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In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance.

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The expression “cultural life” is an explicit reference to culture as a living process, historical, dynamic and evolving, with a past, a present and a future.

With respect to Article 2(iii), Canada will interpret the phrase “respect for the life of human beings” in a manner consistent with existing Canadian and international human rights law.

When then-DPM Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the installation of the 46th and 48th Council in 1991 and 1995, he had commented that the Council should reflect its representation based on "the distribution of economic activities rather than distinctions based on clans".

Working with our Congress, we have revised our military commissions to enhance their procedural protections, including prohibiting introduction of any statements taken as a result of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

The secretariat provided a brief overview of the organization of the workshop.

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Such testimony must not be treated as incriminating evidence, but solely as evidence of information and facts witnessed by those officers, such as the fact that the confession took place and the circumstances in which the statement was made.

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Opening addresses were delivered by Ms Francesca Gemnetti, Chairperson of the Swiss National Commission for UNESCO, and Mr Ahmed Sayyad, UNESCO’s Assistant DirectorGeneral for External Relations and Cooperation and representative of the Director-General.

The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Mr. Suangsan Jamornchan, noted in his inaugural address that the Committee session was timely, as the Asia-Pacific region continued to suffer disproportionately from natural disasters.

Defamation of religions” was a term that should be re-examined and Mr. Lerner recommended that its use be avoided.

The Acting Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCAP in his welcoming address noted that the Asia-Pacific region had been affected by an increase in extreme weather events and had witnessed unprecedented large-scale disasters which not only caused immediate economic damage and loss of life, but had a lasting impact on human development.

Speaking at the opening of the conference which is addressing the relevance of intellectual property (IP) to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Mr. Gurry welcomed Italy’s latest contribution, saying it reflects Italy’s commitment to consolidating and reinforcing its contribution to the activities of WIPO since the establishment of a funds-in-trust (FIT) program in 2007 to cover IP-related activities in developing countries and countries in transition.

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Opening statements were delivered by Jacques Diouf, Director General, FAO; Kanayo Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme; David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition; and Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Chair of the Steering Committee of the High-level Panel of Experts.

It was also suggested that FAO should undertake technical work in the following five priority areas to assist States and RFMOs implement resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 and the FAO Guidelines: (i) improving and expanding application of the criteria for the identification of VMEs beyond corals, sponges, seamounts and hydrothermal vents; (ii) developing guidance on impact mitigation measures and best practices for developing and applying encounter protocols relevant to VMEs, particularly by RFMOs; (iii) developing guidance on what and how information should be collected to implement measures for managing fishery impacts on VMEs; (iv) defining certain terms that could clarify implementation of the FAO Guidelines; and (v) developing guidance on best practices for conducting assessments.

In order to avoid possible confusion over the use of the terms “above” (contained in the general indicator’s name) and “below” (contained in the metric’s definition), it is recommended that the COP consider further amending the general indicator for use in the reporting process to “Proportion of the population living below the poverty line”.

Furthermore, it was found that such a qualifier could be unnecessarily limiting, since there were treaties which, although not expressly providing therefor, continued in operation by implication through the application of articles 6 and 7.

After discussion, the Working Group agreed that the questions for further consideration on that matter would include (A/CN.9/717, para. 143): (i) whether a provision on protection of the integrity of the arbitral process should be in the form of a general formulation or should contain specific instances that were meant to be specifically addressed; (ii) the interplay between the protection of the integrity of the arbitral process and the provisions in the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules already dealing with that issue; and (iii) how to determine the threshold for a limitation to transparency based on the ground of the need to protect integrity of the arbitral process.

A few participants, however pointed to a danger that the term “quality education” tended to become too broad complicating any assessment of outcomes or measurement of results, and that an agreed-to definition was warranted.

These 12 posts comprise one P-2 post of Associate Economic Affairs Officer under executive direction and management; one P-2 post under subprogramme 1, Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 2, Production and innovation; one P-2 post under subprogramme 3, Macroeconomic policies and growth; one P-2 post under subprogramme 5, Social development and equality; one P-2 post under subprogramme 12, Subregional activities in Mexico and Central America; one Local level post under subprogramme 13, Subregional activities in the Caribbean; and one P-4 temporary post, one P-2 post and three Local level posts under programme support.

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 setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant [...] [...]