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[...] [...] activities do not perpetuate violence and, in particular violence [...]

Various Member States also commended the work done by the different education institutes and the Education Sector, particularly with respect to EFA and issues relating to quality education.

A number of specific comments were made as follows: the concept of food safety is universal, thus there should be no exception, as presently in Article 4.2, allowing exporting countries to export food, which does not comply with its national legislation; the issue of implementation of the Code, especially by countries lacking a control system, should be clarified; the present text may contradict some of the principles of Codex insofar as they establish and draw upon national regulatory frameworks; the ethics of equal treatment in terms of commercial transactions and food aid and donations should be made clearer; and some of the provisions in the text may be contrary to WTO provisions.

Several delegations commended the secretariat [...] [...]

As defined in the preamble of the Declaration, enforced disappearances occur when persons are arrested, detained or abducted against their will or otherwise deprived of their liberty by officials of different branches or levels of Government or by organized groups or private individuals acting on behalf of, or with the support, direct or indirect, consent or acquiescence of the Government, followed by a refusal to disclose the fate or whereabouts of the persons concerned or a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of their liberty, which places such persons outside the protection of the law.

The present report also describes the [...] [...]

Assistance was provided to a number of African museums, including the African Council of Museums, and Gender equality was explicitly addressed through Viet Nam’s Gender Analysis conducted at museums in three provinces.

secretariat strengthen its efforts with regard to the sharing of experiences on the effectiveness of measures being employed to deal with the adverse impact of the financial and economic crisis and, in that regard, suggested that the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010 include policy options to mitigate the adverse impact of the crisis.

[...] [...] perspectives on issues that will be addressed [...] [...]

The Advisory Committee had commented in more detail on disciplinary issues in its report on investigations pursuant to General Assembly resolution 62/247 (A/63/492) and would address the issue of delegation of authority for disciplinary matters in the field in its forthcoming report on the administration of justice.

It is proposed that the Information Systems Officer (P-4) position be continued to provide systems support for the Peacekeeping Financing Division for all budget, troop cost and fund monitoring-related systems serving the Division, and to provide guidance for the development of strategies and a vision for integrating the peacekeeping budget submission requirements and the auxiliary systems supporting the Division into Umoja, which includes the articulation of the particular business requirements related to peacekeeping and coordination with the Umoja team.

The report addresses the political and [...] [...]

Building on the outcome of the 2008 mid-term review (E/ICEF/2008/18) and the in-depth review (E/ICEF/2010/9) of the MTSP, the report aims to (a) take stock of changes in the global context affecting children, including emerging issues; (b) review progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and commitments of the Millennium Declaration building on the discussions that took place at the General Assembly High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (“Millennium Development Goals Summit”), in September 2010; (c) identify and elaborate on key strategic shifts in the MTSP; and (d) present results in each focus area, based on lessons learned, analysis of progress and recent developments, and a review of management issues.

Recognizing that many Governments may not have met all the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action by 2014, we strongly support the call for Governments to recommit themselves at the highest level to achieving these goals and objectives and to reaffirm the Programme of Action, upholding its principles, and its key actions for their further implementation beyond 2014, to ensure their full achievement, as set out in Resolution A/RES/65/234 on Follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014.