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[...] call for a sharpening of concepts [...]

Yet, they were acutely aware of the continuing gap between ambitious pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the actual amount required according to science to avoid disaster.

Further sensitization and awareness raising of education policy-makers to the importance of media literacy as a key component of teacher education, if not in school curricula, remains a critical challenge, as is the need for strong collaboration between education and communication and information specialists.

As we evaluate developments on the Palestinian question, we note the continuing flagrant contradictions between the efforts of the international community to resume peace negotiations and developments on the ground through which Israel, the occupying Power, seeks to impose a de facto reality that continues to hinder the peace process.

As outlined in the first annual progress report on the implementation of the global field support strategy (A/65/643), following the application of a specific project methodology, including a cost-benefit analysis, projected initial investment, recurring costs, risk and mitigation factors and implementation plans detailing the phases and milestones of process to be transferred, the following four initial projects have been identified for transfer of functions and related resources to the Regional Service Centre at Entebbe: check-in and check-out of field personnel, processing of education grants, operation of a regional training and conference centre, and the operation of the Transportation and Movements Integrated Control Centre.

The Working Group recommends that, as a measure to combat discrimination against people of African descent in the administration of justice, appropriate training be organized for all those who are part of the justice system, including judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers and child welfare workers, to ensure they are sensitive to issues related to culture, diversity, racism and racial profiling.

Federal Republic of Germany: welcomes the confirmation of applicable international law and this recommendation of provisions which at the time were already regarded as deriving from the concept of protection contained in Article 46 (2) and Article 56 (2) of the Annex to the Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907 and which were later dealt with more specifically in the 1954 (First) Protocol to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.