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small island developing States with a focus on the Pacific.

of Discrimination against Women and had in place a law to protect women from violence, in conformity with the Convention, in order to give women an appropriate share in the Government and social life in Afghanistan.

of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, and its commitment to the full implementation of the political declaration on Africa’s development needs; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of the resolution to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the basis of inputs from Governments, organizations of the United Nations system and other stakeholders in the New Partnership (resolution 64/258).

zone in the Middle East in accordance with Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and paragraph 14 of Council resolution 687 (1991) and the relevant General Assembly resolutions adopted by consensus; and, pending its establishment, NAM demands that Israel, the only country in the region that has not joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or declared its intention to do so, renounce possession of nuclear weapons, accede to the Treaty without further delay, place promptly all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency fullscope safeguards according to Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and conduct its nuclear-related activities in conformity with the non-proliferation regime.

the expansion of Israeli settlements, he also again called on Israel to cease expansion of settlements in the West Bank and its demolition of Palestinian homes there and in East Jerusalem, which were severely damaging the social and economic structures of the West Bank and Gaza, increasing unemployment, poverty and reliance on humanitarian assistance and directly affecting the enjoyment of economic and social rights.

on the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, which had been and must continue to be based on the principle of land for peace, without allowing for pressure, threats or use of force, but focusing on the right of the people of Palestine and Israel to live together in peace and the obligation of both States to respect the borders established by the United Nations in 1967, which could not be modified unilaterally or on the basis of false realities or in the name of myths inspired by religion.

to the international community, including the Security Council, to uphold its legal obligations and responsibilities and to act forthwith to bring an end to this unlawful and dangerous situation and to salvage the prospects of realizing a just, comprehensive and lasting peace settlement by which, inter alia, the Palestinian people will realize their right to self-determination and freedom in their independent, sovereign, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of the pre-1967 borders.

other actors involved in efforts to create a culture of protection, in which Governments shoulder their responsibilities; armed groups respect the norms of international law; the private sector recognizes the impact of its engagement in countries in conflict in the context of international humanitarian law and human rights; and finally, Member States, as well as regional and international organizations, act in a swift and decisive manner when facing humanitarian crises.

through other appropriate international procedures within the framework of the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter.

of funds appropriated for general temporary assistance, which are intended to be used for the temporary replacement of staff on extended sick leave or maternity leave or the engagement of additional staff during peak workload periods, and not to finance de facto regular budget posts that are of a continuing nature (see, inter alia, A/50/7/Add.2).

and effective international supervision in order to ensure that an independent Palestinian State will be created within the 1967 borders and with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital; that a just and agreed solution will be found to the issue of Palestinian refugees in accordance with General Assembly resolution 194 (III) of 1948; and that all detainees and prisoners will be released.

for the delay should be indicated when the report was introduced; and (c) decided that, if a report was submitted late to the conference services, the reasons for the delay should be included in a footnote to the document.

article 12 of the Convention requires a derogation from the system of discretionary prosecution, so as to oblige the competent authorities to launch impartial inquiries systematically and on their own initiative wherever there are reasonable grounds for believing that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction, in order to effectively ensure that the perpetrators of such crimes do not remain unpunished.

of Geneva Call as inconsistent with the above view.

armed conflict in Chad (S/2008/532) that the respective United Nations country teams in the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, as well as UNAMID, UNMIS, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) and the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) peacekeeping and political missions, dedicate the required resources to ensure that mechanisms are in place for information exchange and cooperation on cross-border child protection concerns such as the recruitment, release and reintegration of children.

and, in its next periodic report, provide the Committee, with reliable and comprehensive statistical data on the ethnic composition of its population and its economic and social indicators disaggregated by ethnicity, gender, including on Aboriginal (indigenous) peoples, African Canadians and immigrants, to enable the Committee to better evaluate the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of various groups of its population.

of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly.

to strive for a consensus with different parties and Members on the political review and development after 2007, in the hope that we can work together to create new dimensions of development for Hong Kong, and that our future political development can meet the needs of the community of Hong Kong.

in this area, especially through the UNESCOled World Water Assessment Programme and the preparation of the World Water Development Reports.

Administrative and Budgetary Questions.

projects should result in a phase-out of HCFCs to count against the consumption identified in the HPMP, and that no such projects could be approved after 2010 unless they were part of the HPMP; and (ii) that, if the individual project approach were used, the submission of the first project should provide an indication of how the demonstration projects related to the HPMP and an indication of when the HPMP would be submitted.

in the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom; recalled its declaration and special communiqué on the exploration for fossil fuels on the continental shelf around the Islands, adopted by the Heads of State and Government of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Unity Summit held in Mexico on 22 and 23 February 2010; rejected the military activities of the United Kingdom in the Islands, which ran counter to the region’s policy of seeking a solution to the dispute through peaceful means; and also recalled the declaration on that matter that had been adopted in Santiago in October 2010 (see A/C.4/66/SR.2).

stated that BDTCs would retain an appropriate status which, without conferring on them the right of abode in the United Kingdom, would entitle them to continue to use passports issued by the British Government.

in discussions during the current meeting and other meetings, and because the Executive Committee was already working hard to finalize the guidelines for funding of production facilities for HCFCs and other important tasks related to the production sector.

the United Nations system and the international community with comprehensive and scientifically sound inputs for the analysis of progress made in achieving the goals and objectives on population and development set in the outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences, especially the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the key actions for its further implementation and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (Commission resolution 2004/1).

the process and to envisage and discuss the modalities of participation with the national authorities and with the United Nations country teams.

in this regard, the necessity of the engagement of member countries, and the close linkages between FAO’s resource mobilization strategy and the country programming process.

and requests that the International Organization for Migration, OHCHR, UN-Women, UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and ILO report periodically to the Permanent Forum on their progress in addressing the problems faced by indigenous migrant women and girls, including the alarming trend of trafficking within and across national and international borders.