Similar to the biennium 2004 2005, the office space made available by the United Nations Office at Geneva to the Pension Fund for its Geneva Office amounts to 382.3 square metre current charges are 1.50 per square metre.

The quality of the dome seeing in the building with the 1.0 metre telescope has been substantially improved as a result.

A topographic survey was carried out around the summit of Dome A, including the drilling of a 108 metre ice core.

Over the last three years the sulphur dioxide level is not expected to increase over 100 micrograms per cubic metre in Sarajevo, Zenica and Kakanj.

The increase in rental charges over those for the 2004 2005 biennium is due to the increase in the charge per square metre, from 1.00 to 1.50.

A fire ripped through one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai on Friday, forcing hundreds of occupants to flee the 337 metre tall, 79 storey structure.

The Institute, in cooperation with Calar Alto Observatory (Spain), intends to operate a remotely controlled 1.2 metre telescope for photometric and astrometric observations of NEOs, starting in 2006.

The most spectacular results were obtained with the infrared camera on the 0.75 metre telescope, which showed the development of the fireball resulting from the impact of each fragment.

Various sections of the 3,624 metre Vostok deep ice core were analysed to study the occurrence of various heavy metals linked to climate changes during the past 240,000 years.

Although primarily used for astronomical research, the 26 metre radio telescope is actively involved in space geodesy, using VLBI techniques to measure plate tectonic motions of all continents with respect to Africa.

Most parts of the Central African Republic receive more than 122 millimetres of rain per year only the sub Sahelian region of Birao receives less than 1 metre of rainfall per year.

The additional rental income would in that case amount to 295,000 a year, based on a current rental rate of 106 per square metre per year (excluding the reimbursement component for maintenance services).

Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!

Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!

In the race towards the finish line to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, let us remember that a young man from Jamaica has shown the world that you can finish a 100 metre sprint in 9.77 seconds.

One asserted that he had thrown a lemon at a box from four or five metres away, while the other said that the lemon was thrown from a distance of one metre to where the author was.

Its prime research role is to test a 15 metre resolution, tricolour pushbroom imager with a 45 kilometre swath on a microsatellite of that size. Is also carries an amateur radio communications package for international and national use.

Upon acceptance by the French users, the effective water volumes allocations shall be paid for by the Swiss users at the cubic metre production cost obtained from similar French waterworks, payment conditions being specified at the time of the request.

On the technological side, the large format platinum silicon infrared camera (the outcome of collaboration between SAAO and Japan) was improved, the optical charge coupled device (CCD) was developed further, and a highly successful CCD autoguider was commissioned on the 1.9 metre telescope.

As a result of natural decay, soil contamination with caesium 137 is expected to fall below 37 kBq per square metre within a 30 kilometre zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant roughly 300 years after the accident (or later at some specific places).

(a) Reinforcement of the building's structure and foundations due to unforeseen geotechnical conditions, including incorporation of a 1,280 square metre basement to house the building infrastructure required by the repositioning of the building some 150 metres away from the existing building and the previously suggested site

Ms. Tibaijuka (Executive Director of UN Habitat) recalled that in the 2003 report of UN Habitat it had been necessary to reach a common understanding of the concept of slums and to list indicators by which to determine whether or not an environment offered decent living conditions. Access to safe drinking water, number of persons per square metre and secure livelihoods were some of the indicators selected.