We have raised awareness of the plight of the displaced, brought about changes in government policies, and raised billions of dollars to respond to their basic needs.

It will lay special emphasis on raising to a greater extent international awareness of the plight of Palestinian women and children the most vulnerable segment of the Palestinian society who are suffering as a result of the occupation.

However human rights activists are of the view that the police and the judiciary are sometimes not sufficiently sensitive towards the plight of women victims of violence.

While welcoming the actions undertaken for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of combatants, the Committee is deeply concerned that inadequate attention is given to the plight of former child soldiers, in particular girls.

Unfortunately, President Bush has been as reluctant to admit the mistakes of his economic policy as he has in the case of his Iraqi misadventure.

The Committee also needs in turn to identify constituencies and stakeholders in the international community that would be in a position to raise awareness in their own constituencies, in particular the general public, to the plight of Palestinians.

She recalled the Millennium Declaration, which specifically acknowledged the plight of Africa and of people of African descent and said that the advancement of gender equality among people of African descent was necessary to combat poverty, hunger and diseases.

The plan includes five mutually reinforcing elements public symbolic measures to acknowledge the suffering of victims and families, institutional reform, truth seeking and documentation, promotion of reconciliation, and the establishment of meaningful and effective accountability mechanisms.

In seeking to deploy the balance of the AMIS civilian police component, the African Union is focusing on the recruitment of female police officers in recognition of the fact that most protection concerns in Darfur relate to the plight of women and children.

Replace expected accomplishment (i) with the following (i) Increased awareness of and sensitivity to the plight of the urban poor, and enhanced cooperation and partnership in slum upgrading initiatives in line with the Millennium Development Goal 'cities without slums' .

2. Commends the Representative of the Secretary General for the activities undertaken so far, for the catalytic role that he continues to play in raising the level of consciousness about the plight of internally displaced persons and for his efforts to promote a comprehensive strategy that focuses on prevention as well as better protection, assistance and development for internally displaced persons