It was to be hoped that the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations would be brought to a successful conclusion, creating new opportunities for trade, reducing the trade barriers between countries, and directing the trading system towards the development goals.
This coincides with the Bible’s description of Solomon’s building program: “As for the great courtyard, round about were three rows of hewn stone and a row of beams of cedarwood; and this also for the inner courtyard of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house.”
In it, two teams of five players compete by selecting pre-designed in-game hero characters, each with a variety of innate skills and abilities, and cooperating together to destroy the base of the other team before their own base is destroyed as to win the round.
Also under the Conference agenda, a session was convened for the voluntary peer review of competition law and policy in Armenia, as well as a round table on the foundations of agency effectiveness.
This was the main conclusion of the high-level round table on land-based approaches to climate change in which representatives from 43 countries participated.
In the meantime, the United Nations and the World Bank are working closely with the Transitional Government of Burundi with a view to organizing the next round-table process, in order to provide the funding required for the implementation of institutional and socio-economic reforms in the post-transition period.
Over the last six months, the parties have been engaged in various rounds of negotiations in Abuja led by the African Union mediation team, with the active participation of the United Nations and other representatives of the international community.
He also organized a round table discussion at the headquarters of the organization’s European regional office with the participation of trade union delegates from 14 African countries.
There are plans, for example, to provide technical backing for the preparations for the round table of donors supporting the plan of action of the West African conference on integrated water resource management, and for the regional strategy of the SADC plan of action on integrated water resource management.
At the same time, as the election campaign nears, UNMIK will be looking to the elected representatives to ensure that the lead-up to the second round of municipal elections is free of violence and is conducted in an atmosphere of inclusion and tolerance.
The round table stressed that, as a prerequisite to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, access to ICT is a necessity and not a choice for developing countries
UNICEF and other agencies are supporting a new round of MICS that will provide the largest single source of data for reporting on progress towards the Millennial Goals and the goals of “A world fit for children”
This index was seen as a useful tool for policy makers in identifying emerging issues and in assigning priorities in development plans. Some areas which should be covered by the index were also identified by the Round Table, as follows
The round table on post-crisis industrial rehabilitation and reconstruction was also relevant to Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to confidence-building in areas affected by armed conflict and the integration of ex-combatants and deserters into civil society
In efforts to raise awareness of the Goals among indigenous peoples, stimulate debate around the issues and encourage indigenous peoples' participation in the campaign, UNDP held a round table at the Summit on indigenous peoples' perspectives on the Goals, which was co-sponsored with the Tebtebba Foundation of the Philippines