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While the children and armed conflict agenda has been effective in mobilizing political will for release, it has been less effective in generating resources for sustainable reintegration programmes. 10. (...) The former Chairs recommended that use be made of the vast knowledge and experience present within the Secretariat, UNICEF and the community of non-governmental organizations, among others. 14. (...) Physicians for Human Rights presented its decades -long experience documenting and reporting on attacks against health -care facilities and health workers in conflict situations.

The Member States consider it important to intensify contacts and cooperation between their legislative bodies, and to exchange experience in public administration and development. (...) The Member States will continue to promote cooperation in agriculture focusing on the effective implementation of the SCO Programme of Cooperation in Food Security (Dushanbe, 12 October 2018). (...) They express the necessity to support the expansion of the SCO’s scientific, research and innovation potential by pursuing joint scientific and technical projects, research, contests, and the exchange of experience between research and education centres.

Traditional knowledge is also a part of the cultural identity of indigenous and local communities which is mainly developed from experience gained over the centuries and transmitted from generation to generation. 2. (...) On the occasion of the UNCCD second reporting process in 2002, some LAC countries reported positive experience with traditional knowledge and sustainable practices for soil conservation. (...) TPN 3 (DESELAC) becomes the most efficient and cost-effective source on which to base information on best practices and traditional knowledge. 8.

Equally, there is a risk of disillusionment among civil society, trade unions and even business who see the merit of further legal developments at the international level to level the playing field to better prevent abuses, and ensure access by victims to remedy when abuses occur. We believe in effective multilateralism and we continue to expect that the flaws of this process be fixed or that a new process be initiated for progress on this important, yet complex, issue of our time. (...) The European Union is working with partners from across regions to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the authoritative framework in this field, and a constant reminder of the obligation to comply with existing legally binding norms. Our experience within the EU has been to develop a smart mix of regulatory and voluntary measures in this and others areas – we regularly provide updates on concrete steps in various areas, most recently in a written contribution to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, in view of its 2018 report to the UN General Assembly “on emerging practice and innovations of corporate human rights due diligence across sectors”.1 Over the past years, we have indicated our readiness to engage in meaningful discussions regarding further legal developments. (...) Accordingly, each working group is required to elect a Chairperson, by secret ballot, for a fixed term, and on the basis of experience, personal competence, and equitable geographical distribution.

The Special Rapporteur learned of reports about the disappearance of Russian-speaking tourists, as well as the experience of a Russian woman who was smuggled to Israel via the Sinai desert to ostensibly work as an au pair in Israel. (...) As these laws remain effective in conjunction with the Trafficking Law, the Special Rapporteur deems it pertinent to provide a brief overview of such legislation. 15. (...) Further, NGOs do not have specific experience to provide legal services to trafficked persons.

There are concerns however, that capacity constraints, the lack of trained local leadership, and the lack of experience with this approach, could pose a challenge to the ability of the councils to effectively implement their functions. (...) This was also the basis of a project in 2009 to support the NDMC in gathering lessons learned and good practices from the experience gained since 2004. 44. In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, displaced communities were generally accommodated on a provisional basis, with host families in neighbouring islands, while temporary shelters were constructed. (...) A combination of factors, including insufficient experience and good practices to draw on in dealing with housing, land and community affairs by actors involved in reconstruction projects, and an inability to secure community consensus appears to have delayed the construction of the homes.

With a range of different backgrounds and experience, the panel explored, in dialogue with Ministers, what drives people to become good stewards of the land. 47. (...) With a range of different backgrounds and experience, Interactive dialogue 2 explored, in dialogue with Ministers, a variety of perspectives on how land and human health can be integrated. (...) With a range of different backgrounds and experience, Interactive dialogue 3 explored, in dialogue with Ministers, a variety of perspectives on ways to promote and strengthen sustainable value chains for land-based businesses. 60.

A further issue that should be examined is the need to ensure the knowledge and experience established within the Group is not lost on expiry of the EGTT’s current mandate at COP-12. (...) Australia believes that EGTT members have built a strong base of knowledge and experience and that it would be counterproductive and detrimental to the Group’s capacity to “retire” established experts. (...) (b) Existing technology-based international cooperative activities, partnership and initiatives undertaken between Parties in the development, deployment, diffusion and transfer of environmentally sound technologies; Finally, the views presented in this document take into account the present debates on the role of technology within the Convention Dialogue and the Ad-hoc Working Group as well as experience gained outside the Convention. - 12 - B.

The economic contributions not only must ensure the maintenance of this inefficient bureaucratic structure, but provide an effective response to the problem. Something that, to the present day, has not been achieved and is far from been reached, unless direct financing on projects to combat desertification is allocated. (...) In this regard, this Conference has missed an invaluable opportunity to promote technology transfer and capacity building as well as to ease the commercial rule regulating export and import of technology and capacity building programmes to efectively combat against desertification. Moreover, the experience of civil society organizations in the fight against desertification is still undermined.

According to interviewees, women victims of harmful practices, especially from black and minority ethnic and refugee communities, are more likely to view their experience within the context of family or community expectation, rather than as a form of abuse. (...) Interviewees stated that women who have experienced rape and sexual violence experience fear and distress about being guarded by male staff, including having male staff enter rooms without notice, and the disregard for privacy, with women often being seen naked or when using the toilet. 36. (...) Furthermore, the disproportionate effect that the legal aid cuts are having on black and minority ethnic women was consistently raised, as these women are more likely to experience poverty or very low levels of income.