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In the baseline outlook, assuming no major supply disruptions, oil prices are forecast to average $99 per barrel for the year 2011 and $90 per barrel in 2012.

It is thought to have been introduced into Europe around the year 1200 by Arab tradesmen and became widely utilized by Italian, Spanish and French herbalists during the 17th century.

Designs of rice fields with fish on ancient Chinese pottery from tombs of the Han Dynasty (206 BC–225 AD), inscriptions from a thirteenth century king of Thailand, and traditional sayings, such as one from Viet Nam – “rice and fish are like mother and children”, are all testament that the combination of rice and fish has traditionally been regarded as an indicator of wealth and stability.

In 1685 (24th year of Qing Emperor’s Kangxi), the Qing government set up customs in Shanghai.

The Group had a net cash outflow from operating activities of RMB','92.3 million for the first half of 2009 compared to RMB3,'95.5 million for the same period of 2008, reflecting year-on-year increase of cash outflow for purchases by RMB','90.8 million mainly as a result of expanded sales, increase of cash outflow for payments made to employees by RMB960.9 million and increase of dividend or interest payments by RMB'66.0 million; coupled with increase of cash inflow from operating revenue by RMB5,'3'.3 million.

The estimated requirements for 2010 for the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) amount to $6,966,100, as compared to the appropriation of $5,714,400 for 2009.

35.58 The increase of $452,700 represents the net effect of: (a) the increase of $189,600 resulting from the proposed establishment of a new P-4 post to provide for aviation risk management capacity at Headquarters to coordinate the activities and programme of the Department under aviation safety; (b) the increase of $389,900 resulting from the proposed establishment of four new posts (1 P-4, 1 P-3 and 2 Local level) for security trainers located in Nairobi to provide support to the African region as part of a regionalized service; and (c) the decrease of $126,800, resulting from the discontinuation of a one-time 2010-2011 provision for a temporary P-4 post for the aviation safety management function, partly offset by the delayed impact of one General Service (Principal level) post in the Training and Development Section, established in the context of the programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011.

The Treasurer was requested to include in the accounts of the Fund Secretariat an indicative breakdown of the US $500,000 annual fees for the provision of treasury services (decision 62/66).

Sector standards have been developed and implemented: “Palliative treatment of the persons infected with HIV and AIDS” (2001), “Treatment with antiretroviral medicine specific for persons infected with HIV and AIDS and the prophylaxis of transmission of the mother-child HIV infection, professional exposure” (2001 and 2003), “Epidemiologic supervision of the HIV/AIDS infection” (2002); Instructions on the organisation of the antiepidemiologic programme in the AIDS, hepatitis and other viral infections laboratories and diagnosis sections” (2004), The module “HIV and AIDS infections with mother-child transmission” (2004), Methodological Guide “Before and after HIV test counselling” (2005).

The plan for the restoration and improvement of the Miollis/Bonvin site, proposed by Mr Belmont and set out in document 32 C/INF.8 (€63 million, value in 2002, €85 million, value in 2007 after recosting), describes, inter alia, a number of priority works (priority No. 1 and priority No. 2) which are to be carried out each year depending on the resources available: replacement of the hot water supply networks in order to eliminate the risks of contamination, repairing of the external emergency stairs of Building V, compulsory replacement of the pyralene transformers located in Buildings V and VI and improvement of the fire-safety system in Building VI.

I should also point out that the recent terrorist attacks that killed dozens and wounded hundreds of unarmed civilians, including men, women and children, targeted visitors who walk on foot from various regions of Iraq to visit the holy shrine of Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abu Taleb, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad who was killed along with all of his family and followers in 680 A.D., during the time of the Umayyad Dynasty.

A study reveals how social networks in the US Southwest responded to widespread demographic changes during the years AD 1200 to 1450, a time known as the late pre-hispanic period.

In addition to the $650,000 referred to above, the twelfth Meeting of States Parties, held in 2002, approved, on an exceptional basis, the appropriation of $500,000 (being part of the savings from the financial period 2001) to the Working Capital Fund of the Tribunal, in order to provide the Tribunal with the necessary financial means, in the event of temporary shortfalls in funds, to deal with cases whenever the cost could not be met from case-related costs or from the transfer of funds between appropriation sections (SPLOS/L.28).

In addition, the maturity of $ 8,030 million of the existing $ 8,370 million 3-year revolving credit facility has been extended for a further year to May 2015.

