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External sources (not reviewed)

and depth of technical cooperation activities.

activities and other services.

resulting in actual phase-out of MB; and they could be easily adapted to strawberry production areas that are already equipped with drip irrigation systems.

to the local level — and then using UNCDF capital to “prime the pump” — UNCDF helps to increase the flow of capital into investments that promote the achievement of Millennium Development Goals in pilot districts.

through advocacy and technical support to strategic planning.

three ongoing cross-cutting leadership programmes: the senior mission leaders’ programme, a two-week course, conducted twice annually at a host Member State, for 26 candidates from Member States, the Secretariat, the United Nations agencies, programmes and funds); the senior leaders’ programme, a compulsory orientation course for all mission personnel at the D-2 level and above, conducted twice annually in New York; and SMART, an intensive year-long programme involving distance learning and three week-long workshops for two groups of 40 candidates.

atmosphere to protect investors and their capital.

the information technology skills of Secretariat staff; build and strengthen linguistic capabilities; and support career development and upgrade substantive skills.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and Yemen, as well as to the authorities of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to Kosovo.

(3.8 per cent) and common support services (1.5 per cent).

and prices; the impact of extreme volatility in global food prices; and the fiscal constraints in many developing countries that have already led to cutbacks in important public expenditures and social development gains, thereby affecting access to basic services, reversing social development gains and adversely affecting their quality of life.

and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean Countries, Least Developed Countries), Program 10 (Cooperation with Certain Countries in Europe and Asia), Program 11 (The WIPO Academy), Program 19 (Communications), Program 20 (External Offices and Relations), Program 27 (Conference and Language Services) and Program 30 (SMEs and Innovation).

jobs and produce goods and services profitably — the source of wealth creation.

the regulatory framework governing innovation; encouragement for the growth of small-sized businesses and micro-businesses; strengthening of the commercial defence; creation of special regimes to add value and technology in the productive chain; and the regulation of the public procurement law to encourage production and innovation in the country.

and social benefits and protection, to property, to equality before the law, to political representation and participation and the general prohibition on non-discrimination.

Allocation Framework in the GEF may have affected access to funding, and how the operating procedures and administrative arrangements of different organizations have impacted on the success, cost and timing of mobilizing co-funding.

extracted through torture, the number of such complaints which led to investigations, and the outcomes of these investigations, including punishments meted out to convicted perpetrators, if any, and reparations and compensation offered to victims, if any.

of transport and trade facilitation to GSCs.

General Assembly on the Improvement of the Status of Women in the United Nations system (A/65/334) reported that except at the ungraded levels (i.e., Assistant Secretary-General and above), where the representation of women increased by more than one percentage point on average (an average annual increase of 1.75 per cent over a two-year reporting period from 31 December 2007 to 31 December 2009), the average annual increase was less than one percentage point per year for all other levels.