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Those who love historical locations, will definitely get their money’s worth: Radolfzell has a wonderful historic district, the university town of Constance with its narrow alley ways and excellent shopping facilities is within easy reach, and you can marvel at the life in the Middle Ages in Meersburg, or climb up the knights‘ castle on the Hohentwiel.

(f) Promotion of access to medicines and commodities, such as anti-retroviral drugs, and development of new treatment strategies through enhanced multilateral cooperation in processes related to discussions involving free trade agreements and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS);2 (g) Provision of technical support to enable countries to develop appropriate laws and policies in order to better utilize the safeguards and flexibilities provided by TRIPS.

[...] [...] in this Memorandum of Association, the same shall be resolved by such interpretation and construction [...] [...]

When receiving medical treatment, the person suffering from a mental disorder shall be informed of the proposed therapy, the respective predictable effects and other possible treatments.

[...] [...] development and producing sustainable and reliable recurring [...]

The present report benefited from the contributions of intergovernmental organizations engaged in activities relating to ocean affairs and the law of the sea.2 Also relevant to the consideration of the topic of focus are two earlier reports of the Secretary-General which dealt with the needs of States with regard to the development and management of ocean resources (A/45/712) and measures undertaken in response to the needs of States in regard to development and management of ocean resources, and approaches for further action (A/46/722), as well as the study prepared by the Secretariat entitled “Available assistance to and measures that may be taken by developing States, in particular the least developed States and small island developing States, as well as coastal African States, to realize the benefits of sustainable and effective development of marine resources and uses of the oceans within the limits of national jurisdiction” (A/63/342).

Our efforts in this area include the development of various energy efficiency guidelines to promote energy conservation in commercial properties; launching the Energy Efficiency Registration Scheme for Buildings to promote voluntary compliance of Building Energy Codes; organizing Energy Efficiency Awards to promote sustainable energy use and recognize good energy saving practices; carrying out public awareness programmes for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy; providing information to the public through technical talks, web-based education kits, school talks, information leaflets and energy end-use databases; and mobilizing the community to take action at personal level to adopt energy saving measures under the “Action Blue Sky” campaign.

(B) The Company shall maintain and keep a full and complete register at such location in Bermuda (but not in Hong Kong) as it shall from time to time determine of the Convertible Preference Shares and the CP Shareholders from time to time, such register shall contain details of conversion and/or cancellation and the destruction of any Convertible Preference Shares and the issue of any replacement Certificates issued in substitution for any mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates and of sufficient identification details of all CP Shareholders from time to time.

Other important constraints for the region were the challenges of energy efficiency, sustainable transport/mobility and integrated waste and water management; the lack of a financial and economic framework for sustainable consumption and production; the need for sustainable procurement; the limited mainstreaming of sustainable products and services; insufficient education and information regarding sustainable consumption and production and sustainable lifestyles; insufficient awareness about how to increase business competitiveness through sustainable consumption and production; and challenges in terms of unplanned urban and rural development and poverty alleviation.

[...] [...] think fit, and may also authorise any [...] [...]

Given the fact that (i) the principal terms of the Equity Transfer Agreement are determined by the parties involved after arms-length negotiation; (ii) the Directors have made reference to several factors, among others, the prospect of the iron ore industry; the book value of net assets of Fushun Shangma as at the Valuation Date as well as comparable cases in determining the consideration of the Fushun Shangma Acquisition; and (iii) the consideration of the Fushun Shangma Acquisition at RMB100 million represents a discount of approximately 6% when compared with the Equity Valuation prepared by the Valuer at RMB106 million.

It discusses three promising areas of clean growth poles that can foster clean and sustainable growth – energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture including organic agriculture, and renewable energy technologies.

[...] [...] shares, and any other securities of or which are convertible [...] [...]

[...] [...] Directors concerned shall be entitled to vote (and be counted in the quorum) [...] [...]

"To add "since the 1970s, Hong Kong has started to discuss the universal retirement protection system; the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions ('FTU') advocated the establishment of a central provident fund as early as 1986, and in 1992 FTU further put forward an integrated retirement protection plan; however, to date, Hong Kong has yet to put in place a universal integrated retirement protection scheme, so" after "That"; to add "still" after "elderly poverty in Hong Kong is"; to add "and sustainable" after "to be effective"; to add "integrated" after "establish a universal"; to delete "an implementation timetable" after "public consultation, and setting" and substitute with "a timetable for implementation within the term of the current Government"; to add "integrated" after "implementation of a universal"; and to delete "refrain from introducing" before "any asset and income test" and substitute with "exempt elderly persons aged 70 or above from".

