The Ministers took note of the offer made by the Government of the State of Qatar to host in 2012 the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18) and the eighth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP8) while at the same time the Ministers will not be prejudging the final decision by the Asia. [...] The Ministers called on the international community and the United Nations system to fully support Caribbean States in their efforts to gain international recognition of the Caribbean Sea as a special area in the context sustainable development, recognizing the importance of the Caribbean Sea to present and future generations and to the heritage and the continuing economic well-being and sustenanc. [...] The Ministers further reaffirmed the principle of “capacity to pay” as the fundamental criterion in the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations and, while recalling General Assembly resolution 64/248, rejected any change to the elements of the current methodology for the preparation of the scale of assessments aimed at increasing the contributions of developing countries. [...] The Ministers expressed deep concern about the further decline of the social and economic conditions of the Palestinian people, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, as a result of the illegal Israeli practices, including construction of settlements and the Wall and the imposition of blockade and hundreds of checkpoints. [...] The Ministers welcomed the launching on the occasion of the World Forum on Sciences in Budapest, Hungary on December 4th 2009 of the G77 Consortium on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTIS) in partnership with UNESCO and urged the Director-General of UNESCO to provide necessary support for the operationalization of COSTIS and for the convening of the First General Conference of the Consortium.
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