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[...] [...] been done with the Bureau of Human Resources [...] [...]

Unfortunately, discussions of these issues have quickly become mired in sovereignty issues and political considerations, which have impeded progress.

[...] [...] the subregion through mediation and the provision of good offices, ensuring a coherent and coordinated United Nations system response to challenges [...] [...]

[...] general political impasse in the country.

[...] the legitimate authority, as this is crucial [...] [...]

In this context, it was suggested that both States Parties and the broader implementation community need to make sure that this actually happens, including moving beyond the general discussions of how to ensure that girls, boys, women and men have equal access to the resources generated through implementation of the Convention, and, by asking why progress has been so slow.

[...] [...] overcome the long-standing stalemate.

For example, UNODC could have better explained the rationale for transferring the Secretariat to the Governing Bodies (servicing the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice) and the Secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board from the Division for Treaty Affairs to the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, particularly with regard to the secretariats of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the International Narcotics Control Board, which are treaty bodies.

Without having all necessary details with which to provide an accurate financial forecast (if the Board’s discussions at the coming session provide clear guidance, further information could be provided at the 187th session), it may nevertheless be estimated that over a four-year period, the number of meeting days for the two sessions that period would contain could possibly be reduced from some 30 nowadays to maybe 22 (i.e. 15 and 7), with a possible saving over two biennia of some $2 million out of a total cumulative budget (at today’s figures) of around just over $8 million.

[...] [...] National Petroleum Authority for the best management [...] [...]

With the end of the cold war, a new opportunity for cooperation emerged, culminating in the combined effort of the five space agencies CSA, ESA, JAXA, NASA and Roscosmos (representing 15 countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States) to develop, launch and operate the International Space Station (ISS) since 1998.

The Chief of the Evaluation Office noted that the Office would work in close consultation with the Executive Board in the development of the evaluation policy of the Entity and would propose a work programme to meet with the Board in this regard.

The representative of the Philippines was from the Career Executive Service Board, the national agency responsible for the capacity-building of civil servants in the country.

[...] the Vietnamese authorities have contravened [...] [...]

UN-Women was scheduled to be formally launched on 24 February 2011, during the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which would provide an opportunity to support Member States and civil society partners in translating commitments and recommendations into concrete actions and determining how UN-Women could effectively advance such actions.

[...] [...] active legitimate civilian authority.