While acknowledging those efforts, Switzerland considers that three important questions should be dealt with more clearly.

While acknowledging that decentralization has brought real benefits in Nepal, a number of problems still remain.

Lastly, while acknowledging that cultural change took time, she stressed that time alone was not sufficient.

While acknowledging the potential of new technologies, developing countries stressed the continuing importance of the movement of natural persons.

It was important to minimize the negative social, political and economic impact of migratory processes, while acknowledging their positive contributions.

The Comptroller, Bureau of Management, UNDP, acknowledging delegations' concerns, assured the Board that while Atlas implementation was tedious, 2005 would prove better.

12. While acknowledging the continuing need for ODA, such assistance, like foreign direct investment, would be ineffective without a proper policy environment.

While acknowledging the importance of voluntary contributions to OHCHR, the Group stressed that such contributions should not be earmarked for specific programmes and activities.

83. While acknowledging the work undertaken by the Ghana National Commission on Children, the Committee is concerned about its weak institutional and financial status.

727. While acknowledging the work undertaken by the Ghana National Commission on Children, the Committee is concerned about its weak institutional and financial status.

While acknowledging the valuable role such individuals played in areas where staff members lacked necessary expertise, gratis personnel should certainly not replace international civil servants.

While acknowledging the legitimacy of this desire, those in power at the time had neither the political will nor the courage to give them satisfaction.

Acknowledging the complexity of the Mission,

While acknowledging the coordinating leadership role of the United Nations, account should be taken of the role to be played by national Governments in identifying national priorities.

While acknowledging the demands placed on the Secretariat, it was unreasonable to expect Member States to approve 5 billion of resources for peacekeeping operations without such a review.

However, while acknowledging all of that success, we must also acknowledge that the Iraqi forces are not yet ready to conduct independent operations unilaterally without the multinational force's assistance.

While acknowledging the significance of Bretton Woods institutions mandates and resources, resident coordinators had a strong sense that the system had much to offer in a more collaborative environment.

While acknowledging the various serious crises in other parts of the world, I would like to focus on the drought induced food insecurity situation in a number of SADC countries.

OIOS therefore recognizes the complementary roles of JMAC and the force G2 branch while acknowledging that, by itself, JMAC cannot cater to the operational level information requirements of the Force.

While acknowledging the progress and continuous efforts made by many countries in the region in poverty alleviation, employment generation and social integration, various social challenges still remained to be addressed.

Acknowledging that God is unknown and unknowable by definition.

Acknowledging the role of leadership in the revitalization process

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while acknowledging citizens' various rights, also clearly states that, in exercising their rights and freedoms, people are subject to the limits laid down by law.

While acknowledging the essential contributions made by women as peacemakers and peacebuilders in many settings, we are confronted with the reality of under representation of women in peace processes as a whole.

While acknowledging the important war against terrorist acts in all their forms and manifestations, we should not lose sight of the importance of upholding the rule of law in conformity with international law.

While acknowledging the existence of bilateral negotiations to address the issue, the Committee is concerned at reports of children being injured as a consequence of landmines on the borders of the State party.

Many participants, while acknowledging the global advances made towards internationally agreed goals on development assistance, emphasized the urgent need to accelerate donor support in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

While acknowledging that this protection fell outside of the traditional understanding of diplomatic protection, it was considered consistent with international practice, and therefore the correct rule to be placed in the draft articles.

While the highest standards of efficiency must apply to the use of available resources, the General Assembly must not shy away from acknowledging that expanded responsibilities led to a commensurate increase in funding.

(17) While acknowledging the delegation's assurances that the Provincial Admission Board is in the process of being established, the Committee notes with concern the lack of a systematic adjudication procedure for asylum seekers.

Acknowledging the complementary contributions of all existing international frameworks on disability,

Views were expressed acknowledging the textual change to resolution 52 220.

3. Recognizes the progress made in the implementation of the New Partnership as well as regional and international support for the New Partnership, while acknowledging that much needs to be done in its implementation

3. Recognizes the progress made in the implementation of the New Partnership as well as regional and international support for the New Partnership, while acknowledging that much needs to be done in its implementation

While acknowledging that issues surrounding compensation for losses to global commons were unique and complex and required separate treatment, some delegations would have preferred the application of the draft principles to the global commons.

While acknowledging the State party's efforts to promote the social integration of Greek Roma, the Committee remains deeply concerned about the persistent discrimination against Roma people in the fields of housing, health and education.

28. While acknowledging the above, the Board recommends that the Administration review the basis of its fund raising strategy, with the aim of increasing the quantum of contributions, especially those that are not earmarked.

11. Requests the Department of Public Information, while acknowledging its commitment to a culture of evaluation, to continue to evaluate its products and activities with the objective of improving their effectiveness, including through interdepartmental consultations

While acknowledging professional criteria and creating conditions for high artistic achievements, an artists' association would help create its own professional production, which would contribute to Republika Srpska artists' credibility in securing their positions in general.

In this connection, and while acknowledging the effort made by the State party to fight ethno religious violence, the Committee remains concerned about the situation of ethno religious minorities, such as the Yezidi Kurds (art.

6.2 While acknowledging that abuse of power by some political actors has in the past undermined the quest for fair elections, the State party denies that the government is responsible for the current election culture.

Consequently, the Government indicated that it favoured an early withdrawal of the ONUB military component, while acknowledging the important role ONUB could continue to play in support of the Government's efforts in other critical areas.

While acknowledging the special needs of older refugees, delegations supported UNHCR apos s strategy of not isolating them as another special category, but instead integrating the elderly into all aspects of programme planning and implementation.

Acknowledging the authorized trade in man portable air defence systems between Governments,

Only by acknowledging that reality could the Committee resolve the outstanding issues.