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External sources (not reviewed)

Participation through the Phantom Plan will mirror normal participation (including entitlement to dividends, bonus

(h) Subject to the Ordinance, a Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of

A lack of transparency in that respect might (a) undermine trust and political support for individual public authorities and Government and State institutions in general, thus endangering the efficacy of public interventions and risking political instability; (b) provoke significant redistributions of wealth in ways that not only are unfair and, in some cases, possibly illegal, but also favour rent-seeking behaviour, act against fair competition and provide the wrong incentives for efficiency, innovation and competitiveness in general; and (c) prolong

Where domestic law was consistent with international law but might be deemed

Following the report of OIOS on the audit of the standard costs applied to Headquarters overhead (A/60/682), the Secretariat has reviewed the standard costs and, to the extent possible, has applied the revised rates in the formulation of the requirements under recurrent costs, such as those for the rental of premises, office supplies and equipment, commercial communications costs (fax and telephone charges) and service-level agreements and infrastructure costs for information technology maintenance and

The delegation also observed that a shop

A combination of the following factors quantifies more specifically the threat of man-portable air defence systems used as a terrorist weapon: the availability of the necessary materiel; the demand

Several NGOs considered that the strategies necessary for the preservation of the heritage should focus primarily on capacity-building, the education of young people and raising the

Meanwhile, in the Kivus and Maniema, where no such traceability systems were introduced, mineral production and official exports have fallen since refineries and smelters seeking conflict-free

The State party also pointed out that the arrest warrant has been produced in

It is worth mentioning that, as a non-resident agency and in the face of inadequate financial resources and staff to carry out missions to participate in the numerous meetings, UNESCO’s participation in meetings of the UNCTs, UNSTs and various

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary,

At the 10th meeting, on 16 October, the representative of India, on behalf of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Chile, Cuba, the

The Programme of Action sets a broad agenda for the improvement of the status of women, stressing the importance of increasing their equal participation and equitable representation at all levels of the political process; improving women’s ability to earn an income in varied occupations so that they can become economically self-reliant, ensuring their equal access to the labour

The Chair of the meeting invited speakers to focus their contributions on the following specific issues regarding the criminalization of cultural property: (a) the availability of statistical data at the national level; (b) the existence of specific legislation on trafficking in cultural property and potential challenges in developing specific legislation; (c) the imposition of strong penalties for trafficking in cultural property; (d) the existence of penalties directed at specific stakeholders or sectors; (e) the question of reversing the burden of proof; (f)

Subsequently, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Colombia, the Comoros, the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Canada is also implementing a technical assistance project “Latin American Customs Enforcement Network: Preventing illegal trade of ODS”, CFC phase-out plans in Burkina Faso and Saint Lucia, ODS phase-out plans in Bolivia, Cuba and Uruguay,

Taking account of the increasing use of ERAs and the twin aims of harmonization and promotion of best practice, the Working Group agreed: (i) to include in the revised Model Law a general enabling provision providing the key principles for the use of ERAs, notably the conditions for and limitations to the use of ERAs;