Ms. Stéphanie Schaer General Secretariat for National Defence France

Mr. Arvind Gupta Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat India

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

In February, the Government of Brazil established the National Youth Secretariat, under the auspices of the general secretariat of the presidency of the Republic.

UNAMSIL has also intensified cooperation and collaboration with the National AIDS Secretariat on HIV AIDS.

At the time of the Meeting, 100 national reports had been submitted to the Secretariat.

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

(2) Based on official national reports of MB consumption made by Article 5 Parties to the Ozone Secretariat.

FCCC SBI 2004 INF.9 Status report on the review of third national communications. Note by the secretariat

(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

After their appointment by the Secretariat, the experts will facilitate consideration of first national reports submitted by Member States.

The UNCITRAL secretariat and Member States are already familiar with many of the national policy issues related to insolvency.

The Secretariat has also been invited to national workshops, such as one held in South Africa in October 2005.

In 2004, a pedagogic workshop was organized by a partnership between the Special Secretariat on Policies for Women, the National Secretariat of Public Security (Ministry of Justice) and the Ministry of Health.

In the scope of the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE), the National Secretariat of Solidary Economy (SENAES) was created.

Includes academic and other national research institutions identified by Governments as a follow up to the questionnaire distributed by the Secretariat

The secretariat informed the GoE that it intended to facilitate the process by posting the national reports on the UNCCD website.

As part of its coordination efforts, the secretariat has worked closely with the secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to incorporate additional information on and references to the Rotterdam Convention into the guidance provided to Governments in relation to their national implementation plans and national action plans.

UNAIDS Secretariat to report global progress on the establishment of national task specific teams for problem solving to the June 2006 PCB.

It was proposed that a catalogue or manual of best national practices in tackling trafficking in persons be developed by the secretariat.

The SBI welcomed the information made available by the GEF Secretariat on support for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications.

Interactions and collaboration among national platforms are increasing through multilateral and bilateral meetings, assisted by the Strategy secretariat and Task Force members.

Since 2004, the Special Secretariat on Policies for Women (SPM) has been developing and implementing the National System for Gender Indicators (SNIG).

During this time, Parties and the secretariat have accumulated extensive experience in the reporting and review of national communications and GHG inventories.

In many countries the national level advocacy functions of the secretariat have furthered the inclusion of combating desertification into the agendas and work programmes of governmental bodies, scientific institutions and other national stakeholders.

The first reviews the national reports and non compliance information provided by the Secretariat. The second reviews the monitoring data from the GCG.

The National Secretariat for Economy of Solidarity of the Ministry of Labor and Employment implements the Program for Economy of Solidarity in Development.

Information available to the Secretariat suggests several arenas of national implementation activities, including national capacity building and promotion of institutional follow up to the Madrid Plan ageing specific policy and programmes and mainstreaming efforts.

The secretariat has prepared the Help Guide for the national reporting process and has assisted in development of the country profiles to be submitted by each Party as an annex to its national report.

A set of tentative benchmarks, guidelines and generic indicators that can be adapted to national environments is being developed, facilitated by the Strategy secretariat and the involvement of Task Force members and national experts.

Requests the Secretariat, in collaboration with the Basel Convention regional centres, to continue to assist Parties, particularly developing countries, in implementing the guidance elements at the national level, including the development of national contingency plans

Under paragraph 4 of article 4 of the Convention, the secretariat must inform the Parties of new designations or changes in designated national authorities.

The secretariat maintains a list of designated national authorities for all Parties and communicates effectively with them on administrative matters required by the Convention.

The UNCITRAL Secretariat and members are therefore already familiar with many of the national policy issues connected with director and officer responsibilities and liabilities.

It is worth mentioning that last February a meeting entitled National Dialogue Beijing 10 Advances and Challenges was organized by the Special Secretariat on Polices for Women and the National Council for Women's Rights, with the support from the Women's Caucus of the National Congress.

This document was prepared and edited by the UNCTAD secretariat with substantive inputs from Henry Wai chung Yeung, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore.

In addition, the International Law Commission would appreciate receiving, through its Secretariat, any information concerning the practice of States on the subject, including national legislation.

The Committee requested its secretariat to provide information on the current status of interaction between national human rights institutions and other human rights treaty bodies.

The Special Secretariat on Policies for Women and the Women's Caucus of the National Congress are lobbying for approval of these new pieces of legislation.

Maria Ednalva Bezerra de Lima Federation of Trade Unions National Secretariat on Women Workers (Central Única dos Trabalhadores CUT Secretária Nacional sobre a Mulher Trabalhadora)

Secretariat staff members also disseminated information about recent developments through presentations and lectures at a number of international, regional and national conferences, seminars and workshops.

In order to combat the trafficking in persons, that involves mostly women, the Ministry of Justice, through the National Secretariat of Justice, in partnership with the Special Secretariat on Human Rights, developed the project, Measures against Traffic in Human Beings in Brazil .

With regard to policy advocacy towards affected country Parties, the secretariat has facilitated the integration of NAPs into the overall national development frameworks, strategies and programmes.

The Forum secretariat also made available guidelines and a suggested format for the national reports, and a paper providing baseline information relevant to the specific criteria.

The group members will submit to the secretariat prior to CRIC 5 documents describing technical issues experienced with the national reporting process, and suggestions for improvement.