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External sources (not reviewed)

As explained to the Advisory Committee, those new fields include gender budgeting and gender audits at the national level; implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, especially in the light of the recent uprisings in the region; political participation of women, especially at the political party level; gender-based

The results: there has been an institutional and normative strengthening of procedures and mechanisms for the assessment

Morocco has launched the third phase of its gender-sensitive budget experiment, which aims to fully integrate gender equality in budgetary processes, strengthen national ownership of gender mainstreaming

The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures to address those recommendations from the concluding observations on its third periodic report under the Convention and on its initial reports under the two Optional Protocols to the Convention that have not been implemented or insufficiently implemented, particularly those related to coordination, data collection, dissemination of the Convention, discrimination against

In the bulletin, the Secretary -General defines “sexual exploitation” and “sexual abuse” (sect. 1); provides that engaging in those defined acts is serious misconduct which, under the Staff Regulations, constitutes grounds for disciplinary measures, including summary dismissal (sect. 3.2 (a)); prohibits sexual activity with children (defined as persons under the age of 18 years) (sect. 3.2 (b)); prohibits the

In line with the provisions adopted by the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict concerning Côte d’Ivoire, UNOCI intensified its advocacy with

Given that the guiding principles (art. 4) refer to the need to “take measures to address gender-specific risks when developing tobacco control

The main attention of Ms. Suslova’s work addresses women’s human rights advocacy at the international level (CEDAW, Platform for Action) and national documents, training on gender sensitivity (NGOs, students, etc.) and gender mainstreaming (MPs and Parliament staff, ministries,

The company suggested that the design of the production

The execution of a written procurement contract under article 22 [**hyperlink**] of this Law is, however, not excluded, and specific formalities in

At its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly stressed the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the follow-up to and

The Subcommittee considered that the work in the following areas should be continued in the biennium 2011-2012: classification of desensitized explosives and oxidizing solids; issues related to dust explosion hazards; corrosivity

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of

The Ministers expressed concern that the world financial and economic crisis is still threatening the debt sustainability in some developing countries, inter alia, through its impact on the real economy and the increase in borrowing undertaken in order to mitigate the negative impacts of the crisis, and in that regard called upon all Governments to promote and contribute to the

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 pests and

In its resolution 63/240, entitled “Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms”, the General Assembly decided to establish an open-ended working group that would meet for up to six one-week sessions starting in 2009 in order to facilitate further consideration on the implementation of the relevant recommendation contained in paragraph 27 of the

All in all, as shown in the succinct presentation by main lines of action, the achievements of the various actions undertaken in the communication and the information programme indicate that, in general, during the 18 months of implementing document 31 C/5, substantial progress has been made towards reaching the three

These strategies will be prepared on the basis of systematic identification and

UN-Women will promote coordination and accountability in the United Nations system through evaluation in three main areas: (a) fostering joint evaluations on gender equality and serving as a repository of evaluations in the United Nations system on gender equality and women’s empowerment; (b)