Welcoming the creation of the Inter Agency Support Group for the Forum,

Joint Liaison Group As a framework for collaboration between the three Rio convention secretariats, a Joint Liaison Group (JLG) at the management level has been established to assist in promoting synergies and developing common approaches and strategies.

Implementation of the strategy will require generation of resources and innovative approaches, such as a special trust fund or grants programme for youth initiatives, partnerships with the private sector and civil society, and joint activities with other United Nations agencies.

In collaboration with the national AIDS coordinating authority, UNAIDS will facilitate the establishment of the Monitoring and Evaluation Country Support Team.

The meeting agreed on the draft terms of reference of the city group and the intersecretariat working group.

This will be discussed by the inter agency operations group before 15 November 2005.

UNICEF has invited the United Nations country team in China to develop projects involving joint implementation.

A substantial contribution to the inter agency support group position paper on indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals

Sasha is from Seattle and Mary from Oregon and they make up the work team for our joint project http www.collateralrepairproject.org , which collects donations online.

At the meeting, the Panel will establish a bold yet practical vision for joint action on sustainable development.

Inter Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action and its Steering Committee on Gender and Mine Action

The Joint Strategic and Operations Group, also known as the Joint Strategic Plans and Operations Group (JSPOG), was a committee that was instituted during the Korean War to facilitate communication and interaction between the various United States armed forces.

The joint UN team will link to global level problem solving mechanisms and to regional technical support facilities.

(b) The international agencies (noting that the Inter agency and Expert Group has already commissioned work along these lines)

Closing by the Chair, local indigenous representative and representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as host and on behalf of the Inter Agency Support Group

In paragraph 260, the Board recommended that UNICEF invite the United Nations country team in China to develop projects involving joint implementation.

UNIFEM participates in the inter agency United Nations Evaluation Group and is strengthening its evaluation function over the forthcoming three years.

There are a number of initiatives in place, supported by the Inter agency and Expert Group, to improve the MDG database managed by the Statistics Division.

The joint UN team will provide a common entry point for national stakeholders to more easily access the full range of AIDS related services available throughout UN system.

Through their Joint Liaison Group, the secretariats of the three Rio conventions are collaborating and coordinating their approaches in order to develop synergies between the conventions.

This can be fed into the deliberations of the Inter agency and Expert Group and used as part of the process of determining the best way forward for particular indicators.

We strongly recommend that the Inter agency and Expert Group agree on an upgraded reporting system to improve the standard of reporting of countries to the international agencies.

Administration of justice in the Secretariat outcome of the work of the Joint Appeals Board during 2003 and 2004 and statistics on the disposition of cases and the work of the Panel of Counsel

On 3 August 2005, the Bureau of the Commission approved the conclusions and recommendations of the ad hoc expert working group on energy statistics, including the draft terms of reference for the city group and the intersecretariat working group on energy statistics.

Welcoming, in this regard, recent initiatives to reinforce regional cooperation, including the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Afghanistan Contact Group,

97. Encourages the sponsoring organizations of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection to continue to support and provide the necessary assistance to the process of restructuring the Group of Experts

The Palestinian Authority's inter ministerial working group, supported by the team of the United States Security Coordinator, has now produced a first draft of a security reform white paper.

The Campaign will now be led by a civil society global steering group, with UNAIDS as a non voting member.

Another specific outcome of the work carried out in the Joint Liaison Group was the organization of a synergy workshop in Viterbo, Italy in April 2004.

The inter committee meeting recommended that a working group, composed of a member of each committee, be convened early in 2006 to consider an updated version of the report on reservations prepared by the Secretariat (HRI MC 2005 5) and to report to the fifth inter committee meeting.

The joint UN team will, upon request, support national AIDS coordinating authorities to develop capacity to oversee implementation and to identify and solve problems, through whichever modality is most appropriate for national contexts.

We are pleased that the Inter agency and Expert Group, at its meeting in October 2005, agreed to take steps in this direction.

It had been an active member of the Geneva Migration Group and would assist in expanding inter agency coordination as well as in preparing the 2006 High level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.

The Inter Agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goal Indicators coordinates the efforts of United Nations entities and national statistical services, as well as regional and international statistical bodies from outside the United Nations system.

The establishment of the Inter agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goal Indicators has been a positive development and should play a key role in continuing to improve the content of the MDG database

It maintained good cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, and contributed to the weekly quadripartite meetings and investigations of the Joint Fact Finding Group, including providing forensic assistance.

It will organize meetings with the Monitoring Team and the experts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) in order to discuss matters of common concern and to ensure appropriate coordination in our work.

UNAIDS to establish Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Country Support Teams in five countries by December 2005 and in 10 countries by December 2006.

Comment by the Administration. A technical note on the appointment of project auditors is being finalized by the inter agency audit task group of the United Nations Development Group, of which UNFPA is a member.

The United Nations Communications Group, established in January 2002 at the initiative of the Secretary General, has emerged as an important platform for inter agency coordination in the field of public information and communications.

In its activities, the Committee would seek support of existing groups (the London Group on Environmental Accounting, the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics, the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics and the Intersecretariat Working Group on Energy Statistics etc.).

The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) inter agency audit task group, of which UNFPA is a member, finalized a technical note on the appointment of project auditors in September 2005.

The Bukavu Joint Verification Team became operational on 8 February and has so far conducted two verification missions, to Kalonge and Mule, to investigate allegations of FDLR activities in the area.

Mechanisms such as the United Nations Inter Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action and the Steering Committee on Mine Action could help to build consensus around policy, strategy and operational issues.

This was followed by a statement by the Director of the Country and Regional Support Department at UNAIDS, who discussed the Global Task Team (GTT) recommendations and the Division of Labour matrix presented in the report.