The funds have been recovered and disciplinary measures have been recommended to the Secretary General

It was further recommended that periodic reviews be conducted to ensure that allowances were in line with prevailing local conditions.

I would also recommend that UNMIL assume the command and control of this unit and provide it with required support.

The creation of an Aid for Trade fund was also recommended in the United Nations Millennium Project report and endorsed by the report of the Commission for Africa.

Meanwhile, I recommend that the mandate of UNOCI be extended for a period of 12 months until 4 April 2006.

I also recommend that the Mission be extended for a further period of 12 months, until after the electoral process and the establishment of the newly elected Government of Haiti.

It was recommended that the roles and responsibilities be more clearly established to enable desks to focus more on essential functions such as strategy, analysis and evaluation.

It was also recommended that the Office for Outer Space Affairs continue to maintain and expand the existing Global Network for Space Technology and Disaster Management.

The auditor then referred to a disputed issue of ownership and concluded with the statement, I hereby state that the issued generality balance sheets were included in error and I recommend ignore them (sic).

It was recommended that the Government ratify International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 and provide greater recognition of indigenous languages, teaching them in schools and removing the language barrier for Government posts.

The Board also recommended that UNOPS fully explore all potential business acquisition possibilities and alternate sources of funding, given the changes in mandate effective January 2004.

Participation by WMO in the phases of development of the various regional implementations was recommended in order to ensure consistency and compatibility when interregional data exchanges were established and coherence with the integrated global data dissemination service. A number of currently unfulfilled user requirements for satellite data had been identified around the world.

The situation of the Christian minority in Senegal was referred to and it was recommended that the Government should consider adopting a prevention strategy to curb religious intolerance, focusing on education and dialogue, and that the African Union should establish specific mechanisms for the protection of the rights of minorities.

It was recommended that particular attention be given to the status of indigenous women and to identify effective ways and means to integrate indigenous women into the decision making, coordination and implementation of plans, programmes and activities of the Second Decade.

Recommendations for action included the creation of an Assyrian Administrative Region to safeguard the cultural, linguistic and religious rights of Assyrians, and an independent commission to handle claims and disputes concerning minorities in the Kurdish controlled areas of northern Iraq.

In the light of the conditions prevailing in the area, I support the extension and recommend that the Security Council extend the mandate of UNIFIL until 31 January 2006 with no changes to the strength and composition of the Force.

The Special Rapporteur also recommended that the Commission invite civil society to further mobilize against all these phobias, without prioritization, and above all to actively promote dialogue and interaction between the communities concerned.

And I recommend that Member States consider building on one of this Organization's clear strengths by setting up a 1 billion voluntary fund to allow us to bring rapid and effective relief to the victims of sudden disasters, whether natural or man made.

I recommend that in countries of concern to the Council it be a matter of practice to have a database or inventory of protection related incidents and that those incidents be reported on regularly to the Council in conjunction with mission mandated discussions or thematic discussions.

Very few parties have a policy of affirmative action to increase the number of women candidates in their parties to achieve even the target of 30 per cent participation (the critical mass') adopted in Beijing as recommended by the Electoral Commission.

I recommend that the mandate of UNMEE be extended for a further six months, until 15 March 2006, and that the authorized number of the military observers be increased by 10, to a total of 230, within the overall existing authorized strength of 3,404 military personnel.