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The Ministers reiterated the Movement’s commitment to co-ordinate the efforts and strategies at national,

At its sixty-fourth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to mobilize all relevant entities of the United Nations system to provide the necessary financial and technical support to the Institute to enable it to fulfil its mandate; called upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to work closely with the Institute; requested the Secretary-General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation,

Terror organization PKK/Kongra-Gel, via its network and

This is currently ongoing and provides powers

Consider that new threats to security, such as all forms and manifestations of terrorism,

In order to strengthen operational cooperation among States of the region,

The Assembly called upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to work closely with the Institute; requested the Secretary-General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and

The Security Council notes with concern that transnational organized crime and drug trafficking can pose serious threats to international security in

Despite the existence of a number of multilateral forums, the lack of a

They should ensure that their regulatory frameworks are adequate, the applicability to business entities is clarified and, for the most extreme situation, make sure that the relevant agencies are properly resourced to address the problem of

defined the following as their urgent core priorities: ensuring regional security; fighting terrorism, separatism, extremism, illegal

While the Government continues working with the Joint Drug Interdiction Task Force to make Sierra Leone and the West African subregion drug-free, the

Regarding Security Sector Reform and the rule of law, the focus will be on: (a) the implementation of a national holistic Security Sector Reform strategy, including support through the ECOWAS/CPLP road map; (b) demobilization in the defence and security sectors and progress in the vetting and certification process for policing and internal security personnel, in accordance with gender and human rights standards; (c) increasing access to justice for the most vulnerable and strengthening the justice sector, including penitentiary reform,

There was a need to strengthen international

Bearing in mind the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by the Heads of State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations on 8 September 2000,1 in which Heads of State and Government resolved, inter alia, to strengthen respect for the rule of law in international as well as in national affairs, to take concerted action against international terrorism and accede as soon as possible to all the relevant international conventions, to redouble their efforts to implement their commitment to counter the world drug problem, and to intensify their efforts to fight

The Declaration clearly stipulates the importance of peace, security and development, highlighting the need to: strengthen respect for the rule of law; take concerted action against international terrorism; make a commitment to

For 2010, the State Department has allocated approximately $2 billion to high-priority programmes to support three interrelated objectives: first, to institutionalize the rule of law by developing partner countries’ criminal justice systems to strengthen law enforcement, increase judicial effectiveness, foster cooperation in legal affairs and advance respect for human rights; secondly, to disrupt the overseas production and trafficking of illicit drugs through targeted counter-narcotics efforts, institution-building assistance and stronger coordination with other Governments and international

The Declaration underlines the need to maintain peace, stability and cooperation, calls for the peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with universally agreed principles of international law, including the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and other relevant international maritime laws, and promotes confidence-building measures through cooperative projects in marine environmental protection, marine scientific research, the safety of navigation and communication

The impact of the global financial and economic crisis, rising food prices,

While in a number of countries, the positive impacts of globalization have been reaped in the form of rapid economic growth, globalization has also given rise to a range of challenging issues

It is noteworthy that at the fourth ASEAN-United Nations Summit, the ASEAN leaders and the Secretary-General of the United Nations agreed on the Joint Declaration on the Comprehensive Partnership between ASEAN and the United Nations, which inter alia, set areas of cooperation and mutual concerns to be explored further, including in peace and security

The need for international and regional cooperation and technical assistance was stressed, including measures to ensure witness protection, information exchange and

Reference was made to international and regional initiatives such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the Bali Process on

The member States will continue to step up bilateral and multilateral cooperation to jointly combat terrorism, separatism and extremism, illicit

In conclusion, we would like to reiterate how important it is to strengthen cooperation and the interaction among affected States, regional organizations and the various United Nations bodies to address the urgent needs for humanitarian aid and the many security-related,