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I urge all partners to join forces with the United Nations to allow the international community to “deliver as one” in this critical area.

This Chinese idiom story is from "Yu Lao", an article of Han Fei Zi, but Si Ma Qian recorded another version of this story in his masterpiece--"The Records of the Grand Historian", in which the main characters were the king Wei of the state of Qi and his minister Chun Yu Kun, while the plot is almost the same as this one.

The treaty-specific document and the common core document together constitute the reporting obligation of the State party under the Convention.

King Abdul Aziz Centre for national dialogue, established in 2003, is a unique experience as a reflection of the political and public will for participation of all sectors of the society in a manner leading to justice, equality and freedom of expression, within the framework of the Islamic religion.

The company stated that the feasibility of synchronizing SSE reporting requirements with HKEx or international requirements “depends on the government’s requirement on making SOE related information fully available to the public.

Human security needs to become an area that unites efforts, not a cause for conflict of interests, an area of convergence, not divergence.

Expressing concern that, after the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) and six years from the 2015 target date of the Millennium Development Goals, while there has been progress in reducing poverty in some regions, this progress has been uneven and the number of people living in poverty in some countries continues to increase, with women and children constituting the majority of the most affected groups, especially in the least developed countries and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa

The session was also attended by observers for the following non-governmental organizations with permanent observer status with the Committee: Association of Space Explorers, European Space Policy Institute, EURISY, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), International Astronautical Federation (IAF), International Astronomical Union, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, International Space University, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Secure World Foundation (SWF), Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Planetary Society and World Space Week Association.

(b) Developing Countries Support Programme, ESA, IAF, International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), ISPRS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States (NASA), Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, SWF, and Space Environment Research Center (SERC) of Kyushu University, Japan.

At its 2nd meeting, on 29 November, the Conference heard statements by Léo Mérorès (Haiti), President of the Economic and Social Council; Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Conference; Trevor Manuel, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Conference; Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development; and Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, in his capacity as the Chairman of the United Nations Development Group.

It could not advance alone, however: progress towards the ultimate goal of the Treaty required the concerted efforts of all, although that should not be a pretext for inaction.

Hosted by WFP in Rome, the REACH team supports a multi-stakeholder partnership among the United Nations, civil society and the private sector that promotes and provides government-led solutions for delivering an integrated multi-intervention approach to tackling undernutrition.

[...] [...] countries to work together in the promotion of good health for [...]

[...] [...] Executive Director, Social Protection Section, International Labour Organization; [...] [...]

REACH pilots currently being implemented in Mauritania and the Lao People’s Democratic [...] [...]

[...] [...] Pact’s 57 partner States together to discuss [...]

However, in Economic and Social Council resolution 2006/49 on the outcome of the sixth session of the Forum, in paragraph 5, countries are urged to make concerted efforts to secure sustained high-level political commitment to strengthen the means of implementation, including financial resources, to provide support, in particular for developing countries, including small island developing States, in order to achieve the global objectives on forests and to promote sustainable forest management.

Over the past 20 years, the Brazilian national response to HIV has brought together a highly diverse group of national and international bodies in a joint effort to contain and reverse the spread of the epidemic.

[...] [...] United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, I submit to the Assembly the candidatures of Mr. Gérard Biraud (France), Mr. István Posta (Hungary), Mr. Papa Louis Fall (Senegal) and Mr. Cihan Terzi [...] [...]

[...] [...] organizations and international experts, to discuss experiences [...] [...]

As an effective field presence is a prerequisite to an enhanced programme delivery, the Director-General will continue to make every effort, within the budgetary constraints of the Organization, to narrow, if not fill the remaining gaps in the field network staff establishment, bearing in mind the fact that decentralization should not impinge on the unity of conception and action by UNESCO.

[...] [...] based on a three-pronged approach: (a) [...] [...]

The Programme pursued a two-fold strategy articulated through two biennial sectoral priorities: Fostering free, independent and pluralistic communication and universal access to information and Promoting innovative applications of ICTs for sustainable development.

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological threats and emergencies; and the organization of international [...] [...]

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.