Domestic and international policy environment

The Assembly reviews general policies and operations of the GEF, and may approve amendments to the GEF Instrument.

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

Improvement of environment and industrial hygiene

General Economic and Personal Situation

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

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.

Draft resolution submitted by the President of the Council,

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

The latter might include, for example, existing assessments of underlying trends in the employment in and the economic value of activities affecting the marine environment but should not encompass policy evaluations.

Three years after the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, the General Assembly is preparing to launch the initial phase of the regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects.

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

It was therefore essential to meet the Millennium Development Goals, even though the international economic environment was not always favourable for developing countries, as attested by the recent High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly.

26. Decides to abolish six General Service posts, three in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and three in the Economic Commission for Europe

In cases of non compliance with the technical standards promulgated by the public body responsible for protecting the environment (currently the Ministry of the Environment), the place of manufacture of the product or substance concerned may be closed down by the authorities until such time as the offence ceases.

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.

Public works financed by the bank are accused of concealing the impacts on the environment, the indigenous population, and workers.

The programme supported the Executive management and policy programme in cooperation with the GEF.

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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.

Access to public services and economic opportunities is still denied them.

Ukraine

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Public diplomacy also involves building long term relationships that create an enabling environment for government policies.

Reaffirming the need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Although action for development must be largely local, it is critically dependent in our globalized world on the external economic environment.

Economic and social threats, including poverty, infectious disease and environmental degradation, as well as internal conflicts, continue to afflict the continent.

BNDES (Brazil's National Bank of Economic and Social Development) is a public bank.

The five stars are a reference to five key issues public water, sustainable transport, sustainable development, connectivity, and environmentalism.

The resulting unusual economic environment of falling prices and wages can also have a damaging psychological impact on households and businesses. With deflation, we are heading into unknown territory.

Such insurance, they argue, would help firms and people deal with the extreme uncertainty of the current economic environment.

The countries of the Rio Group note with concern that in the international system there are still concrete obstacles to the building of that needed favourable economic environment.

In total, 13 projects have been approved by the General Assembly for the Economic Commission for Africa.

The General Assembly welcomed the establishment of the Field Office, which is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.

Аз Гласувам was created by Institute for Public Environment Development (IPED), a nonprofit organization supporting political and social change in Bulgaria.

(v) Ensuring ownership by the Territories of their natural resources pursuant to General Assembly resolutions, and protection of the environment in Non Self Governing Territories

Reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Mindful of the diversity and dynamic interaction and competition among socio economic activities for the use of the coastal areas and the marine environment and their resources,

The international community needs a setting where it can debate the most sensitive economic issues, including but certainly not limited to exchange rate issues.