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Reference was also made to the lack of legislation to protect lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people, with a negative impact on important HIV-prevention work.

[...] [...] concerned with gay and lesbian rights, even though, in their opinion, the organization in question had already provided satisfactory answers, both orally and in writing, to all possible questions and allegations, including to those regarding paedophilia.

Chile further recommended that Burundi (f) ensure that the courts effectively apply penalties to those responsible for rape with a focus on police and State officials; and (g) decriminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults.

The Government has instructed the Migration Board in the appropriation directions for 2007–2009 to give special attention to issues related to women and LGBT persons in training programmes and to report on how the Board will maintain and develop competence in this area.

With regard to the rights of gays, lesbians and transsexuals, and the legislation that recognized the rights of couples cohabiting and couples of the same sex, Uruguay reported on the new law on adoption guaranteeing this right for these couples and on the bill on gender identity.

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The representative of Romania stated that withholding or obstructing in any way the consultative status of non-governmental organizations with valuable contributions to the Council and to society in general ran contrary to the general principle of anti-discrimination and diversity as enshrined not only in resolution 1996/31 and the decisions of the Council in 2006 and 2007 that recognized the importance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender non-governmental organizations and their contribution to the work of the United Nations, but also to articles 2 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and ultimately to the Charter of the United Nations.

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

[...] [...] the public and relevant organizations, [...] [...]

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 after the granting of the Repurchase Mandate, at any time during the period ended on the earliest of (a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (b) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles or any applicable laws to be held; and (c) the date upon which such authority is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution at a general meeting of Shareholders.

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 pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological threats and emergencies; and the organization of international forums to discuss biological risk management in relation to food and agriculture.

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