The 12 Parts of the General Regulation cover matters from the procedural requirements governing the arrival and departure of local vessels, the navigation in the waters of Hong Kong, the berthing of, and use of buoys and piers by local vessels, the embarkation and debarkation of passengers, the safety requirements for handling of cargo, the use and display of lights and signals, the regulation and control of certain vessel registered in Mainland or Macau, the vessel traffic service permitting a report system operated through high frequency radiotelephone communication, and the imposition of control over some activities (such as racing events, water-skiing, fishing and bunkering activities) in waters of Hong Kong, and miscellaneous requirements enhancing the navigation safety of local vessels.

The Commission was informed of initiatives that were being undertaken by Pacific island developing countries to protect biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem services, such as the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in Kiribati, the largest marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean, and the Coral Triangle Initiative, which covered a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, included the greatest extent of mangrove forests in the world and provided a critical spawning and juvenile growth area for tuna and other globally significant fish species.

The Advisory Committee was informed that it is envisaged that the abovementioned reporting on administration of justice, pursuant to resolution 65/259, will be addressed in two separate reports, covering the formal system (Office of the Administration of Justice and other offices) and the informal system, which will be addressed in the context of the annual report on the activities of the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services.

It also noted with appreciation the measures taken by Costa Rica to reduce poverty, improve the status of disadvantaged groups, promote the status of women and gender equality, as well as the implementation of the right to education of all to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and the extension of that right to cover the children of irregular migrants.

(c) That the Country had submitted annual implementation reports in the form of Appendix 4-A (“Format of Implementation Reports and Plans”) covering each previous calendar year; that it had achieved a significant level of implementation of activities initiated with previously approved tranches; and that the rate of disbursement of funding available from the previously approved tranche was more than 20 per cent; and (d) That the Country has submitted an annual implementation plan in the form of Appendix 4-A covering each calendar year until and including the year for which the funding schedule foresees the submission of the next tranche or, in case of the final tranche, until completion of all activities foreseen.

The provision of $721,200 would cover travel requirements in connection with training activities, specifically: travel of resident audit staff and Headquarters-based auditors to participate in the annual internal audit conference in Entebbe ($321,200); travel of consultants to conduct various training courses during the annual internal audit conference in Entebbe ($32,800); and travel of the chief resident auditors to New York for the annual work-planning conference ($90,400); the travel of 12 investigators from Nairobi, New York, Vienna and peacekeeping operations to participate in external courses on basic and advanced interview techniques ($89,600), as well as travel for a retreat in New York to train all investigators with a view to improving the conduct of investigations of possible misconduct ($167,500); and participation of Inspection and Evaluation Division staff in advanced training courses on programme evaluation of peacekeeping operations ($19,700).

They cover controls of hand held percussion breakers; increases in penalties and improvements in the procedure for abatement notices to air pollution offences; controls on the use of asbestos; controls on the use and maintenance of waste treatment plants, provision to direct property owners to discharge wastes into public sewers; for a system of charging for treating of industrial effluent to specified quality and regulations to control the disposal of chemical waste and charge for it.

In determining whether the existing pension scheme for permanent judges should be extended to cover ad litem judges who have served continuously for more than three years, the General Assembly may wish to consider whether, given the changed circumstances of the Tribunals’ operations (namely that the number of ad litem judges has been temporarily increased; several ad litem judges have been authorized by the Security Council to serve beyond the three-year maximum; and some Trial Chambers have been split into sections which may consist only of ad litem judges), the differences in the conditions of service of the two categories of judge continue to be justified.

The activities undertaken within this function will include: (a) producing country, regional and global-level technical and programme guidance covering the substantive areas in which UN-Women works, from ending violence against women to increasing women’s contributions to peace and security; (b) devising and coordinating multi-stakeholder, holistic country programmes that involve inter-agency participation and national partners in line with national and regional policies and priorities and that are consistent with UN-Women’s Strategic Plan; (c) ongoing, on-demand technical support to national partners and UNCTs in UN-Women’s core areas of work (e.g., support to NWMs; support to women’s organizations and networks; support to the Resident Coordinator and gender thematic groups; and support to reporting on and implementing CEDAW); and (d) the management and monitoring of global programmes and trust funds.

Similarly, if companies in a group have taken out a blanket policy of insurance covering the liabilities of the companies, bodies corporate and corporations in the group, all those in the group insured shall be regarded as having complied with such requirements.

A trade representative sought advice on the way in handling perishable food that was detected with pesticide falling outside the scope of the proposed Regulation or not covered by the list of MRLs/EMRLs but the level of residue detected did not exceed the regulatory level.

