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That, as influenza has been prevalent recently and there is also a possibility that a number of communicable diseases may break out in Hong Kong, and given that children and the elderly are high-risk groups whose health may be more seriously affected by these communicable diseases, this

WHO recommends that any specimens with a positive result using testing approaches, including rapid antigen detection, virus culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for influenza A virus and suspected of avian influenza infection should be further tested and

To fight against NCDs, my country has taken the following operational measures: the establishment of a cancer registry, in 1992; the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in 2005; the adoption by the National Assembly of a law on tobacco control, in 2006; a decree providing free treatment of cancers affecting women, in 2007; campaigns to screen for and treat cancer; the construction, in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency, of a national centre to combat cancer; the adoption by the National Assembly of legislation relating to the creation of an official administrative agency known as the national centre for

Creating an effective assistance mechanism at the national level, in particular through integration of Convention implementation in United

The Group urges relevant international organizations and partners to increase technical assistance for research and

It supports IEEE 1588v2 and synchronous Ethernet (for future

Second, governments should oppose international restrictions on DDT and withhold all funding

Encourages Member States, relevant organizations of the United Nations system, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and civil society to continue to observe World Malaria Day and to collaborate in the observance of the final year of the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa, in order to

The Director-General of the OIE informed the Commission of the OIE activities relevant to the work of Codex, the recent conclusion of two new mutual agreements with FAO and WHO, the work of the OIE Animal Production Food Safety Working Group, whose membership included several experts having Codex background and from FAO and WHO, the adoption in May 2005 of the Strategic Plan for the period 2006-2010 with emphasis

The international community should

GTSS was initiated in 1998 by the World

Prior to joining CCP, he was Director of the Communication Group and International Programs for Prospect Associates, President of Saffitz, Alpert & Associates, and Vice President/Account Group Head at Porter Novelli, where in 1979,

Enhanced collection and availability of information concerning different youth activities and projects (e.g. production of two CD-ROMs and publications, computer literacy and internet training courses); Improved process of elaboration and management of youth policies and programmes through regional consultations; Increased use of ICTs in HIV/AIDS

The organization actively participates in several meetings hosted by United Nations organizations, including: the WHO Stop Tuberculosis meetings in 2008 and 2009; the Roll Back Malaria implementer’s meeting in 2009; the WHO meeting on non-communicable diseases in 2009; meetings with UNICEF to develop new policies and recommendations with members of the Zinc Task Force (for the management of diarrhoea in low-income countries); meetings of the UNICEF working group on a comprehensive

(Observer for the European Union), speaking also on behalf of the acceding country Croatia; the candidate countries Iceland and Montenegro; and, in addition, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, said that, while the European Union regretted the late introduction of the reports on funding and backstopping arrangements for special political missions, it looked forward to a

WFCA supports, promotes and develops chief officers in the 10 states included in the Western Division of the International Association of

As for the chemicals management in Japan, Ms Keiko Segawa introduced the