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WFP's school meals provide critical nutrition while encouraging enrollment and attendance, especially for girls and vulnerable children. This dual benefit supports education outcomes, gender equality, and breaks intergenerational cycles of poverty and malnutrition.

IFAD uses a mix of financing tools: highly concessional loans, grants, and equity investments in funds or enterprises. This blended finance approach mobilizes additional public and private capital for smallholder agriculture, rural enterprises, and climate-resilient infrastructure.

The CIPR assesses industrial performance across dimensions: productive capacity, export competitiveness, technological depth, and environmental sustainability. It helps policymakers identify strengths/weaknesses and design strategies for inclusive and sustainable industrial development.

Adopted in 2016, CORSIA aims to stabilize net CO2 emissions from international aviation at 2020 levels by requiring airlines to offset emissions growth through eligible carbon credits. It represents a landmark sectoral approach to climate mitigation under ICAO.

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs allows applicants to protect their designs in multiple countries/regions by filing a single international application with WIPO, simplifying and reducing costs of design protection globally.

ITU-D works to bridge the digital divide by helping developing countries build ICT infrastructure, develop regulatory frameworks, build human capacity, and mobilize financial and technical resources for inclusive digital transformation.

Ratified ILO Conventions create binding legal obligations. Member states must implement their provisions in national law and submit regular reports to ILO supervisory bodies (Committee of Experts, Conference Committee) on measures taken to apply them.

AVRR is IOM's flagship program supporting migrants who wish to return home voluntarily but lack resources. It provides pre-departure counseling, travel assistance, and post-arrival reintegration support (livelihoods, housing, psychosocial) to ensure sustainable return.

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans (e.g., rabies, avian influenza, Ebola). WAHIS monitors and reports on these diseases globally, supporting early warning, prevention, and control under the One Health approach.

The CPM, comprising representatives from all IPPC contracting parties, is the standard-setting body that reviews and adopts ISPMs. These standards provide the framework for harmonized phytosanitary measures to protect plant health while facilitating safe trade.

The IOSCO MMoU is a critical tool for cross-border enforcement cooperation. It enables signatory regulators to obtain and share information to investigate and prosecute securities and derivatives violations, including market manipulation, insider trading, and fraud.

The Movement's Statutes were revised at the 29th International Conference in Geneva in 2006 to enhance coherence, clarify roles, and improve coordination among the ICRC (conflict), IFRC (disasters), and 192 National Societies in fulfilling the humanitarian mandate.

The IOC Session, comprising all IOC members, holds supreme authority over the Olympic Movement. One of its exclusive powers, per the Olympic Charter, is to elect the host cities for both Summer and Winter Olympic Games through a secret ballot.

IHO Standard S-57 is the transfer standard for digital hydrographic data, specifically designed for use in ECDIS. It defines the data structure, content, and encoding for electronic navigational charts to ensure global consistency and safety of navigation.

The International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention) is the WCO's blueprint for modern, efficient customs procedures, promoting trade facilitation, transparency, and predictability in international trade.

While founded for energy security post-1973 oil crisis, the IEA's mandate has evolved to address 21st-century challenges: clean energy transitions, climate change mitigation, digitalization, and inclusive engagement with non-member countries, especially emerging economies.

The Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) is the OIC's principal policy-making body, meeting annually to review implementation of policies, adopt resolutions, and make recommendations. The Islamic Summit meets every three years at the head-of-state level.

ISO 9001 is the world's most recognized quality management standard. It provides a framework for organizations to consistently meet customer requirements, enhance satisfaction, and achieve continual improvement in their processes and products.

Terminal dues are a key UPU mechanism ensuring fair compensation between postal operators for handling and delivering each other's international mail. They are periodically revised to reflect actual costs and development levels of member countries.

FATF Recommendation 6 mandates that countries implement targeted financial sanctions to comply with UN Security Council resolutions relating to the prevention, suppression, and financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.