The Council exercises most of the key decision making and policy guidance powers of the GEF.

The global environment is one of diversity in culture, religion, political system and economic conditions.

The primary economic sectors are agriculture and industry (in Catania).

China s people have the biggest stake in environmental protection, and so must become the driving force.

Currently, its main economic revenues come from the production of coffee and pineapple.

Women in Key Positions within Israel's Economic and Public Life

The NAPs are addressing issues relating to the environmental sustainability and economic potential of rural areas.

Training Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda

The planned new environment will consolidate the master record keeping (accounting, reconciliation and performance reporting) and custodial services into a single master record keeper global custodian).

It also helps to shield them from shocks and volatilities in the global economic and financial environment.

Participants reaffirmed their commitment to the three components of sustainable development economic development, social development and environmental protection.

Multipurpose Operational Entity The Global Environment Facility The GEF serves as the operational entity for several major multilateral environmental agreements.

Unlike most other economic activities, the well being of the tourism industry is itself very dependent on the quality of the environment.

As a result, the major economies avoided a collapse of credit and production.

The primary economic sectors were agriculture (grain being the chief cash crop) and animal husbandry.

After the US, Germany is the principal donor of both economic and military aid to Israel.

A review of the country's main socio economic indicators shows that greater efforts are needed to achieve higher levels of economic and social development.

Admittedly, the current global economic environment has placed public finances in many developed countries under extreme pressure.

A major strength of the current GEO 4 assessment is the continuing consultative process with Governments and other stakeholders.

In the light of Azerbaijan's response and the above mentioned evaluation, the Secretariat consulted the GEF secretariat on the status of the GEF Council's major capacity building initiative, the Strategic Approach to Enhancing Capacity Building.

The main brake on development lies in these countries economic institutions.

But that, too, is not the situation today in the core economies of the North Atlantic.

It identifies the main options for achieving the objective and analyses their likely impacts in the economic, environmental and social fields.

The country is a founding member of the OECD (1961) and the G 20 major economies (1999).

Our principal economic options are tourism and financial services, and in the case of Antigua and Barbuda, Internet gaming.

The Economic Survey of Europe will be used as a medium for producing analysis of economic issues, policies and problems in the ECE region, especially as they relate to core United Nations themes in the field of development.

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Its national strategy included plans for the development of all inhabited spaces in strict compliance with high environmental and economic management standards.

Adequate resources had to be provided in areas such as the environment, economic and social development, poverty reduction, and humanitarian assistance.

These assessments would be the main means by which the Conference of the Parties would be informed of the regional trends and transport of persistent organic pollutants in the environment.

The office serves as a vital link for UNEP in the three main areas of intergovernmental meetings, inter agency matters and outreach activities.

But Argentina s economic landscape is more complex than the main economic indicators suggest.

Diminishing the use of violence by addressing its socio economic root causes is an important aspect of any long term exercise.

This involves a comprehensive review of standards and quality of key socio economic statistics at these three levels.

Fiscal prudence and stable inflation rates are cornerstones of today s relatively healthy global economic environment.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

Serious technical, technological and financial challenges severely deepen the impact of disasters on the socio economic infrastructure and the environment of developing countries.

One of the characteristics of the airport is the incorporation of the local architecture into the design, and the presence of tropical gardens between the waiting lounges.

Four main topics are covered violence in the domestic environment, sexual harassment, trafficking in women and sexual exploitation, and violations of sexual and reproductive rights.

Yet, even in Palestine, the key water issue is not thirst, but arrested economic development.

In fact, since 2003, Putin s main economic policy has been re nationalization.

Saudi Arabia has an oil based economy with strong government control over major economic activities.

Box 4.

Unless the European environment deteriorates sharply, Europe s travails will not be the main story for the global economy in 2013.

And no approaching government debt crisis in the core economies can be seen when tracking government interest rates.