Our TechGirls kicked off their adventure with three days in New York City, organized by Legacy International whose mission is to strengthen civil society and foster peace-building and conflict resolution worldwide.

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It may play useful roles in building up civil institutions in war-torn areas, although it has exhibited little competence in that endeavor in Bosnia.

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Some civil servants who doubted the wisdom of the house-building measures have been left to clear up the mess.

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My hunger for change in Scotland - tackling global warming, building the role of young people in our country and stopping the slide of civil liberties - is no less now than when I started in politics 25 years ago.

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The neighborhood is also home to the Richmond University Medical Center, on Bard Avenue, and the Staten Island Civil Courthouse, in an 83-year-old Georgian Revival building on Castleton.

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And it is testing out provincial reconstruction teams, mixes of military and civil groups that are now widely touted as a key tool of nation-building.

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We welcomed the efforts this year of Indonesia, Republic of Korea and the United States to orient the ARF Inter-sessional Meeting on Maritime Security to include civil maritime law enforcement cooperation and capacity building.

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Other reports cover three meetings of the Consultative Forum, established to serve as a medium of interfacing and consensus-building between the United Nations organizations and agencies and other stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector.

UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY