49. UNIFEM has also intensified its collaboration with the Inter American Development Bank.

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At the same time, Israel has stepped up its threats to the resistance and the Lebanese Government.

UNICEF has increased its advocacy on this issue, together with other members of the UNCT.

The mobilization of the business sector and public private partnerships is helping to provide comprehensive care and support.

UNIDIR has now increased its work on disarmament education substantially.

More recently, the Secretary General apos s Special Envoy has stepped up his efforts to contribute to a settlement of the conflict in Tajikistan.

The new leader was already noted for having repressed the Islamic movement, a policy he intensified after becoming President.

OSS has strengthened cooperation between some African countries and several bilateral and multilateral agencies with regard to monitoring and evaluation.

As recommended by the Governing Board at its ninth session, the Chairman has intensified contacts with the relevant authorities in member States.

It has intensified its efforts, in conjunction with the UNDP office in Libya, to prevent the spread of this scourge.

The International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council (ISPAC) has intensified cooperation by facilitating the participation of staff of the Institute in ISPAC activities.

The UNARDOL coordinator has intensified efforts to mobilize resources, in particular through government cost sharing during recent months.

65. UNICEF has increasingly strengthened its operations in providing assistance to unaccompanied children, especially among the refugee population in Goma.

The Terrorism Prevention Branch has intensified its technical cooperation activities with the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Central Asia.

The Division had also intensified its efforts to become a major provider of conference services in the region.

18. Following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the World Bank had intensified its support for sustainable development.

Pakistan has escalated its programme of recruitment, training, financing and arming of alien mercenaries as part of its offensive in Jammu and Kashmir.

In the past four years, in particular, Israel has undertaken increased efforts to prevent trafficking, to protect its victims and to prosecute the perpetrators.

The Fund in collaboration with UNDP has also stepped up its technical assistance and training in economic and financial matters.

Also during the year, the Commissioner General increased his efforts to attract additional financial contributions and to broaden the Agency apos s donor base.

In order to protect the physical health of the people and maintain social stability and unity, the Government had intensified its fight against drugs with good results.

The crisis energized the system and shifted decision making power to those who know about and can do something for the economy.

UNICEF increased its involvement in water quality improvement in 2004 and gains were made in arsenic mitigation.

The World Bank has intensified its cooperation with other actors in Belarus and has discussed cooperation with UNDP and other multilateral and bilateral agencies.

In 2004, UNICEF intensified its efforts to promote such programmes, providing support in 88 countries compared with 58 in 2002.

In particular, the Department had increased its activities on behalf of African development and continued to lay a strong foundation for the coordination of human rights activities.

UEFA has also stepped up its campaign against racism, which it conducts in close cooperation with Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE).

Her delegation attached great importance to the matter of training and technical assistance, and noted with satisfaction that the UNCITRAL secretariat had strengthened its activities in that field.

17. In the current year, the Department of Public Information had intensified its efforts to develop information products in the Organization apos s two working languages, English and French.

In the period under review, the Council has significantly built upon its partnership with regional and subregional organizations in advancing the peace and security agenda in Africa.

In the field of public information, the secretariat, since COP 6, has intensified its activities in providing material for awareness raising and educational purposes.

In the 12 months that have passed since then, the Council has intensified its involvement and added pressure in order to conclude the Naivasha negotiations and to solve the conflict in Darfur.

Since the publication of the review, the World Bank has redoubled its efforts to prepare a project that would address the needs identified in the report and improve the living standards of Chernobyl affected populations.

The summit outcome built on In larger freedom by encouraging the efforts of the European Union and other regional entities to develop capacities for rapid deployment, standby and bridging arrangements.

We are pleased to see that since his appointment in 2003, the Prosecutor has stepped up efforts to streamline cases, as required by the Completion Strategy, and transfer cases to national authorities.

At a time when the Secretary General was preparing his quot Agenda for Development quot , many speakers reiterated the need for an intensified Department coverage of development and poverty issues.

Thus, the Department has intensified its consultation with other departments and offices of the Secretariat and United Nations agencies and programmes, both at Headquarters and in the field.

30. The Preparatory Committee was informed that in accordance with its decision to ensure the fullest participation of non governmental organizations, there had been much contact and cooperation between the secretariat and numerous non governmental organizations.

In the last few years, the Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor boosted its activities under the Equal Employment Opportunities Law and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law.

69. In striving to implement the Programme of Action, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has stepped up its assistance to LDCs with a view to promoting population programmes.

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A 2003 training programme by the Department revealed weaknesses in discipline in several missions, including MONUC, and in response, the Department intensified training in this area.

The Working Group indicated to the Secretariat that this was a high priority, leading the Secretariat to accelerate its efforts as well as to prioritize introduction of this technology.

At the same time that UNITA was taking advantage of the expectations for peace it created through the contacts that it maintained, it increased its illegal occupation of Angolan territory, as occurred in cities such as Uige, Negage, Soyo and Huambo.