Would the trend become more pronounced in the future?

Recommendation 1 Sharpening the focus of UN Habitat

Now that UNIDO had been restructured, it was more flexible and its mandate was more clearly defined and theme oriented. It should therefore be more effective.

The value of the report was greatly enhanced by the formulation of draft articles.

A clear and more focused working method should be adopted.

OIOS also notes that eligibility criteria under the Programme are very broad and could be modified to achieve a sharper and narrower focus.

That climate was heightened during elections, popular uprisings and the recent army mutiny.

The link between development, stability and human rights becomes most acutely apparent in fragile or failing States.

Perhaps it would be more important to strengthen preventive diplomacy with a view to averting the eruption of major conflicts in different parts of the world.

In the context of resource constraints, the Group supported the Organization's efforts to provide more focused and integrated services.

Africa needed greater stability, and peace must be encouraged in areas where there were conflicts.

The non linearity of effective protection along the processing chain is even more pronounced for cotton shirts.

The focus on support to implementation, especially in non Annex I Parties, needs to be sharpened.

This was more in evidence in remote areas.

Secondly, much greater emphasis is required on preventing the outbreak of conflicts.

Israel would like to have seen the language of these resolutions reflect more comprehensively the Israeli Palestinian conflict and offer more productive steps.

The survey underscored that at present the need for additional space in the ECA compound is even more acute than in 2001.

Furthermore, explicit mention should be made of the girl child and problems particular to the girl child should be given more prominence (UNICEF).

We therefore support measures that are intended to strengthen the focus on human rights issues including the creation of a new Human Rights Council.

A smaller membership would allow the Human Rights Council to have more focused debate and discussions.

One delegation expressed the wish that the role of refugee women in relation to their families be better highlighted in UNHCR apos s programmes.

Thirdly, we should strengthen mutual assistance and give prominence to Africa.

That approach  which should continue  had helped to establish a more focused dialogue, with better coordination among the experts and more complementarity in analysis and in the issues raised with the delegations.

The Secretary General made specific mention in his report to the General Assembly this year of the intense competition to export these weapons to conflict areas, thereby exacerbating the intensity and duration of those conflicts.

This has triggered or aggravated conflict among different population groups and has in turn been made more acute as a result of conflict.

It will also create a climate more conducive to negotiating a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Darfur.

The militarized situation, exacerbated by the presence of mercenaries, serves to undermine peace accords and reinforce the idea that a military solution is the only way to end conflicts.

That shortfall in resources was magnified by the decision of the AGBM to reconvene one day earlier than had been planned.

The general debate this year has been more focused than previously.

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The importance of addressing the root causes of conflict and devoting greater efforts to conflict prevention cannot be understated.

These events emphasized the need for the international community to tackle internal conflicts more seriously.

There are many areas where redoubled and better targeted efforts could contribute more effectively to conflict prevention and peacebuilding in West Africa.

Greater attention to the Millennium Development Goals is required in countries emerging from conflict.

Skill gaps will become apparent as sectors of the economy grow.

We also opened the door to a more productive, focused and transparent discussion.

The right to development requires further efforts to highlight more not only its multidimensional aspects and content but also characterization of the corresponding obligations both at national and international levels. PART I ELEMENTS OF A GLOBAL STRATEGY

OIOS agrees, and suggests that correcting this deficiency could be the organizing principle for greater focus.

This tragic incident underscores the fact that the international community should, more than ever before, resolve to fight the cancer of terrorism.

The restrictions became more severe in the Gaza Strip, where the conflict intensified during 2004.

Draft article 2 put forward a wider definition of armed conflict to include both international and non international conflicts.

Such issues in which the Security Council is not the lead United Nations body have risen in prominence on the post cold war international agenda.

Since then, issues of conflict, displacement and refugees have figured more prominently in global and regional strategies on prevention, education, food and nutrition, and interventions in emergency settings.

The European Union was pleased that the Secretariat had used results based budgeting, provided more focused and specific indicators of achievement and established a clearer link between resources, expected accomplishments and outputs.

That difference is, however, much more emphasized as far as secondary and higher than high education are concerned.