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External sources (not reviewed)

In the meantime, our position in regard to what revenues are taxable has not changed, and we are awaiting the outcome of the case.

At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly took note of the appointment by the Secretary-General of a new Coordinator for Multilingualism; requested the Secretary-General to ensure equal treatment for all language services and effective multilingual communication among representatives of Member States, including through simultaneous distribution of documents in all official languages; requested the Department of Public Information to improve actions taken to achieve parity among the six official languages on the United Nations website; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its sixty-fifth session a comprehensive report on the full implementation of its resolutions on multilingualism (resolution 63/306).

He also pointed out that many applications are pending for longer periods, but no action is taken by any member of the Committee to expedite the decision on them, and called on Committee members to deal with all applicant organizations in a non-selective manner, arguing that the result of the vote would allow the Committee to continue its interaction and dialogue with the organization to alleviate the concerns expressed by different members.

A number of specific comments were made as follows: the concept of food safety is universal, thus there should be no exception, as presently in Article 4.2, allowing exporting countries to export food, which does not comply with its national legislation; the issue of implementation of the Code, especially by countries lacking a control system, should be clarified; the present text may contradict some of the principles of Codex insofar as they establish and draw upon national regulatory frameworks; the ethics of equal treatment in terms of commercial transactions and food aid and donations should be made clearer; and some of the provisions in the text may be contrary to WTO provisions.

(F) Subject to the Ordinance and to the next paragraph of this Article, no Director or proposed or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company, either with regard to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or in any other manner whatever, nor shall any such contract or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company or the members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established.

In response, it was stated that the concern about equal treatment of right holders was not valid, since: (a) the rule under discussion addressed the issue of the law applicable to security rights and not the substantive rights of right holders; (b) European Union Member States already followed that approach and there was no issue of them being in violation of the IPR Enforcement Directive; (c) such an approach would be justified on the basis of expectations of the parties to security agreements (not intellectual property right holders) associated with existing intellectual property registries; and (d) the Guide already followed that approach with respect to tangible assets (see recommendations 203 and 205).

I also look forward to the innovations that adopting Ethernet will make possible; we will soon be able to remove the need for additional I/O cards as Ethernet gives us a solid foundation for future developments.

conditional upon the passing of the resolutions set out in paragraphs 5(A) and 5(B) above, the general mandate granted to the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and otherwise deal with shares of the Company pursuant to the resolution set out in paragraph 5(A) above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of shares of the Company purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to the authority granted to the Directors under the resolution set out in paragraph 5(B) above, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution.

In establishing a budget for this work plan, the ISU has given due regard for the need to reduce costs and the desire of States Parties that the ISU place a relatively higher priority on certain aspects of its mandate.

Most of the children come from families where the parents have been arrested for major crimes or are presently serving jail sentences, have been misplaced or are victims of severe abuse.

Without prejudice to, if applicable, the relevant rules of international law, any person regarding whom proceedings are being carried out in connection with the Convention or this Protocol shall be guaranteed fair treatment and a fair trial in accordance with domestic law and international law at all stages of the proceedings, and in no cases shall be provided guarantees less favourable to such person than those provided by international law.

(vi) any proposal or arrangement for the benefit of employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries including the adoption, modification or operation of a share option scheme, a pension fund or retirement, death or disability benefits scheme or other arrangement which relates both to the Directors, their respective associates and employees of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries and does not provide in respect of any Director or his associate(s), as such any privilege or advantage not accorded to the employees to which such scheme or fund relates.

One Member State encouraged UNESCO to approach the principal priority in each major programme from a holistic perspective, whereby all other priorities within the sector and house-wide would need to be mutually supportive and contribute to the overall objectives of UNESCO.

Growth opportunities are likely to be limited in the coming year, but our strong, debt-free balance sheet puts us in a strong position to take advantage of those that do appear.

In addition, there remain five unfilled vacancies on the Commission as follows: one from Eastern European States and one from Western European and other States, both for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring at the close of the Commission’s fifty-third session, in 2015; and two from Latin American and Caribbean States and one from Western European and other States, all for a term beginning at the first meeting of the Commission’s fifty-first session (held in 2012) and expiring at the close of the Commission’s fifty-fourth session, in 2016 (see Council decision 2011/201 E).

While searching for a solution to the problem in the short term, the Council needed to also find a long-term solution to the question of resources for the universal periodic review process to avoid ad hoc measures, which risked undermining the principle of equal treatment for all States.

At that specific moment, she was outside of the house and could hear her brother being ill-treated inside the house and the soldiers asking him about her whereabouts, which she understood as a death threat.

Special and differential treatment and policy flexibility for LDCs need to be made operational according to a given country’s stage of development (rather than limiting it by time) within the World Trade Organization and regional and bilateral agreements, so that LDCs can adopt development strategies that reflect their specific needs and opportunities.

Accordingly, these State parties must make a particular effort to ensure that the information they provide on each area that contains mines or is suspected to contain mines is as comprehensive as possible, i.e. that it includes the name of each area identified, its precise geographical location, its size, the estimated quantity of anti-personnel mines emplaced in the area, the area of land released, the methods used to make the area non-hazardous, the quantity of anti-personnel mines destroyed, the date of land release and lastly the size of the area still to be cleared, if applicable.

Subject to the approval of the above proposals by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, the General Mandate and the Repurchase Mandate will expire at the earliest of: (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by any applicable laws or the Articles of Association to be held; or (iii) the revocation or variation by an ordinary resolution of the Shareholders in a general meeting.

The European Union believed that a more determined effort must be made to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS, which were synonymous with denial of rights; the economic, social and cultural rights must be more vigorously promoted through legislation; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment had to be firmly condemned; and all human rights defenders, whom it hailed for working in the face of considerable risk, should be strongly supported.

(g) Immediately adopt protective measures for all victims of torture and illtreatment, including expedite access to medical care; and provide all victims of torture and ill-treatment with redress, including fair and adequate compensation and as full rehabilitation as possible.

Global civil society has demanded preferential treatment for least developed countries to ensure fair trade and debt cancellation and real and substantive increases in ODA, which will guarantee effective and sustainable development in least developed countries.