The focus is on poverty reduction within the frame of combating desertification.

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension and strengthening trust and confidence between States,

The women's leadership programme on conflict mitigation and peace building has started in Indonesia.

That fact has, however, done little to allay fears in the region.

The tsunami disaster also underscored the continuing challenge of poverty reduction in the region.

Given such a scenario, we are of the view that the focus should remain on poverty alleviation.

The signing of the Pretoria Agreement contributed to a lessening of inflammatory discourse in the media.

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The representative of Sudan said that there was discrimination in international support measures to alleviate poverty.

Extreme events, such as droughts, floods and hurricanes, will be less extreme and less frequent with successful mitigation.

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Areas of activity have included the coordination of drought mitigation and winterization programmes, as well as assistance to flood victims.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

Urban poverty alleviation among young and female migrants in China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Mongolia

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

However, it is clear that the conclusion of a political agreement will allow for a certain easing of tensions in the situation.

This facility was introduced to help members alleviate severe financial difficulties that could not be resolved through other means.

LADA builds up national, regional and global assessment capacities in order to be able to design and plan interventions to mitigate land degradation.

Insufficient attention to rural development continues to undermine poverty reduction efforts in the subregion.

Integrated programmes and country service frameworks had made a substantial contribution to poverty reduction and trade capacity building in developing countries.

Agriculture is already responding positively to climate change mitigation through substitution of fossil fuels, continued energy efficiency and carbon sequestration.

The war's end should alleviate the humanitarian situation and facilitate the safe return of refugees and displaced persons.

The Doha negotiations provide a major and unique platform for increasing the contribution of the multilateral trading system to poverty alleviation and human development objectives.

It had taken years of careful planning and infrastructural works to alleviate the flood situation and channel as much rainwater as possible into reservoirs.

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Economic cooperation strategies implemented in the border areas aimed at enhancing the capacity of neighbouring countries with a view to reducing the development gap and, consequently, alleviating migration pressure.

Natural hazards cannot be prevented, but damage caused by hazards can be prevented and avoided by proper preparedness, response and mitigation efforts.

Mitigation Actions to be undertaken to ensure the sustainability of ecosystems that have recently been extensively exploited (evidence of low resilience)

Such statements should clarify the significance of forests and the forest sector for reducing poverty, contributing to national economic growth and conserving key environmental services and values.

In addition, the provision of special training could alleviate the shortages of skills required in the distribution and management of drugs, especially antiretrovirals.

Development programmes that aim to reduce poverty in indigenous communities must include full participation of and decision making by the communities involved.

Although a lack of sustained growth has been a major obstacle to reducing poverty, it is important to ensure that the benefits of growth are redistributed for sectors such as education and health.

Nearly a year has passed since the disaster, but the situation in the Maldives has not eased.

This situation becomes even more acute regarding small scale fishing, where the work relationship is even more informal.

Development of the agricultural sector, which employs a significant portion of the labour force in the least developed countries of South East Asia, is essential for poverty reduction, especially in rural areas.

The Attorney General's Department supports the alleviation of xenophobia and racism through policy development, advocacy activities and project funding, including advisory committees and test cases.

I also noticed the preference of Arabs of keeping away from each other and we can generalise this phenomenon to include each different nationality on its own.

Rural and women's entrepreneurship development. This programme is designed to address the specific needs of micro enterprises and small businesses as a direct contribution to the achievement of MDG 1 on poverty reduction and of country level poverty reduction strategies.

Fisheries, including artisanal, or small scale fisheries, contribute significantly to poverty alleviation, food security and economic growth.

The situation was accentuated by Malta's geographical situation and the fact that it was the smallest and most densely populated country in the European Union.

Integrating these elements into and strengthening the relationship between macroeconomic policies and social development goals are key elements of national poverty reduction strategies.

Risk reduction and sustainable human development were goals that should be supported simultaneously, because they helped reduce poverty, promote the participation of marginalized groups, and increase gender equality.

Stresses the benefits of food micro algae as a concrete aid in reducing acute malnutrition in food emergencies and chronic malnutrition among severely disadvantaged populations

Progress has been made in poverty alleviation and in the preparation of technical studies on the measurement, characteristics and determinants of poverty, as well as the development of policy tools necessary for poverty reduction.