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a number of issues, including how sustainability would be achieved, how the information on the various outcomes would be disseminated to relevant facilities in China, the eligibility of some of the proposed supporting activities under a pilot project, the high costs of destruction compared to similar projects approved for other countries, and how the destruction and waste management approaches used in the pilot demonstration projects would be extended to sectors other than domestic refrigeration.

Procedural Questions to strengthen the transparency of the Council’s working methods by reviewing and updating the relevant presidential note (S/2006/507), thereby enhancing the rule of law in the everyday work of the Council.

been done and the important role in raising the level of awareness of and in giving added visibility to the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and for the ongoing efforts to promote and protect their rights in order to ensure equitable development and peaceful and stable societies, including through close cooperation with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies and mechanisms and non-governmental organizations; and invited the Independent Expert on minority issues to report annually to the General Assembly (resolution 66/166).

report on investing in people (A/61/255), including in relation to the development of a new talent management system, he welcomed the Secretariat’s efforts to enhance its transparency and improve interaction with Member States, which would help to strengthen mutual trust.

Sectors) of linkages between biodiversity and cultural diversity and called for its continuation and strengthening.

Children and Armed Conflict, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in coordination with the Government of Sri Lanka to contribute actively to the protection of children.

on the implementation of the recommendations it accepted.

the international community, to assist African countries of asylum, and urged the international community, in the spirit of international solidarity and burden-sharing, to continue to fund generously the refugee programmes of the Office, taking into account the substantially increased needs of programmes in Africa (resolution 66/135).

and reporting at the highest level, and requesting you to strengthen monitoring and reporting of the situation of children in Somalia and, through the established country-level task force, to support the Transitional Federal Government in the preparation of a time-bound action plan to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to conduct a dialogue with all other stakeholders, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005) and 1882 (2009).

work, which had resulted in the Office becoming fully operational at an early stage, and reiterated the support of member States for the work currently carried out by the Office in accordance with the mandates given to it by the member States.

on the phase-out of CFC in the production sector, and expresses the expectation that, in the next two years, Argentina will continue the implementation of its programmed activities with outstanding progress, and will sustain and build upon its current levels of reductions in CFCs.

of the Secretariat for its coordinating role in supporting the Government of Haiti in ensuring a coherent international response to the humanitarian emergency

of the Quartet to remain actively involved and the need for strong international support to promote the peace process, and calling for the resumption and acceleration of negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides towards a comprehensive resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, on the basis of relevant Security Council resolutions and the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, in order to ensure a political solution, with two States – Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable Palestinian State – living side by side in peace and security

Council (see S/PV.6702), personally presided by President Zuma, on the critical cooperation, under Chapter VIII of the Charter, between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, in particular the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, in the prevention, management and resolution of regional crises.

world since its first session in 1963, as the earth’s population had doubled and the value of global food trade had multiplied by 22.

efforts in assisting the people of Tokelau in their endeavours to realize self-determination.

development through, inter alia, support for initiatives such as promoting the reduction, reuse and recycling (3R) approach and mottainai in its work on green growth and by increasing efforts for the implementation of Commission resolution 64/3 on promoting renewables for energy security and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

partnerships to implement the forest instrument and in providing focused input to the Forum sessions according to the new multi-year programme of work of the Forum on Forests.

on the international community not only to honour its commitments to Palestine but also to increase its economic and social development assistance.

NPT, and consider that the conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions of the Conference represent an outcome that can be built upon and further enhanced in the near future in order to realize a world free from nuclear weapons.

extensive bilateral consultations with all member States of the Conference.

the first State of Asian Cities report jointly with UN-Habitat, UNEP and United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific.

(CCW/P.V/CONF/2007/PC/3) and the adjustments agreed ad referendum, and attached particular importance to further developing a mechanism to facilitate consultations, cooperation and assistance.