As the Council's report attests, both the volume and the scope of the Council's activities continue to increase.

Among the Council's Decade related initiatives are

More often, the reason relates to the time taken up by council activities.

Therefore, if there is to be genuine Council reform, measures should be taken to remove all elements of partiality from the Council's activities and to expand the Council.

Participation in Conferences and Other Activities of the Economic and Social Council and bodies of the United Nations

The Board recommends that UNHCR headquarters review annually the New York Office's activities, outputs and plans.

Under item 11, the Board had before it a report by the Director General on activities of the Joint Inspection Unit (IDB.30 14).

The Director submits annual and ad hoc reports on the Institute's activities and the execution of its work programme to the Executive Board.

In paragraph 58 of its report, the Board encouraged the Pension Fund to strengthen controls of the accounting function and the reporting of investment activity.

The Council's work revolves around peacebuilding activities as countries emerge from conflict and undergo the process of peacebuilding and economic and social reconstruction.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to ensure that its field offices conduct procurement activities in line with best practices set out in its Manual.

In its 2004 report, the Board noted that UNHCR did not monitor the costs of its registration and statistic collection activities.

b. Meetings of CEB focal points to finalize the summary of conclusions of CEB and to plan follow up activities (2 sessions per year)

The Committee requested more information about the activities of the Nordic Council of Ministers in the sphere of trafficking in women.

In paragraph 37, the Board recommended that the Administration ensure that the amount appropriated and allotted for travel is proportionate to the travel activities required.

The activities of the mission benefited from a high degree of participation, as all 15 Council members were represented.

In paragraph 514, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that it develop and implement guidelines for the periodic rotation of staff responsible for procurement activities.

Paragraph 259 UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to ensure that its field offices conduct procurement activities in line with best practices set out in its Manual.

We believe that that would enable us to redress the imbalance in the Council membership and would give all Member States a more equal opportunity to participate in Council activities, in keeping with the purposes of United Nations reform.

Registration is the formal acceptance by the Executive Board of a validated project as a CDM project activity.

The Board agreed that the three types of project activities outlined in decision 17 CP.7, paragraph 6 (c), are mutually exclusive.

Similarly, we commend the activities of the consultative mechanism to further improve cooperation between the Council and troop contributing countries, especially the growing regularity and frequency of meetings with those countries.

As your representative on the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) for the Development Fund for Iraq, I am pleased to provide you with an update on the activities of the Board since my letter dated 6 January 2005, in which I recapped the actions of IAMB during 2004.

The Executive Board shall develop simplified baseline methodologies for the following types of small scale afforestation or reforestation project activities

It contains updated information on the Board's activities and follows his letter of 6 January 2005 (S 2005 12, annex).

(b) Seven members of the Economic and Social Council, elected from regional groups according to rules and procedures decided by the Council and giving due consideration to those countries that have experienced post conflict recovery

A and B), and the implementation of the recommendations approved in 2004. The Board met with representatives of donor and other interested Governments, staff members of OHCHR working on other activities relevant to the mandate of the Fund, and representatives of other United Nations agencies.

The complainant appealed against the Board's decision, maintaining that he risked being tortured and that Government forces were unable to control FARE DP activities.

In the coming days, the Council will consider the Secretary General's report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (S 2005 460).

Definition of renewable energy the Executive Board agreed to draw up an indicative list of energy sources eligible project activities,1 as proposed in the attachment to annex 2 of the annotated agenda of its third meeting.2 In drawing up such a list, the Board shall consider recognized classifications of renewable energy technologies sources and take into account experience based on completed or ongoing small scale projects in relevant fields.

Other activities at the Iinternational level

The Executive Board shall consider, at its next meeting, a request for review, and either decide to undertake a review of the proposed project activity or register it as a CDM project activity.

Under this agenda item, the Council Forum will have before it the reports of the Executive Director providing information on the activities of UNEP in the implementation of the programme of work and the relevant decisions of the Governing Council.

We continue to believe that the increasing volume and scope of the Council's activities prompt us to recognize the need to adapt the Security Council's membership in both its permanent and non permanent categories, as well at its methods of work, including the right to the veto, in order that the Council may efficiently address the geopolitical realities of today's world.

However, he believed that the Committee should respond to any subversive activities of an NGO that acted against the principles stipulated in the Charter and in Economic and Social Council resolution 1996 31.

Implications for UNICEF

OHCHR activities at the country level

The view was expressed that there was a proliferation of subsidiary organs of the Security Council, with their various support mechanisms, which should be curtailed and that the existing subsidiary organs should have more interaction with the general membership and non members of the Council, providing adequate and timely information on their activities.

He also stated that the President and Vice President of the organization continued to organize, support and finance activities inside and outside the Cuban territory aimed at overthrowing the constitutionally elected Government.

The evaluation function provides analytical, structured and impartial feedback of project programme performance for the purpose of increasing efficiency and effectiveness of UNIDO services, for accountability to management, donors and counterparts and for learning lessons in support to organizational knowledge building.

In paragraph 372, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that the Economic Commission for Europe formalize its cooperation and agreements in relation to the distribution of tasks when there is a risk of its activities overlapping with those of other international organizations.

Most reports were system wide in coverage.

The Executive Committee oversees these monitoring activities.

The National Audiovisual Media Council The Council has become a media watchdog .

In paragraph 149, the Board recommended that UNICEF review the sustainability of the increase in procurement activity of the China country office on behalf of other country offices.