The characteristics of the new mercenarism which was prevalent in Africa included the interrelation of traditional mercenary activity with big business, often involved in the extraction of valuable natural resources (e.g. in Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea).

UNCTAD was invited to examine issues regarding the interrelation of access to genetic resources and disclosure requirements in intellectual property right applications and to prepare a report for submission to the ongoing process of work of the CBD on access and benefit sharing.

Many people are suffering from poverty, hunger and disease, and many are subject to unfair international economic and trade practices that fail to take into account the needs and requirements of the developing countries, despite the acknowledgement of the firm interrelation between development and security.

In this regard, the Division develops, together with the Department's judicial and corrections experts, comprehensive police plans for peacekeeping operations that consider the judicial and correctional systems in place the interrelation between the police, judiciary and corrections institutions the nature of criminal procedures and laws in effect and the relevant gender dimensions.