to promote social, cultural and economic advancement of Remote Area Dweller communities and,

In fact, UN Habitat community based work in Somalia has led to the inclusion of UN Habitat in the Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs.

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(c) Empowering the Regional Social Security Commissions to deal with social security disputes.

Countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region

3 Based on the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, The Socio Economic Impact of Israeli Settlements (to be issued shortly).

These are just men who live in an agricultural community.

Academic committees and services to the community

Every effort had therefore been made to ensure that indigenous people enjoyed all their human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Gender isues commisisons in municipalities Gender commissions in local comunities

Both are waterfront communities that host both industries and residents in close proximity of one another.

All regional commissions, with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia leading ( 970,000)

In addition, the Secretary General approved the following criteria upon recommendation by the Board

The Committee recommends that members of Bedouin communities should be given equality of treatment with Jewish settlements in the same region, many of which are also dispersed and populated by small numbers of people.

The Committee is concerned about the unequal distribution of social benefits and social services depending on the place of residence.

C. Functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and the regional commissions

Review of the regional commissions by the Economic and Social Council

Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region, 2005

255. The Committee expresses concern that non resident workers are not covered by the social security system.

He met with communities affected by settlements in Hebron, At Tuwani, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

The programme was operational in 16 states in 2003 in camps, hostels, informal settlements, and communities originating in the villages whose inhabitants migrate to other regions.

33. The Commission deplores the continued violence against indigenous and Afro Colombian communities.

Countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific region

All towns and most settlements have community centres or assembly halls.

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Also, expert level meetings have been convened to examine transport links between the ECA, ESCAP, ECE and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) regions.

MONUC also helped to organize community based Village Vigilance Committees, which is an early warning system aimed at preventing attacks against the local population.

The 800 member Election Committee comprises permanent residents of the HKSAR who are broadly representative of the different sectors in the community.1 Most were returned by election in July 2000, under the supervision of the Electoral Affairs Commission.

The Commission also expresses grave concern at the situation of the indigenous and Afro Colombian communities that are being subjected to confinement.

ComHabitat City community partnerships in the Commonwealth

The aim of the project is to revitalize the Chernobyl areas and increase the social activism and responsibility of the rural population.

28 Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region, 1997 1998 (to be issued shortly).

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (CHS) AND UNCHS (HABITAT)

Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) report of the Second Committee (A 60 489)

Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) report of the Second Committee (A 60 489)

(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community

Review of administration and management of regional commissions Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

The National Educational Promotion Council operated in settlements with less than 150 inhabitants with the objective of establishing schools in the communities themselves.

It stressed that the centres were a viable means of providing ICT access for communities that had been left out of the information society.

The majority of this population lives in Moshavim (cooperative settlements) (39.2 ), Kibbutzim (communal settlements) (20.9 ), and institutional settlements (15.5 ), totaling 75.7 of the rural localities.

(h) Survey of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region, 2005 (E 2005 20)

(g) Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the region of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2002 2003 (E 2003 20)

Vice President of the Election Monitoring Commission, Regional Branch of the Niamey urban community

The second panel comprised the executive secretaries of the regional commissions the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

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