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There were no objective obstacles to the consideration of the case within the legal deadline and the court provided no reasonable explanation for the delay.

This should not be taken to indicate that there is no innovative activity in these countries; the problem is rather that the current patent system does not provide a suitable means for protecting their efforts.

[...] [...] considering that these two sectors are not prioritized for stage I, the Government of Malaysia views it necessary to provide technical assistance to locally manufacturing companies to ensure that they are [...] [...]

The publication will serve as a means of helping to raise the profile of the programme, as well as being a powerful advocacy tool for community-based development in very isolated and poor areas of these countries, and as a showcase for the cultural and natural heritage of the region.

A marriage may not be contracted between persons of whom at least one is already married, between direct ascendants and descendants, brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters, adoptive parents and adopted children, or between children adopted by the same person, and between persons of whom at least one has been placed under guardianship due to his or her restricted active legal capacity (§ 4 clause 1–3 of the Act).

Failure to address such weaknesses has given rise to concerns of a “middleincome trap”, since several countries have moved into the labour-intensive slices of the global value chains but have found it difficult to further develop the technological infrastructure needed to support the growth of larger domestic firms which could sustain upgrading and productivity growth.

We also need to enhance Afghan ownership by way of capacity-building and by complementing the efforts of the people of Afghanistan themselves, because one thing is certainly clear: whatever the international community undertakes has to be done in very close cooperation with — and for — Afghanistan and the people of Afghanistan.

The Working Group recommended that the Committee: (a) refrain from setting up a permanent follow-up mechanism for the time being and instead, in conformity with rule 73 of its rules of procedure, continue to undertake follow-up on an ad hoc basis; (b) entrust the Working Group with follow-up activities for the time being; (c) continue to appoint two rapporteurs on follow-up to views, preferably the Case Rapporteur, when feasible, and a member of the Working Group; and (d) once it has deemed that satisfactory follow-up information has been received from the State party concerned, and in accordance with article 7, paragraph 5, of the Optional Protocol, invite that State party to submit further information about any measures taken in its subsequent reports under article 18 of the Convention, and relieve the follow-up rapporteurs of their duties and reflect such action in its annual report.

[...] authorities to take more efficient measures [...] [...]

Consequently, prospective buyers and secured creditors and other third parties with whom the grantor is dealing may wish to have independent verification directly from the person identified in the registration as the secured creditor as to whether it is in fact currently claiming a security right in an asset in which they are interested under an existing security agreement with the named grantor.

(a) The specific measures taken to fight impunity for violations of human rights, including disappearances and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed by public officials as well as private actors acting with the acquiescence or consent of government officials.

China elaborated on the adoption of legislative decisions and the strengthening of anti-terrorism efforts, including through the establishment of legal definitions of terrorist activities, organizations and their members by reference to the international conventions to which China had acceded; the adoption of a multi-pronged approach to the prevention and punishment of economic fraud; the progress made in the field of prevention of crimes against children and the strengthening of the protection of their rights; the promotion of international cooperation to combat corruption; the strengthening of criminal justice assistance to combat transnational organized crime effectively; the improvement of online security to enhance capacity to prevent and combat cybercrime; and the amendment of legislation to extend the scope of legal aid from trials only to pretrial proceedings and to cases where the suspect might face a sentence of life imprisonment.

Developing and implementing strategies, in consultation with mental health-care and social welfare services, to prevent suicide and self-harm among women prisoners and providing appropriate, gender-specific and specialized support to those at risk shall be part of a comprehensive policy of mental health care in women’s prisons.

At that stage, they will become the “speaking law” in order to translate the provisions of the statute and the Rules of Procedure [...] [...]

Viet Nam also saw this as an experience-sharing exercise, laying the ground for a better protection and promotion of human rights by the authorities.

For additional U.S. sanctions, see below. In 2002, the EU adopted Common Position 2002/145/ CFSP, which, in addition to an arms embargo, imposed an assets freeze and travel ban against individuals whose activities are considered to undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

[...] [...] pollinate these crops more effectively than [...] [...]

[...] the right to life has also been interpreted [...] [...]

During this period, decentralization evolved, from a decentralized administration whose members, appointed by presidential decree, were mandated to begin decentralized local administration with State funding, to a provisional regional council with well-defined prerogatives, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Republic representing the authority of the central State.

With the overall goals of addressing development threats and taking note of the development priorities of the Secretary-General, the subprogrammes aim to achieve the following development results: (a) Governments of member States have more effective, inclusive and sustainable development policies for addressing development from a multidisciplinary perspective, to narrow development gaps and build resiliency; (b) global processes are shaped by a stronger coordinated regional voice and countries are supported in implementing international commitments; and (c) regional cooperation mechanisms and institutional frameworks are in place, supported and implemented to promote regional integration and inclusive development.

[...] [...] commitments and foster more effective coordination [...]

[...] [...] education for persons with hearing impairment [...] [...]

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard [...] [...]

In describing the potential of MOST, the Council agreed that MOST relies on, inter alia: being an international platform that mobilizes Member State’s support for social sciences in their countries; being a resource that in a highly visible way creates demand and awareness in policymakers of their need for social science research in policy formulation; having the responsibility to promote and support capacity-building initiatives, particularly on systemic issues that require government action; the illustration of the credibility and relevance of MOST’s objectives by working through a select number of globally-significant social transformations, in accordance with Main Lines of Action 2 and 3 in Major Programme III on Social and Human Sciences of 36 C/5; and, encouraging participatory processes, engaging with civil society, and creating greater sensitivity to the need for social sciences.

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

Periodically the government, in collaboration with the Lead IA may convene monitoring missions to provide independent verification project outputs, achievement of targets and financial management, as considered necessary to ensure a second level of oversight.

[...] [...] Herriman hand out more presents, in a rather interesting way.

It was also pointed out that those two articles did not necessarily apply to situations of armed conflict, and existed at the level of general rules; whereas the task of the Commission was to develop a set of draft articles which would operate as a lex specialis in relation to such general rules.