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The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a general meeting shall : (i) be deemed to confer authority upon the proxy to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any resolution (or amendment thereto) put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit provided that any form issued to a member for use by him for appointing a proxy to attend and vote at an extraordinary general meeting or at an annual general meeting at which any business is to be transacted shall be such as to enable the member, according to his intention, to instruct the proxy to vote in favour of or against (or, in default of instructions, to exercise his discretion in respect of) each resolution dealing with any such business; and (ii) unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

As Canada did not wish to suggest specific topics, it referred to the following indicative examples of sub-themes that could be addressed under the proposed “outward-looking” approach, bearing in mind that the number of sub-themes would have to be limited: crime, human rights and the rule of law (that would include both the role of criminal justice in protecting human rights and the role of human rights in the justice system, and the role of the rule of law in both); crime and international peace, security and reconstruction (post-conflict and post-disaster situations); crime and technological change, including cybercrime, as well as the use of technologies by organized criminal groups and for trafficking, among other crimes; and crime and trade, commerce and the global economy (that could cover specific areas of economic crime and possibly corruption).

Between 2008 and 2010, this mandate was extended and expanded by Council resolutions 1814 (2008), 1863 (2009), 1872 (2009), 1910 (2010) and 1964 (2010) to include: (a) the development of additional scenarios to assist the Council in deciding on the deployment of a peacekeeping operation to Somalia at the appropriate time, subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions; (b) the provision of technical and expert advice to the African Union in the planning and deployment of AMISOM, including force generation and other arrangements necessary for the transition to a peacekeeping operation, through the newly established UNOAU (an integration of former entities); and (d) backstopping UNPOS with the provision of expertise, as required, for the rebuilding of the Somali security institutions, including police and military training, planning for future disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, security sector reform, and rule-of-law and corrections activities.

Direct negotiations between companies and indigenous peoples may be the most efficient and desirable way of arriving at agreed-upon arrangements for the extraction of natural resources within or near indigenous territories that are fully respectful of indigenous peoples’ rights, and they may provide indigenous peoples with opportunities to pursue their own development priorities.

After it had been pointed out that decision 56/16(j) on HPMPs in the servicing sector allowed the Secretariat to propose adjustments to the HCFC cost structure to the Executive Committee, the representative of the Secretariat said that, with respect to additional costs for the HPMP servicing sector, all costs had already been approved and the Secretariat had no reason to propose a change to a decision that had only been taken at the previous Meeting.

While there has been speculation that the decision to allocate the new $2 billion Qinzhou City refinery to CNPC rather than Sinopec was a result of a decision to support equity oil production of hard-to-refine Dar Blend crude oil from Sudan, a refinery being built in Sudan by Petronas (Malaysian) will likely take much of CNPC’s Dar Blend.

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(d) State of weapon: A complete system requires several component parts that do not come together in the same crate; for example, for the SA-7b found in Libya, a gripstock will not be delivered in the same box as launch tubes and batteries.

She says their strength as a team lies in their ability to access people of all ages: “The young generation is very strong.

To guarantee a secure environment for the elections, political parties and other stakeholders must engage in genuine democratic debate because of widespread concern over the manipulation of security forces by political parties and doubts as to whether it was police chiefs or electoral commissions that had control over the elections.

95. (A) An alternate Director shall (subject to his giving to the Company an address, telephone and facsimile number within the territory of the Head Office for the time being for the giving of notices on him and except when absent from the territory in which the Head Office is for the time being situate) be entitled (in addition to his appointor) to receive and (in lieu of his appointor) to waive notices of meetings of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors of which his appointor is a member and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these presents shall apply as if he (instead of his appointor) were a Director.

The Commission may wish to review the analysis and provide guidance on policy directions and choices for the building and strengthening of social protection systems in Asia and the Pacific as a critical contribution to meeting the development goals of poverty eradication and exerting a positive impact on economic growth, social cohesion and social development.

The Independent Board Committee comprising all Independent non-executive Directors, has been established to advise the Independent Shareholders as to whether the Equity Transfer Agreement is on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned, and is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, and to advise the Independent Shareholders as to how they should vote in respect of the Equity Transfer Agreement at the EGM, after taking into account of the recommendations of the Independent Financial Adviser appointed by the Company.

(c) A Director of the Company may be or become a director or other officer of, or otherwise interested in, any company promoted by the Company or any other company in which the Company may be interested, and shall not be liable to account to the Company or the members for any remuneration, profits or other benefits received by him as director or officer of or from his interest in such other company.

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has concluded treaties with a number of countries including China, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Viet Nam on rendering mutual judicial assistance in criminal and civil cases, under which bilateral and multilateral cooperation is enhanced in such areas as criminal proceedings, investigation, arrest and extradition of criminals.

The Forum and its predecessors, the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, have long considered forests and biodiversity conservation, including protected areas, among the key elements of sustainable forest management.

She stressed the need to move beyond deliberations to forge a set of comprehensive action-oriented recommendations that would supplement existing activities and measures to ensure that the rights of the child were a living reality, one in which children were no longer viewed in the context of “to become” in the future, but of “being” in the present.

[...] [...] education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination [...] [...]

Under the new section 13I, a trader wrongly accepts payment for a product if, at the time of accepting payment or other consideration for the product, he intends not to supply the product, intends to supply a materially different product, or there are no reasonable grounds for believing that he will be able to supply the product within the period specified by him or within a reasonable period.

Many NGOs urged UNESCO to be more proactive and visible in the public debate about the values and issues at stake and to fulfil its catalytic role in mobilizing a broad range of partners.

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With respect to the proposal indicated in the background document on the possible creation of a council of ministers on water resources or water security, some representatives took the view that, in the absence of a consensus-based definition of water security, there would be no progress on the issue.

(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 [...] [...]

[...] comprehensively review the West Kowloon Cultural District development project, consider the ‘software’ contents before planning the cultural facilities, extend the deadline for submission of development proposals, openly and thoroughly consult the cultural sector, professional bodies, the real estate sector, the Legislative Council, the public and relevant organizations, and uphold the ‘people-oriented’, ‘partnership’ and ‘community-driven’ principles put forward by the Culture and Heritage Commission for the West Kowloon development [...] [...]

Every person who finds any article or object in or upon any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway or any part of the railway premises shall hand over the same to an official as soon as is practicable and no person other than an official shall remove from any bus or vehicle of the North-west Railway or any part of the railway premises any property lost or left behind therein, save for the purpose of handing over the same as soon as is practicable to an official and all articles or objects so found shall as between the finder and the Corporation be deemed to be in the possession of the Corporation.