The trafficking and smuggling situation in the Middle East and North African region is being assessed and the results will be discussed at a regional conference.

Currently, OECD member States are developing an assessment framework for evaluating the effectiveness of their ethics programmes.

Further calculations are currently being performed to establish the feasibility of the National Ordinance.

1. Assessment of the current trade situation

FAO is currently preparing for a global forest resource assessment for the year 2000 that will make extensive use of remote sensing and GIS.

The Ministry is in the process of developing stronger capacity for reviewing the foreign investment environmental impact assessments.

1. Assessment of the current trade situation 6

This is currently the subject of detailed technical evaluation (see annex I, paras. 62 68).

Land degradation assessment projects are currently being implemented or pending in the NAPs and subregional action programmes (SRAPs).

One Asian State submitted its report on 11 July this is being assessed.

Aims of the Assessment of Assessments

(iii) Evaluations coordination and management of the evaluation of programmes and projects, including the preparation of the annual evaluation report, subprogramme evaluations and project evaluations.

Urgent action is now required to establish the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, whose mandate and composition are currently being reviewed by the Presidency.

We are presently evaluating the possibilities of using Israeli expertise in mine clearance in other parts of the world.

First, an assessment will need to be made of the existing situation.

Two rapid assessments in Africa were started in 1997 and are still ongoing.

Efforts continue to work with the authorities in identifying locations for voluntary relocation, and IOM is coordinating the assessment of two new sites.

Since 1997, the United States Congress has required the Department of Defense to undertake a major defense review every four years. The department is currently developing the third such review and will release it later this year.

The board of directors of the listed company shall give explicit opinions regarding the independence of the evaluation organ, the rationality of the evaluation assumptions, the correlation between the evaluation methods and the evaluation purpose, and the fairness of the evaluated price.

In the area of penal reform, an assessment mission to Ethiopia was conducted and project development is ongoing.

The methodological approach so far developed for the LADA is continuously being refined and is being tested at national level.

In Central and Eastern European countries, telematics systems and services are being evaluated to support freight operations. The

The plan has not yet been evaluated.

Technical guidance on methodologies for adjustments under

An evaluation of this strategy is underway.

The needs assessment and scoping exercise is currently under way, and an expert group meeting is scheduled to be held in Vienna in May 2005.

In an effort comprehensively to assess the most pressing needs of those States, particularly with a view to coordinating existing assistance efforts, a number of meetings were organized.

Currently there are discussions at the WTO to establish a mechanism to assess implementation capacities and the appropriateness of special and differential treatment.

Environmental impact assessments are under way to ensure that all environmental and socio economic issues are managed in a sustainable manner.

A separate independent evaluation of six HURIST support national human rights action plans is currently under way.

Assessments of existing needs could be accompanied by proposals for meeting them.

11. UNFPA is currently finalizing guidelines for assessing and selecting executing agencies which also pertain to national execution.

Studies to analyse the potential applications of images from the Canadian RADARSAT satellite for natural resource assessment, mapping and monitoring are being prepared.

The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel study is still under preparation.

The methodology was expected to be ready by the end of 1997, and the first wave of countries could undergo the exercise at the beginning of 1998.

Negotiations between LAS, UNDP and the Department are under way to start a second phase of the project so that the recommendations and findings of the evaluation report can be implemented.

A comprehensive evaluation of multicultural programmes is being undertaken and a new policy document is expected to be released in mid 2006.

Intercountry programme guidelines are being finalized and will provide at the project appraisal stage for a more systematic assessment of the links with UNFPA objectives and the country needs.

A pilot on self evaluation is currently under way with the assistance of OIOS.

The general comment is being widely distributed.

8. How the project be will evaluated.

Project formulation and appraisal

An assessment of the countries of Mercosur the Southern Cone Common Market with a special focus on trade and environment , is currently under way.

All of them are in the process of being assessed for use and will accordingly be repaired, overhauled or written off as a result of the final inspection and review.

The sweetener was being evaluated for incorporation into non food items, such as toothpaste, mouthwash, throat lozenges and cough medicine.