As the Secretary-General has previously reported to the General Assembly (see A/64/633 and A/65/643), when the strategy is fully implemented, the Department of Field Support will conduct strategic planning, integration, quality control functions and liaison with Member States at Headquarters; the Global Service Center will perform the transactional functions now carried out by the Department of Field Support at Headquarters that do not require frequent interaction with Member States and other Secretariat departments; and missions, supported by regional service centres, will provide services directly to peacekeeping personnel.

Close allies in UNESCO’s action are the International Centre for the Advancement of Human Rights (ICAHR) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Palestinian Women’s Research and Documentation Center in Ramallah (PWRDC), and the Regional Centre for Research and Documentation for Women, Gender and Peace-Building in the Great Lakes Region in Kinshasa.

At the World Science Forum 2009 in Budapest, such events included the annual meeting of the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), a meeting of science and education ministers of the G77+China, a symposium on human dignity organized by the International Union of Academies, the governing board meetings of the World Academy of Young Scientists, the Israeli-Palestine Science Organization (IPSO) and the International Science, Technology and Innovation Center of the G77+China group, and a meeting of members of parliamentary research, science and education committees.

The instrument will automatically find the selected particles and collect a Raman spectrum from the center of each one.

Several representatives requested that the secretariat further enhance partnerships and collaboration with other United Nations entities, such as the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Office for Outer Space Affairs, and with regional and subregional organizations, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), in the area of disaster risk management and risk reduction.

Activities conducted in 2008 include the regional seminar “Towards 2010: the Role of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty in Strengthening the Disarmament Objectives of the Non-Proliferation Treaty”, organized by the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies; the “Regional Seminar on the Strengthened International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards System for Caribbean States with Limited Nuclear Material and Activities”; and the “Nuclear Challenges” seminar organized by the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales and the Governments of Norway and Chile.

Other entities represented included: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center; Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network; Asian Institute of Technology; Asian Reinsurance Corporation; Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (European Commission); International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; International Committee on the International Global Monitoring Aerospace System Project Implementation; International Organization for Standardization; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) and Remote Sensing Technology Centre of Japan.

(c) Distribution of basic service tools to the refrigeration service technicians, the establishment of one pilot recycling center for refrigeration systems, and two recycling centers for MAC units.

In recent years, Ester is providing IT auditing and consulting services to the clients in Hong Kong and in the United States covering manufacturing, retail businesses, education, banking and financial services industries, etc. Details of services include coordinating and completing information systems general and application controls SSAE16 (previously SAS70) examinations, Information Systems General Control Reviews and other specialized reviews; assisting organizations with the implementation and testing of Information Systems in support of Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements; performing Information Systems reviews of data centers, focusing on application controls and general control areas; experience reviewing network and operating system’s security such as IBM AS/400, UNIX, Microsoft Windows and others; assisting in creation of IT audit methodologies and work programs for both internal and external audits performed.

Higher-Voltage AC Power Distribution: In most U.S. data centers, the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system delivers power to the servers at 208 volts.

In 2008, ATI received permission from the China National Tourism Administration for Representation Office status in Beijing to represent destination products, promotion and training for all 50 United States and opened the CHINAMERICA Tourism Training Center with the State of Pennsylvania.

The MCVD process enables OFS to precisely control each fiber’s index of refraction across the core, including the core’s center region.

(c) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Cairo Institute for Human Rights, European Center for Law and Justice, Indian Council of South America, Interfaith International, United Nations Watch.

In particular, the Committee noted that the President of Kosmos Associates had mentioned in her reply dated 3 February 2009 that since the death of the founder of the Center for Psychology and Social Change, the Center for Psychology and Social Change had been somewhat inactive and would probably end its connection with the United Nations, and that in the meantime the President of Kosmos Associates would continue to be its representative until Kosmos Associates gained consultative status.

If your shares are registered with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, you should deposit your form of proxy at Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong or the Company’s principal office in Hong Kong at Unit 1208–16, 12/F, C-BONS International Center, 108 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Further application areas are for example, high-speed sorters in distribution centers or automated packaging equipment.

The existing data records were consolidated on a DB2 System and pooled in the computer center.

Currently, UN-SPIDER regional support offices are being hosted by six national organizations (the Algerian Space Agency, the Iranian Space Agency, the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, the Romanian Space Agency and the National Space Agency of Ukraine) and by four regional organizations (the Asian Disaster Reduction Center, based in Kobe, Japan; the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development, based in Nairobi; the University of the West Indies, based in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; and the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC), based in Panama City).

On paragraph 13(c) above, the estimate of $4,921,000 is for the acquisition of network equipment to enhance the existing backbone network of HKPF to cater for the data synchronisation between the two data centers.

Results-based programme planning, monitoring and evaluation approaches refined and applied in programme and budget documents, reports on the implementation/Assistance provided to field offices in results-based management (RBM) and work plan management/Training in RBM developed and offered at Headquarters and in field offices: BSP established in June 2003 a small team with the remit to work towards centering UNESCO managerial culture and practice on measurable and transparent results.

According to the consolidation approach of Unicom Group, the mobile call center client service system (10010) and the landline network call center client service system (10060) needed to be generally merged and retrofitted as soon as possible to have a uniform client service interface and create a uniform service image for the company while consolidating client service resources and processes, realizing full-business client service support and constructing a client service center with uniform support to full 3G business and integrated service and marketing, with 3G service innovations as a chance, to fulfill the ultimate objective of enhanced service function and creation of a service edge.

In particular, it called on the General Prosecutor to investigate any allegation of torture or ill-treatment in detention centers;36 it specified that civilians should not be subject to detention by the military justice system, but that all civilian detainees should be transferred to the ordinary civilian justice system; it urged the General Prosecutor to prosecute any official who refuses to implement a court decision, and that any such official should be dismissed from his functions; and it recommended that the Prime Minister issue clear directives instructing all relevant officials that clearance by security services is not a legal requirement for employment in the civil service.

For the visually impaired programmes include provision of Braille text books, Braille machines and the establishment of two resource centers for special needs children where teachers and pupils will access teaching and learning materials.

Among the measures developed, further elaborated throughout this report, are specifically designated vocational training programs, including programs to encourage vocational training for occupations in-demand in the labor market; establishing the Authority for Economic Development of the Arab Population; measures for integrating income maintenance recipients in the labor market; measures to promote women’s employment such as extending assistance provided by means of day-care centers, a measure that supports the employment of women and increases the disposable income; and advancing the integration of persons with disabilities in the work force.