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The market here offers a huge potential with the entrance of numerous foreign multinationals.

But in trying to resolve it, ASEAN, under Indonesia’s leadership, has laid out a methodology for dealing with future disputes.

In June 2009, the United States International Trade Commission published a report on sales of agricultural products to Cuba in which it was recognized that the constraints on trade between the two countries included: difficult payment terms for Cuban importers; additional costs incurred by Alimport for storage or demurrage owing to bureaucratic obstacles; the complex and drawn-out licensing process for exporters who need to travel to Cuba; travel restrictions affecting Cuban negotiators; and penalties under United States law for foreign ships that have docked in Cuban ports and for the Cuban Government’s purchases from certain countries for geopolitical considerations.

The more drawnout the response the less likely it is that it will be effective.

Next, the leaflet continues like this, "In 1999, TUNG Chee-hwa has "slain" the municipal councils and abolished the Urban Council, which was financially and administratively independent, and this resulted in the inability of the District Councils to have any say1 in such matters as hygiene, recreation and sports, which are closely related to the public, and there was no Urban Council to implement such matters.

We believe that eradication of poverty and hunger, as well as combating inequality at all levels, is essential to create a more prosperous and sustainable future for all.

While recognizing that the majority of Ivorian refugees have returned to Côte d’Ivoire, the resistance of significant portions of the remaining refugees to return home, and especially militia members and politically active supporters of the former Gbagbo regime, should be seen in the light of perceived and real threats to their security in western Côte d’Ivoire, as well as land tenure disputes.

Demonstrating the universal will and common concern to safeguard the world’s intangible heritage, communities all around the world have been mobilized to continue and reinforce the practice and transmission of their cultural expressions, knowledge and skills.

China Mobile used its industry clout to convince the MIIT to step in to mediate the dispute, and the regulator in turn also dragged the nation’s other 2 telcos, China Telecom (HKEx: 728; NYSE: CHA) and China Unicom (HKEx: 762; NYSE: CHU), into the discussions.

Much had been achieved and many lessons learned in the three years since the establishment of a strengthened, decentralized and integrated informal justice system for United Nations staff, with an emphasis on conflict prevention, intervention and resolution, though in some areas adjustments were still needed.

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Essential for the future are States reaching agreement on sharing samples of viral and other materials and data on outbreaks, in line with the International Health Regulations (2005); establishing coordinated long-term financing mechanisms for supporting poorer countries; and ensuring that WHO and United Nations partners have the resources they need, on a timely basis, to fulfil their obligations under the Regulations.

The overall strategy adopted by the General Assembly for meeting the Secretariat’s information and communications technology needs over the next three to five years is to be implemented through three strategic Organization-wide programmes critical to the operation of the Organization, namely: (a ) resource management for the needs of administrative groups in managing financial, human, physical and other resources; (b ) knowledge management for addressing the needs of substantive and other departments in managing their unstructured information; and (c ) infrastructure management for information and communications technology specialists in providing data centres, communications and help desks.

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