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It is possible to debate whether the sentences were too harsh, especially in the light of the not-guilty verdict handed down in the case of a leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Ramoush Haradinaj.

The work that UNESCO has been doing on bioethics for many years, particularly more recent work regarding the possibility of elaborating universal norms on bioethics, shows that while the exact content of the instrument on bioethics has yet to be discussed, the initiative shows that a shared frame of reference worldwide is badly needed to guide the progress of the life sciences and the attendant technological development.

Such legislation should not be limited to HIPCs but should cover a wider group of poor countries (particularly those eligible for International Development Association lending) and should, in view of the negative effects of the global recession on the budgets of many developing countries, cover post-HIPC debts, original debts (some of which may be of questionable legitimacy) and court judgements which have already been obtained.

It is clearly arguable that remand prisoners, who are to be presumed innocent, should not be in a worse situation than prisoners sentenced for offences of which the remand prisoners stand accused: sentenced prisoners are eligible to be considered for discretionary release through a judicial process.

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However, a country which has taken part in the elaboration of the standard either by attending the meetings or by sending comments under the Step Procedure has, no doubt, consulted national organizations on the extent to which the draft provisions in the standard would be acceptable nationally.

(j) The application of the Non-Negotiable Criteria set out in PROMEM’s proposal for the inclusion of Mayan culture in national school curricula was evident in the noteworthy increase in bilingualism identified in the majority of classrooms and the fact that Mayan cultural content and values were found to be increasingly present in school curriculum.

However, the fact that exactly half of IFAP’s budget is allocated to UNESCO field offices to support activities of National Committees requiresanalysis,particularly with respect to the effectiveness of the use of these funds.