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States should promote a resolution at the World Health Assembly to list noma as a neglected disease.

From a human rights point of view, it may amount to a violation of the rights of the children at risk or affected by noma.

Noma is the most brutal face of poverty and malnutrition in children and thus gives rise to some of the worst violations of the rights of the child.

The second part of this study will focus extensively on noma.

It would thus not be far-fetched to describe children with noma as representing a group of neglected victims.

Therefore, in the context of preventing noma, tackling malnutrition of babies, as well as mothers, is imperative.

Across the board, the actors consulted during the drafting process agreed that more needs to be done in the fight against noma – starting with policies aimed at eliminating poverty and reducing malnutrition – and that States and relevant specialized agencies ought to assume responsibility.

(a) whether there are any measures imposed by the Government on the supplier of gas in the manufacture, storage and transportation of gas intended for medical use to ensure that the incidents of supplying the wrong gas in labelled containers would not occur again, and if so, what the measures are and how the Government monitors their compliance

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(c) The relationship between severe malnutrition and childhood diseases, taking children affected by noma as an example, and ways to improve the protection of malnourished children

Ordinary resolutions will also be proposed at the Annual General Meeting in respect of the granting of the Issue Mandate to the Directors, in the terms set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, to allot, issue and deal with Shares not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution, and adding to the Issue Mandate so granted to the Directors any Shares representing the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares repurchased by the Company after the granting of the Repurchase Mandate, at any time during the period ended on the earliest of (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or any applicable laws to be held; and (c) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution at a general meeting of Shareholders.

The annex contains the human rights principles and guidelines to improve the protection of children at risk or affected by malnutrition, specifically at risk of or affected by noma.

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(c) The relationship between severe malnutrition and childhood diseases, taking children affected by noma as an example, and guidelines to improve the legal protection of malnourished children

(b) Government and private funding for the fight against noma in Africa should be increased and funding and WHO coordination for other regions urgently provided.

It is thus the urgent and imperative human rights obligation of authorities to dispel the myths about noma and provide information to health workers and parents on how to identify and treat noma.

(i) The Company may give financial assistance on such terms as the Board thinks fit to directors and bona fide employees of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any holding company of the Company or any subsidiary of any such holding company in order that they may purchase or subscribe or otherwise acquire shares (fully or partly paid) in the Company or any holding company of the Company and such terms may include a reference that, when a director ceases to be a director of, or an employee ceases to be employed by, the Company or such other company, shares purchased or subscribed or otherwise acquired with such financial assistance shall or may be sold to the Company or such other company on such terms as the Board thinks fit.

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(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 which the Director together with any of his associates owns five (5) per cent or more of the issued shares of any class of the equity share capital of such company or of the voting rights of any class of shares of such company.

The staff of those pharmacies were arrested for selling dangerous drugs listed in Part I of the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. However, most of the cough syrup was later found to be diluted dangerous drug stated in Part II of the First Schedule of that Ordinance, meaning that they are not subject to the control of any ordinance or regulation.

(c) Affected States must establish noma action plans and appoint a noma focal person.

In its resolution 16/27, the Human Rights Council welcomed the final study on discrimination in the context of the right to food and, taking into account recommendation 6/2 of the Committee, requested the Committee to undertake, as appropriate, comprehensive studies on (a) the urban poor and their enjoyment of the right to food, including strategies to improve their protection and best practices; (b) rural women and their enjoyment of the right to food, including patterns of discrimination, strategies and policies for their protection and best practices, with a special focus on female-headed households and temporary or seasonal workers; and (c) the relationship between severe malnutrition and childhood diseases, taking children affected by noma as an example, and ways to improve the protection of malnourished children.

Under Act No. XLVII of 1997 on the management and protection of health related data and relevant personal data, a reporting obligation is foreseen for cases of infectious diseases resulting from biological pathogens and toxins (Centers for Disease Control “Category A”, bioterrorism agents/diseases like anthrax, plague).

A human rights analysis of severe malnutrition and childhood diseases, including noma, helps us understand that the rights of children and other individuals – as opposed to privileges which can be given and taken – and obligations of States and international organizations under international law – as opposed to voluntary commitments – are centre stage.

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