Then, too, it is important to consider how these achievements are weathering the US's new commitment to engage Damascus as a strategic partner, and what their current status bodes for the future of the region.

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After a welcome speech from the Ambassador, Robert Lamb of the Swiss Ministry of the Environment gave a brief overview of the current status of the Strategy for Resource Mobilisation under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

FORBES: Nairobi meetings on green development certification

Prior to filing their litigation, players and their representatives publicly praised the current system and argued for extending the status quo.

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The league's current collective bargaining agreement calls for keeping the status quo through the 2009 season, then to remove the salary cap in 2010 if an agreement isn't reached by then.

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Scheduled for discussion were a wide range of topics relating to the current situation of the Organization, its financial status and questions concerning the implementation of the roadmap, ongoing preparations for the next Medium Term Strategy and Programme and Budget, the current moves to reorganize certain corporate services and matters relating to the scheduling of meetings during sessions of the Governing Bodies.

UNESCO: Paris, 11.12.2012

Their representatives shared information on the current status of literacy and its challenges within and presented action plans for scaling up their literacy programmes during 2012-2015.

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