The Tracking Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor was reorganized and strengthened and its mode of operation revised.

Satellite based location units are also being installed on mission vehicles to allow easier tracking and navigation.

Later, it emerged that the duck was a stork, which was named Menes, and that the tracking device on it was for a study.

We are also happy with the financial tracking system, known as the Development Assistance Database, now in place in the region, including the Maldives.

The parties involved have had an in depth exchange of views on marking, record keeping and international tracing cooperation and have reached wide consensus.

Children and elderly persons who are separated from family members need to be registered so that tracing and reunification can be accomplished as soon as possible.

Peacekeeping operations and sanctions committees should receive the appropriate mandates to initiate traces that will assist States to identify those who knowingly violate arms embargoes.

Our tracking activities are meant to remain of a mainly coordinating nature, because my Office cannot and will not build up the technical and human resources that would allow us to carry out sophisticated intelligence operations.

We know for example that we now have specialized eye trackers and infrared brain scans, MRI's that can decode the signals that our bodies send out when we're trying to be deceptive.

Additionally, there are many examples of where self destruction mechanisms have been included in munitions (for example the Raufoss 25mm self destruct trace round) demonstrating the technical and economic feasibility of this design feature.

Efforts are also ongoing to increase awareness inside the United Nations of Intranet capabilities, and build on existing features, such as the Procurement and Facilities Management tracking systems, that give transparency to administrative processes.