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The Committee is also concerned that almost half

Global analysis undertaken by the World Resources Institute showed that more than one quarter of the world’s active mines and exploration sites overlap with or are within a 10-kilometre radius of a strictly protected area; nearly one third of all active mines and exploration sites are located within areas of intact ecosystems of high conservation value; almost one third of all active mines are

It expressed concern at reports in

The Prime Minister’s opponents later announced that they would pursue the alternative constitutional route of withdrawing confidence from the Prime Minister, whereby he would appear for questioning before the Council of

If there is a "share-for-share" arrangement, for the moment, let me leave aside whether she has said that this is feasible from a commercial angle; but, if

On the occasion of the comprehensive review of the emoluments, pensions and other conditions of service for the members of the Court and the two Tribunals, the Secretary-General recalled that, for the purpose of payments to judges ad hoc, annual salary had been defined in paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 40/257 A as follows: judges ad hoc were to be compensated for each day they exercised their functions, one three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth of the sum of the annual

There, Governments agreed to establish a “green climate fund”; formalize their mitigation pledges; take concrete

Such a provision was in breach of the long-standing procedures of the Committee, which had long invited the chairpersons of universal treaty bodies to report to it but never the chairperson of a subcommittee established pursuant to a protocol that was

The Chairman (if any) of the Board or, if he is absent or declines to take the chair at such meeting, the Deputy Chairman (if any) shall take the chair at every general meeting, or, if there be no such Chairman or Deputy Chairman, or, if at any general meeting neither of such Chairman

(I) A company shall be deemed to be a company in which a Director and his associates own five (5) per cent. or more of any class of the voting equity share capital of such company or of the voting rights of any class of shares of

The Chairman or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board, but if no such Chairman or Deputy Chairman be elected or appointed, or if at any meeting the Chairman

Pursuant to the Lease Agreement, Mr. Ieong has agreed to grant the Lease to Zhuhai Centresin for a term of three years commencing from 1 March 2013 to 29 February 2016 at a monthly rent of RMB97,000 (equivalent to approximately HK$120,318) for the first twelve months and annual increment of 5% for the subsequent two years, i.e. the annual consideration for the year

If within fifteen minutes from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved, but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week and at such time and place as shall be decided by the Chairman,

(E) Where arrangements are under consideration concerning the appointment (including the arrangement or variation of the terms thereof, or the termination thereof) of two or more Directors to offices or places of profit with the Company or any other company in which the Company is interested, a separate resolution may be put in relation to each Director and in such case each of the Directors concerned shall be entitled to vote (and be counted in the quorum) in respect of each resolution except that concerning his own appointment (or the arrangement or variation of the terms thereof, or the termination thereof) and except (in the case of an office or place of profit with any such other company as aforesaid) where the other company is a company in

At its sixty-second session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to update the compilation of decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies referring to the articles, and to invite Governments to submit information on their practice in that regard; also

At its sixty-fourth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit his next annual report on United Nations rule of law activities pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 63/128, taking note of paragraph 97 of his report contained in document A/64/298; invited the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Law Commission to continue to comment, in their respective reports to the Assembly, on their current roles in promoting the rule of law; invited the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit to continue to interact with Member States on a regular basis, in particular in informal briefings; and invited Member