Returns focal points are needed in each ministry.

National focal points

State party focal points were designated

Continuous contacts with the national focal points of the affected countries are maintained.

UN Water also supported the creation of the Task Force, thus linking gender focal points and water focal points in each agency.

(ii) Supporting national focal points for the Convention

She noted with satisfaction that all of the commissions had established focal points for fund raising, but wondered whether those focal points were fully operational.

(f) Support to national focal points for the Convention

(q) Support to national focal points for the Convention.

Table 2.2.6 Projected cost of assisting national focal points

(b) Focal points should be designated for intersessional liaison

(c) The GoE has recognized a potential difficulty in attracting the full participation of national focal points. The involvement of the focal points requires careful planning.

The final handbook should be distributed to countries' focal points.

National focal points have been established in Israel, Morocco and Tunisia.

Gender advisors and gender focal points at regional and country levels

Whatever entities were involved, they needed to have gender focal points.

National focal points have been established in Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Paraguay.

P. Focal points for arrangements related to the High level Plenary Meeting

The secretariat extended 39 invitations to national focal points for inventory experts.

These workshops were attended by 400 people from 130 countries (operational focal points of the GEF, GEF regional coordinators, accredited NGOs, CCD focal points, and representatives of regional and sub regional organizations).

(e) To encourage consultation by heads of departments and offices with departmental focal points on women during the selection process and to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full and effective access to senior management

(e) The designation of focal points for women in United Nations peacekeeping operations, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full access to senior management in the mission area

(e) To encourage consultation by heads of departments and offices with departmental focal points on women during the selection process and to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full and effective access to senior management

UNDP has trained gender focal points as leaders in inter agency gender activities.

16. Recommends that the institutional linkages between United Nations gender focal points and focal points on ageing be strengthened in order to enhance the integration of the gender aspects of ageing within the system

(ii) Assisting national focal points for the Convention to develop, maintain and update the infrastructure necessary for their exchange of information at the national level, with other national focal points and with the Secretariat

(b) To make public, through its website, the contact details of the focal points

Information and support will also be provided for the training of WASH focal points.

Gender mainstreaming is one of the focal points in policy discussions with multilateral organisations.

(e) The continuing designation of focal points for women in the United Nations system, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full access to senior management, both at Headquarters and in the field

(d) The continuing designation of focal points for women in United Nations peacekeeping operations, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full access to senior management in the mission area and at Headquarters

(e) The continuing designation of focal points for women in the United Nations system, and requests the Secretary General to ensure that the focal points are designated at a sufficiently high level and enjoy full access to senior management, both at Headquarters and in the field

The national focal points of the other countries have just recently been identified, so there are as yet no activities to report.

Appointing a group of focal points instead of one focal point may diminish the institutional rivalry that so frequently manifests itself in our work.

Furthermore, a training programme for the Heads of Agencies and focal points is also planned.

(b) The setting up of a network of national focal points virtually in every region

Regular consultations with major group focal points were organized by the Secretariat throughout the year.

SSC activities of ESCAP included workshops and seminars to sensitize South South national focal points.

Its focal points are three pools of water and a terraced knoll, which helps to shield the park from the rest of the City.

Official communications concerning the celebration of the IYDD have been sent to all UNCCD national focal points and efforts towards resource mobilization are ongoing.

The view was reiterated that a network of specialized focal points should be established in all countries that might be concerned by re entry risks and that the creation of an international database of such focal points would be highly recommended.

Any requests for international legal assistance under the Convention should be directed to the following focal points

At the country level and at headquarters, UNDP has adopted the system of gender focal points (GFPs).

The secretariat extended 41 invitations to national focal points for inventory experts to participate in this training.

Accordingly, most NGOs channelled their reports through their national focal points directly into their respective national reports.