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The government stopped access to prisons by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and closed down five of its offices in the townships.

[...] Community of West African States and ICRC.

The States members of the Rio Group, as part of the first densely populated area declared a nuclearweapon-free zone through the Treaty of Tlatelolco about 40 years ago, welcome the convening of the Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia to consider ways and means to enhance consultations among States parties and signatories, treaty agencies and other interested States, with the aim of promoting coordination and convergence in the implementation of the provisions of these treaties and in strengthening the regime of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the status of the Additional Protocols relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, as well as on measures taken to strengthen the existing body of international humanitarian law, including with respect to its dissemination and full implementation at the national level, based on information received from Member States and the International Committee of the Red Cross (resolution 65/29).

At the Nairobi Summit, the States Parties noted that the Convention makes it clear that assistance may be provided through a variety of means, including, inter alia, the United Nations system, international, regional or national organisations or institutions, the International Committee of the Red Cross, national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and their international federation, non-governmental organisations, or on a bilateral basis, or by contributing to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action (UNVTF), or other regional funds.

[...] [...] Intergovernmental Authority on Development, [...] [...]

[...] [...] it allows signatory States to take measures against non-signatory States, which could [...] [...]

Such assistance may be provided inter alia through the United Nations system, relevant international, regional or national organizations or institutions, the International Committee of the Red Cross, national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and their International Federation, non-governmental organizations, or on a bilateral basis.

Indeed, detention facilities were regularly inspected both by the Attorney General of the Republic and by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as well as by nongovernmental organizations and the general directorate for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Chambers devoted most of their efforts to: (a) building the legal and regulatory framework necessary to try cases, in particular by expeditiously adopting a set of important Rules of Procedure and Evidence, as well as Rules of Detention and three Practice Directions; (b) negotiating agreements with international entities (the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)); and (c) collaborating with the Registry in order to set up the practical infrastructure required to carry out judicial activity.

African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Council of Europe, European Union, International Centre for Migration Policy Development, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Organization for Migration, Japan International Cooperation Agency, League of Arab States, International Organization of la Francophonie, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

[...] [...] President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on behalf of the President of the International [...] [...]

The 15th WFP-NGO annual consultation held in Rome on 14 and 15 October 2009, was attended by 19 NGO partners, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and an NGO umbrella organization.

In June 2009, the ICRC and Norwegian Red [...] [...]

[...] [...] under which the deficit members of the G20, mainly the United States, pledge [...] [...]

Concerning protection and assistance on behalf of civilian populations in the event of non-international armed conflict, his delegation recalled the specific mandate granted to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and in that regard called upon UNHCR and ICRC to pursue a clear and constructive dialogue in Geneva as well as in the countries of operation.

relevant agencies and bodies of the United Nations; International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, as well as of nongovernmental organizations in a number of fields relevant to Protocol V, in particular the care and rehabilitation of victims of explosive remnants of war, risk education, and clearance, removal or destruction of unexploded ordnance and abandoned explosive ordnance.

The participation of a Geneva-based representative of ICRC will be arranged without financial implications to the United Nations.

In addressing the issues of crime-scene management and fraudulent document examination, UNODC has developed standardized training programmes on crime-scene awareness6 and security document examination,7 with the expert contribution of partner organizations and networks including INTERPOL, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Association for Identification, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program, the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex).

[...] also been a signatory to the Patent-Cooperation Treaty.

In addition, the State party should grant the International Committee of the Red Cross and other independent international mechanisms access to prisons, detention centres and any other places where persons are deprived of their liberty, including in the Somali Regional State.

The Government permits prison visits by the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM), the Police Integrity Commission and the ICRC under the access agreement signed in 2006.

In expected accomplishment (a), replace the words “within the United Nations system and with other humanitarian partners in response to disasters and emergencies” with the words “with organizations and entities of the United Nations system as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration and relevant non-governmental organizations”.

Despite the significance and the sensitive nature of the question of the missing persons, a humanitarian issue that the Council has been following for many years, and despite the great efforts that have been made since 2004 by the Tripartite Commission and the Technical Subcommittee, which operates under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the remains of only 236 Kuwaiti prisoners out of 605 missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals have thus far been identified.

[...] [...] the Red Cross ICRC); and four non-governmental [...] [...]

Representatives designated by the International Committee of the Red Cross may participate as observers in the deliberations of the Conference and in its subsidiary organs in order, in particular, that the Conference may avail itself of the relevant expertise of the International [...]

[...] [...] provides no exact figure but stipulates that "The By-Law on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (of 30 January 1999) includes a clause on importing on an exceptional basis between 2006 and 2009 up to 21.9 ODP tonnes of Annex A (Groups I and II) and/or Annex B (Groups II and III) or products containing these substances, when these substances and/or products are for preserving human, plant and/or animal life; national defence, safety [...] [...]

[...] [...] Spoerri on behalf of the International Committee [...]