Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan established an International Panel of Experts to review and assess the study reports of the dam.

He also urged an annual assessment of the Council's work, aided by experts and perhaps convened by an independent group.

That bold declaration is supported by the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a comprehensive assessment of the state of the planet's ecosystems by nearly 1,400 leading experts from 95 countries.

Those experts that opt not to participate in the training have to undergo a similar assessment successfully in order to enable them to qualify for participation in expert review teams.

The GoE may wish to ask CST Bureau members to organize workshops on desertification assessment for coordinating ongoing projects.

Mr. Paul Desanker, Chair of the LDC Expert Group (LEG) spoke about technologies for adaptation in NAPAs.

That determination was made on the basis of the assessment of an international panel of experts that judged the missile to be capable of exceeding the permitted range (see S 2003 580).

The Expert Group has also requested Parties and others, in consultation with the Secretariat, to nominate additional experts who could assist in assessing these processes.

The following are the recommendations provided by the participants to the CGE on organizing and conducting future training workshops

(b) In order to validate the poverty assessment model, the development of an appropriate project or programme to be carried out by the GoE or other organizations should be considered.

(b) To decide on a work programme for the assessment of assessments , to be proposed by the group of experts through the lead agencies, and to distribute it to the States Members of the United Nations

Taking into consideration the overall criticism of the present atlas, and also the suggestions of experts in the field of assessment and mapping for drought and desertification, there is a definite need for revision and further development of the atlas.

The framework of the two year work plan for the GoE includes the evaluation of the state of the art of common benchmarks and indicators systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification, as well as the evaluation and recommendation of guidelines for both short and long term early warning systems.

But if a missile's range is somewhere in the vicinity of the permitted value, then expert evaluation and judgement are required since the results of flight tests may depend on particular environmental conditions.

The Panel was also requested to assess the socio economic and humanitarian impact of the sanctions measures as part of its final report under resolution 1549 (2004) (see S 2004 955).

Health TA (HTA) A specialised type of expert TA informing policy makers about efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness issues of pharmaceuticals and medical treatments, see health technology assessment.

In assessing and identifying the measures and options for abating and sequestering GHGs, some Parties used expert judgement, and others applied computer aided tools.

Models are tools aimed at helping plan future scenarios but they cannot predict what the future will be The following should be considered when choosing the tools for mitigation What are the objectives in using the computer models?

In this context, some experts noted that benefits to the company receiving an incentive should be assessed against the benefits accruing to the host economy, notably through spillover effects.

The training to be provided to experts, and the subsequent assessment after the completion of the training and or any other means needed to ensure the necessary competence of experts for participation in expert review teams shall be designed and operationalized in accordance with relevant decisions of the COP and the COP MOP.

Experts suggested the use of the concept of promising practices , since many factors had an impact on the quality or effectiveness of a particular practice and the parameters for evaluating a particular practice were seldom spelled out clearly.

Regional assessments Each RIG would oversee the production of a substantive regional assessment prepared by a drafting team of experts selected by the RIG for that particular region.

(d) Coordination and integration among the desertification EWSs working group and the other working groups (especially desertification assessment, B I) should be strengthened within the GoE

Requests the Administrator to establish risk guidelines with respect to the proposed changes in paragraph 2 (a) and (b) above, as well as an independent expert assessment of these changes and

129. Welcomes with appreciation the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission for the assessment of assessments in providing secretariat services to the Ad Hoc Steering Group and the Group of Experts

23. The Secretary General will provide financial assistance from the Fund for requests approved on the basis of the evaluation and recommendation of the Division on the advice of the Panel of Experts. Payments will be processed by the Organization in accordance with standard practices.

(a) The concepts, tools and methods attributed to the knowledge developed and discussed by the GoE, such as indicators and other subjects, should be gathered with the aim of obtaining a basic assessment methodology for poverty and land degradation.

The GoE recognized that B I, desertification monitoring and assessment and EWSs are integral components of the holistic approach to understanding the factors and spatio temporal characteristics of drought and desertification processes.

In that connection, NAM welcomes the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development (A 59 119) and its reappraisal of this significant issue in the current international context.

Methods and approaches used in vulnerability and adaptation assessments Almost all Parties reported on the use of various impact and vulnerability assessment methodologies and approaches, ranging from sophisticated computer models to qualitative assessments based on expert judgement and literature review.

To evaluate the situation of the world's young people is to evaluate the future of the world.

Requests the Administrator to establish risk guidelines with respect to the proposed changes in paragraph 2 (a) and (b) above, as well as an independent expert assessment of these changes

Four country case studies were also presented, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned in mitigation assessments, particularly in the process of training and retaining national experts.

Substantive servicing of meetings of other intergovernmental and expert committees directly concerned with each programme evaluated (10) substantive servicing of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on monitoring issues (5)

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A hundred and nine voted it a 10, the highest. Ten voted it one.

Several members of the GoE, experts included in the Roster of Independent Experts, and others, assisted in the review process.

Most of the reporting Parties used both internationally developed methodologies and national models, ranging from sophisticated computer models to qualitative assessments based on expert judgement and literature review.

By the same resolution, the Council also decided to re establish the Panel of Experts to undertake specific tasks, including assessing progress made towards meeting the conditions for the lifting of sanctions and assessing the humanitarian and socio economic impact of the sanctions.

These included the Panel of Experts on Somalia, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on Al Qaida and the Taliban, the Panel of Experts on Liberia, the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Group of Experts on Côte d'Ivoire, and the Panel of Experts concerning the Sudan.

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