Residents of rural areas in endemic locations are at highest risk Japanese encephalitis does not usually occur in urban areas.

The public sector involvement is also important, particularly in areas of extreme high risk.

Women like Blandón, in rural areas, are most at risk of not getting medical care.

(c) Pilot studies in different desertification risk areas should be encouraged for the purpose of validating EWSs.

(c) Development of a proposal for a pilot study comparing the use of desertification EWSs in selected risk areas.

One of the main focus areas of the Task Force would be strengthening capacity and coordination for risk reduction.

(vi) Taking informed, transparent and effective decisions in all areas, including performance, risk and financial management

Specific health sector measures included vaccination and chemical prevention measures, and monitoring of risk groups, especially in exposed areas.

Although levels of substance abuse may be lower in rural areas, it is observed that most Government programmes and policies do not reach these areas, and young people are at an even greater risk as these areas begin to urbanize.

For the foreseeable future, many points of the globe where UNHCR staff must reach people in need would remain high risk areas.

UN Habitat programmes with those partners will concentrate on addressing youth unemployment and youth at risk in urban areas.

Moreover, it is evident that enhanced risk assessment skills, ongoing security training and improved adherence to the minimum operating security standards have instilled greater confidence and capacity to operate safely in areas of higher risk.

In order to reduce disaster risks, countries and communities must first identify risk factors, decide what level of risk is acceptable, and then take steps to reduce risks or transfer them away from affected areas.

Certain projects currently in progress in countries or pilot areas are endeavouring to produce vulnerability maps of degradation or the risk of land degradation.

Banks must develop policies and procedures in areas such as customer acceptance, customer identification, ongoing transactions monitoring and risk management.

Population growth in coastal areas may not continue to imply more risk exposure, since choice lots may already be getting somewhat more scarce, and further development may favor more central areas.

(g) Create an oversight position of chief of operations, information technology and risk to seek the benefits that obtain to an interwoven approach in those areas.

The Centre publishes the Collection of biosafety reviews , a compilation of scientific studies in areas of major interest on biosafety and risk assessment by internationally recognized scientists.

Successful strategies involved targeting areas and youth at risk following good practice and evidence based models and focusing on implementation and process.

The Secretary General reports that u p to 144 million people in Africa currently live in areas at risk of epidemic malaria (A 60 208, para.

Nevertheless, we would like to stress four areas school enrolment, young people in high risk situations, retention of skilled personnel and investment in science and technology.

Work is also starting on the replacement of 22 fields of pressure mines by controllable mines in areas where there are high risk government buildings or military bases.

Speakers expressed concern that joining the health and nutrition strategies might run the risk of decreasing resources for both areas, which need an increased allocation of regular resources.

But the high concentration of assets and people, especially in coastal areas, is an economic liability, with around 3 trillion in assets at risk from natural hazards.

For some of the larger operations in hardship areas, key positions were not filled, sometimes for extended periods, resulting in insufficient attention to important high risk activities.

I shall also take measures, through the newly established Secretariat Department of Safety and Security, to make our risk management system more robust so that humanitarian workers can undertake their life saving operations in high risk areas without unduly endangering their own lives.

In India and Indonesia, children in camps and high risk areas started to receive measles vaccine in the first week following the tsunami disaster.

Concerned about the threat posed by non strategic nuclear weapons due to their portability and proximity to areas of conflict, and thus about the risk of proliferation and of use,

Similarly, in situations and areas where there are large numbers of military or peacekeeping personnel, women may be targeted for sexual exploitation or rape, putting them at risk of HIV.

UNFPA assisted women of reproductive age from geographically isolated areas who were at risk of increased maternal mortality and morbidity, through 313 trained women volunteers in 105 community support teams.

Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to deploy efforts in all these areas,

UNEP has provided training to an estimated 1,500 people from 140 countries in areas such as risk assessment, public participation, regulatory regimes and administrative systems.

As noted in that report, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters the electoral phase, the provinces of Katanga and the Kasaïs are considered areas of extremely high potential risk.

Poverty is most widespread in rural areas, which usually also suffered most during the war. A risk of falling into poverty in Republika Srpska is much higher in rural

Specifically, the Director is responsible for all staff of the Service, including those in its front office, and in its investment, information technology, operations and risk and compliance areas.

Recognizing the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

These activities are focused in four key areas health and wellness and risk prevention parenting and family supports child development and community support and community building.

The chief will be responsible for risk control of the Fund's investments as a whole in terms of portfolio risk, operational risk and compliance risk, and will plan and perform the oversight of performance measurement, investment risk analysis and operational risk analysis, including risk arising from sub adviser and service provider relationships.

(o) Ensure that OIOS is applying sufficient resources to areas of material concern and of high risk to the Organization and that the OIOS workplan takes into consideration of other important oversight trends

Recognizing also the clear relationship between development, disaster risk reduction, disaster response and disaster recovery and the need to continue to deploy efforts in all these areas,

Its goals were to decrease the risk of death or injury from landmine accidents and to rehabilitate the demined areas in order to alleviate poverty and promote development for local communities.

The challenges are also enormous in maintaining international attention in areas where peace remains fragile unless sustained through a multidimensional approach to peace, thus minimizing the risk of relapse into conflict.

48. Welcomes the progress in regional cooperation in the prevention and suppression of piracy and armed robbery at sea in some geographical areas, and urges States to give urgent attention to promoting, adopting and implementing cooperation agreements, in particular at the regional level in high risk areas

Material conditions are also precarious particularly in the three conflict areas exposing returnee families to the risk of separation, and returnee children and mothers to the risks of exploitation and abuses en route.

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