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Whether this is appropriate or effective is the subject of a great deal of comment and impassioned debate.

Research shows that public opinion is still divided on the appropriateness of the death penalty as majority of the people are retentionists.

The compatibility of clinical criteria of death with such meaning and significance is a subject of disagreement and controversy, as are the practical issues regarding the possibility of using machines that prolong vegetative life indefinitely.

The UNCT conducts regular meetings with the Brazilian authorities to take stock of current trends and to discuss their possible impact on the particular role of United Nations agencies in Brazil within the context of the ongoing debate on the United Nations reform at country level.

UNHCR concluded that harmonization of law or practice has not yet been achieved because of wide discretion and exceptions allowed by the Directive, as well as divergent interpretation and implementation of many articles.

Such a time-limit would not cause undue delay in the operation of the system but would introduce a real element of justice, transparency and accountability and could obviate subsequent protests.

The extortion of its citizens by ruthless and callous warlords; the mushrooming and proliferation of piracy along its coasts and adjacent sea lanes; the unconscionable plundering of its maritime resources by extraneous forces; the instrumentalization of the weak and fragmented entities by neighbouring countries both to extract unfair and illicit agreements or to use these fragile mini-States as an appendage of their domestic economies are some of the disturbing realities that this simmering Somali situation has given rise to.

The proposed support account resources for the Office of Legal Affairs would enable the Office to continue to provide legal assistance and advice on the myriad support functions relating to the Organization’s peacekeeping activities and operations, including: arrangements with Governments, procurement activities and contracting for logistical requirements, the resolution of disputes and claims, the implementation and enhancement of the Organization’s accountability measures, the interpretation and application of the Financial Regulations and Rules and Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations for proper administration, reforms thereof, and the defence of the interests of the Secretary-General and the Organization in the recently established system for the administration of justice.

The Ministers reaffirmed that within the implementation of the Sharm El Sheikh Declaration, which reflects the institutional positions of the Movement vis-a-vis various international issues, and the documents adopted by the previous NAM Summits and Ministerial Conferences, due consideration should be given to maximizing the ability of the Movement to deal with the current rapidly evolving global situations, crises and challenges.

These matters include the questions whether: (a) the grantor has to be the same person as the borrower; (b) the security agreement secures all the relevant obligations; (c) the security right is subject to any legal restrictions; (d) there must be a clear payment schedule in the credit; (e) there are any special rights or obligations (such as rights of way or rights of access to a site); (f) there are any special obligations for the preservation of encumbered assets; (g) there are any obligations not to transfer the encumbered asset or create another security right in it; (h) ways in which the grantor and other interested parties could be notified in the case of default and enforcement; (i) there should be a reference to extrajudicial enforcement; and (j) there should be a dispute resolution clause.