on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000); (e) campaigns such as “Make Poverty History”; (f) public lectures on the abolition of war, women and development, anti-trafficking and demilitarization; (g) a peacebuilding symposium in Rwanda; (h) presentations to examine the impact of war 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