Afterwards, there were large number of activities, seminars and campaigns implemented for increased number of women elected at local and parliamentary elections.

The number of women in local representative bodies has grown by more than twofold.

Each given situation requires dialogue and cooperation among a number of actors, including local stakeholders.

This enabled the involvement of larger number of women to the work of local community bodies.

b Total number of additional local candidates required for non English official United Nations languages is 55.

At the local level, a growing number of women had been elected to office in recent years.

World Vision CEO Briefing Number 44, Local Capacities for Peace (LCP) Bill Lowrey, Coordinator for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding.

A positive trend is the growing number of female candidates in both parliamentary and local government council elections.

86. Requests the Secretary General to include in the budget performance reports comprehensive information (in tabular form) on the use of temporary assistance in the United Nations language services at duty stations under the responsibility of the Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services, with the breakdown for languages, number of staff (local and non local), number of workdays and expenditures (on local and non local staff)

Until 2000 the number of women councilors at local self government councils was a 5 and 0 women mayors.

The number of local government jobs averaged 11,626 in fiscal year 2003, compared to 11,621 jobs in fiscal year 2002.

Thanks partly to this opening, a number of organizations have sprung up such as NGOs, local development associations, groups and cooperatives.

In a number of countries, there has also been a significant increase in participation at local government levels over the past decade.

A number of workshops have been held to discuss the issues and share the progress and results of the project with stakeholders at all levels (ministry officials, local governments, schools, communities, parents and the local business sector).

Partnerships ranged from small scale development projects with a limited number of local actors to global initiatives with large numbers of major participants.

Acknowledging that a large number of refugees remain in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and that assistance requirements will include, as appropriate, local integration,

In addition, UNDP has established a number of justice and confidence centres and legal networks to mobilize local lawyers and improve access to justice.

Thus, the FFM's conclusions on the number of settlers do not precisely correspond with population figures provided by the local authorities, which were higher.

A number of countries reported local level activities targeting women, but there is no evidence that gender issues are addressed at the policy level.

A number of Parties reported the lack of comprehensive local data and country specific information to support assessment and studies needed for decision making.

He added that local government was a route into national Government in Ireland and pointed out that the election of female mayors in three major Irish cities reflected the increase in the number of women elected to local office.

In addition, AMIS is now frequently confronted by local SLM A commanders who deny their patrols access to an increasing number of rebel held areas.

Among notable events, a number of additional appointments were made to the petite territoriale (local administration) by three presidential decrees issued in July and September.

The Government has now reduced the total number of councilors in the local bodies though the percentages of men and women will remain the same.

A large number of local people gathered outside the venue of the conference to protest. They strongly opposed the far right populism advocated by the party.

As a result, Somali coastal waters are under the control of a number of different local administrations or self appointed militias, led by a faction leader.

At times, this has also resulted in a reduced choice of local products and a reduction in the number of stores, especially micro enterprises and SMEs.

Local authorities could be provided with financial and technical assistance for large scale modern sanitation and waste water treatment works from a number of different sources.

The reduction in the number of mine victims in that country was an example of what could be achieved through the empowerment of the local population.

According to reports, a large number of foreigners are living in Beijing and the number is growing. However, the language barrier and the convenience of exchanges between the expatriates can easily become excuses for not fully integrating into the local culture.

The Dongguan government recently held a high level talent week event. Reporters from China Business Network noticed a number of reputable local enterprises participating in the talent fair.

The reform of judicial system is pending in the whole of BiH, and it will result in the decresed number of courts and prosecutor's offices at local levels.

Thanks to the UNITAR partnership with local and municipal authorities and businesses, cities and municipalities worldwide currently focused on a number of specific social issues, including HIV AIDS.

It promotes non institutional social care, especially at the local level, in order to make the network of services more accessible to a larger number of older persons.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

During the transition phase, central government funds are needed for a number of areas including strengthening capacity providing guidance to local government monitoring and evaluation activities and for regulation.

Subsequent interviews indicate that a number of previously reunified returnees have separated themselves from households that are not able to absorb them and have returned to the local authorities.

Local time, at midnight on the 29th, Indonesia s official ANTARA News quoted the number published by Wilem Rampangilei, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The number of deaths caused by the violent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia s Central Sulawesi has risen to 420.

In addition, the World Bank and UN Habitat carried out a number of activities under their joint Cities Alliance programme, with 10 bilateral development agencies and associations of local authorities.

In Africa, the development of most countries was inhibited by structural constraints linked to high dependence on a small number of primary products and a narrow local industrial market base.

Given the commitment of the office to capacity building in Timor Leste, his delegation trusted that the proposed changes to its staffing would not affect the number of local staff.

a 6 indicates that the number of successful candidates eligible for local recruitment is in excess of the required size of the roster by 6, as explained in paragraph 21.

The United States has a number of marine litter and debris activities. For example, both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency work in close collaboration with State and local governments and NGOs to sponsor and participate in national and local beach clean ups.

But, this is mostly the result of the pressure of the international community and a certain number of local experts from the field of elections, to instill into the Election Law the obligation of parties to represent a specific number of women at the candidate lists.

You know, it's local cooks teaching local people.