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[...] [...] do not hold leadership roles such as president and secretary because of poor literacy skills.

Countries which have a weak scientific and technological infrastructure will have less reason to adopt extensive patent protection, given that most of their technology is imported.

[...] [...] essential drugs and poor infrastructure.

Specific queries related to possible duplication of category 2 institutes with other United Nations-affiliated institutes and centres, the need to invite the directors of category 2 institutes and centres to participate in the Director-General’s consultations on the C/4 and the C/5 documents, the modalities for the operation of the sunset clause, the possible financial and legal liabilities of UNESCO for non-performing category 2 centres or those that lose their financial support, the cost and financial implications of engagement with such centres, the reasons for specific allocations (for INRULED), the cost and staff time involved in the proposed mapping exercises and feasibility studies, the proposed staff exchanges, the use of the UNESCO logo and the need for regular review of the agreements concluded regarding category 2 centres.

High pilot ratio valves require lower pilot pressure, have faster response, and are more efficient, but lack stability and precision in response to varying loads.

The challenge, however, was to seize such opportunities in the light of the very high transportation costs, small population sizes and low capacities and connectivity prevailing in Pacific island countries.

The Directorate-General has launched an inspection and enquiry into the workings of centres for older persons in order to establish the living conditions in such institutions; there are 16 such centres around the country, of which 2 are profit-making private centres, 2 are State-run and 12 are non-profit institutions that care for older persons living in poverty, and which are supported by private individuals and charities.

For example, each meeting was followed by a broad-based stocktaking discussion, looking at what worked well and what worked less well in order to document lessons learned that would then be fed into the planning of the subsequent meeting and its preparatory processes.

[...] [...] thermal conditions is poor, leading to [...] [...]

Any discrepancy between measured and [...]

Overuse of DDT has caused it to be less effective in fighting malaria.

Hearings are held through telephone conferences or videoconferences, which are not always reliable and/or are of poor quality, which prevents the Legal Officer from properly assessing the impact of submissions on the Tribunal during the hearing.

The literacy rate was low, unemployment was high, and housing and healthcare were poor.

[...] [...] socio-economic status and poorer health than the [...] [...]

[...] and road safety were still being addressed.

[...] [...] sector; the relatively poor cost-effectiveness [...] [...]

A second problem was reported regarding the identifier equipment supplied that in some cases turned out to be technically inadequate.

(60) While noting the efforts undertaken by the State party in the areas which affect adolescents, the Committee remains concerned at the high rate of teenage pregnancies, especially among girls from a lower socio-economic background and in the Overseas Territories, in particular Turks and Caicos.

This could deepen the differences among developing countries in terms of access to the international capital markets, which would oblige less well-endowed or more macroeconomically vulnerable countries to rely more heavily on financing from multilateral agencies or on more expensive financing under less advantageous conditions.

The city’s favelas are largely situated along mountainsides, and are already prone to both disasters and socio-environmental risks, such as poor infrastructure.

[...] whether the poor performance on this benchmark [...] [...]

Increasing the air pressure can improve atomization but may result in poor Transfer Efficiency (TE) or non-compliant operation.

Even in the case of life-skills education in schools and media campaigns a significant percentage of Member States (41 and 46 per cent, respectively) reported poor coverage.

Addressing the obstacles — such as poor market infrastructure and unfair competition — that stood in the way of progress for many developing countries would increase the opportunities for developing country farmers to raise food output.

With a notable absence of fanfare, in May 2009 the WHO, together with the UN Environment Program, reverted to endorsing less effective methods for preventing malaria, announcing that their goal is “to achieve a 30% cut in the application of DDT worldwide by 2014 and its total phase-out by the early 2020s, if not sooner.

Further alternative methods are less structured or regulated (request for quotations, competitive negotiations and single-source procurement), to reflect the particular circumstances in which they can be used (very low-value procurement, urgency, emergency, etc.); these circumstances make the use of more structured and regulated methods less appropriate or inappropriate.

In emergency situations, such as natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, older persons are especially vulnerable and should be identified as such because they may be isolated from family and friends and less able to find food and shelter.