At multilateral level promote harmonization and equivalence.

Forms of cooperation, including at the multilateral level

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A multilateral partnership is thus beginning to take shape on the regional level.

Those measures may require different types of agreements (at domestic, regional or multilateral level).

And it will continue to grow unless we act together at the multilateral level.

III. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNDP AND MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AT THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL

Norms, accepted at the multilateral level, provide stability and certainty to relations between States.

At the international level, there has been progress in the elaboration of supportive multilateral arrangements.

The Programme also supports technical cooperation activities which reflect its comparative advantage at the multilateral level.

The verification level of the existing multilateral treaties is in most cases either inadequate or incomplete.

The Multilateral Fund is replenished on a three year basis at a level agreed by the parties.

The Multilateral Fund is replenished on a three year basis at a level agreed by the parties.

Of these, 54 (36 Professional and 18 Local level) relate to multilateral environmental agreements and have now been included under the staffing complement for trust funds supporting multilateral agreements.

In addition to these forums, there was close bilateral and multilateral cooperation between individual authorities at the international level.

The United Nations has a vital role to play at the multilateral level as a catalyst for international cooperation.

The current year, they said, presented a unique opportunity for reforms at the multilateral level, including strengthening the United Nations.

At the same time, the World Bank plays a useful role as a multilateral clearing house on the macro level.

These meetings included consultations with bilateral and multilateral partners, subregional and regional high level conferences and participation in international scientific symposia.

Several participants expressed concern about the persistently low level of funding by multilateral and bilateral aid agencies to the urban sector.

Good governance at the international level consists of, first and foremost, a universal, open, fair, rule based and transparent multilateral system.

Periodic reports have been issued containing detailed data on bilateral and multilateral subregional and country level projects implemented in Central America.

In this context, UNITAR could contribute its expertise, experience and facilities, such as its network of correspondents at the multilateral level.

Yet movement in the multilateral negotiations must be grounded in real progress at the political level between the parties directly engaged.

And the United Nations International Drug Control Programme ably serves as the focal point for drug control efforts at the multilateral level.

Multilateral efforts must be supplemented with measures adopted at the national level that strengthen commitments entered into by States in the context of the multilateral treaties on disarmament and non proliferation to which they are parties.

The coordination between multilateral environmental agreements that address similar or overlapping issues for example, between multilateral environmental agreements focused on conservation of species, and those dealing with conservation in general at an ecosystem level also provides a mechanism for coordination of work between multilateral environmental agreements on tourism.

The multilateral system establish a joint UN system Global Fund problem solving team that supports efforts to address implementation bottlenecks at country level.

As a result, the continuing need to develop and maintain institutional capacity to address the new challenges at the multilateral level was recognized.

At the multilateral level, we have joined with other countries of the South in carrying out activities in response to their particular needs.

4. The present document contains three sections. The first discusses the changing role of UNDP and multilateral financial institutions at the country level.

Multilateral sources

Multilateral sources

Bilateral Multilateral

Multilateral cooperation

While the primary responsibility in that regard remained at the national level, there was a need for a multilateral European forum at the political level to deal with questions of social policy and social development.

At the multilateral level, there had been progress in coordination among key development institutions, i.e. the United Nations agencies and the international financial institutions.

A look at one or two manifestations of this transitional period may reveal the direction in which we must proceed at the multilateral level.

First, the current difficult economic conditions, including an unacceptably high level of unemployment in many countries, called for decisive measures to liberalize multilateral trade.

ACC would thus provide a vital link and interface between the multilateral financial institutions and other United Nations bodies at the highest administrative level.

Collaborative arrangements at the field level between the United Nations funding agencies and the multilateral bodies is another much needed aspect of this relationship.

Compliance with the international standard could be used as the basis for determining equivalence, ideally at a multilateral level, as this greatly reduces transaction costs.

6. Poland has undertaken various actions on the multilateral level for the purpose of establishing legal instruments for the prevention and suppression of terrorist acts.

Multilateral development institutions

Some multilateral positions