Food items covered in the prohibition order included the a) all fruits and vegetables; b) all milk, milk beverages and dried milk; and c) all chilled or frozen game, meat and poultry, poultry eggs, and live, chilled or frozen aquatic products unless accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent authority of Japan certifying that the radiation levels do not exceed the standards laid down by the Codex.

The Commission agreed to delete the reference to “fruit spread” from the scope of the Standard as an editorial amendment since this product was not covered by the Standard.

One delegation noted that the secretariat had provided a good platform for discussing general trends, approaches towards regional integration, and best practices in trade and investment which could help towards the establishment of a free trade agreement covering Eurasia, such as the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Furthermore, experts highlighted the particular challenges facing small island developing States and the need to ensure that countries with high forest cover with low rates of deforestation benefited from schemes to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

In the case of other services which in essence provide primary level care, such as nursing care at home, midwife’s service, health promotion and prevention, health care at work and school, there is no equally developed network which would cover the whole country and provide equal and good accessibility.

(c) Hang Seng will have the discretion whether to supply a Card Account Statement if (i) there are no entries covering the relevant statement period and no outstanding balance on the Credit Card Account, the Syndicate Account or the Partnership Account (as the case may be) since the last Card Account Statement or (ii) where the Card has been cancelled or terminated by Hang Seng or the Cardmember for whatever reason or where the Syndicate or the Partnership has been dissolved and there is a debit balance in the Credit Card Account, the Syndicate Account or the Partnership Account (as the case may be) overdue for such period considered by Hang Seng to be unacceptable.

Some delegations pointed out that this proposal was not feasible since one needed to have an understanding of the language being translated into and of the technical issues covered by the working documents.

Product-specific hazard symbols and warnings not covered in this section may appear throughout the body of this manual where applicable.

In this regard, an R&D Centre is required to consult the industry and develop a spectrum of industry focused R&D activities covering platform research, collaborative research and contract research so that industry partners could participate in different types of research activities at different levels.

On the basis of the outcomes of the World Social Science Report, published in 2010, the work of the Intersectoral Platform on Strengthening National Research Systems has been reoriented to strengthen the cooperation between the Social and Human Sciences Sector and the Natural Sciences Sector with the aim to develop a common methodology, terms of reference and planning for undertaking national research system reviews that cover all the science disciplines.

Improvements are also being made in south-east European countries as a result of the regional project covering Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia: education that aims to develop quality assurance systems for education for democratic citizenship and a national project in Albania that aims to consolidate the quality of the training on human rights education, including training manuals.

In response to questions from representatives, he clarified that the final report on the evaluation of customs officers training and licensing system projects would cover the question of whether the equipment supplied to customs officers for identification of ODS was of the required type and number; that a desk study was a necessary precursor to a field study, enabling him to verify with the Executive Committee that he was indeed studying the issues that the members considered most relevant; and that the determination of subjects for evaluation was made independently by him, as desired by the Executive Committee, and then discussed collaboratively within the Secretariat.

As Canada did not wish to suggest specific topics, it referred to the following indicative examples of sub-themes that could be addressed under the proposed “outward-looking” approach, bearing in mind that the number of sub-themes would have to be limited: crime, human rights and the rule of law (that would include both the role of criminal justice in protecting human rights and the role of human rights in the justice system, and the role of the rule of law in both); crime and international peace, security and reconstruction (post-conflict and post-disaster situations); crime and technological change, including cybercrime, as well as the use of technologies by organized criminal groups and for trafficking, among other crimes; and crime and trade, commerce and the global economy (that could cover specific areas of economic crime and possibly corruption).

Consequently, in the report of the Commission on its sixty-first session it was pointed out that “certain issues concerning international responsibility between States and international organizations have not been expressly covered either in the articles on the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts or in the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations”; some examples of these issues were given; and the Commission asked for comments and observations from Governments and international organizations about the context in which these questions should be considered (A/64/10, paras. 27 and 28).

As document 33 C/5 will be the last Programme and Budget of the period covered by the Medium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 (31 C/4), several delegations also suggested that in drawing up document 33 C/5 an analysis or assessment be made to what extent the strategic objectives of document 31 C/4 and its outcomes had already been attained and that document 33 C/5 accordingly should reflect which action would be required to help implement document 31 C/4 to the fullest.

Noting that the areas of food security and nutrition are not directly covered by an RTC, delegates suggested that the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) and the Asia-Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) consider how their work could better contribute to work in these areas.

Existing country review mechanisms, including for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction strategy papers, common country assessments, United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks, and the existing consultative mechanisms should be broadened to cover the review of this Programme of Action and extended to all least developed countries.