Participants identified a range of potential roles of Major Groups, including

The participants were divided up in two groups.

d. Groups supporting Agenda 21 implementation including Forum participants.

113. The participants decided to set up three working groups.

A typical reading course comprises 70 teaching sessions for groups of 8 participants.

The number of participants from the militias and paramilitary groups has yet to be determined.

Many participants stated that cybercrime and the use of technology by criminal groups posed serious problems.

Three discussion sessions were organized, with participants divided into groups according to geographical region.

The total number of participants from governments, the CPF, Intergovernmental Organizations, Non Governmental Organizations and Major Groups was 162 persons.

Currently there are 7,748 groups for amateur arts and 15,228 for folk arts, with a total number of 16,000 participants.

The participants in the train the trainer workshop are currently actively involved in training for specific target groups.

To ensure that all meeting participants are kept abreast of the activities of any groups that are established, the morning sessions of the committee on Tuesday and Wednesday will begin with reports from the various groups.

The plenary was then suspended and replaced by an informal session where participants broke into small groups to discuss the meaning of partnerships.

By June 1997, there were 49 functioning groups with 616 participants, a 40 per cent increase over the previous year.

The scientific leadership of the project is in the hands of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE), and all space physics groups in Norway are participants.

A number of participants expressed their support for a more active role for regional groups in the nomination process in order to ensure geographical rotation.

(c) Participants in advisory meetings are individuals whose services are required as members in ad hoc expert groups, workshops, seminars and symposia.

Twenty six participants from nine countries attended all the participants were engaged on the issue and were already involved in specific activities on behalf of the most vulnerable groups (inter alia, refugees, children, immigrants, women victims of violence, minorities and indigenous peoples).

4. Calls upon all participants in the conflict to immediately end all fighting and, in particular, cease all attacks on or harassment of particular ethnic groups

84. Some participants were concerned about the possibility of clarifying obligations to non governmental groups, and argued in favour of texts applicable to all persons in all situations.

Many participants considered that the forum should be composed of an equal number of governmental and indigenous representatives, around 20 overall, both groups with the right to vote.

Strong support was given by many participants to the inclusion of a clause preventing child recruitment by non governmental armed groups, bearing in mind that most child soldiers were said to be currently serving in non governmental armed groups.

The Chair also noted concerns raised by participants about the number of contact groups and informal consultations during sessions and the problems these posed for effective participation.

While NGO participants identified the need for a universal human rights standard in the area of business and human rights, employer groups and business participants emphasized the need for enforcement of appropriate national legislation accompanied by practical action on the ground in support of human rights.

According to Nyima Tsering, after 1997, public interest groups arrived successively to help clean up the Northern slope of Mount Everest, but most of the participants were non professionals.

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The Chair also noted concerns raised by participants about the high number of contact groups and informal consultations during sessions and the problems these posed for effective participation.

Nevertheless, the Commission considered that it would be important to measure the progress and success of the exercise against baseline data collected from both participants and control groups.

Participants considered that religion is often tied to the history of specific ethnic or national groups and that ethnic based religions have often been imposed upon colonized peoples.

Participants All COP participants are welcome

Number of participants 60 participants, including government officials, academics and NGO representatives

More particularly, some participants stated that the large number of informal consultations and contact groups, often taking place in parallel, made it difficult to effectively participate in the process.

To develop outlines of recommendations that could be useful in disaster related activities, the participants assigned themselves to one of the above groups according to their professional background. II. SUMMARY OF PRESENTATIONS

The participants find that the problems of religious minorities, linguistic groups, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples discussed in the seminar share a number of common elements across the South Asian subregion.

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Number of participants Approximately 30 participants, mainly from the Asian and Pacific region

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