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The Special Rapporteur was encouraged to learn that Switzerland operated a generalized system of preferences for developing countries, meaning that the agricultural products of those countries can be imported at a lower rate of duty. (...) Generalized systems of trade preferences are not enough in themselves to encourage imports from least developed countries. (...) It is focused on equality in employment relationships and applies to all private and public employment relationships, regardless of the size of the employer or number of employees; private households; multinational companies; municipalities; public institutions, such as hospitals and schools; and the federal administration and large public entities.

We urge our development partners, countries of both the North and the South, the United Nations development system, multilateral development banks, the International Monetary Fund, the private sector and foundations to act on our calls as early as possible. (...) This could affect many LDCs that are highly dependent on foreign investors both for export-oriented industrial activity and in public-private partnership projects in infrastructure development such as power generation plants and industrial parks. (...) We also call upon creditors, both public and private, for additional effective measures A/75/534 20-14061 15/23 to facilitate financing of our economic development, including access to

We also call upon creditors, both public and private, for additional effective measures to facilitate financing of our economic development, including access to both concessional and non-concessional resources for investment in critically needed infrastructure and development projects. (...) (d) Facilitating increased access to other means of financing, including private finance, green bond financing and GDP-indexed bonds. (...) (g) Legal assistance to transition from the EU’s Everything But Arms to the enhanced Generalised Scheme of Preferences to mitigate abrupt loss of preferences as the GSP+ offers an additional preference (in some cases comparable with the EBA).

It is a matter of concern that foreign investors overstate domestic risks and we invite national, regional and global development banks to play an instrumental role in mobilizing private capit al for specific projects, through co-financing, providing risk guarantees and other instruments. (...) We also call upon creditors, both public and private, for additional effective measures to facilitate financing of our economic development, including access to both concessional and non-concessional resources for investment in critically needed infrastructure and development projects. (...) We call upon all actors, including development partners, intergovernmental financial institutions, the private sector and civil society, to work together to ensure universal, seamless and affordable access to energy, especially renewable energy to LDCs, with the establishment of modern generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure.

The indicators cover various aspects of life, such as family, health, participation, housing, education, employment and economic status, for persons with disabilities aged between 20 and 66 living in private homes. However, there is no official data available on children and youth with disabilities below 20 years of age, or on persons with disabilities aged over 67. (...) The latter require that all new public and private buildings open to the public, including workplaces, have universal design. (...) Under the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act, public and private employers have a duty to provide reasonable accommodation to workers and job seekers with disabilities (in line with articles 2 and 27 of the Convention), and to make active efforts to promote equality in the workplace.

Awareness-raising and sensitization needed to target specifically the private sphere and informal carers, particularly as collective prejudice against older persons and public awareness influenced the way in which abuse and violence was perceived, recognized and reported. 32. (...) It also covered accessibility to public transport, public and private properties and services, and equality under law and before State and other authorities. (...) Problems occurred when an older person, who had been prescribed medical examinations or medicine, could not obtain them in public health institutions (including public pharmacies), so had to go to private health institutions and pay for the examinations and medicine.

Through the same sector reform, a private operator, Sénégalaise des Eaux, became responsible for operating the public water service in those urban areas. (...) The Directorate monitors the quality of drinking water and promotes activities to sensitize communities on hygiene standards. E. Private sector involvement in the provision of water 28. (...) Moreover, regardless of the chosen modalities of concession to the private sector, further attention to the regulation of the water and sanitation sectors is crucial (see paragraphs 33 to 37 below), and Senegal must, at least, empower an independent monitoring body to ensure that both public and private providers deliver sanitation and water to all without discrimination, at affordable costs and with adequate quality.

We call for multi-stakeholder partnerships that will bring together government, private sector, civil society, academia and communities focusing on integrated adaptation, mitigation and resilience planning at national and local levels. (...) We also call for a dedicated financing mechanism that delivers catalytic investment capital for SMEs and small investment projects in African LDCs and Haiti to mobilize sustainable private investments that advance the SDGs and act as a crisis facility to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. 32. (...) We also call upon creditors, both public and private, for additional effective measures to facilitate financing of our economic development, including access to grants and concessional resources for investment in critically needed infrastructure and development projects to avoid further indebtedness.

Nearly 2,500 media outlets function in the country of which approximately, 90% are private. Today Kazakhstan is an important international center of inter-cultural and inter- religious dialogue. (...) Creating an effective private sector economy and developing public private partnerships. (...) • The attitude towards budgeting processes must become as careful and thoughtful, as to private investments. In other words, not a single tenge from the budget should be wasted

The existence of disaggregated data on ethnicity is to enable private and public organizations to monitor equal opportunities/anti-discrimination policies, and for resource allocation and service provision. 25. (...) The EMESG developed a five- point framework for public and private sector employers to enable them to recognize and address any biased recruitment practices they may have experienced, encouraging them to monitor their recruitment practices, employee experiences and adjust policy and practice accordingly. 34. (...) Civil society representatives suggested that health inequalities are caused by a combination of structural factors (such as limited access to health services and access to appropriate information and advice); social factors (such as immigration status, social capital, peer support); economic factors (poverty, housing, employment); culture and beliefs (faith, beliefs about health, symptom recognition and comprehension); and individual factors (such as priorities, preferences and psychological factors). 50. The Working Group appreciates the steps taken to promote equality in health, including the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which created a new National Health System (NHS) Commissioning Board with an explicit duty to promote and tackle inequalities in access to health care; the NHS Equality and Diversity Council, which aims to improve the equality performance of the NHS for both patients and staff; the NHS Equality Delivery System, which is an equality assurance framework; the voluntary agreement between the DH and the Equality and Human Rights Commission; the DH Equality Objectives, which have an Action Plan for 2012-2016, and the creation of a Ministerial Working Group working on equality in mental health.