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In north-eastern Somalia, pirate leaders have compromised State institutions at both the local and central levels by co-opting and corrupting government officials.

A focus on institutions and governance does not mean convergence on Western institutions.

A lack of transparency in that respect might (a) undermine trust and political support for individual public authorities and Government and State institutions in general, thus endangering the efficacy of public interventions and risking political instability; (b) provoke significant redistributions of wealth in ways that not only are unfair and, in some cases, possibly illegal, but also favour rent-seeking behaviour, act against fair competition and provide the wrong incentives for efficiency, innovation and competitiveness in general; and (c) prolong outdated practices and political institutions, including co-optation, corruption and the capture of public policies by specific industries or groups, delaying the modernization of State institutions and impeding overall economic, social and political development over the longer term.

[...] [...] effect of changes in rates of exchange and inflation on the proposed budgets of both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2010–2011 (A/64/570) reflects the impact of the latest data on actual inflation, the outcome of salary surveys, the annual cost-of-living adjustments, the movement of post adjustment indices in 2009 and the effect of the evolution of operational rates of exchange [...]

[...] [...] arrangements of the United Nations [...] [...]

[...] [...] monitoring instruments and reporting standards.

In the supplementary information provided to the Advisory Committee, the Secretary-General states that one of the lessons learned with regard to compliance missions was that, irrespective of the professional competence of the individual compliance officers, when dealing with Chief Security Officers at the P-5 or senior P-4 levels or debriefing designated officials at the level of D-2 or above, a P-3 compliance officer has neither the seniority nor the field experience to be credible.

Gastech Exhibition 2014 will feature 9 focus areas within the natural gas industry to bring professionals working within the supply chain in these sectors closer together.

The challenge of a 10-year framework of programmes is to ensure a quick transition to sustainable consumption and production patterns to remain within the carrying capacities of ecosystems while ensuring upward convergence in standards of living within and between countries.

[...] [...] the Director General reports on the [...] [...]

[...] [...] and therefore on remittances; the consequent exchange rate devaluation, [...] [...]

The legislative/governing bodies of the United Nations system organizations should condemn and prohibit unethical practices such as promises, favours, invitations, gifts, etc., provided by candidates for the post of executive head or their supporting governments during the selection/election campaign, in return for favourable votes for certain candidates.

This approach means starting with establishing channels of communication with the influential and patriotic representatives of a given society plagued by terrorism with a view to gaining them to our side by offering them appropriate incentives and to convincing them to try to move from the extreme and periphery to the middle ground.

In 2007, it was upgraded several times to integrate the billing of private data line services, support Olympic rate card, CP/SP settlement, SAI (Service Account Integration System), case preference, network-wide upgrade and integrated billing. Consequently, it can implement a cross-region and multi-product marketing strategy and support complex service processes.

Nevertheless, the mission ascertained that recently public funds were invested in private haciendas in Alto Parapetí; so that the hacienda owners have allowed benefits for co-opted Guaraníes who are loyal to the owner,4 while Guaraníes who fight for their rights have received nothing.