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[...] institutions and governance does not mean convergence on Western [...]

A lack of transparency in that respect might (a) undermine trust and political support for individual public authorities and Government and State institutions in general, thus endangering the efficacy of public interventions and risking political instability; (b) provoke significant redistributions of wealth in ways that not only are unfair and, in some cases, possibly illegal, but also favour rent-seeking behaviour, act against fair competition and provide the wrong incentives for efficiency, innovation and competitiveness in general; and (c) prolong outdated practices and political institutions, including co-optation, corruption and the capture of public policies by specific industries or groups, delaying the modernization of State institutions and impeding overall economic, social and political development over the longer term.

Beyond the short term, however, a number of questions arise as to whether this rapid recovery will develop into sustained growth at the world level and in Latin America and the Caribbean.

[...] [...] way to put an end to that situation is the peaceful and negotiated solution of the sovereignty dispute, and have requested both Governments to continue without delay the bilateral negotiations recommended by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.

[...] [...] Area had not commenced, the sharing of benefits could not as yet take place.

The legislative/governing bodies of the United Nations system organizations should condemn and prohibit unethical practices such as promises, favours, invitations, gifts, [...] [...]

In further discussions on interest with Brasilia Office personnel, we were told that there are two general situations in Brasilia: agreements that are silent on the use of interest (in which case UNESCO has credited all interest earned to the FITOCA account), and agreements where the use of interest is negotiated between UNESCO and the donor (usually they agree that 100 per cent of interest earned is credited to the project).

Several speakers emphasized that, for the previous three decades, LDCs had worked with a model of development that failed to achieve their income convergence with both developed and other developing countries, and had been unable to prevent the number of poor people in LDCs from increasing to 421 million — twice as many as in 1980.

[...] towards each other, and not unilateral steps that [...] [...]

In humanitarian and post-conflict settings, land-related issues have often been avoided and, where engagement exists, efforts are focused on restitution for the displaced in line with the United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons, although it is also necessary to address tenure security and access to housing, land and property.

With respect to bilateral talks with Nepal, Bhutan [...] [...]

We don’t always talk about our girls but if we want to we can.

Over the past two years, the resolutions had moved away from support for international cooperation in resolving the worldwide drug problem, with references to international cooperation disappearing from the text.

[...] [...] same time not only refrains from commenting on the views expressed by the European Court [...] [...]

The challenge of a 10-year framework of programmes is to ensure a quick transition to sustainable consumption and production patterns to remain within the carrying capacities of ecosystems while ensuring upward convergence in standards of living within and between countries.

In 2007, it was upgraded several times to integrate the billing of private data line services, support Olympic rate card, CP/SP settlement, SAI (Service Account Integration System), case preference, network-wide upgrade and integrated billing. Consequently, it can implement a cross-region and multi-product marketing strategy and support complex service processes.

In order to try to move as close as possible to achieving this ideal however, IOS, together with BSP, did two things.

[...] [...] arrangements of the United Nations [...] [...]

In north-eastern Somalia, pirate leaders have compromised State institutions at both the local and central levels by co-opting and corrupting government officials.

Other distressing developments included the United Kingdom’s Trident programme and France’s addition of a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to its nuclear arsenals, as well as the latter country’s silence on the underground Israeli nuclear programme.

Gastech Exhibition 2014 will feature 9 focus areas within the natural gas industry to bring professionals working within the supply chain in these sectors closer together.

Unfortunately, the report passes over in silence the fact that the ethnic Albanian authorities continue to defend the outrageous decision to pave over with concrete the remains of the Serbian church in the centre of Djakovica that has been destroyed twice.

Regarding item 4, he said that feedstock uses of ozone-depleting substances were not covered by the Montreal Protocol and that further measures regarding them should be eschewed out of concern for important economic and confidentiality issues.

Nevertheless, the mission ascertained that recently public funds were invested in private haciendas in Alto Parapetí; so that the hacienda owners have allowed benefits for co-opted Guaraníes who are loyal to the owner,4 while Guaraníes who fight for their rights have received nothing.