The remainder of the payload is to be provided by NOAA, Eumetsat and European national space agencies.

Data have been gathered through a questionnaire distributed to relevant agencies in all European countries during early 1996.

Regarding the resolution on the specialized agencies, the European Union continued to support those agencies, but because it attached particular importance to respect for their respective mandates, it had abstained.

The Commission of the European Communities, 13 specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations and 39 non governmental organizations also participated.

In October 1997, the CRTS is organizing at Rabat, in association with EURISY, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the European Space Agency and other European national space agencies, a symposium on quot space technologies for major risks quot in the European and Mediterranean region.

One such example is the strategic partnerships and agreements concluded between the European Commission and several United Nations agencies, funds and programmes.

European Union agencies, particularly the Police Mission and the Customs Financial Assistance Office, are closely associated with this aspect of the EUFOR mission.

Another variation on TQM is utilized by an increasing number of Next Steps agencies in the United Kingdom and other European public organizations.

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185. Commission on Narcotic Drugs Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, European Region Economic and Social Council resolution 1993 36

The main drivers of any form of organized employment and economic activity in all the counties visited are the United Nations, the European Union, the European Community Humanitarian Office, USAID, non governmental organizations and international relief agencies, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, bilateral aid organizations, large scale agricultural enterprises and governmental parastatal agencies.

The contributions from international agencies, particularly the World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) were inadequate in both terms of quantity and quality.

The Liaison Office in Geneva provides both critical links with agencies with which UNRWA has substantive cooperation and essential proximity to the capitals of major European funders.

Her Government valued highly its projects carried out jointly with the United Nations Secretariat and specialized agencies and with the European Union and the Council of Europe.

Among the countries represented are Germany, Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands and the donor agencies include UNDP, the European Union and the United Nations Centre for Human Rights.

Nonetheless, the European Union believed that the statutes of those agencies should be strictly respected and had therefore abstained in the vote on the draft resolution on that question.

On the basis of the contacts that were made, funding is expected, inter alia, from UNDP, the World Bank, the European Union and the Belgian and Italian cooperation agencies.

6. Representatives of the following international organizations attended the meetings of the Steering Committee as observers, as appropriate the United Nations and its related agencies, the OSCE, the European Union (EU), the Western European Union (WEU) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

quot Biographical notes may also be found in Who apos s Who in the United Nations and Related Agencies and in Euro who apos s who who apos s who in the European communities and in the other European organizations, 4th and 5th editions. quot

The European Union noted with concern that coordination between MONUC and the various agencies, funds and programmes in the Mission area had often proved difficult because of their different approaches.

The participants included representatives of European non governmental organizations, Governments, United Nations bodies and agencies, intergovernmental organizations, a delegation of Palestine, and a number of panellists, including Palestinians and Israelis.

At present, there are 20 ministries, 6 ministry level agencies and 14 Government agencies (previously 17 ministries, 6 ministry level agencies and 25 Government agencies).

(d) The role of specialized agencies, the constraints on small agencies and the different treatment of funding agencies as compared with technical non funding agencies

Representatives of the following specialized agencies and international organizations attended the session International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Atomic Energy Agency, European Space Agency, International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and International Law Association.

European Treaty Establishing the European Economic

Also recognizing the different needs of the public, commercial enterprise, relief agencies, non governmental agencies and United Nations agencies,

Routine liaison activities are also conducted to assist and support capacity building in the local police and other agencies such as the State Border Service and the Indirect Taxation Authority, as appropriate and in coordination with the EU Special Representative, the European Union Police Mission and European Commission delegation.

This has contributed to the establishment of Strategic Partnership Agreements which have now been signed between the European Commission and 6 of the 10 selected United Nations agencies, providing frameworks for cooperation.

The first of them will be the satellite quot CESAR quot which is now being prepared in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency ASI and with agencies of other Central European countries.

Specialized agencies

Regional agencies

Private agencies

Public agencies

OTHER AGENCIES

(c) National, regional and international development agencies and possible funding agencies.

European Union, Delegation of the European Commission

In 1996 the British National Space Centre continued its discussions with the national space agencies of France (CNES), Germany (DARA), and Italy (ASI) and the European Space Agency on harmonization of debris activities.

Representatives of the following specialized agencies and international organizations attended the session United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), European Space Agency (ESA) and International Astronautical Federation (IAF).

Through its GRID facility at Geneva, UNEP, in consultation with WCMC, the European Forest Institute at Joensuu, Finland, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission at Ispra, Italy, has completed the first version of a European survey of forest and other maps possessed by international, regional and national agencies in both analog and digital format, including those obtained by space based means.

1 Responses were received as follows recipient Governments, 55 major donor Governments, including a collective response by the European Union, 17 resident coordinator system, 95 and United Nations system agencies, funds and programmes, 25.

United Nations agencies

(b) Multilateral agencies

Disaster management agencies.

XIV. Executing agencies

Programme support (agencies)