Syria has sent letters to the Commissioner of the Investigation Commission, informing him of its readiness to cooperate.

As part of an overall functional realignment within the bureau, a downward reclassification from the D1 level to the P5 level and an upward reclassification from the P3 to the P4 level are also proposed.

Immediately afterwards, the Syrian President declared his Government's intention of withdrawing its forces to the Beqa'a valley in implementation of the Taif Agreement of 1989, and as well as of undertaking further withdrawals up to the Syrian border.

The net impact of post reclassifications for all regional bureaux, reflected in summary table 4, comprises a downward reclassification of a D1 level post to the P5 level (RBLAC) and one upward reclassification, from the P3 to the P4 level (RBAP).

The Minister indicated that the Syrian side considered that the Special Investigation Commission created by legislative decree No. 96 was the Syrian body which was exclusively mandated to cooperate and coordinate with UNIIIC.

Established in 2000 by a group of Syrian women actively involved in women's issues, its aim is to disseminate the Convention and lobby for its ratification by Syria.

The findings of the mission are described in subsections A and B below.

His country also placed great emphasis on solving the problems of rural women.

UNIIIC investigators were also able to interview a Syrian witness in the Syrian Arab Republic without interference.

His appearance on Syrian television was apparently at the behest of the Syrian Judicial Commission charged with investigating the Hariri assassination.

It may also transmit legal documents, issue letters rogatory, conduct investigations and seek out evidence.

Please describe measures in place to publicize the Optional Protocol and encourage its use.

A number of international initiatives emphasizing the territorial integrity of Cyprus were described.

The Syrian Commission for Family Affairs has stepped up its activities in the field of information with a view to promoting the culture of gender equality.

During this meeting, Syria stressed the importance that the Government attached to citizens who had emigrated and emphasized that such individuals would not lose their Syrian nationality if they took the nationality of the receiving country and that the authorities were concerned for them and their families.

However, this announcement did not bring the debate over the Syrian presence to an end.

Syrian Arab State of emergency proclaimed on 8 March 1963. Still in Republic force.

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration, and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

Not only has UNIIIC yet to receive from the Syrian authorities any records of those interviews with Syrian intelligence, but, in the course of interviewing Syrian officials in September 2005, UNIIIC investigators specifically inquired as to whether the Syrian Arab Republic had conducted any investigation into the Hariri assassination.

Also on 8 November 2005, the Commissioner responded to the communications of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Head of the Syrian Special Investigation Commission.

Regarding the establishment of a Financial Investigation Unit under the Central Bank of Syria, the Committee strongly urges Syria also to request assistance with respect to the effective operation of a financial intelligence unit.

BADIL has also joined the Occupied Palestinian and Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative.

21. Mr. Al Hariri (Syrian Arab Republic) said that his delegation had voted against paragraph 21 of the draft resolution because it was not in keeping with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and failed to meet the concerns expressed about the coordination that should exist between the treaty bodies and the Commission.

Syria has discharged its responsibilities in a spirit of sincerity, certain as it was that a professional and objective investigation would lead to Syria's being cleared.

In conclusion, I would like to stress Syria's great appreciation to those Member States that sponsored the resolution on the Syrian Golan and the States that voted in favour of that resolution.

Peaceful change in Syria can nonetheless be achieved, and the international community can influence that process by recognizing that its continued focus on the country's complexity does nothing for its people. In fact, the obsession with Syria's sectarian rivalries provides destabilizing external forces with the oxygen that their inflammatory rhetoric requires.

Preliminary investigation leads to a conclusion that Mr. Hussam is being manipulated by the Syrian authorities, raising serious questions about whether the Syrian Judicial Commission is committed to conducting an independent, transparent and professional investigation into the crime.

The Syrian Commission for Family Affairs has endeavoured to channel awareness raising information messages to the Syrian public through a variety of activities, such as the celebration of International Women's Day, which was also marked by roadside billboards declaring the role of women in the development process and by information programmes designed to promote ideas of equality.

The P 2 position was redeployed to the Advocacy Section.

(b) Greater emphasis on products for the general public

(b) Greater emphasis on products for the general public

The Mission has no account of the meeting from Mr. Assad's side the Syrian authorities declined the Mission's request to meet with him.

The first of these is the national mines awareness coordination project, in which it coordinates all mine awareness activities in Mozambique on behalf of the Government.

With regard to development, Syria is largely dependent on the mobilization of domestic resources.

The Minister of Justice announced the formation of a fact finding committee to investigate the incidents.

The Syrian Commission for Family Affairs has stepped up its activities in the field of information with a view to promoting the culture of gender equality.

His Government, in partnership with local organizations, had developed a broad information campaign concerning the achievements made at Beijing.

The Millennium Declaration emphasized the special needs of Africa.

The role of advocacy was thus strongly emphasized.

COORDINATION, PROGRAMME AND OTHER QUESTIONS PROCLAMATION OF INTERNATIONAL YEARS

. Advocacy and promotional activities to support promotion of 200.000 resource mobilization

65. Emphasizes that the reclassification of posts should not be used as a promotion tool and that reclassified posts, as approved by the General Assembly, should be filled only in full conformity with the established procedures for recruitment and placement

Media coverage was also given to the Act, as well as to the field research, by Syrian newspapers, magazines and television.

(b) Advocacy for maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition at all levels, including for the mobilization of resources