The main activities to be implemented are: coordination with all stakeholders; preparation/review of terms of reference for consultancy services; preparation, implementation and review of annual implementation plans and relevant progress reports as may be required; financial management to ensure effective use of resources; facilitating project supervision, or evaluation and performance verification as required; organizing meetings and workshops to ensure full cooperation of all stakeholders; and supervision and evaluation of conversion projects with assistance from technical experts.

The Directors may establish any local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company, either in Hong Kong or elsewhere, and may appoint any persons to be members of such local boards, or any managers or agents for the Company, and may fix their remuneration, and may delegate (with or without power to sub-delegate as the Directors shall determine) to any local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in the Directors, and may authorise the members of any local boards, or any of them, to fill any vacancies therein, and to act notwithstanding vacancies, and any such appointment or delegation may be made upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit, and the Directors may remove any person so appointed, and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.

securities issued by the Company as permitted by Section 73A of the Ordinance (and no signature of any Director, officer or other person and no mechanical reproduction thereof shall be required on any such certificates or other document and any such certificates or other document to which such official seal is affixed shall be valid and deemed to have been sealed and executed with the authority of the Board notwithstanding the absence of any such signature or mechanical reproduction as aforesaid) and an official seal for use abroad under the provisions of the Companies Ordinance where and as the Board shall determine, and the Company may by writing under the seal appoint any agents or agent, committees or committee abroad to be the duly authorised agents of the Company for the purpose of affixing and using such official seal and they may impose such restrictions on the use thereof as may be thought fit.

[...] [...] through adequate and predictable funding.

With regard to a question about the introduction of new topics in the future, he stated that the informal consultations had not been tasked to exhaust the list of possible topics and that the remaining five topics and possible new topics were still open.

Under this item, delegations will be invited to address the issues referred to in paragraph 1 (b) of the annex to the letter dated 30 June 2011 from the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to the President of the General Assembly (A/66/119), bearing in mind paragraph 1 (a) of the annex to the same document, which recommends that “[a] process be initiated, by the General Assembly, with a view to ensuring that the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction effectively addresses those issues by identifying gaps and ways forward, including through the implementation of existing instruments and the possible development of a multilateral agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”.

There were also nine other presenters, whose papers focused on an analysis of mining technologies developed in the 1970s and 1980s and model mining units envisaged in the 1970s and 1980s; project economics and cost models that had been developed in the past for deep seabed mining; the economic and technical considerations underpinning the pioneer regime and the Authority’s regulations; possible use of space applications for deep seabed mining; the status of lift systems for polymetallic nodule mining; advances in nickel laterite processing and possible applications to polymetallic nodule processing; technology development for polymetallic sulphides and possible applications to nodule mining; and advances in riser technology for oil and gas and possible applications to nodule mining.

The Directors may from time to time entrust to and confer upon a Managing Director, Joint Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Executive Director, General Manager or Joint General Manager or a Director appointed to any other office in the management or business of the Company any of the powers exercisable by them as Directors upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they think fit and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation, withdrawal, alteration or variation shall be affected thereby.

The term “lending pool” is defined as (i) shares that the approved lending agent holds as agent for a third party which he is authorised to lend and other shares that can be lent according to the requirements of the Securities Borrowing and Lending Rules; and (ii) shares that have been lent by the approved lending agent and only if the right of the approved lending agent to require the return of the shares has not yet been extinguished.

Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practical Date, the Directors are not aware of any other person who had an interest or short position in the Shares or underlying Shares of the Company which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, or who was, directly or indirectly, interested in 10% or more of the nominal value of any class [...] [...]

Regarding funding support for the arts groups, members in generally considered that the Administration should (a) ensure a reasonable and fair distribution of funding resources amongst arts groups; (b) review the existing mode of subsidy for the major performing arts groups to avoid stifling the development of non-subvented commercial arts groups; (c) provide more funding for the support of small and medium sized arts groups and budding artists; (d) explore means to minimize staffing and administrative expenses in the operation of arts programmes so that the savings could be re-allocated to the use of arts development; (e) examine the effectiveness of the current funding policy in achieving the policy goals, such as encouraging diversified and balanced development of arts and culture; and (f) consider increasing its overall allocation of funding for culture and the arts, given the imminent need to achieve the vision of the West Kowloon Culture District project.

(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.

[...] cooperation and possible joint programmes with other United Nations agencies are planned: [...] [...]

The interactive thematic debates were seen as consensus-building forums to renew and reinvigorate partnerships and mobilize additional international support measures and actions in favour of poverty reduction, sustained economic growth and sustainable and inclusive development in least developed countries.