The Technical Advisory Group has provided effective technical support.

Substantive servicing of meetings substantive and technical servicing of Committee plenary and working group meetings (120) substantive and technical servicing of pre session working group meetings (40) substantive and technical servicing of working group on petitions (40)

Substantive servicing of meetings substantive and technical servicing of Committee plenary and working group meetings (180) substantive and technical servicing of pre session working group meetings (60) substantive and technical servicing of parallel working groups (30) substantive and technical servicing of working group on petitions (40).

Working Group of Diamond Experts and Technical Issues

Welcoming the technical papers of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group,

The Technical Expert Group met in Geneva from 8 to 11 November 2005.

Draft option 3B. Joint Scientific and Technical Subcommittee International Atomic Energy Agency technical review of the multilateral group guidelines process, schedule,a assumptions and issues

This year, the technical group, which now includes Germany and Algeria, discussed short term initiatives.

A Technical Group (TG) on Cesareans was created to define strategies to reduce cesarean birth rates.

Technical support to the Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G 24)

At the technical level, the working group on police reform has met on a weekly basis, and the working group on defence sector reform has met twice.

The group of technical experts recommended that while the model and guide are being developed, the secretariat should

The most recent meeting of the Technical Group was held in Santiago, Chile, on 22 and 23 March 2005.

The discussions also focused on ensuring that replanning is conducted appropriately and lawfully, including through a joint technical group.

8 For the purpose of this technical guidance, cluster refers to inventory related data from a group of countries.

The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) inter agency audit task group, of which UNFPA is a member, finalized a technical note on the appointment of project auditors in September 2005.

The procedure was endorsed by the Technical Advisory Group as a simpler price collection tool than those currently in use.

The Group, in particular, strongly endorsed the idea to have a consolidated and coordinated technical cooperation programme to assist LLDCs.

This aim will be pursued through the organization of workshops, expert group meetings and other specialized forums for technical debate.

A technical note on the appointment of project auditors is being finalized by the inter agency audit task group of the United Nations Development Group, of which UNFPA is a member.

In the past, IFAD (1997) has instituted a Technical Assessment Group consisting of outside specialists and scientists who provide inputs into Jordan's rangeland programmes. Such a group can provide valuable feedback on technical solutions that are necessary for the programme, and help in evaluating the success of meeting programme objectives.

The Group noted that technical cooperation activities in 2004 amounted to 98.8 million, an increase of 17.2 million compared with 2002.

E. Draft option 3C. International Atomic Energy Agency technical expert participation in the multilateral group process, schedule,a assumptions and issues

The LDC Group believed that the resulting vicious circle of debt could be broken only by massive financial and technical assistance.

(a) The mode of operation for the Technical Expert Group and the method to be used for resolving structural and conceptual issues

Since last year, the Technical Group on Innovative Financing Mechanisms has discussed various proposals, to which Spain has made an active contribution.

The working group was planning to prepare guidelines on auditing and technical notes on risk assessment during the second quarter of 2005.

We have also proposed the establishment of two more working groups for technical dialogue, a working group for privatization and a working group for environmental protection, but we have not yet received a reply.

Mandates the small intersessional working group to finalize the preparation of the following specific technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutantsPOPs in time for prior to the nextfifth meetingsession of the Open ended Working Group

The Technical Subgroup on the International Standard Classification of Occupations will report back to the Expert Group at a meeting in early 2007.

With that in mind, the Technical Group is preparing a proposal that could constitute the basis for broad consultations at the United Nations.

The group agreed to disseminate the document as a technical paper (FCCC TP 2005 4) for reference by LDCs, other Parties and agencies.

If the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee accepts the recommendation of the Working Group to hold the joint workshop, the following timetable is envisaged

Consequently, the biological weapons group was transferred to the Forensic Research Department of the Technical Research Centre at Salman Pak in mid 1987.

To ensure that its policies and recommendations reflect state of the art technical knowledge, particularly with regard to global advocacy and large scale implementation, UNICEF will periodically convene an independent technical advisory group composed of globally recognized experts.

At the request of Member States, technical assistance will be provided in the form of (a) advisory services (b) global, regional, subregional and national technical cooperation projects (c) conferences, seminars, workshops and group training (d) fellowships and (e) documentation and information as they relate to both advisory services and technical cooperation.

The report of the group, which appeared in late 2004, surveyed a wide range of alternatives and provided a technical analysis of their feasibility.

The annex to the present document reflects the discussions of the Working Group during the forty second session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee.

In that connection, Indonesia, together with Malaysia and Singapore, has intensified its cooperation through the Tripartite Technical Expert Group on the safety of navigation.

1.22 The secretariat of the Board provides substantive, technical and administrative support to the Board, its Audit Operations Committee and the Panel of External Auditors and its Technical Group, including research and analysis of documentation relevant to their activities.

Welcoming the decision by the Association of Caribbean States to establish the Technical Advisory Group to further advance the Caribbean Sea Initiative and the implementation of resolutions 55 203 and 57 261, inter alia, through the preparation of a technical report,

Would members of the Working Group on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space be able to support the joint Scientific and Technical Subcommittee International Atomic Energy Agency technical team review at times other than February and June?

Ms. MAGLIANI (Director, Evaluation Group) welcomed the support expressed for the activities of the Evaluation Group and the fact that the Group's remarks had been understood as part of the ongoing efforts to improve UNIDO's technical cooperation activities.

The group members will submit to the secretariat prior to CRIC 5 documents describing technical issues experienced with the national reporting process, and suggestions for improvement.

All of the proposals put forward by the Technical Group follow a pragmatic approach in that they do not require the creation of any new organization.