While noting the impact of the financial and economic crises on their national economies, several Member States announced contributions to UN-Women: Finland would triple Government funding to a total of €3 million ($4.3 million) in 2011; the core contribution from Iceland would increase by over 40 per cent in 2011 and would likely rise in the coming years; and Japan would soon make a core contribution of nearly $450,000 in addition to a $4.5 million contribution previously made for a project on eliminating violence against women and girls in Afghanistan.

[...] include: $588 million shared by two winners in 2012, $365 million shared by eight people in February of 2006, $340 million won by a [...] [...]

On the other hand, due to the Group’s active acquisition to expand business which generated professional fees and other costs of approximately HK$4,500,000, together with the unsatisfactory operating results of the Retail Business and the resulting impairment loss of goodwill of HK$4,958,000, profit attributable to shareholders was HK$8,659,000 (2011: HK$21,202,000).

Indications for aluminium premiums for duty unpaid, in-warehouse material at the beginning of 2012 were $ 100 to $ 125 per tonne, with an average 2012 range of approximately $ 140 to $ 165 per tonne and a more recent level of $ 200 to $ 230 per tonne.

[...] [...] inventory of HK$4,406,000 made for the LIDS Business, have resulted in an operating loss of HK$7,831,000 (2011: HK$2,595,000).

As revealed from the China Statistical Yearbook 2006 issued by National Bureau of Statistics of China, the total freight traffic in the PRC increased from approximately 12,349 million tonnes in 1995 to approximately 18,621 million tonnes in 2005, representing a compound annual growth rate of approximately 4.2% and the PRC’s total domestic retail sales of consumer goods increased from approximately RMB2.4 trillion in 1995 to approximately RMB6.7 trillion in 2005, representing a compound annual growth rate of approximately 11.0%.

The calculation of diluted earnings per share amounts is based on the profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent of RMB',252,'58,000 (2006: RMB766,972,000) and the weighted average number of 959,52',650 (2006: 959,52',650) shares in issue during the year, as used in the basic earnings per share calculation, and the weighted average number of 9,596,000 shares assumed to have been issued at no consideration on the deemed exercise of all dilutive potential shares into shares.

Provisional cash surplus (€1,690,086) + arrears of prior periods’ contributions received in 2011 (€251,923) + savings from the provisions made from unliquidated obligations (€108,674) – surrender of part of the cash surplus for the 2009-2010 financial period (SPLOS/203) (€176,704) = cash surplus to be surrendered to the States parties (€1,873,979).

Since 2002, China has been by far the leading fish exporter, contributing almost 12 percent of 2010 world exports of fish and fishery products, or about US$13.3 billion, and increasing further to US$17.1 billion in 2011.

[...] [...] amounts: ICTY: $376.2 million (for the biennium 2008-2009); ICTR: $292.9 million (for the biennium 2008-2009); Special Court for Sierra Leone: $36,124,200 (budget for 2008); Special Tribunal for Lebanon: $55,347,730 (budget for 2009); and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: $92.3 million (for the biennium 2010-2011, [...] [...]

Actual programme expenditure for the year, which includes the direct costs of programme activities, expenditures in respect of the Technical Advisory Programme, and the costs of support services incurred by UNFPA and other executing agencies, totalled $226.2 million compared to $194.3 million in 2001.

The fourth, D, or the manuscript of Beza, was so called because it belonged to the reformer Beza, who found it in the monastery of St. Irenaeus at Lyons in 1562 AD It is imperfect, and is dated in the sixth century.

For example, those graduating from full-time two-year MBA programs had a median salary of $85,000, with additional compensation of $10,000, whereas those graduating from full-time one-year MBA programs had a median salary of $59,000 with additional compensation of $5,500 (age, program location, and work location are confounding factors).

In light of the decision taken on the revised staffing structure for the Secretariat, the 54th Meeting approved revised budgets of US $5,867,208 in 2008, US $3,421,091 in 2009 and US $3,592,146 in 2010 (decision 54/44).

Of the $31 million spent, $20 million ($17 million in 2010) is associated with the UNDP share of the United Nations field security coordination programme, and $11 million ($16 million in 2010) with country office security assessments of and investments in security compliance, improvement of premises security, blast and seismic assessments, and office relocations, both in the field and at headquarters locations.