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Thus, planning is a means by which it is possible to shape the living environment in a balanced way and taking into account different interests.

As regards the amount of programme resources to be decentralized to each field unit, the Director-General will see to it that the resources provided by each major programme will be in line with the principle of subsidiarity, taking into account the staff strength of each field unit, the programmatic priorities defined by each cluster of countries (in the context of cluster consultations) and the need to ensure, in addition to the global perspective, a balanced mix of regional, subregional and national actions.

The Committee was informed that the rationale behind the two locations of the CEB secretariat was that it mirrored the ongoing practice, with support being provided to the subsidiary management bodies in Geneva as well as support to the senior management coordination mechanism and the High-level Committee on Programmes as its preparatory programmatic body in New York.

Another effective tool was the Development of Children’s Pre-literacy Skills at Home project in Cambodia, a concrete and visible contribution to Dakar Goal 1 on Early Childhood Care and Education, which targets the children not reached by the formal early childhood services.

At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its sixty-seventh session a report compiling successful interventions and strategies, as well as the gaps, in addressing the gender dimensions of the problem of trafficking in persons and providing recommendations on the strengthening of human rights-based, gender- and age-sensitive approaches within comprehensive and balanced efforts to address trafficking in persons (resolution 65/190).

[...] [...] and services must be gender-sensitive, [...] [...]

(f) To promote collaboration and coordination among relevant agencies and services, including through the establishment, where possible, of specialized units specifically trained to deal with the complexities and sensitivities of victims involved in cases of violence against women where victims can receive comprehensive assistance, protection and intervention services, including health and social services, legal advice and police assistance

Education should be sensitive to the culture, language and traditions of the child.

Another representative said that the provisions under decision XIX/6 for stable and sufficient funding, including for projects and programmes that minimized impacts on the environment, including climate, should be adequate to ensure that finances were available for projects that took account of climate benefits, arguing that there was therefore no need for further measures that might make the work of the Multilateral Fund more complicated.

[...] [...] programmes, and that the implementing agencies should take this view [...]

It also drew attention to the phenomenon of environmentally induced migration, which affected the most vulnerable populations, and set out concrete responses to that phenomenon, notably the commitment by development partners and the countries concerned to take into account the needs of those whose livelihoods were endangered by climate change and extreme weather events and reduce the incidence of displacement.

The Conference notes that all staff of the ISU will be engaged through the relevant recruitment procedures of the United Nations, considering the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and paying due regard to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

Despite some progress following the decisions of the Israeli Government to ease the Gaza closure, the EU reiterates its call, in line with Security Council resolution 1860 (2009), for an immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of crossings for the flow of humanitarian aid, commercial goods and persons to and from Gaza, while addressing Israel’s legitimate security concerns.

The organization endorsed several statements to the Human Rights Council on the eradication of extreme poverty as a condition to peace; the relation between indigenous people and the human right to peace; the human right to peace vs. racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination; the gender approach to the human right to peace; and the human right to peace and migration.

Recent model laws completed by UNCITRAL have been accompanied by a “guide to enactment” setting forth background and other explanatory information to assist Governments and legislators in using the text.38 The guides include, for example, information that would assist States in considering what, if any, provisions of the model law might have to be varied to take into account particular national circumstances, information relating to discussions in the working group on policy options and considerations, and matters not addressed in the text of the model law that may nevertheless be relevant to the subject matter of the model law.

The legislation also provided for special attention to migrant women, and the law on the rights of foreigners had been amended to include the possibility of ending expulsion procedures for women victims of gender-based violence and enabling them to apply for residence and work permits.

The States Parties recognise the need to ensure that victim assistance efforts take into account the social and human rights of women, girls, boys and men with disabilities including the removal of physical, social, cultural, economic, political, geographic and other barriers.

The 1999 Basel Declaration on Environmentally Sound Management, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its fifth meeting, calls upon the parties to enhance and strengthen their efforts and cooperation to achieve ESM through prevention, minimization, recycling, recovery and disposal of hazardous and other wastes subject to the Convention, taking into account social, technological and economic concerns; and through further reduction of transboundary movements of hazardous and other wastes subject to the Convention.

They also continued focusing on supporting institutional reforms to sustain recovery, build resilience to shocks, overcome food crises, meet climate change and other environmental challenges, and achieve the Millennium Development Goals, catering in particular to the needs of LDCs.

In the resolution, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (E/CN.15/2011/15) and reiterated its invitation to Governments to take into consideration the Salvador Declaration on Comprehensive Strategies for Global Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Systems and Their Development in a Changing World,1 and the recommendations adopted by the Twelfth Congress when formulating legislation and policy directives, and to make all efforts, where appropriate, to implement the principles contained therein, taking into account the economic, social, legal and cultural specificities of their respective States.

Differences in treatment between such victims with disabilities and other persons with disabilities should be based only on medical, rehabilitative, psychological or socio-economic needs, taking into account age and gender sensitivities.

[...] [...] of those killed or injured should [...]

Reaffirming that each country must take primary responsibility for its own development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development, and recognizing that national efforts should be complemented by supportive global programmes, measures and policies aimed at expanding the development opportunities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and other members of the international community have called attention to the fact that Israel is waging this war in gross contravention of international humanitarian and human rights law and many United Nations resolutions, and without the slightest concern for the lives of Palestinian civilians, who are already suffering from the consequences of more than 40 years of occupation.

[...] [...] partners; drafting timetables that take into [...] [...]

It was also requested to make every effort to avoid an increase in the budget lines for activities in its future CAP budget and to propose further savings in the current budget, taking into account the advice given by members.

The Government promoted a development policy that took into account indigenous identity: rather than imposing a single model on communities, it allowed them to develop their own projects and merely provided the resources and guidance necessary to make them a reality.

Two speakers expressed concern regarding the presentation of inaccurate information in the report and called on the Board to ensure that its annual report took into consideration information primarily provided by Governments and to maintain a dialogue with Governments.