Technical Assistance

Technical assistance programme

Technical assistance

International institutions could help by offering technical assistance.

The Committee has also continued to make efforts to develop new approaches to providing technical assistance.

As I mentioned earlier, the Committee has continued its discussions on how to facilitate technical assistance.

The Committee will also continue to update the Directory of Counter Terrorism Information and Sources of Assistance and the Assistance Matrix, as important sources of information for Member States interested in receiving technical assistance.

Strengthening the methodology for identifying States' needs in the area of technical assistance is also to be encouraged.

Technical assistance has also been provided to Colombia, Nicaragua and Peru, which conducted their censuses in 2005.

It hoped that that Committee would take note of the significant strides it had made and would continue to help harmonize its domestic legislation and procure technical assistance in the financial and regulatory fields.

(a) Welcomes the Commission's initiatives towards expanding, through its secretariat, its training and legislative technical assistance programme

We call upon States in a position to do so to provide greater technical assistance to mine affected States.

(ii) Substantive assistance to the Commission and the Advisory Committee in preparation of their respective reports (18)

MINUGUA also helped to channel technical assistance to priority areas, and provided good offices in diverse circumstances.

Technical assistance was required not only for the implementation of agreed facilitation measures, but also during the negotiation process.

UNICEF will complement and build on the work of other United Nations agencies and technical assistance partners through joint planning and programming.

ix. ensure that technical assistance by WTO shall also contribute to capacity building in developing countries, in particular the LDCs.

Reaffirming the principles for humanitarian assistance contained in the annex to its resolution 46 182 of 19 December 1991,

The Secretary General of ECCAS requested the Centre's technical assistance in the organization of a meeting of ECCAS governmental experts to review the Programme of Priority Activities.

Reaffirming the principles for humanitarian assistance contained in the annex to its resolution 46 182 of 19 December 1991,

In order to ensure a comprehensive approach to each State's implementation of the provisions of the resolution and identification of needs for technical assistance, the Committee has decided that it will take further steps to identify needs for assistance in the process of evaluating States' reports.

Specific examples were given of the substantive assistance that UNODC had been able to provide to Member States in that area.

The Technical Secretariat's capacity to offer and coordinate assistance in case of an emergency involving the use of chemical weapons demands serious preparation.

Nor do the World Bank and regional development banks have the in house expertise or, as a rule, the funds to provide technical assistance.

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of the competent national authorities

In the context of rebuilding institutions, Argentina has offered technical assistance to support the Transitional Government in the tasks of organizing, supervising and holding free and fair elections as soon as possible.

Assistance to Afghanistan has also been provided to help in the establishment of a drug testing facility at Kabul, including provision of equipment and materials, and recruitment and training of laboratory scientists.

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of the competent national authorities

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of competent national authorities

The secretariat was also providing technical assistance to LDCs on identifying needs and priorities for trade facilitation and establishing trade facilitation platforms.

The Electoral Assistance Division with UNDP and the Secretariado developed a technical assistance project to assist in the holding of local elections in the country.

In its training programmes for national staff, ILO provided technical assistance to ensure that gender perspectives were integrated into all aspects of the programmes.

Iraq would like to pay tribute to the constructive role of the United Nations in its special efforts to help the Iraqi people through the special envoy of the Secretary General and the technical election assistance team.

Chapter II

Item 5 of the provisional agenda

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Contents

Introduction

ICCD COP(4) 3 Add.7 Implementation of the Convention Addendum Consideration of additional procedures or institutional mechanisms to assist the Conference of the Parties in regularly reviewing the implementation of the Convention

See article 14 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights article 8 of the American Convention on Human Rights article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 213, No. 2889) and article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363).

To build this export market, Darfur will need help with transport and storage, cell phone coverage, power, veterinary care, and technical advice.

Obtaining assistance The procedures and guidelines outlined above in Section 4.3.6 on the GEF apply to obtaining assistance from the Stockholm Convention financial mechanism.

After an independent evaluation of the Global Mechanism concluded that it had not been successful in mobilizing new sources of technical assistance funding, the Desertification Convention COP decided to accept the GEF as a financial mechanism of the Convention and to commence arrangements to establish a working relationship with the GEF.

It is our belief that such visits will contribute significantly to strengthening the monitoring of the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) while also giving important indications of States' needs for technical assistance.

Annex to the Convention