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D. At the present time, the Septuagint is the official text in the Greek Church, and the ancient Latin Versions used in the western church were made from it; the earliest translation adopted in the Latin Church, the Vetus Itala, was directly from the Septuagint: the meanings adopted in it, the Greek names and words employed (such as: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers [Arithmoi], Deuteronomy), and finally, the pronunciation given to the Hebrew text, passed very frequently into the

In a letter dated 25 February 2010 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2010/99), the Secretary-General informed the Council that he had appointed three members of the Group of Experts, as follows: Raymond Debelle

This legislation provides for universal jurisdiction over any or a combination of the following: (a) grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I thereto (primarily States members of the Commonwealth); (b) crimes specified under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (for example, Cyprus, Japan and the Netherlands); (c) other violations of international humanitarian law where no treaty requires universal jurisdiction, such as war

At the 10th meeting, on 16 October, the representative of India, on behalf of Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Monaco, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Those resolutions include Security Council resolution 487 (1981) and, in particular, paragraph 5 thereof, which calls upon Israel urgently to place its nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the two IAEA resolutions Nos. GC(53)/RES/17, adopted in 2009, entitled Israeli nuclear capabilities, and GC(55)/RES/14 of 2011, entitled Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East; and General Assembly resolution 66/61 of 2011, entitled The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, which

While concerns about man-portable air defence systems are very serious, authorities in the region

The Executive Board elected as President H. E. Mr. Oumar Daou, Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations; and as Vice-Presidents H. E.

(France), speaking on behalf of the European Union, asked whether the new Special Representative on violence against children would be appointed before the Third Committee completed its work for the session, and how the General Assembly, beyond reaffirming its support to the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, could contribute to

Foreign citizens and stateless persons have the same rights, freedoms and responsibilities as do the citizens of the Republic of Moldova (right to residence, work and protection of work, education, rest, health protection, etc.); with the exceptions set by legislation in force (may not be nominated or involved in activities for which, according to the legislation in force, the Republic of Moldova citizenship is required, do not enjoy the right to elect and the right to be elected in legislative,

Other positive measures had been taken

Hence, Algeria welcomes the announcement made today by the Secretary-General and the three sponsors of the resolution on the Middle East adopted at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, in consultation with the States of the region, of the appointment of Mr. Jaakko Laajava as facilitator and of Finland as the host country for the 2012 conference on the establishment in

Immediate freezing of all “assets” or “funds”, as defined by Law No. 92 of 17 June 2008 and its subsequent amendments, which are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the persons and entities designated by the Security Council or by the Committee and listed in the enclosure to the annex to document S/2009/364, or by persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or by entities owned or controlled by them; the prohibition of the transfer of such “assets” or “funds” to the natural or legal persons,

On the micro front, with the closure and relocation of the competitor port, Hangyang Port to the Yanglou area, where the WIT Port is located, planned to take place in mid 2011, the Directors welcome the opportunity for the WIT Port to compete on an equal footing with the Hangyang Port in terms of the land side transportation costs for

The participation of organizations maintaining relations with UNESCO under the “Directives concerning UNESCO’s relations with foundations and similar

Ordinary resolutions will also be proposed at the Annual General Meeting in respect of the granting of the Issue Mandate to the Directors, in the terms set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, to allot, issue and deal with Shares not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing the relevant resolution, and adding to the Issue Mandate so granted to the Directors any Shares representing the aggregate nominal amount of the Shares repurchased by the Company