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[...] Chile had been able to meet its military service needs with volunteers, but all [...] [...]

[...] that we were puffed up with pride in our [...] [...]

A solid foundation has been laid for the prosperity of Hong Kong, but there is no room for complacency.

On many of the key issues that I have concentrated on through the course of my career, I remain convinced that a great deal more must be done before the Government is deserving of such self-praise.

The Permanent Forum recommends that Paraguay should speed up the reform of INDI and of other institutions with competence in indigenous issues so that the proper participation of indigenous peoples will strengthen their democratic representation before the legislative and judicial powers, which are still reluctant to act.

The aspiring leaders in the Youth Parliament [...] [...]

Other depositaries, including the United States of America, the Organization of American States and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, reported a more nuanced practice and do not in principle count reserving States as contracting States.567 (11) Without intending to express a view on the correctness of this practice,568 the Commission is of the view that, although application of article 20, paragraph 4 (c), of the Vienna Conventions is hesitant, to say the least, the rule expressed in this provision has not lost its authority.

In those days, Mr PATTEN was arrogant, which properly reflected the complacency of Hong Kong people then.

[...] issue marked an important step forward in terms of the Entities meeting the conditions [...] [...]

It is most baffling that although the Chief Executive appears to lack vision in the formulation of social welfare policies, he is flush with ambition in promoting national education.

When the Open-ended Working Group’s work came to an end, I said that it marked a great step forward in meeting the needs of victims, which should be a great source of satisfaction to the United Nations and to all of us who had participated in drafting the Strategy.

One reason is that nations hesitate to modify legal rules, cede jurisdiction or grant privileges in a manner, or to an extent, that might not be reciprocated by other nations — and Model Laws do not carry a promise of (nor are their application conditioned on) reciprocity.

[...] the underlying UNV programme and management [...] [...]

Here, weaknesses of capacity and the paucity of will, including in many capitals that speak in favour of advancing goals relating to the responsibility to protect, feed off each other in a particularly vicious cycle of hesitation and finger-pointing in the face of unfolding atrocities.

Why hold back the reforms of primary health care and indirectly delay the formulation of future policies for medical and health care?

If in a few years Macao achieves the target of raising all its young workers up to senior secondary level, what is going to happen to us if we keep on faltering?

About eight hours after being placed in the mould, between the mould itself and the side of the cheese, another plastic mould is positioned featuring the marks of origin in relief: the four-leaf clover with the serial number of the cheese factory, the provincial code and the month of production, and the small dotted lozenges which are the symbol of Grana Padano, distributed over the entire surface and consequently visible on every part of the rind.

First, the exercise we have been engaged in has been a genuine consultation exercise.

President Al-Assad must swiftly and meaningfully implement reforms that he himself has promised, ensuring that they mark the start of a sustainable transition to a new political system that meets the aspirations of the Syrian people.