Europe s Procrustean Nightmare

In 1966 a process of harmonisation started with the introduction of a quinquennial Armed Forces Act.

Review and identify ways to adapt institutions' and countries' policies, procedures and practices to facilitate harmonization

(i) Transport of gases (harmonization and standardization)

The child rights protection project could benefit from harmonization and streamlining with national programmes and strategies.

The ship is swung , that is rotated about a fixed point while its heading is noted by alignment with fixed points on the shore.

As with all behaviors shaped by evolution, when the environment changes, there is a risk that existing adaptations become dysfunctional.

UNCTAD's total expenditure on technical cooperation and

The core project is coordinated and back stopped by UNCTAD's Special Programme for Least Developed, Landlocked and Island Developing Countries.

The global financial architecture needs to be reformed to buttress harmonization and coordination.

As part of the realignment, the accounts receivable function would be transferred from the Payments Unit to the Accounts Unit and, at the same time, enhanced.

Continue to support the sectoral tables or similar harmonization mechanisms.

(f) Support the process of aligning the positions of the Ibero American countries in international trade negotiations.

In such cases, problems generally arise when it comes to coordinating and harmonizing activities.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator should be responsible for the coordination of these mechanisms.

4. Recommends that States consider, on the basis of that information, the possibility of harmonizing such practices as appropriate with a view to increasing the consistency of national space legislation with international law

This means, in effect, the harmonization of laws and regulations inherited from the two entities and three former municipalities.

Harmonization of the conditions of travel throughout the United Nations system (JIU REP 2004 10)

What is new about the plan, however, is the orchestration of all the actions towards realizing 1325 (2000).

I mentioned at the outset that it is essential to realign the United Nations with the reality of our modern era.

The view was expressed that Member States should envisage the harmonization of the implementation of the provisions of the United Nations treaties on outer space with a view to increasing consistency of national space legislation with international space law.

Improved harmonization is critical for accelerating the implementation of the AIDS response.

It was decided that an existing working group would address the issue, with the objective of harmonization in the United Nations system.

Amending the Civil Code in order to harmonize national and international legal instruments by correcting legal provisions that discriminate against women, and filling legal voids where they exist.

Aid harmonization and improved donor coordination overall would increase the effectiveness and impact of interventions.

Mr. JOHANSEN (Norway) said that his country had noted with interest the Director General's progress report on the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement with UNDP and strongly supported efforts aimed at increased harmonization and alignment within the United Nations system.

Harmonization implies that development partners work together to align their programmes with nationally owned strategies and processes.

(n) Review resettlement resources or objectives, with a view to align available means and operational needs (para. 191)

(n) Review resettlement resources or objectives, with a view to aligning available means and operational needs (para. 191)

Established in 1978 by UNDP at a time when it was the main source of funds for technical cooperation projects implemented by the specialized agencies, IAPSO's original mandate was to harmonize the procurement practices of the organizations relating to field projects with special focus on the purchase of equipment, in particular vehicles, at lowest possible cost.

These measures relate to preparations of laws and other regulations with the aim to harmonize domestic legislation with the EU legislation.

In addition, mechanisms should be developed to enable donors' priorities to be aligned with the development priorities of recipient countries.

Review resettlement resources or objectives, with a view to align available means and operational needs (para. 191)

A transfer is made from income to biennium support budget, to align with the harmonized budgets of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund and UNICEF, as follows

(b) Serving as instruments to ensure harmony between subregional and regional programme orientations and those defined by the strategic directions of the Commission

The entity ministers of education have signed on May 10th of 2000 a Declaration and Agreement on Harmonizing Parallel Educational Systems.

(b) Development of school administration and empowering it to supervise the processes of school enrolment, and efforts to monitor the enrolment of marginalized groups, particularly in education, and adopting the requirements of local communities to the characteristics of the pupils of those areas.

And, given the deep disparities in nuclear power s importance for European economies, consensus on regulatory harmonization is hard to reach.

Some members of the Study Group doubted that the principle of harmonization had a particular role to play in the relationship between norms of jus cogens and other norms.

These concerns illustrate the desirability of further simplifying and harmonizing the main procedural steps of procurement across the organizations.

The Committee continues to expect that UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF will take into account lessons learned by other United Nations entities which have already implemented results based budgeting for example, the existing knowledge of the Department of Management and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations could be utilized while drawing up such comprehensive frameworks (see para.

Action by the Partnership on reaching a common understanding on concepts, terminology and definitions has also been beneficial and has helped in achieving greater harmonization of national forest programmes and their equivalents.

Legal harmonization, licensing and accreditation of traditional medicine, collective rights and capacity building among communities are particularly needed.

Although some progress had been made in aid effectiveness, some United Nations agencies could be more active in ensuring adherence to the principles of harmonization and simplification.

As regards the relationship between the various norms under consideration, the paper by Mr. Galicki suggested the necessity to recognize the principle of harmonization.