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Given the credibility of the members of the Mission, and in particular of Justice Goldstone himself, who insisted on including allegations of Palestinian war crimes within the FFM undertaking, it would seem irresponsible and frivolous to mount an argument against the findings and recommendations built around either the claim that anything emanating from the Human Rights Council is bound to be biased, or that the report, by finding the IDF responsible for the commission of war crimes, is by the very nature of its conclusions exhibiting an anti-Israeli, or in some dramatically-inflamed claims, even an anti-Semitic bias.

None of these was included since it was felt that adding further qualifiers risked diluting existing legal rights.

The members of the Commission who shared this perspective indicated that draft article 10 should be worded in hortatory terms to the effect that affected States “should” seek external assistance in cases where a disaster exceeds national response capacity.

[...] [...] replacing the words “unless they have already been informed by him or her of these circumstances” by the words “unless they [...]

Some elements for a definition of the “notion of national security” in a few countries have been found here and there; and, refraining from examining systematically how each legal system has attempted to fix the limits of this notion, the author of that exercise writes: “For the time being, it suffices to note that: (a) it seems generally accepted that the term covers both external as well as internal threats; (b) Governments seem to be in no hurry to give a precise definition (or a non-restrictive definition) of this term in order, probably, to maintain their freedom of action; and (c) the risks arising from the imprecise nature of the notion have often been denounced by civil society and at times even by national courts”.99 94.

Unfortunately, judging from the High Representative’s report (S/2010/235) and the tone and substance of the briefing we have just heard, we are still far from that point.

Note: Some dictionaries indicate electric and electrical as synonymous, but usage in the electrical engineering field has in general been restricted to the meaning given in the definitions above.

Of course, you may write a letter with your own words if you would like to do so.

He stressed the need to bring the human rights dimension of climate change to the centre of the climate change debate and the importance of ensuring that any reference to human rights included in an agreed outcome text of the sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change be consistent with the obligations contained in international human rights instruments.

All the terms used in this collection of texts to designate the person discharging duties or functions are to be interpreted as implying that men and women are equally eligible to fill any post or seat associated with the discharge of these duties and functions.

Referring to Rule 2.3 of the provisional Rules of Procedure regarding intergovernmental organizations other than those referred to in Rule 2.2 and NGOs which could be invited by the Conference to participate in its work as observers, the delegation of Saint Lucia, supported by the delegations of India and Germany on behalf of the European Union, proposed to amend the text by introducing the terms “having interests and activities in the field covered by the Convention” and “upon written request to the Director-General of UNESCO”.

Yet, while the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia, New Serbia and the Serbian Radical Party denounced the development, the largest opposition party, the Serbian Progressive Party, projected a milder tone, noting that the dialogue must continue, but that its conclusions must not lead to the recognition of Kosovo by Serbia.

[...] the tone of the language were so objectionable [...] [...]

On paragraph 9 of the outcome document, the African Group expected that the last line would stop at the word “accordingly” and read, afterwards, “other information will also be provided by other stakeholders” so as to ensure that national human rights institutions would be treated equally.

I thank him for his kind remarks and compliments, for his comprehensive briefing and for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/381).

[...] [...] establishing and making contributions out of the Company’s moneys to any schemes or funds for providing pensions, sickness or compassionate allowances, life assurance or other benefits [...] [...]

[...] [...] 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, [...] [...]

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[...] [...] United Nations online glossary on governance and [...] [...]

Under the provisions of article 11 (Packaging and labelling of tobacco products), parties are required to regulate the labelling and packaging of tobacco products, to include strong health warnings about the dangers of tobacco use as well as ban the use of terms on packages that can be misleading and give the wrong impression that some products are less harmful than others (e.g., terms such as “light”, “mild”, etc.).

In fact, leaving out the words “intentional wrongdoing” in article 16 of the Court’s Outer Space Rules, a formula which appears in the 2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, is a realistic step forward.