C. Slum Upgrading Facility

Tangible steps taken in this direction are the slum upgrading initiatives in Eastern Africa, including the Kenya slum upgrading programme.

It is a vicious killer of wildlife. Entanglement and ingestion are the primary kinds of direct damage to wildlife caused by it.

In some States parties, illegal trade in wildlife is not considered a criminal offence and is treated under administrative regulations.

Urban development promoting jobs, upgrading slums and developing alternatives to new slum formation

Pro poor policies could be a means to engage the poor in city development and slum upgrading.

Also, OIOS is aware that there is an ongoing discussion within UN Habitat on the terms of reference of the Slum Upgrading Facility.

Marine litter is an environmental, economic, health and aesthetic problem. It kills, injures and causes pain and suffering.

That said, not all countries have embraced the significance of the slum targets and the catalytic role embodied in the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

The subprogramme includes the Slum Upgrading Facility (see para. 49 above) which is managed in conjunction with Cities Alliance (see para. 60 below).

Reduction of debt service burdens can release domestic resources that can be allocated to slum upgrading or other urban developing activities.

Kuwait seeks an amount of USD 574,200,000 to establish a shrimp raise and release programme as compensation for the loss of aquatic biota.

The Panel notes that Saudi Arabia's wildlife claim is based entirely on information obtained from published scientific literature.

In the 2004 programme plan and management review, UN Habitat reported on an innovative initiative aimed at promoting the Millennium Development Goal on slums.

A key tool in attaining the targets of the Millennium Declaration, particularly the slum, water and sanitation targets, is south south cooperation.

Particular thanks were due to the Executive Director of UN Habitat for her tireless and eloquent advocacy on behalf of slum dwellers.

Aquatic biota Kuwait states that its claim for loss of aquatic biota includes loss of ecological services provided by the subtidal areas.

Discussions centred on overcoming urban poverty and ensuring a sustainable urban future, and fostered thorough reflection on the best policies and strategies for achieving poverty reduction and slum upgrading.

The slum upgrading programme continues to constitute a path breaking process, in which each stage contributes significantly towards achieving the Millennium Declaration target on slums.

People centred social and economic policies aimed at employment creation in slum improvement programmes can be useful tools for sustainable urban development.

Northwestern Yunnan is one of the world s most biologically diverse areas, home to half of China s animal species and a quarter of its plant species.

In subsequent amendments based on monitoring and assessment results, Kuwait separated the compensation requested for damage to aquatic biota from damage to shoreline resources.

Seeking impact at scale, the Cities Alliance provides support to nationwide slum upgrading and to cities committed to implementing citywide development strategies

One option, currently being piloted at the global level, which aims to mobilize and blend funds from public and private sources is UN Habitat's Slum Upgrading Facility.

In order to assess the oil contamination on its shoreline resulting from invasion related oil spills, Kuwait applies the models that it uses in its assessment of lost aquatic biota as described in paragraph 434 above.

A key tool in attaining the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the slum, water and sanitation targets, is south south cooperation or, as it used to be called, technical cooperation among developing countries.

Claims for damage to aquatic biota, damage to shoreline resources and lost coastal and marine recreational opportunities ( lost recreational opportunities ) were originally included in the claim for a coastal research centre and marine preserve.

The Executive Director should establish an in house task force to mainstream housing rights, including security of tenure and slum upgrading, in all aspects of UN Habitat activities in the same way that gender issues have been mainstreamed (see paras. 17 and 18).

Presentation and discussion on Slums of the world Trends and facts of MDG Target 11 on slums (organized by the Monitoring Systems Branch, UN Habitat, in collaboration with the International Institute for Geo Information Science and Earth Observation (Netherlands))

Iran further states that these compounds will not only harm plant growth but will also disturb soil microbiology, killing many micro organisms (such as Rhizobium and Mycorrhizae) and that this will result in lower soil fertility and reduced sustainability in crop production.

Presentation and discussion on Slums of the world Trends and facts of MDG Target 11 on slums (organized by the Monitoring Systems Branch, UN Habitat, in collaboration with the International Institute for Geo Information Science and Earth Observation (Netherlands))

(a) The governing policy in regard to technical assistance for which UN Habitat is the executing agency should be that relevant pilot projects which involve direct technical assistance for slum upgrading be designed to scale up, if they are assessed to have had a positive impact

(b) In the context of addressing the problem of raising medium to long term domestic capital, a critical element of moving to scale, the Slum Upgrading Facility should clearly define its role and the division of labour vis à vis other international organizations and lending institutions

In implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the national plan of action at the national and local levels, his Government, in collaboration with UN Habitat and with the support of the Cities Alliance and other partners, had launched the Kenya slum upgrading programme, which was aimed at improving the situation of people living and working in slums and informal settlements through the provision of infrastructures, services, housing and income generating activities.

In response to this daunting figure, the international development community, including the Millennium Project, the Governing Council of UN Habitat and the Commission on Sustainable Development at its thirteenth session, debated the relevance of the targeted level of 100 million slum dwellers.

Iraq argues that although some invasion related wildlife losses occurred, Saudi Arabia has failed to provide baseline data on wildlife populations (except for shorebirds), and has also failed to provide any monitoring and assessment data to support the claim.