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The Observer from WTO indicated that the Standard Trade Development Facility (STDF) had held an information session on private standards in conjunction with the last SPS Committee meeting and that the SPS Committee had agreed to establish a working group on private standards and to consider this question further at its next session.

[...] [...] EFA; regular press briefing on UNESCO activities; [...] [...]

The Observer indicated that this issue had been on the agenda of the SPS Committee since June 2005 and that three information sessions had also been held since that date, and that the concerns raised by WTO Members were related to 1) effects of private standards on market access; 2) development concerns; and 3) legal issues in relation to the WTO Agreements.

[...] cleaning method that may allow solvent into the gun air passages.

However, as with any form of anaesthesia and airway management in infants and children where ventilation is inadequate, desaturation is likely to occur faster [...]

Other suggested areas of priority attention included: climate change, disaster prevention and preparedness, minimizing biodiversity loss through sustainable management [...] [...]

[...] the work of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, the representative of the Republic of Korea informed the Committee that his [...] [...]

[...] of Thailand informed the Committee that his country was the only member State with membership in both the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones and the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee.

A positive head reservoir is required to maintain a positive inlet pressure when operating, and to keep air out of internal passageways when shut down.

Keep film away from any such contamination—for example, closets or drawers that contain mothballs—otherwise, desensitization of the silver-halide grains or chemicals fogging can occur.

[...] [...] in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines most recently [...] [...]

[...] Nations system has intensified its work on climate change through the CEB Climate Change Action Framework, which was launched [...] [...]

Trapped air can cause the pump to cycle unexpectedly, which could result in serious injury from splashing or moving parts.

At the 2nd meeting, Ms. Renate Christ, from the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) secretariat, informed delegates about the plans by this group to undertake further technical assessment of alternative common metrics to calculate the carbon dioxide (CO ) equivalence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

[...] [...] and natural gas pipelines that will create an energy and trade corridor to China’s [...] [...]

During this session, the SHS and SC Commissions examined the resolution proposed in document 35 C/COM SC/DR.1 (submitted by: Austria, Belgium, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Finland, Iceland, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Slovenia, Sweden, Tuvalu, Uruguay; co-sponsored by: Barbados, Costa Rica, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Monaco, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Suriname, and Zambia), requesting the Director-General to strengthen UNESCO’s specialized capacity on climate change, building upon UNESCO’s unique interdisciplinary profile.

It was informed that, while the Executive Director was ultimately responsible for internal and external coherence of UNODC, the D-1 Chief of Branch would also contribute to ensuring coherence by linking together the Secretariat of the Governing Bodies, donor relations and resource mobilization, strategic planning, and communication and advocacy.

The delegation of India informed the Commission about the progress of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and mentioned that the country had virtually eliminated its list of sensitive goods from the least developed member countries of SAARC.

The Executive Secretary informed the Commission [...] [...]

Cooperation with the work of the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: (a) in recognition of the work developed by the ARPEL Climate Change Working Group since its creation in 1999, the secretariat of the Framework Convention accepted ARPEL as an official observer to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and its subsidiary bodies, during the tenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2004 in Buenos Aires; (b) ARPEL report on the contribution of the oil and gas industry to greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented at the same Conference; (c) participation of ARPEL at the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in November and December 2005 in Montreal, Canada.

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has proven that the most vulnerable populations live in the developing world on mega deltas, small island developing States, and cities by the sea, such as Dhaka; Jakarta; Mumbai, India; and Shanghai, China.

[...] Electrician/Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Technicians (national General Service) are required in the Facilities Management Unit to supplement the existing staffing of 12 Electricians/HVAC Technicians to support the maintenance of electrical and other related [...] [...]

[...] between UNESCO and the Member States concerned [...] [...]