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External sources (not reviewed)

While the technical formalities surrounding the formal start-up process are being addressed, there are definite signs of growing interest and commitment by Member States in the region and beyond.

From the standpoint of preventing ill-treatment, this raises serious concerns for a system already showing signs of stress.

There are also initial signs of new cocaine [...] [...]

[...] there were some signs of early recovery [...] [...]

[...] [...] also looked for signs and indicators [...]

There is no indication that the demand for United Nations policing will diminish.

(h) To request the Fund Secretariat to continue its efforts to obtain feedback from Article 5 countries on the risk assessment, the general indicators of possible risk of non-compliance therein, and their ability to achieve compliance.

As noted in the 2011 final report of the Panel (S/2011/757, para. 86), there are strong indications that arms and ammunition are hidden in the border region — but with the majority hidden on the Ivorian side of the border.

(a) The training provided for medical personnel involved with detainees on the guidelines to detect and document signs of torture and ill-treatment in accordance with international standards, such as those outlined in the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol).

As the workload of these Divisions has increased significantly in recent years and there is no indication that the situation would change in the near term, it will not be operationally feasible for these two ACIs to take up the proposed additional duties of the proposed ACI(E) without seriously affecting the discharge of their current duties.

There is no indication that they would be exposed at any particular risk of torture or of being killed only because they speak a dialect of Dari used in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The report of the Secretary-General, however, contains no indication that, if the General Assembly were to retain the current terms and conditions of service, ad litem judges who have exceeded or will soon exceed the three-year period would resign before the completion of their cases.

[...] [...] detect any signs of an organized [...]

However, it regrets that the State party did not provide any more details or figures on the allocations, while there are indications that the resources for children are inadequate.

Encouraging signs in terms of external [...] [...]

We also welcome the constructive consultation process on the electoral law, which the Independent Election Commission recently completed, as well as the decision to begin work on the voter registry, both of which are encouraging signs of an essential ingredient for a sound process — that is to say, inclusiveness.

Oil price levels were projected to vary according to different policy scenarios, but there were clear indications that the “age of cheap oil” was over and that, in the absence of policy action, oil prices would rise substantially.

The representatives of Qatar, Egypt and Pakistan underlined that the additional questions posed to the organization merited answers, arguing that the Committee should not depart from its norms in this regard, or be hasty in taking decisions about any organization with the slightest shadow of a doubt regarding the implication of any of its members or associates in paedophilia.

It was particularly owing to Persian influence that the contrast between this world, in which evil, death, and sin prevail, and the future world, "which is altogether good" (Tamid lc), was so strongly emphasized, and the view prevailed that the transition from the one to the other could be brought about only through a great crisis, the signs of decay of a dying world and the birth-throes of a new one to be ushered into existence.

If the laboratory result is not conclusive and no concentration as referred to in the above paragraph is found, the relevant Anti-Doping Organization shall conduct a further investigation if there are serious indications, such as a comparison to reference steroid profiles, for a possible Use of a Prohibited Substance.

There were also encouraging signs that a consensus was forming that the best way to address the dangers posed by nuclear weapons was to abolish them.

[...] at the recent Metering Europe 2006 [...] [...]

Acts of torture in police stations have also been reported, and the Office of the Ombudsman followed the same procedure in dealing with these cases, which consisted of organizing an on-site meeting of representatives of the Office of the Ombudsman, conducting an interview with the detained person who showed signs of torture and subsequently transmitting the complaint to the competent body so that it could conduct an investigation into the matter.

(h) Increased incidents of persecution against unrecognized religious minorities, particularly members of the Baha’i faith, including attacks on Baha’is, including in State-sponsored media, increasing evidence of efforts by the State to identify, monitor and arbitrarily detain Baha’is, preventing members of the Baha’i faith from attending university and from sustaining themselves economically, the confiscation and destruction of their property, the vandalizing of their cemeteries and the sentencing of seven Baha’i leaders to ten years’ imprisonment despite being repeatedly denied the due process of law that they are constitutionally guaranteed, including the right to timely and adequate access to legal representation of their choice and to a fair and open trial

[...] security is showing signs of evolving from [...] [...]

To personalize this a bit, I hardly visit a corner of this country without seeing evidence of these common interests in the work that each is doing: I saw the fruits of our shared efforts on HIV/AIDS prevention when I visited a joint U.S.-China treatment facility for HIV negative injecting drug addicts in Xinjiang last year.