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External sources (not reviewed)

As results achieved and difficulties encountered were reviewed in much detail in each of these documents, it would be redundant to repeat their contents hereafter.

[...] people in my life and in my ministry as a religious leader, and I would like to ask the international community, especially the developed countries, not to underestimate the resourcefulness of the poor and not to find them burdensome.

The Director-General has also borne in mind that the present C/4 and C/5 system is rather complex and cumbersome, that it has too many layers with too many categories difficult to distinguish (e.g. cross-cutting themes, mainstreaming, flagships, principal and other priorities), that it limits flexibility to meet evolving programme resource needs, that intersectoral efforts are too often an afterthought in the programming exercise and that monitoring does not receive sufficient attention.

While there is no need to repeat any of these here, since they have been submitted separately to the Executive Committee under the annual work programmes for each of the sector plans, it is useful to briefly introduce the work that has been carried out in the control of imports and exports of ODS under the project.

It was also agreed that the commentary should be expanded to include additional examples of situations in which exclusions might be appropriate, including where there were burdensome assets, such as assets carrying an environmental liability or assets that would be difficult or costly to administer, or where the consequences of fraud might be exacerbated if certain assets were to be included in the order for substantive consolidation.

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 [...] [...]

As regards activities under the “ethics of science and technology, in particular bioethics”, the suggestion was made to place more emphasis on information and sensitization of the public-at-large and decision-makers, on the development of further normative instruments, on the promotion of ethics education, on the ethics of the use of science and technology, capacity-building and on multidisciplinary action.

[...] [...] technology, the promotion of local and indigenous knowledge systems [...] [...]

These 12 posts comprise one P-2 post of Associate Economic Affairs Officer under executive direction and management; one P-2 post under subprogramme 1, Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 2, Production and innovation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 3, Macroeconomic policies and growth; one P-2 post under subprogramme 5, Social development and equality; one P-2 post under subprogramme 12, Subregional activities in Mexico and Central America; one Local level post under subprogramme 13, Subregional activities in the Caribbean; and one P-4 temporary post, one P-2 post and three Local level posts under programme support.