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The Assembly also authorized the Secretary-General to award a minimum of one scholarship in 2011 under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, subject to the availability of voluntary contributions made for that fellowship.

Solomon Islands also thanks its Melanesian neighbour Papua New Guinea for its ongoing [...] [...]

They acknowledged the efforts to respond to the directions given by the last General Conference, and welcomed the clear statement of overarching and strategic programme objectives, the designation of Africa and gender equality as the only global priorities throughout the period of the Medium-Term Strategy, the specific and targeted interventions envisaged for youth, LDCs and SIDS, as well as the attention to results-based management and the culture of evaluation.

[...] the Government of Yemen and the assistance [...]

[...] include the adoption of specific legislation on non-discrimination; the development of a national campaign to promote multiculturalism and respect for the dignity of the Afro-Ecuadorian people; the adoption of measures to reduce the educational gap that exists between Afro-Ecuadorians and the wider population; the introduction of ethno-education for people of African descent; the strengthening of Afro-Ecuadorian civil society; measures to eliminate racism and discrimination in the media; further efforts to encourage participation of persons of African descent in public administration; the establishment of a centre for Afro-Ecuadorian studies; the further development of free legal aid services; the creation within the office of the Ombudsman of a sub-unit dedicated to issues related to people of African descent and the creation of special programmes to promote the education of women of African descent.

[...] to police reform and thanked the United Kingdom, [...]

[...] [...] his informative briefing; and Mr. Prodi for introducing [...] [...]

I thank him for his exhaustive briefing and introduction [...]

I would like to thank the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), Ambassador Heller, for the joint statement, as well as Ambassador Apakan and Ambassador MayrHarting, the Chairmen of the two Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1267 (1999), respectively, for the work of their Committees and the respective expert groups.

Yemen thanked the UAE for accepting [...] [...]

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

His country appreciated the efforts of UNHCR, and in particular the drive towards greater efficiency and decentralization.

[...] [...] Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP), the education sector’s plan to materialize Vision 2030: strengthening the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the education system through EMIS; enhancing [...] [...]

The Sector addresses the gender [...] [...]

[...] United Nations Programme through ongoing extrabudgetary [...] [...]

In conclusion, he thanked the Member States such as Japan, the United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Senegal which had, thanks to their financial and material contribution, helped towards the process of devising the platform of action for science and technology.

(Yemen) ( spoke in Arabic ): Allow me on behalf of the Republic of Yemen to thank the President for his [...] [...]

The Commission expressed its appreciation to Indonesia for contributing to the Trust Fund since the forty-fourth session of the Commission and to organizations that had contributed to the programme by providing funds or by hosting seminars.

[...] [...] Fedotov, for their briefings and the Secretary-General [...] [...]

The representative of Japan, while expressing gratitude for the warm assistance extended by the international community following the great east Japan earthquake and tsunami, informed the Commission that Japan would take steps to share its experience and lessons learned on the various preventive and risk reduction measures which mitigated damage.

Mr. Menan (Togo) ( spoke in French ): I too would like to thank and commend the Force Commanders from the various peacekeeping missions who are here, not only for their very useful briefings but also for the work they are doing on the ground, often in difficult circumstances.

The Lead IA, along with the Cooperating IA will also undertake the challenging task of monitoring illegal ODS imports and exports with advisements made to the appropriate national agencies through the National Ozone Unit (NOU).

[...] [...] prevent violations through the immediate [...]

Since 2008, strong collaboration among the Service for the Fight against Racism, the Federal Commission against Racism, Humanrights.ch, an information platform for human rights, and other services providing consultation services in cases of racism, has led to monitoring projects on cases concerning racism and the development of an online database that follows up on the cases.

[...] [...] including the private sector where relevant, to support sustainable forest management activities with local communities, for example through their corporate [...]