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The members of the Working Group who participated in this mission stressed during the mission the humanitarian character of their mandate, with the main objective of assisting the families of disappeared persons in determining the fate or whereabouts of their relatives. (...) These guerrillas soon turned into a Marxist movement whose objective was to overthrow the Government and take power. (...) During the various meetings held by the Working Group with both official and civil society players, a constant cause of deep concern was expressed by all parties regarding the lack of personnel and material resources to address the cases of disappearances which occurred during the internal armed conflict. 48.

To provide information on a regular basis on the composition and objective of the co-financing for projects funded by the Global Environment Facility; iii. (...) Project concepts from group allocation countries will also be processed until the limit of available funds, with priority given to concepts that belong to programmatic approaches approved by Council. Composition and objective of co-financing 29. Mitigation projects that have been financed with GEF funds during the reporting period, from September 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, will leverage approximately $2.1 billion in co-financing. (...) Co-financing can include finance for baseline activities which are essential for achieving the GEF objectives. 30. The objective of co-financing for GEF projects is to expand the resources available for project implementation, since the limited financial resources of GEF have to serve the growing demand for assistance; maximize and sustain their impacts by ensuring their success and local acceptance; and demonstrate the commitment of the beneficiaries, counterparts and agencies.

Given the global role India is currently playing in governance issues and its neutral and objective approach on key policy issues, India is well placed to not only provide substantive physical facilities for IPBES but also will provide credibility to the Platform itself by hosting the Secretariat. (...) With international ICT giants ranging from IBM to Indian mega companies such as Infosys, there is no doubt about the capacities and capabilities of India to offer the best facilities for communication that is the most competitive in the world today. With multiple players covering the sector now the facilities are both immediate as well as affordable. 5. (...) With international ICT giants ranging from IBM to Indian mega companies such as Infosys, there is no doubt about the capacities and capabilities of India to offer the best facilities for communication that is the most competitive in the world today. With multiple players covering the sector now the facilities are both immediate as well as affordable. 5.

• On 9 November 2007, while commenting his clearly racist attitude towards Armenian chess players, Azerbaijani chess player Teymur Rajabov in an interview to “APA Sport” said: “The enemy is the enemy. (...) The head coach of the Azerbaijani football club Kapaz, had invited Armenian football players for an audition, however, it was reported that he had no prior knowledge of the Armenian origin of the Russian players. (...) The officers of the State Border Service returned the Armenian football players who held Russian passports on the same plane in which they had arrived

Secondly, the technology packages were originally designed for trucks with a single fuel tank, with the objective of transmitting real-time fuel consumption data to headquarters to be better able to track efficiency. (...) This Center joins prominent players in the Russian HVACR market and such organizations as the Russian Energy Agency, Ministry of Energy and the Nonprofit Partnership “Green Standards Environmental Certification Center”. (...) During this reporting period, the GEF has not received formal CTCN project proposals with the primary objective to support the operationalization of the CTCN.

High-level representatives from public authorities, international financing institutions, verifiers, project developers and other key players in the carbon market have an opportunity to discuss topics like outcomes of the latest international climate negotiations, its implications on flexible mechanisms, as well as current and possible future developments on the international carbon market. (...) These frameworks were put together on the basis of detailed mapping of natural conditions. The objective was to deliver a proposal for appropriate forest management system according to functions served by each part of the forest within the mapped area. (...) Innovation partnerships with German companies provide an opportunity for a direct exchange of experience Ongoing, Croatia Germany Energy efficiency in urban districts The project objective is the model application and dissemination of resource- friendly measures in planning, constructing and operating a building complex, along with the use of modern technologies in Ukraine’s construction sector.

The Working Group notes that at the time of its visit three separate anti- discrimination bills had been under discussion for quite some time: the bill on equal treatment in the labour market, whose objective is to combat discrimination, establish and maintain equal treatment of persons in the labour market regardless of a person’s race, ethnic origin, religion, belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or transgender identity; a bill on equal treatment, aimed at ensuring equal treatment in relation to social protection, including social security, health care and education, regardless of a person’s race and ethnic origin; and a bill on equality in administration, whose purpose is to combine in one legislative instrument the provision of administration in relation to equal treatment, regardless of prohibited grounds, and in relation to gender equality. 26. (...) In particular, the above-mentioned report showed that all the main players in the collapse of banks were men and that women were in a minority in politics, business, and companies’ boards of directors, the media, bank owners, borrowers and the recipients of grants.15 It also stated that men, who were the main players in the collapse, had acted in the context of a masculine culture which was highly competitive and encouraged risk-taking. 33. (...) Its role was to evaluate the ongoing impact of the economic situation from a gender perspective with the objective of ensuring that actions taken to strengthen the economy would reflect gender equality principles. 34.

They also enhance accountability: by assigning role players and defining responsibilities, they allow civil society organizations and independent bodies – such as national human rights institutions or courts – to better hold State agencies to account. (...) Since its founding in 1945, a core objective of FAO has been to eradicate hunger. In the early years, international policy debates and the work of FAO focused on increasing agricultural production and assuring the availability of basic foodstuffs at the international and national levels. (...) FAO could more systematically contribute to the realization of the right to food by fully integrating this objective into its Country Programme Frameworks (CPFs), which define priority areas and outcomes for Government-FAO collaboration over four to five- year periods, and its Country Work Plans (CWPs), which operationalize the agreed upon CPF outcomes in two-year time frames.

It is critical that increased international assistance continues to be directed to Malawi to support its efforts on ratification and domestication of international human rights instruments and the concerted steps being undertaken by the Malawi Government and other players to ensure full compliance by Malawi of her state party reporting obligations. (...) Further, the limited utilisation of human rights based approaches in court decisions and culture undoubtedly play a big role in fueling the marginalisation of women and female children. (...) It is critical that increased international assistance continues to be directed to Malawi to support programmes that the Malawi Government, MHRC and other players are implementing directed at: educating the general public on issues of women’s rights, gender- based violence and the relevant laws; capacity building of law enforcement agencies, including through training to enable them entrench human-rights-based-approaches; law reform and human rights monitoring and investigations.

In addition, Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/7/21 requests OHCHR to inform the Council in a timely manner, of the dates and places for the convening of the other regional governmental consultations on this matter, in conformity with paragraph 15 of General Assembly resolution 62/145, bearing in mind that this process may lead to the holding of a high-level round table of States under the auspices of the United Nations to discuss the fundamental question of the role of the State as holder of the monopoly of the use of force, with the objective of facilitating a critical understanding of the responsibilities of the different actors, including private military and security companies, in the current context, and their respective obligations for the protection and promotion of human rights and in reaching a common understanding as to which additional regulations and controls are needed at the international level. 3. (...) The positive role that private military and security companies can play in the humanitarian sphere was considered, as well as potential practical advantages for States using them instead of or in addition to their armed forces. 3. (...) This shift has been noticed by several international players - the Council of Europe, the United Nations and also the Swiss Initiative.