However credible this assessment may be, we will endeavour - in view of the inherent uncertainties associated with any verification process, and, particularly in light of Iraq's past record of co-operation - to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real time assurances.

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Though efforts continue to be made for greater emissions standardization, questions remain about the validity of many of the voluntary offsets that have been purchased and sold to date in the United States due to a lack of uniformity around methodology, monitoring, and verification.

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Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, Hatfill was "one of the very few that applied to UNMOVIC" independently, the official said.

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Yet with sufficient attention to monitoring, verification and, crucially, making sure the cash goes to the people who can actually protect the forest, REDD could work.

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Further, as a key requirement for GDI certification would be no net loss of biodiversity, this would require monitoring the biodiversity performance of the land management and independent verification of outcomes.

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