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While recognizing that the additional reports will be before the Assembly when it considers the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013, the Committee is concerned that a piecemeal approach does not provide it with the full information it requires at the time of its consideration of the Secretary-General’s proposals to be able to render advice to the Assembly on the proposed programme budget.

Factors usually cited to explain why Africa is the region where economic growth has had the weakest effect on poverty reduction generally include high population growth; inadequate job creation in sectors accessible to the poor; [...] [...]

[...] [...] heightened risk — whether as a result of climate change, resource scarcity, financial instability or spikes in the prices of food and other basic goods.

[...] [...] responsibility, and has been actively adhere to convey the environmental concept in every step of production, in existing products, we're going environmentally friendly materials where possible all aspects, including non-polluting nonwoven bags, Graffiti, Delicate series using of PPE environmental protection packaging materials, and a variety of environmentally-friendly paper packaging, processing leather case by using the Fenice environmental finishing oils, etc. and is still actively continue to delve [...] [...]

[...] [...] financial and other forms of assistance to armed opposition groups without their activities being detected, it is the Monitoring Group’s assessment that any such assistance is negligible, and that Eritrea is currently a marginal actor in Somalia, with little, if any, influence, either positive or negative, on [...]

For example, it appears unlikely that the complainant should have had no information about her parents’ relatives or that she should be unaware of her mother’s ethnic origin or approximate date of birth, or of her brothers’ whereabouts.

Without a clear and articulated mandate, the GCO, in its all-embracing approach, has extended its activities beyond the four areas (human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption) of the ten principles into other fields such [...] [...]

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In the light of the critical human rights situation created by the illegal Israeli practices and ongoing violations, she hoped that Member States would give broad support to those draft resolutions.

[...] surrender for cancellation a share certificate representing shares held by him and request the Company to issue in lieu two or more share certificates representing such shares in such proportions as he may specify, the Board may, if it thinks fit, comply with such request subject to the payment of such sum (not exceeding, in the case of any share capital listed on a stock exchange in Hong Kong, the maximum amount prescribed or permitted from time to time by such stock exchange, and, in the case of any other share capital, [...] [...]

The European Union believed that a more determined effort must be made to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS, which were synonymous with denial of rights; the economic, social and cultural rights must be more vigorously promoted through legislation; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment had to be firmly condemned; and all human rights defenders, whom it hailed for working in the face of considerable risk, should be strongly supported.

Parliaments, as pillars of good governance, have a crucial role to play in all aspects of the implementation, monitoring and review of the Istanbul Programme of Action, and must be able to exercise their legislative, oversight and representative functions across the full range of development issues.

As the Council’s meeting addresses the issue of nuclear-weapon-free zones, NAM reaffirms the need for the speedy establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East in accordance with Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and paragraph 14 of Council resolution 687 (1991) and the relevant General Assembly resolutions adopted by consensus; and, pending its establishment, NAM demands that Israel, the only country in the region that has not joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or declared its intention to do so, renounce possession of nuclear weapons, accede to the Treaty without further delay, place promptly all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency fullscope safeguards according to Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and conduct its nuclear-related activities in conformity with the non-proliferation regime.

[...] the application of the death penalty, the Government of Colombia indicated that its national Constitution prohibits the application of capital punishment and life in prison.

[...] portfolio of products and services address each and every aspect of the software monetization lifecycle – from copy and intellectual property (IP) protection to product catalog management and ongoing end-user experience improvement.

[...] [...] of a user agreement, as it is widely used in practice and is not inconsistent with recommendation [...]

Other results in the policy field include the publication of a “Regulatory framework on the use of UNESCO’s name, abbreviation, emblem and logo”, which has been distributed to Member States, commencement of work on UNESCO’s graphic identity (in collaboration with BPI) and [...] [...]

The extremely dangerous hostile policy pursued by the Bush administration forced the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to withdraw completely from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [...] [...]

Despite the considerable differences between the Assembly and the Human Rights Council as its subsidiary organ in all aspects of their work and mandates, it may be worthwhile reviewing the role, functions and composition of the Office of the President of the General Assembly, as well as related financial arrangements.

Indeed, by adopting the Declaration on the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action, they had given renewed hope to the millions of people who dreamed of being able to transport their products as far as the sea and store them securely; to circulate their goods without restrictions; to exploit fully those sectors where they had a competitive advantage; to benefit from the opportunities offered by their full participation in global trade; and, lastly, to participate in, and enjoy all the benefits of, globalization, thereby escaping from the poverty imposed on them by the geographical situation of their country.

[...] [...] of a quorum and such question is not resolved by his voluntarily agreeing to abstain from voting or not to be counted in the quorum, such question shall be referred to the Chairman of the meeting (or, where question relates to the interest of the Chairman, to the other Directors at the meeting) and his ruling (or, as appropriate, the ruling of the other Directors) in relation to any other Director (or, as appropriate, the [...] [...]

Burdened with decades of neglect and suffering from deep mistrust from many Libyans, Libya’s defence forces will require sustained and profound reforms [...] [...]

It has been noted that sectarian riots are most likely to occur when the following elements are present: (a) severe long-standing antagonism on religious lines in particular villages and urban localities; (b) an emotional response of members of religious communities to a precipitating event; (c) a feeling in the minds of rioters and the larger religious group to which they belong that sectarian violence is justifiable; and (d) the assessment by the rioters that the reaction from the police to sectarian violence will be either absent or partisan or ineffective.

[...] [...] this artist’s facility in transforming virtually any material or medium she takes up, including the mundane and unwanted, “the hopeless corners and useless things.

(a) If an organization, either directly or through its affiliates or representatives acting on its behalf, clearly abuses its status by engaging in a pattern of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including unsubstantiated or politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations incompatible with those purposes and principles.

[...] [...] company operated, the high capital costs and the associated levels of blowing agent required made the risks linked to using hydrocarbons highly unacceptable.