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My country is engaged in fighting the illicit exploitation of and trade in natural resources and supports a mineral certification system, which will strengthen the legal mining industry and thus the development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[...] [...] traditionally been procured using single-source procurement.

[...] [...] "Contracting Officer" shall mean "Buyer's Purchasing Representative"; and the term "Contract" [...]

There is a large number of the discrete components mentioned above available on the market, supplied by various companies, yet there are often considerable disadvantages to this kind of solution

By paragraph 7 of resolution 1896 (2009), the Council also expanded the mandate of the Group of Experts to include the task to produce, taking into account paragraph 4 (g) of resolution 1857 (2008), drawing inter alia on their reports and taking advantage of work done in other forums, recommendations to the Committee for guidelines for the exercise of due diligence by the importers, processing industries and consumers of mineral products regarding the purchase, sourcing (including steps to be taken to ascertain the origin of mineral products), acquisition and processing of mineral products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Processors that operate without the purchasing or sourcing power of strong brands are also experiencing increasing problems linked to the scarcity of domestic raw material, and they are being forced to import fish for their business.

We note with satisfaction that both the revised Model Law and the LACAP are generally similar — in structure and in the procedures for ensuring that contractors are selected on the basis of objective, measurable or quantifiable evaluation criteria so that procurement is transparent, making good use of State funds.

The Security Council, by paragraph 7 of its resolution 1896 (2009), decided that the mandate of the Group of Experts should include making recommendations to the Committee for guidelines for the exercise of due diligence by the importers, processing industries and consumers of mineral products regarding the purchase, sourcing, acquisition and processing of mineral products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

To respond to these and other concerns, including those arising from the Armadale Enquiry, and to ensure that children placed in correctional facilities will be exposed to appropriate programmes to address their behavioural challenges and development needs, several new measures will be undertaken as described below.

[...] [...] bids for and procurement of conversion [...]

[...] [...] boosting the purchasing power of workers [...]

In recent years, strategies to tackle mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining have mainly included restrictions — banning mercury trade internationally, prescribing alternative technologies and tightening regulations on mining (e.g., banning mercury use).

[...] [...] arrangements for the procurement of air travel utilizing the collective purchasing power of the United [...] [...]

[...] [...] commodities supply chain: buying, selling, trading, and procurement; enterprise [...] [...]

[...] [...] 50,000 qualified buyers a variety of industries: metallurgy, mining, energy, construction, [...]

We therefore urge all countries, especially the major armament-producing and — procuring countries that are primarily responsible for the rise in global military expenditure, to take concrete disarmament steps.

The following had joined the sponsors of the draft resolution: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Comoros, Cyprus, France, Germany, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Montenegro, Nauru, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan and Tuvalu.