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External sources (not reviewed)

peoples in domestic and local legal systems, and to ensure not only formal equality but also equality in practice of indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources; (b) a need to undertake a study on the impacts of land-use change and climate change on indigenous reindeer herders’ economies and land management; (c) a need to increase reindeer herders’ capacity in negotiating with developers competing for their grazing land in public or private industrial development and having access to free legal advice; and (d) a need to increase the transparency in decision-making concerning land use and resource exploration and exploitation.

safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the two IAEA resolutions Nos. GC(53)/RES/17, adopted in 2009, entitled Israeli nuclear capabilities, and GC(55)/RES/14 of 2011, entitled Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East; and General Assembly resolution 66/61 of 2011, entitled The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, which recalls that Israel remains the only State in the Middle East that has not yet become a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and reaffirms the importance of Israel’s accession to the Treaty and placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards.

the path towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

including the Millennium Development Goals

mitigate crises and effectively respond to economic shocks.

activities by the Taliban, Al-Qaida, illegal armed groups and those involved in the narcotics trade, in particular in the south and east, the development of Afghan Government institutions, including at the subnational level, the strengthening of the rule of law and democratic processes, the fight against corruption, the acceleration of justice sector reform, the promotion of national reconciliation, without prejudice to the fulfilment of the measures introduced by the Security Council in resolution 1267 (1999) of 15 October 1999 and other relevant resolutions, an Afghan-led transitional justice process, the safe and voluntary return of Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons in an orderly and dignified manner, the promotion and protection of human rights and the advancement of economic and social development

would review the issue of establishing a legally binding instrument on the right to development; it also hoped that the Committee would adopt the draft resolution by consensus.

endured by the Palestinian people under Israel’s occupation, and to salvage the two-State solution as the core of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement that brings an end to the Israeli occupation since 1967 and ensures the realization of the rights of the Palestinian people, including to self-determination and freedom in their independent State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.

the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, at its eighth meeting, held in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2006, to adopt the programme of work on island biodiversity (see UNEP/CBD/COP/8/31, annex I, decision VIII/1).

of the Congo, support the Government’s efforts and enhance its capabilities, along with international partners and neighbouring countries, to prevent the provision of support to armed groups, in particular support derived from illicit economic activities and illicit trade in natural resources, and consolidate and assess, jointly with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the pilot project of bringing together all State services in five trading counters in North and South Kivu in order to improve the traceability of mineral products

ensure appropriate security conditions for the successful completion of their tasks.