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The Committee notes that, in accordance with paragraph 21 of Council resolution 1904 (2009), after the appointment of the Ombudsman, the focal point mechanism (P-4) established in resolution 1730 (2006) shall no longer receive requests from individuals or entities seeking to be removed from the Consolidated

For the purposes of more comprehensive protection, each State is encouraged to take all appropriate measures, in accordance with international law, to cooperate with other States concerned with a view to establishing jurisdiction over, and providing effective criminal sanctions against, those persons who have committed or have ordered to be committed acts referred to above (VII – Individual criminal

The States members of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted resolution AG/RES. 2533 (XL-O/10) entitled “Disarmament and non-proliferation in the hemisphere”, bearing in mind the determination of the international community to promote and adopt specific measures to foster a culture of peace and non-violence in all

Today, I will address the three main topics suggested in the concept paper prepared by your delegation, Sir, for this debate (S/2010/322, annex), namely, the promotion of the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict situations,

With regard to United Nations Security Council Resolutions, the representative of UNIDO said that before any approval of the HPMP by the

Here, careful and sensitive assessments of the political economy of fishing and its beneficiaries may

From the Group’s perspective, Transit Interarmées played a negative role in the enforcement of the embargo because Ivorian customs had no control over its import of equipment for the Ministry of Defence, and the Group was already aware that, at a minimum, vehicles (see annex VIII of S/2011/272), telecommunication and military material

The main points of discussion during the review of the Convention were the following: the form of the instrument which would incorporate the new provisions; the definition of the notion of “military necessity” with regard to cultural property under general as well as

Ms. Ghanea drew five preliminary conclusions: (a) the discussion on limitations to freedom of expression could not be dissociated from the overall obligations under the Covenant as a whole, such as full equality before the law, due process and rights of minorities; (b) random or orchestrated acts of violence that have no reasonable link to expression should not justify limitations to freedom of expression; (c) where hatred itself incited to violence, it showed a broader pattern of violations; triggering article 20 demonstrated a failure of the State to guarantee the right to non-discrimination under article 26; (d) article 20 also

Drawing attention to the concern referred to in paragraph 3 (b) about legislative measures and practices that might restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms

This was achieved through greater decision-making autonomy for the management, objective selection of senior managers, disclosure of conflicts of interest, strengthened monitoring by supervisory agencies, publishing of financial accounts, cost-based accounting system and functional unbundling of costs, and

Other previous Crisis Group reports include Asia Report N°174, Myanmar: Towards the Elections, 20 August 2009; Asia Report N°161, Burma/ Myanmar After Nargis: Time to Normalise Aid Relations, 20 October 2008; Asia Briefing N°58, Myanmar: New Threats to Humanitarian Aid, 8 December 2006; Asia Briefing N°34, Myanmar: Update on HIV/AIDS Policy, 16 December 2004; Asia Report N°82,

"The historical account of the Council is this, that a doctrine which the Creed did not declare, which the Fathers did not unanimously witness, and which some eminent Saints had almost in set terms opposed, which the whole East refused as a symbol, not once, but twice, patriarch by patriarch, metropolitan by metropolitan, first by the mouth of above a hundred, then by the mouth of above six hundred of its bishops, and refused upon the grounds of its being an addition to the Creed, was forced upon the Council, not indeed as a Creed, yet, on the other hand, not for subscription merely,

The Permanent Mission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities and has the honour to refer to Security Council resolution 1455 (2003) regarding the report of Saint Vincent and the

The Working Group reminds States of article 18 of the Declaration, as well as of its general comment thereon, according to which persons who have or who are alleged to have committed acts of enforced disappearance shall not benefit from any special

The committee will meet quarterly, or on an as-needed basis, to review and approve policies, projects and standards; ensure that content and technical aspects are coordinated and that technology is used as an enabler of content; approve technical and content standards for issuance as administrative instructions and/or Secretary-General’s bulletins; ensure that proposals are congruent with programme strategy and are adequately resourced; take final decisions on their implementation; review cases of non-compliance with standards, policies and mandates referred to the committee by the Working Group, and decide on an appropriate course

In response to some of the violations that occurred in the most recent period, the Security Council took concrete steps relating to the protection of civilians, the first one being the adoption of resolution 1973 (2011), which authorized all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya, and the second

Meeting participants discussed various aspects of the international obligation to bring terrorists to justice while giving due respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and their interrelation with different areas of