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[...] forces, Flint and Scarlett manage to create [...]

[...] [...] the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels [...] [...]

In attendance will be Explorers Club President Alan Nichols, an authority on Emperor Chinggis Qa＇an (Genghis Khan); and NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao, who will speak about the cooperation among nations for space exploration.

The following institutional and private foundations have provided funding in recent years: Adessium Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Elders Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Humanity United, Henry Luce Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Oak Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ploughshares Fund, Radcliffe Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stanley Foundation, The Charitable Foundation, Tinker Foundation Incorporated.

[...] [...] Eurasia, Ms. Siri Borgen, Acting Consul [...]

Coupled with the natural warmth and easy smiles of the Thai people and the legendary Ritz-Carlton service, Phulay Bay is the perfect destination to host the first of Ritz-Carlton Reserve's exotic, hand-picked hideaways.

(c) The recent decrees passed by localities permitting the use of the RTL system as punishment in cases of “abnormal petitioning” as well as recent reports that individuals, including Chen Yulian and Liu Jiayuan, were abused by police as a result of their actual or assumed status as petitioners.

[...] [...] arts/cultural events and carnivals in Kowloon East [...] [...]

On behalf of the Alliance (the Alliance) of the Staff Unions of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), namely, the Staff Association of Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong Environmental Hygiene Staff Union (Supervisor and Workman), Hong Kong Municipal Services Staff General Association, Hawker Control Officers Union, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Foremen Grade Staff General Union, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Law Enforcement Staff Union, Hawker Control Officer Branch HKCCSA, Government Municipal Staff General Union, Government Overseers and Hawker Control Officers’ Union, and Overseers’ Branch, HKCCSA, Mr WONG Ka-yau briefed members on the Alliance's submission (LC Paper No. CB(1)1556/10-11(01)).

The provision of $8,400 is requested for travel related to seminars/ conferences/workshops: for the Registry and Secretary of the Award Review Board to attend the International Procurement Conference as guest speakers and to gain experience and knowledge about best practices in the industry ($5,000); and for the Management Support Service to attend the annual conference of the Association of Internal Management Consultants, which is the key forum in North America for the exchange of best practices in improving organizational performance, as well as for staff to attend workshops on core principles, models, tools and examples of organizational design in order to facilitate strategies and innovation for management within the Secretariat ($3,400).

[...] [...] language presenters; and two Technicians [...] [...]

(25) The debate also highlighted other themes which should be taken into account in the preparation of document 33 C/5: freedom of expression in the Internet age; safety of journalists; development of guidelines for access to information; policies on public domain information; the role of libraries and archives in building knowledge societies (also proposed as a theme for new intersectoral cooperation); continuation of the Memory of the World Programme as a flagship activity; reflection and guidelines on the use of open source software; capacity-building in communication and information and training of media professionals; public service broadcasting; development of community multimedia centres; and development of diverse and multilingual local content.

Even in such a situation, in order for a State or international organization that has not objected in time to the reservation prior to the date of the succession of States to be able to object to it, it would be necessary that the maintenance of the reservation the territorial scope of which has been extended should upset the balance of the treaty: that is the sense of the restrictive formulation of this exception, which covers only those situations in which the territorial extension of the reservation “radically changes the conditions for the operation of the reservation”.

It was suggested that the States Parties reflect on how they can enable the necessary in-depth analysis and discussion of the requests in order to ensure that high quality requests continue to be the norm.

Five major themes of convergence between these three authors were identified during that first informal reflection process: (i) the place of pedagogy in their work, especially through education, experimentation and learning; (ii) nature, in the form of the desire for the search for a new covenant of solidarity between humanity and its environment; (iii) scientific and technological progress, enriched by dialogue with all forms of knowledge; (iv) human rights and democracy in response to colonialism, discrimination and political, economic, social and cultural exclusion; and, lastly (v) art and, in particular, poetry as a form of unique mediation between people and nature, and between individuals and their fellows.