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The representative of Japan recalled that a decision by the Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties had requested the Executive Committee to consider “(a) Funding additional demonstration projects to help demonstrate the value of replacement of CFC-based chillers, pursuant to relevant decisions of the Executive Committee; (b) Funding actions to increase awareness of users in countries operating under paragraph 1 of Article 5, of the impending phase-out and options that may be available for dealing with their chillers and to assist Governments and decision makers; (c) Requesting those countries preparing or implementing refrigerant management plans to consider developing measures

The Declaration further recognized that new and

Although the average elevation is just 173 m above sea level, with only 3% of Polish territory along the southern border averaging at higher

35.3 The overall objectives of the programme are: (a) to enable the effective conduct of United Nations activities by ensuring a coherent, effective and timely response to all security-related threats and other emergencies; (b) to ensure effective risk mitigation through the establishment

Some representatives stressed the need to promote regional cooperative mechanisms and

According to on voluntary information provided for the eighth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, significant threats to forest biodiversity and the implementation of global objectives 1 and 3 of the forest instrument, in most but not all cases, have been, and continue to be, habitat destruction, invasive alien species, forest

These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the risk that the proposed tri-band wireless solutions will not function as intended, difficulties in the development and integration of the technologies, the risk that the benefits from the collaboration may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize

It was further suggested that Incoterms 2010 offered a simpler and clearer presentation of all the rules, taking account of the continued spread of customs-free zones, the increased use of electronic communications

Recognizing the danger to humanity posed by the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons and the necessity to address increased proliferation risks, to decrease nuclear arsenals, to strengthen nuclear security and

Under Outcome 5: strengthened national capacity for environmental sustainability and disaster management,

The CEB through the High-level Committee on Management (HLCM) should adopt benchmark 10 of this report with a view to facilitating inter-agency cooperation, coordination, knowledge sharing, and

We hope that this will improve the transparency of the decision-making process, ensuring that all staff members affected by

Under the MDG Fund, UNESCO Cairo

The changes that have been made in ecosystems have contributed to substantial net gains in human well-being and economic development, but these gains have been achieved at growing costs in the form of the

Recognizing also the urgent need to further develop and make use of the existing scientific and technical knowledge to build resilience to natural disasters, and emphasizing the need for developing countries to have access to appropriate, advanced, environmentally sound, cost-effective and easy-to-use technologies so as to seek more

It argues that integrative monitoring and evaluation provides the flexibility and robustness that adaptation