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According to recent reports, China had made caring for orphans a priority and medical care provided was basic but acceptable by local standards.

Water shortages for some cities and towns have kept this vital resource as a national priority.

(iv) the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been accorded) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the share election has been duly exercised (“the elected shares”) and in lieu thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the elected shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account, capital redemption reserve other than the Subscription Rights Reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the elected shares on such basis.

[...] on gender issues in its revised strategy [...] [...]

Furthermore, the General Committee draws to the attention of the General Assembly that the practice of reproducing statements in extenso as separate documents has been discontinued for all its subsidiary organs that are entitled to summary records and that any exceptions to this rule may be made by the body concerned only if the statements are to serve as bases for discussion and if, after hearing a statement of the relevant financial implications, the body decides that one or more statements in extenso may be included in the summary record, or reproduced as separate documents or as annexes to authorized documents (resolution 38/32 E, paras. 8 and 9).

Japan would take a leading role in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and establishing a resilient society and work in cooperation with ESCAP.

[...] [...] included on the World Heritage List (Galapagos [...]

[...] [...] actions taken by Israel, the occupying [...] [...]

In order to achieve sound chemical management, Governments needed to commit themselves to the following actions: (a) integrate chemical management into national development priorities; (b) develop strong national institutional and programmatic frameworks; (c) promote the ratification and implementation of the relevant international conventions; (d) encourage the implementation of internationally recognized standards, tools and approaches relating to the environment, health and protection from chemicals, revise legislation and enforce existing regulations; and (e) promote the participation of the private sector and non-profit civil society in chemical management.

Recognizing that disaster risk reduction was fundamental for sustainable socio-economic development, the Committee stressed the importance of putting in place suitable strategies, plans and programmes, especially with regard to mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development policies, creating and strengthening national integrated disaster risk reduction mechanisms, and implementing key activities as described in the Hyogo Framework for Action.

It called on the Government to prioritize programmes creating employment opportunities so as to prevent displacement and risky migration, and urged it to respect the rights to freedom of speech and expression, protection of the life of journalists, fighting corruption, ending impunity and the promotion of good governance.

[...] actions taken by Israel to alter the legal [...] [...]

Special and differential treatment must remain an integral part of the multilateral trading system in order to enable developing countries, in particular the most economically vulnerable, to fulfil their commitments and facilitate their integration in world trade.

[...] [...] the regional plan of action on piracy [...] [...]

(2) All acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations, and in fulfilment of the purposes for which it was appointed, but not otherwise, shall have like force and effect as if done by the Board, and the Board shall have power, with the consent of the Company in general meeting, to remunerate the members of any such committee, and charge such remuneration to the current expenses of the Company.

The delegation of Thailand also noted that the discussions and recommendations for action from the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum were very useful and should be implemented to promote sustainable urban development in the region, and particularly requested the secretariat to prioritize three areas of work: firstly, to develop criteria and standards for city classification, such as “sustainable city”, “eco-city”, and “green industrial city” to provide a guideline for benchmarking sustainable urban development at the regional and subregional levels; secondly, to develop databases and networks at the regional and subregional levels that would include urban and rural population statistics and economic, social and physical data, including environment and geo-climatic data; and thirdly, to hold a symposium on urban climate change among member States in order to exchange experiences and best practices towards achieving sustainable city development.

[...] [...] particularly included as targets of [...] [...]

[...] [...] and as a result are not prioritized.

(e) A certificate or report by the auditors as to whether or not the Subscription Rights Reserve is required to be established and maintained and if so the amount thereof so required to be established and maintained, as to the purposes for which the Subscription Rights Reserve has been used, as to the extent to which it has been used to make good losses of the Company, as to the additional nominal amount of shares required to be allotted to an exercising warrantholder credited as fully paid and as to any other matter concerning the Subscription Rights Reserve shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding upon the Company and all warrantholders and shareholders.

(b) Although Eritrea is a multireligious society and a secular State wherein Christianity and Islam have coexisted in mutual harmony for over 1,300 years, the Bush Administration mendaciously labelled Eritrea in 2005 as “a country of concern for practicing religious persecution”.

[...] [...] moral retribu- tion, that it barely deserves to be ranked as religious teaching.

[...] [...] measures announced by Israel to progressively [...]

Although listed in paragraph (1)(i) [...] [...]

Although sharing the prevailing view, the delegation of Argentina (A/C.6/61/SR.13, para. 49) requested the Commission to “analyse whether the special characteristics and rules of each organization, as well as considerations of justice and equity, called for exceptions to the basic rule, depending on the circumstances of each case”.

[...] [...] a dividend may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of shares credited as [...] [...]

[...] [...] is in the process of implementing.

The plan requires care and treatment for minors to be provided in a pluridisciplinary manner; there are also a number of references in it to the need to guarantee their rights in a specific manner on account of their dual vulnerability - as minors and as persons with disabilities.

The Organization classifies its investments as available-for-sale, as they are neither frequently actively traded for short term gains, nor do they consist of fixed term investments held until maturity.