This increase in the membership needs to be effectively reflected in the Security Council.

(c) Imparting a more democratic and transparent character to the Council apos s activities

34. The Administration agrees with the Board on the need to increase its fund raising activities.

It also proposes the establishment of a segment under which the Council will supervise the activities of its subsidiary bodies.

Among the Council's Decade related initiatives are

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

Through its website (www.greeceun.org), the presidency provided regular updates on the programme of work as well as on the activities of the Council.

quot The members of the Council are confident that Armenia will contribute fully and effectively in all areas of the Organization apos s activities.

The report reflects the continued increase in the volume and the scope of the activities of the Council.

Other elements of the activities of the Council are also linked with the item before us.

quot The Council shall approve an annual report on the activities of the GEF. ...

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

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9. The Director of ODA and other staff of the Office briefed the Board on the status of various United Nations activities in the field of disarmament of relevance to the work of the Board.

A look at the Council apos s activities during the period covered by its current report reveals that the Council has increasingly tended to encroach on the functions of other United Nations organs.

(e) The effectiveness of procurement training had not been evaluated at MINURSO, UNLB, UNMIL and UNOMIG.

41. The Presidential Council for Youth Affairs of the Philippines has developed activities for the tenth anniversary.

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.

The International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council (ISPAC) has intensified cooperation by facilitating the participation of staff of the Institute in ISPAC activities.

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

This is closely associated with the increasing number of requests for greater transparency in the activities of the Council.

Other elements in the Council apos s activities are also linked to the issue we are considering today.

It might also be desirable to submit reports more frequently in order to keep the members abreast of its activities and functions.

There is no doubt that the introduction of transparency into the Council apos s activities and democratization of its decision making process would enhance the credibility of the United Nations system as a whole.

26. According to the reply of 30 June 1994 to the Secretary General from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), those ICES member countries which had replied to the Council indicated that they were unaware of any activities by their nationals in the ICES area that might be inconsistent with the terms of resolution 46 215.

As your representative on the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) for Iraq, I am pleased to provide you with a recap of the actions of IAMB during 2004.

Members of the Board emphasized the important role to be played by the Executive Board of INSTRAW in connection with fund raising activities, as stipulated in the INSTRAW statute.

UNDP will be reporting further to the Council in June 1993 in response to the request by the Council for specific criteria for the allocation of posts to the programme support and development activities line.

Decisions were taken within existing procedures enabling other Members of the United Nations to receive fuller, prompter information about the Council apos s activities and to convey their views to members of the Council.

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

It recognizes the importance of rapid initiation of peacebuilding activities to meet immediate needs and encourages the building of capabilities that can be incorporated rapidly.

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

PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AND THE UNITED NATIONS, 2001 2004

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.

I would also like to express my delegation's gratitude to the Chinese delegation and Ambassador Wang for the excellent manner in which they guided the Council's activities last month.

The Board also recommended that consideration should be given to bringing in, at a senior level, the appropriate expertise from outside the United Nations to manage and oversee procurement activities.

The membership of the Czech Republic in the Security Council in 1994 and 1995 will require the Mission to focus its efforts on the activities of the Council.

As mentioned GCR activities continued to be focused on the protection and integration of refugees on the basis of the 1951 Geneva Convention and the New York Protocol.

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

According to the report, the volume and scope of the Council's activities continued to grow over the past year.

Since 2001, our delegates to the Economic and Social Council have been following the activities of the Working Group on the Right to Development.

A separate report on Summit follow up activities will also be presented to the Executive Board (E ICEF 1993 12).

We believe that the Council would also gain practical benefits from wide ranging reform in these important areas, and that it should be in the interest of Council members also to hold increasingly broad consultations with non members to keep them informed of the Council apos s activities and involve them in the work of the Council as much as possible.

The report of the Security Council provides a useful outline of its work throughout the period under consideration, clearly demonstrating an upward trend in the scope and volume of the Council's activities.