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[...] [...] sacrifices to gods or ancestors, believing that it is disrespectful to the gods to do the worshipping [...] [...]

[...] [...] boats and deity boats used in the dragon boat water parade of Tai O to support the continuation of this unique religious activity.

[...] [...] bearing to the gods their prayers and sacrificial offerings; Soma, the god of that mysterious plant [...] [...]

The life of mortals, mentioned in the Veda, the desired results of sacrificial rites and the (supernatural) power of embodied (spirits) are fruits proportioned among men according to (the character of) the age.

The State grants assistance to religious organizations for the restoration of religious buildings and artefacts of historic or religious value.

[...] [...] homage to the Yasukuni Shrine, turned the ceremony [...] [...]

In fact, we hope that they will reduce using them and the best approach is not to use them at all because sacrificial offerings are originally made with paper and should not be made with these new materials.

It is the practice that on important State occasions requiring a devotional input, this takes the form of an inter-religious offering with representation from the major religious groups.

The Vaisya to tend cattle, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study (the Veda), to trade, to lend money, and to cultivate land.

Under the Tangible Cultural Heritage project, a large collection of sacred Haitian voodoo objects are being catalogued and documented, constituting an important resource in the study of Haitian culture and religion.

The annual ritual sacrifices for General Fan and Xie at the temple to the city gods in Taipei were especially important to the people of Taiwan during the period of Japanese occupation, which lasted from 1895 to 1945.

A range of other suggestions was put forward, such as: to ensure the preservation of digital heritage, including archives and libraries as a component of the “Memory of the World Programme”; to develop media education programmes for children and adults; and to increase familiarity with the use of ICTs, especially within the framework of the knowledge society and knowledge economy, in light of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society.

Section II, title X, article 328 of the Family Code states: “When the health, safety, morality or education of a minor are jeopardized or insufficiently protected owing to the immoral behaviour or disability of the father and mother or of the person accorded the right of guardianship, or when, owing to misconduct or unruly behaviour, a minor gives these individuals cause for very serious dissatisfaction or renders them incapable of exercising guidance, the juvenile judge may on his own initiative, at the behest of the public prosecutor or at the behest of the father, mother or guardian, rule that the minor shall, for a period not to extend beyond the date of his coming of age, be visited regularly by a social worker or placed on probation.

(i) Legal liability of the registered medical practitioner for performing an organ transplant on a patient without first obtaining the latter's consent because of his illness or impaired state of consciousness or his being a minor, a mentally incapacitated person; whether relatives of a patient who could not give consent might give consent on behalf of the patient; and what would happen if the relatives had no consensus on whether to give consent.

The President also recalled that the States Parties have expressed satisfaction with the performance, efficiency, professional competence, responsiveness and dedication of the ISU and that there was general agreement among the Task Force members on the need to review the financing model of the ISU, in order to make it sustainable and predictable, and to achieve more equitable burden sharing.