Relevant ongoing international scientific cooperation programmes

Still, it recognized the work being conducted in the Ad Hoc Committee, had cooperated constructively with that Committee and looked forward to continuing cooperation during upcoming negotiations.

Taking into account the importance of the ongoing cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,

Engage in international cooperation in the anti cartel effort. There is an active international effort against cartels.

The decentralization of World Bank responsibilities, currently in process, could be used as a further opportunity to foster closer cooperation.

(b) Promoting awareness of the work in the field of traditional knowledge being conducted by United Nations agencies

28. The POSAT 1 remote sensing mission, a result of close cooperation between a Portuguese industrial consortium and the University of Surrey, was operating routinely.

Synthetic biologists are manipulating it.

Process is doing some work.

Recruitment is ongoing.

Work currently being carried out in that connection by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was cited.

The EU welcomes the ongoing cooperation among the three committees and their experts.

The Palestinian Authority cooperates fully with the international community.

While the eventual conclusion of bilateral enforcement cooperation agreements would be necessary for full cooperation to take place, enforcement cooperation might initially take place on an informal basis.

Some Earth observation projects were also being conducted in cooperation with developing countries.

OHCHR is now engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the Committee on improving cooperation.

Recruitment for the unit is under way.

Programmes of this type are currently under way, mostly with the Government of Japan.

Recruitment for Guinea is currently ongoing in Monrovia.

A multimodal transport workshop was carried out in cooperation with ESCWA in 1994, joint TRAINMAR training exercises have been conducted and a joint trade facilitation project is under consideration.

In universities work on climatology and climate modelling is being conducted in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The two organizations are cooperating in controlling the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

In that context, contacts have been initiated and a partnership project is currently being developed.

The registration of ionizing radiation is in process.

Planning is under way to secure permanent facilities.

Other ongoing work should also be taken into account, particularly the work being done in developing countries.

The process of training local officials and promoting cooperation with local commissions was ongoing.

Austrian cooperatives have undergone an extensive reform process to meet the challenges of the global economy.

The separation of the judiciary from the executive branch is under way.

In order to deal with that situation, cooperation had been established at the subregional level and interregional cooperation had been established between SADC and the European Union.

The United Kingdom continued its informal cooperation with the Special Committee.

27. This is under way and ongoing.

Calls upon States to assist the United Nations in its ongoing work on the relevant recommendations of the report of the Secretary General, including by cooperating fully with United Nations field presences in the area of human rights and transitional justice as well as by facilitating the work of relevant special procedures

Consultations are in progress with each group of partners to determine the most efficient modalities for this collaboration.

33. Work is continuing on the UNDP funded technical cooperation project on the Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in Services (EFDITS), undertaken jointly with the World Bank.

Organizations are combining their efforts for staff training.

REPORT ON ONGOING WORK BEING DONE ON BENCHMARKS AND INDICATORS

However, collaboration at informal levels and through personal contacts seemed to exist.

UNCTAD was well placed to work with WTO in response to the Singapore Declaration, and concrete cooperation was under way.

Thanks to this cooperation, the Working Group was able to conduct official missions in 2005 to Canada and South Africa.

49. The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering was cooperating closely with other international organizations on the issue of money laundering.

We are also cooperating with the United Nations Development Programme in this area.

Work on specific projects is in progress.

Taking note of the work in progress of the United Nations system to clarify the role of the United Nations in post conflict transition situations, including mass exodus situations,

As noted above, the OECD Commentary was amended in 2003 and 2005, whereas the United Nations Commentary had been last amended in the year 2001.