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Following a discussion, the Executive Committee decided to approve the pilot project for validation of methyl formate as a blowing agent in

During the period under consideration, main activities included the promotion of policies and standards to raise awareness and monitoring progress towards universal access particularly by focusing on the implementation of the

The majority of recommendations had been identified as constructive and target-oriented, and many of

The 63rd meeting considered the 2011-2014 consolidated business plan of the Multilateral Fund, and after making some amendments to the projects proposed, the Executive Committee endorsed the 2011-2014 consolidated business plan while noting that endorsement denoted neither approval of the projects identified therein nor their funding or tonnage levels; established a window for ODS destruction for LVC countries, pursuant to decision XXI/2 of the Twenty-first Meeting of the Parties, amounting to US $3 million; and decided that the

The Commission applauded the head of the Subregional Office for North and Central Asia for his leadership and efficient work, which had

Special and differential treatment and policy flexibility for LDCs

In paragraphs 10 to 17 of his report (A/64/532), the Secretary-General provides information on the status of

To realize this potential, Governments must integrate poverty reduction and

It entails raising the troop level to 17,731 uniformed personnel and a set of enablers and force multipliers aimed at achieving a fine balance between the operational requirements and a realistic level of resources

In pursuance of the Organization of Education Act, royal decrees have been

Through targeted engagement with eight operations – Chad, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Kenya, Malaysia and the Syrian Arab Republic – the Office is

China elaborated on the adoption of legislative decisions and the strengthening of anti-terrorism efforts, including through the establishment of legal definitions of terrorist activities, organizations and their members by reference to the international conventions to which China had acceded; the adoption of a multi-pronged approach to the prevention and punishment of economic fraud; the progress made in the field of prevention of crimes against children and the strengthening of the protection of their rights; the promotion of international cooperation to combat corruption; the strengthening of criminal justice assistance to combat transnational organized crime effectively; the improvement of online security to enhance capacity to prevent and combat cybercrime; and the amendment of legislation to extend the scope of

Turning to the Advisory Committee’s report on a strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations (A/64/7/Add.15), which concerned the revised estimates under various sections of the proposed programme budget for 2010-2011 as well as the budget for the International Criminal Tribunal

The objectives of the amendments were manifold: (a) to streamline certain rules and ensure that they better translated the letter and spirit of the relevant provisions of the statute; (b) to ensure that the amended rules were consistent with other relevant rules; (c) to encourage, to the extent possible, cooperation with the Tribunal on the part of States and organizations, as well as the use of sources of sensitive information; (d) to meet the operational needs of the ongoing investigation; and (e) to protect

These included the following observations: that since the Rules provide not only for arbitration but for negotiation and facilitated settlement as well, care should be taken not to render those aspects of the Rules inapplicable, particularly

Zimbabwe has reported that it has mined areas that straddle its border with Mozambique, that issues of access and responsibility for clearance of these mined areas have been discussed at the technical level between the two countries’ respective national mine action authorities, that these issues will be subject to discussion in due course at bilateral high level government forums that already exist between the two countries and that no problems in

The closer integration expected within value chain networks benefits from the ability to define common standards and to collaboratively manage product

Various practical solutions were proposed to improve the level of participation in co-hosted sessions: that venue countries should consider special arrangements to issue visas at the airport for meeting participants; that a clear road map for co-hosting arrangements should be prepared and made widely

It was recalled that at the Cartagena Summit, the States Parties recorded that “psychological support, including peer support, is necessary