Steps taken to develop a policy on equal opportunities

The national machinery helps the government to develop policy and policy related measures.

4. Urges Governments to develop and promote methodologies for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all aspects of policy making, including economic policy making

UNHCR indicated it would further develop its protection publications policy.

The World Programme of Action for Youth provides a very good basis for any country to develop a national youth policy.

Under a programme on education for children with special needs, a unit had been established to develop a national policy and facilitate its implementation.

Develop methodology for evaluation of success of the state policy and programmes dealing with Equality

SADC was encouraged to note that the need to develop a global policy framework for combating violence against women had been recognized.

The State has adopted an educational policy to assess the system and develop the necessary strategies.

Develop policy and operational tools to facilitate gender mainstreaming in all thematic and functional areas of peacekeeping.

Objective 6. Develop an investment policy and asset allocation which reflect the Fund's strategic purpose of funding liabilities.

The main action point to emerge from the conference was the need to create a structure or mechanism to further develop and implement national gender policy.

If the EU is to progress beyond the limits of a common economic and monetary policy and develop a defense and security policy along with a common foreign policy, the UK must be on board. Exchange rate fluctuations between sterling and the euro disturb market forces among member states, and at times even have a negative impact in London.

UN Habitat began supporting the Palestinian Authority in urban planning and development, as well as in efforts to develop a housing policy for the occupied Palestinian territory.

The project will assist national policymakers and policy shapers to develop the knowledge and skills to integrate macroeconomic and social goals in policy formulation and better utilize available national policy space to pursue development goals in the face of external shocks.

UNRWA also agreed to develop, approve and update its security policy on a regular basis in order to provide guidelines for compliance by staff members, and that it communicate the policy to all personnel, stressing the importance of adherence thereto.

The purpose of the programme is to strengthen legal and institutional frameworks and develop policy guidance, as well as to enhance cooperation across agencies active in anti corruption policy, advocacy and enforcement.

In paragraph 74 of its report, the Board recommended that UNEP develop and implement (a) an ICT strategic policy and (b) policies on the acquisition and maintenance of ICT.

Since the Gambia was overwhelmingly agricultural and rural, the Government needed to develop a comprehensive rural development policy, in particular to improve the lives and rights of rural women.

Developing countries should be accorded policy space to develop their own strategies tailored to their developmental needs, within a framework that provides for accountability, transparency and integrity in the system.

Further requests the Secretary General to develop a standard policy with regard to the purchase and assignment of standard civilian and specially equipped armoured vehicles, as well as representational vehicles

Please provide these data as well as steps taken to develop a policy on equal opportunities and details on financial resources that have been allocated to the Indigenous Employment Programme.

ensure that gender analysis is an integral part of all its activities make support for gender equality a key element of its policy dialogue with partners and develop strategies to ensure its capacity for gender mainstreaming, including policy making, expertise, and human and financial resources.

(c) Develop and adopt a comprehensive policy to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and trafficking in children, including the root causes and factors that place children at risk of such exploitation

Furthermore, efforts will be undertaken to develop approaches to enhance the engagement of civil society in policy dialogue in addressing the internationally agreed priorities.

As a result, questions about the role of monetary policy and the independence and accountability of central banks, once confined to rarefied academic discussions, are fixtures of broad policy debate. But, rather than try to define a single approach, central bankers should aim to develop individualized approaches within the orthodox monetary policy framework, which revolves around price stability and independence.

UNMIS has held consultations with the Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan to develop a comprehensive returns policy, resulting in an agreement to commence assisted returns in 2006.

Please provide these data as well as details on steps taken to develop a policy on equal opportunities and details on financial resources that have been allocated to the Indigenous Employment Programme.

In cooperation with space agencies and national disaster management authorities, ESCAP is implementing a project, financed by the Republic of Korea, on enhancing national capacity in policy making on natural disaster management using information, communication and space technology to promote and develop a policy framework on space information products and services.

The intention is to propose further work at both the national and the international level to fill the gaps in knowledge and develop sound policy recommendations.

The United Nations must strengthen its policy on non proliferation, in particular on how to allow nations to develop civil nuclear power, but not nuclear weapons.

Instruments like the Emancipatiemonitor (a biennial publication), gender impact assessments, the gender mainstreaming action plan and manual, the www.emancipatieweb.nl website, the interactive policymaking pilot and the auditing committee are intended to reorganise, improve, develop and evaluate policy processes in such a way that policymakers can include the gender perspective in all policy.

Or will South Korea and the US try to take advantage of Kim Jong il s passing with new policy initiatives? If they can develop a two track policy framework aimed at facilitating economic reform inside North Korea while continuing international pressure for denuclearization, constructive engagement may be possible.

Different countries have reacted differently, influenced by their historical experience and their economic interests. Yet it is essential for the European Union to develop a unified policy, reconciling these divergent national interests and attitudes.

In December 28, 2003, the Government decided on the establishment of a Directors General Committee to develop policy and programs with regard to trafficking in the areas of prevention and protection of victims' rights.

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develop a doctrine for combatting terrorism

Officials have an obligation to look beyond the current news cycle, and especially to understand that policy aimed at Syria, for example, engages policy toward Russia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and Israel. As a result, it is profoundly difficult to develop policies that enjoy support at every excruciating phase of their implementation.

In paragraph 103, the Board recommended that UNODC develop, complement or update the policies that address the management of the risk of electronic misconduct by consulting policy templates.

Mr. Schölvinck (Director, Division for Social Policy and Development) replied that natural disasters were difficult to predict and it was therefore difficult to develop mechanisms to prevent them.

WASHINGTON, DC The best advice I received when taking up policymaking responsibilities in Turkey more than a decade ago was to take a lot of time and care to develop and communicate the narrative to support the policy program that you want to succeed. The more that economic policy is subject to public debate that is, the more democracy there is the more important such policy narratives are.

The World Summit, which had endorsed the creation of a standing policy capacity, had also recognized the need to develop an operational capability so that existing missions would have the capacity to respond to crisis situations.

In paragraph 157, the Board recommended that UNRWA develop, approve, implement and update on a regular basis an information and communication technology security policy to enforce and regulate access to sensitive and confidential data and information.

(a) To develop advanced Earth observation sensors

22.4 The Branch will continue to develop a humanitarian policy agenda which will identify emerging humanitarian trends and changes in the humanitarian environment in order to build harmonized policy positions among humanitarian agencies based on international humanitarian law, humanitarian principles, including those recognized in General Assembly resolution 46 182, and human rights.