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Finally, the Secretary General wishes to inform the Assembly that the United Nations is working with other organizations in the United Nations system to establish a common supplier database, whereby the participating organizations will share information on suppliers, including supplier performance evaluations.

For instance, it promoted vertical partnerships with leading providers operators, as well as integration of supply chains.

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Particular attention should be paid to ISP domestic interconnection.

(e) Can IPAs facilitate FDI linkages with local suppliers?

Fifthly, interoperability procuring entities should ensure that the systems used are fully compatible with those of potential suppliers or contractors.

Restrictions on the provision of international connectivity (such as forcing ISPs to use the international gateway of the incumbent operator) have also been found to represent a heavy burden for ISPs.

They may be in an especially delicate situation, representing and having access to both suppliers and buyers in the market place.

Consistent with the latter's suggestion, the representative of the United States invited mission members who were having a particular problem with a particular vendor to contact the Office of Foreign Missions, whose tax exemption department would contact the vendor in question.

Permanent missions are also requested to advise qualified suppliers from their respective countries to contact the Procurement Division immediately so that any unregistered vendors can proceed to obtain a registration application, seek to qualify for inclusion on the supplier roster, and thus become eligible to receive formal bid documents and to compete for United Nations procurement.

Launched in February 2004, the United Nations Global Marketplace is a website for registering potential vendors operated by 15 organizations within the United Nations system.

The Advisory Committee notes that the system will not only improve the efficiency of vendor management through standardized registration, but will include a vendor performance rating system as well, thus allowing information on the performance of the vendors to be shared among users at United Nations organizations.

An independent complaint bureau Supplier Relations Manager to be appointed

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According to the Group of Experts, the role of the ombudsman is to hear complaints of disappointed bidders and others who feel they have been unfairly treated by the procurement system, which would provide a systematic means for dealing with the meritorious grievances of suppliers.

Today many TNCs have close relations with their suppliers.

On vendor management, UNDP will formalize the directive on the suppliers' code of conduct (para. 368), institutionalize the supplier evaluation in Atlas (para. 371) and take steps to archive inactive vendors (para.

A United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct is also being formulated.

Supplier registration, supplier information, reference library and catalogues

In paragraph 540, the Board recommends that the Administration deal only with suppliers duly listed in the roster of vendors to protect the interests of the United Nations, and comply with the provisions of the United Nations Procurement Manual in regard to vendor selection.

Accordingly, the Secretary General believes that the most appropriate and practical way to increase the participation of vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the award of United Nations procurement is through their enrolment in the supplier roster.

67. The reports led the Organization to suspend preliminarily three vendors for certain activities while the Organization provided the vendors with an opportunity to present their views on these activities.

They facilitate the linkages between local tourism providers and help them manage their tourism resources and contribute to their valorization.

Whether business support should be demand or supply driven was discussed in the context of improved support service mechanisms.

(a) The Chief of the Supply Division requesting that the supplier of the Agency s Reality system be asked to certify that it is year 2000 compliant

This change would also allow missions with staff constraints to establish local vendor review committees.

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Supplier roster

Strengthening of local supplier capabilities is indeed crucial in this regard, and it is here that positive corporate contributions to development could unfold tapping into, and proactively developing, the potential of local supplier linkages (UNCTAD 2001). A number of success stories can be identified, and it appears important that best practices in this regard be as widely disseminated as possible (box 2).

The main beneficiaries of a DMS are potential travelers, the providers of tourism products and services, national travel agents and outbound travel agents, national tourism institutions, IT providers and investors.

Add an expected accomplishment (c) reading (c) Improvement in efforts to diversify United Nations suppliers , and a corresponding indicator of achievement (c) reading (c) Number of new suppliers registered .

Indeed, one important channel for increasing local value added and employment is through the forging of supplier linkages with domestic companies.

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5. Construction contractors and suppliers

Business models should provide technological, financial and marketing solutions for the providers and users of the DMS, namely tourism providers (accommodation, transport and leisure companies), travel agents, tour operators, and consumers.

Finally, ISPs may benefit from capacity building efforts to help them better understand the full range of international connectivity options open to them.

Networking links small, medium and large enterprises by an exchange of information (for example of a technological or marketing nature), commercial relationships (between suppliers and customers) and competition relationships in order to develop a responsive organization or production system.

The Procurement Service is also in the process of promulgating a United Nations vendor code of conduct.

(b) National institutions and organizations are supportive of efforts for diversification of United Nations suppliers

Vendor registration

In addition, an affiliate of the above mentioned vendor was asked to respond to four allegations, also involving the lodging of false aircraft certification documentation and involvement in the harassment of another United Nations aviation vendor.

In addition to the requirement for vendor performance reporting, which the Procurement Service requests from the peacekeeping missions for purposes of vendor management and renewal of contracts, the Procurement Service has been working with other organizations within the United Nations system to enhance the functionality of the United Nations Global Marketplace, to include a vendor performance rating system to allow information sharing among all the participating United Nations organizations.

In domains where supplier activities are legitimate, such activities are regarded as the normal dynamics of the market and not as some kind of sinister conspiracy enshrined in the notion of a nexus.