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2. External assistance to Iraq apos s clandestine programme

Structural reforms, external assistance coordination and capacity building are the main focus of UNDP assistance.

With external financial assistance, our development efforts could be accelerated.

That had enabled Bangladesh to overcome disasters without seeking external assistance.

Thus policies designed to promote Africa apos s economic prosperity must be bolstered by external assistance and a favourable external environment.

However, in poorer countries, external assistance will continue to play a vital role.

24. Providing developing countries with external financial assistance was more important than ever before.

In addition, external balance of payments assistance was suspended and debt service payments rose.

Official development assistance (ODA) remains the main source of external finance for landlocked developing countries.

Were external financial assistance available, however, the country could step up its pace of development.

He therefore appealed for external assistance to the Southern African Development Community in that area.

Interest payments on the external debt of developing countries now exceed total official development assistance.

12. Interns are an important source of external assistance in undertaking work on the Repertory.

24. The United Nations is providing technical assistance to help countries manage their external debt.

With external assistance, we are now building three of the six projected chemical weapons destruction facilities.

Other attempts have involved external assistance from the World Bank, the International Cooperative Alliance and others.

The objective of the overall effort is to create a conducive policy and institutional environment for the return of domestic and external investor confidence and external financial assistance.

To meet their capacity building needs, a number of countries have turned to external donors for assistance.

In addition, Timorese authorities have requested external assistance to set up database management systems and administrative support.

The international community reacted in both cases with solidarity to help affected countries that needed external assistance.

These resources could be complemented by external financing through international trade and investment and official development assistance.

Under this technical assistance project, an external agency will be engaged to carry out the monitoring activity.

Despite an increase in private capital flows, official development assistance remains an essential source of external funding.

Coordination of technical and financial drug control assistance provided by external donors will remain a pivotal element.

India had consistently held that the coordination of external assistance should be undertaken only by the recipient Governments.

This amount represented 74 per cent of external assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.

A more systematic process of vetting and reference checking of candidates will be instituted, with external assistance whenever necessary.

In extolling the virtues of this successful regional effort, the solid external assistance it has received should be mentioned.

In that regard, external assistance was essential to expand transfer of technology and trade and investment among developing countries.

The media play a big part in highlighting a country apos s plight, which can help to expedite external assistance.

If it does not receive substantial external assistance very soon, most of the Goals will not be attained by 2015.

The Secretary General may therefore wish to review, with external assistance as necessary, the overall efficiency benefits of these proposals.

During the course of its development in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Syrian economy was reliant on external assistance.

Much of the debate on agenda item 39 had focused on external assistance, without reference to sustainability or national capacity.

As a result, private capital flows to developing countries have increased substantially, and have complemented domestic savings and external assistance.

Thus, measures of assistance that incorporate elements of improved capacity for enforcement of sanctions are more likely to commend themselves to external donors providing assistance to the affected third States.

National responses to face the costs of globalization need to be supported by adequate international assistance and an improved external environment.

The decrease relates to reduced requirements for temporary assistance for meetings ( 21,500), general temporary assistance ( 3,200), overtime ( 1,800), external translation ( 1,600), miscellaneous services ( 1,100), supplies and materials ( 1,600) and hospitality ( 800).

Official development assistance remains the main source of external finance for the least developed countries because of their limited capability to raise domestic resources, high vulnerability to external economic shocks and acute susceptibility to natural disasters.