Attend to other lives, other visions.

Persons with disabilities, among others, require special focus.

Is it serious?

Worker safety is a particular concern.

But this distinction between focusing on ourselves and focusing on others is one that I encourage us all to pay attention to.

As regards the funding situation for Special Programmes, the Director said that this was also preoccupying.

Special attention is given to social and health care of sensitive population groups, above all to women and children.

His delegation was particularly interested in the issue of accountability as it related to individuals.

III. Issues of special concern

He is concerned at the allegations of death in custody of persons of Aboriginal origin. Azerbaijan

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The special representatives, special rapporteurs and working groups of the Commission on Human Rights were called upon to continue to give attention to situations involving minorities.

Particular concern is raised in the report over the security of national staff.

Violence in the home remains of particular concern to the Special Representative.

Perspectives and approach special issues of interest and attention

The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned over the fate of the elderly, who are in a particularly vulnerable position.

Issues relating to gender, information and communication technologies and brain drain will receive priority attention.

The detention of UNRWA staff in violation of the privileges and immunities of United Nations personnel was a matter of particular concern.

Concerned about the interrelationships between poverty and the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and in particular about the fact that ill health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty,

19. Especially disquieting are the deaths in the wake of farm evictions.

Particular attention must be paid to the establishment of early warning systems.

An area of particular concern, in that regard, was how to reduce the costs of transferring remittances.

The Special Rapporteur is also concerned about the situation of foreigners being sentenced to death.

(b) Human rights, with special emphasis on interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of the human rights situation and fundamental freedom of indigenous people

Expressing grave concern that situations of armed conflict continue to have especially devastating consequences for the human rights of persons with disabilities,

I would like to draw the attention of the Assembly to several issues of concern to the peoples of the world, especially young people.

Special attention may be given to groups such as pastoralists and indigenous people and their relation to natural resources.

The programme pays particular attention to victims.

Policies that address the special needs of women and youth deserve particular attention.

He continues to be concerned at the persistence of allegations of torture or ill treatment of persons in custody, especially in Kosovo.

Special attention should be paid to children affected by armed conflict, including child soldiers.

You have extreme concern with everybody else's business and much involvement in everybody else's life.

With regard to post conflict reconstruction, the Committee stressed that special attention had to be paid to the reintegration into society of people involved in violence.

The Special Rapporteur has tried to reflect some of these concerns in the section on the police, below.

19. Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights, when considering the human rights of women, in particular those relating to economic resources, to pay particular attention to all the human rights of the girl child ,

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The Committee is also concerned at the fact that juveniles, in particular girls, are being detained with adults.

Special attention should be given to the problem of the reintegration of child soldiers.

A much higher level of attention needed to be devoted to environmental issues.

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This is a matter of deep concern for the Special Representative.

The Working Group is also mandated to give special attention to the evolution of standards concerning the rights of indigenous people.

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur

The low representation of women at the senior and decision making levels was identified as a particular area of concern.

224. The Committee is particularly concerned about the exploitation of Haitians and their unacceptable living conditions in the bateyes.