No appreciable advance in these technologies had been noted.

The Chairman said that the proposal had been noted.

Some speakers noted that their countries had been victims of terrorism.

It should be noted that the number of outstanding cases had been significantly reduced.

It was noted that liaison officers had been used to increase cooperation with other States.

When asked during the April 2002 visit whether he had been in any way maltreated, he noted that he had not been physically abused or otherwise maltreated.

Non investment costs had been higher in the past, although they had not included agency support costs, and he noted that most of those non investment costs had already been approved.

It was noted that while a number of measures contained in that annex had been agreed to in principle, the implementation of those measures had been uneven, since some of them had been applied in practice, while others had not.

The Committee also noted that two requests had been received after the time specified in the resolution.

Ms. Popescu Sandru noted that measures had been taken to combat illiteracy and to encourage girls' education.

He noted that there had been no objection to the proposed co chairs of HTOC and CTOC.

As noted in paragraph 6 above, 15,419 contingent personnel had been deployed as at 28 February 2005.

Doctors on a hospital train in Aghdam noted no less than four corpses that had been scalped and one that had been beheaded and one case of live scalping .

The Meeting noted that the list had been made available on the website of the Office and had already proven valuable and useful.

It noted with concern that no recent contributions had been made to the trust fund for travel assistance.

IAMB noted that the unredacted Defense Contract Audit Agency reports covering sole sourced contracts had been made public.

The Council noted that there had been a number of positive developments since its last visit, in November 2004.

It was noted that many bilateral and multilateral agreements on cooperation to counter money laundering had already been signed.

It was noted that, in some export sectors, the use of trade preferences had been hampered by restrictive rules.

The father noted that his son had been beaten and stated that he would complain to the competent authorities.

It was noted that tenders had been rejected for failure to furnish tender securities when required in these circumstances.

IAMB noted with regret that those findings had been redacted in earlier reports of the Agency submitted to IAMB.

Introducing the item, the secretariat noted that no expert from Gabon had yet been designated for membership on the Committee.

The report of the Secretary General had emphasized that, during the period under review, mounting economic and social damage from the military occupation had been noted.

It should be noted in that connection that the Cities Alliance had a large reserve, which had been built up in partnership with the World Bank.

A dynamic civil society and the active role of the Association of Businesswomen and heads of enterprises had also been noted.

The Committee noted with appreciation that the International Day of Solidarity had also been observed in many cities throughout the world.

He noted that draft guidelines 3.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4 had been generally endorsed, even though they would benefit from editorial improvements.

The Subcommittee noted with appreciation that public private partnerships in ICST programmes had been achieved successfully achieved in many member countries.

The Board noted in April 2005 that computer hardware costing 6,295.42 had not been included in the total acquisition for 2004.

Ms. Patten said that in spite of the progress that had been noted in some areas of employment gross inequalities persisted.

He noted that the chairpersons had been invited to address the sixty first session of the Commission under agenda item 18, Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms , although only one had been able to participate.

Mr. Yoo Dae Jong (Republic of Korea) noted that information to supplement the original budget proposals for UNOTIL, which had been too vague and had been missing several of the basic requirements of results based budgeting, had only been provided at the request of the Advisory Committee.

The Committee noted that 39 quick impact projects are ongoing and that 8 had been completed at a total cost of 533,000.

In terms of negotiating resolutions, he noted a declining role for Permanent Representatives, as this function had been largely assumed by experts.

He noted that as a result of massive environmental degradation millions of people had been forced to abandon their lands, because farming and nomadic lifestyles had become unsustainable.

The Chairman noted that when the issue raised by Japan had been discussed in the Working Group, the consensus view had been that States which had difficulties with draft paragraphs 4 and 5 could make an opt out declaration under draft article 18.

He also noted that, according to information obtained through cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, 45 victims had been identified.

The Committee noted that the African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology in French Language had been established in Morocco in 1998.

He noted with satisfaction that a balanced and effective international convention which contributed to the progressive development of international law had been drafted.

The Somali Reunification Women's Union, an NGO which had been working with UNDP and UNHCR since 1992 on IDP and returnee issues, noted that, since 2004, three new IDP camps had been added bringing the total to 16.

The Secretary General had noted, on the second anniversary of the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, that no one had been held to account for that crime.

TEAP had noted that since the last CTOC report in 2002, no new alternative solvents had been developed and it was unlikely that there would be new solvent alternative breakthroughs.

He also noted that in a study conducted in 2004, the Secretary General had stressed the importance of addressing issues relating to justice in countries where peacekeepers had been withdrawn.

The Committee noted with appreciation that, since its forty seventh session, additional resources for 2005 had been offered by various Member States and organizations.