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He highlighted the unique opportunity that the Commission afforded

Several delegations pointed out that private standards had a negative impact on export and economies in their countries, especially on small scale producers; they were difficult to implement; they were not based on science; their development was not open and transparent; there was no dispute settlement

In Agenda 21, all countries were called upon to (a) integrate land use and transportation planning in order to encourage development patterns that reduce transport demand; (b) adopt urban transport programmes favouring high occupancy, as appropriate; (c) encourage non-motorized modes of transport by furnishing safe cycleways and footways in urban and suburban centres in countries, as appropriate; (d) devote particular attention to effective traffic management, efficient operation of public transport and maintenance of public infrastructure; (e) promote the exchange of information among countries and representatives of

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, lack of market adoption for Leadis' capacitive touch controller ICs or the haptics technology, delays in ramping these new products into

The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran noted that the international financial

In the face of drug trafficking, the most destructive of all forms of transnational organized crime, Cuba was totally disposed to collaborate at the regional and international level in serious and concerted efforts, but pointed out that the problem could not be solved by acting exclusively — or even

These included the following observations: that since the Rules provide not only for arbitration but for negotiation and facilitated settlement as well, care should be taken not to render those aspects of the Rules inapplicable, particularly where the vast majority of cases are disposed of at the stages prior to arbitration; that to the extent the proposal purports to state a rule of substantive law its presence in a set of contractual rules may be problematic; that consideration could be given to re-casting the Rules as facilitated settlement rules rather than arbitration rules and thus avoiding the problem that the proposal is intended to address; and that the intended result might be achieved by using wording found in a note to Article 1 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on

Critics argue that these measures effectively restrict “fair use”, and may

Ensured student participation in two followup meetings of the World Conference of Higher Education (WCHE); Participated in the task force monitoring follow-up of Education for All; Prepared the issue of the International Social Science Journal on Youth Transition; Organized youth NGOs’ presence in various international and bilateral meetings; Engaged the participation of young people in the

Recognizing that social safety nets allow governments to let producer prices to rise and bring about supply responses while protecting the food security of the poor in crises, the Conference urged member

The report "IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform" (source: IDC) identifies “the most important trends and events in 2013 will cluster around what IDC calls the "3rd Platform" for IT industry growth and innovation — built on mobile devices, cloud services, social technologies, and Big Data, as well as the emerging high-value industry solutions built on top of them, and the rising vendors (e.g., service

Also at its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly held its first discussion on sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America and recognized the need to promote the

They can potentially bring changes

If you have purchased a restricted ticket, depending on the rules applicable to the fare paid, one or more restrictions including, but not limited to one or more of the following, may apply to your travel: (1) the ticket may not be refundable but can be exchanged for a fee for another restricted fare ticket meeting all the rules/restrictions of the original ticket (including the payment of any

Given that the majority of foreign

In paragraph 7 of its resolution 1952 (2010), the Security Council supported taking forward the Group of Experts’ recommendations on guidelines for

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide

The plan will promote strategic actions by the Office of Minority Health and its partners and has four main goals: illuminating the compelling issues that impact health outcomes; identifying action steps that partners can adopt and adapt for their target audiences; seeking out and highlighting

Among the proposals for “other priorities” were: disaster prevention and mitigation; development of ethical principles for sciences and technology through cooperation between natural, social and human sciences; enhancing

In relation to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, progress in the region is mixed, with success as a whole in achieving a number of indicators, such as reducing gender disparities in primary education, stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis,

Introducing the proposal, the representative of India said that by decision XIX/6 the parties had agreed that funding available through the Multilateral Fund should be stable and sufficient to meet all agreed incremental costs to enable parties operating under

Assistance was provided on drafting

It goes beyond the enforcement of IP rights as such, and aims at the creation of an enabling environment that promotes respect for IP in a sustainable manner and strengthened capacity in Member