Most important, States should also conceive mechanisms that allow bottom up disaster risk reduction initiatives, originating at the community level and contributing to the shaping of disaster risk reduction policy and programmes at the national level.

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The Conference attracted worldwide attention and assumed an unprecedented level of significance with regard to disaster risk reduction.

UNDP has leveraged the pro bono services of an external independent firm to conduct a preliminary risk inventory and high level road map for the implementation of enterprise risk management in UNDP.

Countries in North America, Europe and Oceania indicated a high level of specific types of intervention targeting at risk groups.

Greater awareness in respect of natural disaster risk management planning and capacity building at the national level will be crucial.

In order to reduce disaster risks, countries and communities must first identify risk factors, decide what level of risk is acceptable, and then take steps to reduce risks or transfer them away from affected areas.

Activities aimed at raising the level of preparedness of local communities should take due account of local realities, indigenous coping mechanisms and perceptions of risk.

Although it is not yet in force, such procedure is occasionally used in Portugal, namely in flights with a certain level of risk.

United Nations and associated personnel at particular risk should be afforded a similar level of protection to that provided under the 1973 Convention.

Street level interventions and prevention measures for groups at risk nevertheless require significant expansion to actually address the full dimension of the problem.

We concur that strengthening community level capacities to reduce disaster risk at the local level is especially needed, considering that appropriate disaster reduction measures at that level enable the communities and individuals to reduce significantly their vulnerability to hazards.

Should a risk exist, it would probably be of a local character since the complainant has only been politically active at the local level.

Every matter that is received by the Division is assessed in order to identify the level of risk each of those matters presents to the Organization.

Critically, it could also serve to deliver high level political support so that we do not lose sight of those countries which are at risk.

These submunitions have a very high level of reliability, thus reducing the risk of generation of explosive remnants of war and consequently of collateral damage among civilian populations.

Banks and investors consider them to be high risk due to their limited assets, low level or lack of collateral, lack of business history and market volatility.

The supplanting of risk management' for early warning systems at this level has been a step forward and has led to the formation of a subregional mechanism.

Natural hazard risk reduction is one of three agenda items of the upcoming First Inter American Meeting of Ministers and High Level Officials on Sustainable Development in 2005.

The global dimension of the NEO hazard and the level of awareness of large numbers of the general public make the study of this risk especially suitable for international cooperation.

The high level of threat and risk to the United Nations in Iraq requires special training, which is provided in Amman as a prerequisite for onward travel.

As recommended by the United Nations High Level Panel, the EU urges the States concerned to take practical measures to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war.

Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment

However, it should be noted that despite all the precautionary measures, the level of risk, which was already high, will further increase, particularly after the issuance of the report.

23. Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment

To ensure the sustained effective implementation of such measures, it is important that disaster risk reduction initiatives build on the development needs and initiatives generated at the local level.

According to UNDP, a quarter of the Haitian territory is at risk of grave erosion and deforestation has reached an alarming level 97 per cent of the country's watersheds are completely deforested.

The chief will be responsible for risk control of the Fund's investments as a whole in terms of portfolio risk, operational risk and compliance risk, and will plan and perform the oversight of performance measurement, investment risk analysis and operational risk analysis, including risk arising from sub adviser and service provider relationships.

They have an increased risk of infection, an increased risk of malignancy.

Recognizing that the maintenance of nuclear weapons systems at a high level of readiness increases the risk of the use of such weapons, including the unintentional or accidental use, which would have catastrophic consequences,

The second pressure on the planet is, of course the climate agenda the big issue where the policy interpretation of science is that it would be enough to stabilize greenhouse gases at 450 ppm to avoid average temperatures exceeding two degrees, to avoid the risk that we may be destabilizing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, holding six meters level rising, the risk of destabilizing the Greenland Ice Sheet, holding another seven meters sea level rising.

At the operational level, the Office of Audit and Performance Review has already started adopting a preliminary risk based audit planning methodology with the purpose of improving the country office audit coverage (para.

The negotiation of a new international instrument could increase the risk of undercutting existing standards, as it might not be possible to agree at the international level on an equally strong set of measures.

The exposure of BiH population to risk factors, such as smoking, increased blood pressure, increased level of sugar in blood, increased cholesterol, and other fats in blood, physical inactivity, risk from sexually transmitted diseases (AIDS), etc. that can significantly influence the health potential of individuals and the society as a whole is significantly increasing.

The level of the voluntary contributions to the General Fund, however, remains very low, putting at risk some of the most traditional training programmes of UNITAR, addressed to diplomats accredited to various United Nations offices.

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Here, too, the High level Panel's and the Secretary General's proposals were intended to reduce the risk of unilateral intervention by placing the responsibility for decision making squarely on the shoulders of the Security Council.

Regional organizations in disaster prone regions should play a greater role in disaster risk reduction and management by devising regional level programmes and by supporting the efforts undertaken by the countries of the region.

The High Level Panel organized at the session drew attention to the importance of regional cooperation in disaster reduction, especially in early warning systems and the development of regional strategies to deal with disaster risk management.

(e) Create a risk and compliance section for better risk control of investments and operations

10. Calls upon the Investment Management Service to expeditiously implement the recommendations of the Board of Auditors with regard to the determination of the level of tolerance for risk, improvement in internal review of performance and the trade order management system

This volume of assets allows the Fund to expand its investment frontier and requires it to build up a risk control mechanism, to control comprehensively not only investment risk but also operational risk and technology risk.

MILAN Most people recognize that human activity, primarily the use of fossil fuels, is contributing mightily to an increasing level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases, particularly CO2, increase the risk of damage to the world s climate.

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