The thematic meeting had carried out a stocktaking exercise on global ICT indicators.

The principal emphasis of programmes under the RCF has been on stocktaking and advocacy.

UNCTAD and the UN regional commissions played a leading role in carrying out the stocktaking in developing countries.

Stocktaking results are in the publication Measuring ICT The Global Status of ICT Indicators, available at http measuring ict.unctad.org.

The NI Unit is preparing a compilation of declarations adopted by NHRIs since 1993 and a stocktaking of action taken.

The regional programme has demonstrated results in the area of thematic or sectoral stocktaking and analysis, advocacy and the fostering of dialogue.

This summer s 50th anniversary of the International Atomic Energy Agency s (IAEA) founding offers an opportunity for stocktaking about the world s most important nuclear watchdog.

The Council URGES the Commission to report on the efforts made by Member States and the Commission in the EU synthesis report for the 2005 MDGs stocktaking exercise.

In the life of individuals as well as of institutions, the completion of 60 years is a significant moment for stocktaking certainly in my part of the world.

This publication contained the results of the global stocktaking exercise carried out in 2004 to assess the availability of official Information Society statistics in developing and transition economies.

For each theme, the expert discussion focused on stocktaking, rationale, impact and effectiveness, possible improvements, and the role of national (home and host country) and international policy in light of identified best practices.

MADRID The start of any year invariably prompts stocktaking, and 2012 certainly offers much to consider the dramatic events in the Middle East, leadership change in China, and the brinkmanship of America s budget debate.

The United Nations Office at Nairobi is finalizing the annual inventory stocktaking which will update property records this will be used as a starting point for implementing a system to control the movement of property between offices.

The celebration of that anniversary will be a splendid extension of the High level Plenary Meeting of heads of State or Government, which was intended as an initial stocktaking of the implementation of the commitments undertaken in the Millennium Declaration.

It has at times served as the vanguard for other projects and programmes in the RCF, informing the design of regional programmes and also benefiting from stocktaking and analytical work undertaken by them there has been a healthy exchange of ideas between them.

The Council Conclusions of 26 January 2004 and of 27 April 2004 on the EU position with regard to the MDGs, as well as on the Mandate for the Commission to prepare an EU synthesis report on the MDG stocktaking exercise due in 2005

Raising the profile of such issues and provoking a debate is therefore to be considered a major achievement in itself and requires a considerable effort stocktaking, advocacy and dissemination of knowledge is particularly urgent and necessary before one can expect extensive policy reforms and changes in approaches.

In providing feedback to the activities reported by the representative of the NCSP, the group noted that valuable country experiences from stocktaking exercises and the NCSP training workshops, such as documenting procedures for preparing inventories, will be useful if shared with other Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non Annex I Parties).