Technical Assistance

Technical assistance programme

Technical assistance

The average waiting period for such assistance is three months.

Participants are advised to contact the information desk at the airport for assistance.

St. Helena is heavily reliant upon the United Kingdom for financial assistance.

Staff members are, however, referred to relevant substantive offices for counselling on specific situations that may arise during the course of their tenure.

During the reporting period, the secretariat received one request for assistance under the provisions of article 10.

International institutions could help by offering technical assistance.

The German trading company, unable to control the uprising appealed to the government in Berlin for assistance.

In addition, missions are ensuring that victims of sexual abuse are referred to existing emergency assistance (medical, psychosocial, legal) in the mission area

Should it be only the terminally ill? Should, for instance, the early stages of Alzheimer s disease qualify?

At its first session, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade requested that the Secretariat prepare a study into the possible options for lasting and sustainable financial mechanisms which will enable developing countries to implement adequately the provisions of the Convention. The COP further requested that the study

The Committee has also continued to make efforts to develop new approaches to providing technical assistance.

As I mentioned earlier, the Committee has continued its discussions on how to facilitate technical assistance.

MINUGUA also helped to channel technical assistance to priority areas, and provided good offices in diverse circumstances.

The French chess federation recently suspended three of its top players for conspiring to obtain computer assistance.

The Committee will also continue to update the Directory of Counter Terrorism Information and Sources of Assistance and the Assistance Matrix, as important sources of information for Member States interested in receiving technical assistance.

Strengthening the methodology for identifying States' needs in the area of technical assistance is also to be encouraged.

As of April 2005, no party had actually applied for emergency assistance under this process.

Effective September 2004, New Brunswick increased the family income threshold for a full day care subsidy under the Day Care Assistance Program from 15,000 to 22,000.

But not all those who need help are coming to get it, so Save the Children funds outreach workers to encourage families to use the services.

Someone in their social network who is informed about the options available for professional help can assist the person to get appropriate help.

Specific examples were given of the substantive assistance that UNODC had been able to provide to Member States in that area.

The Technical Secretariat's capacity to offer and coordinate assistance in case of an emergency involving the use of chemical weapons demands serious preparation.

The idea seems to be that there are a lot of liquid assets lying around, and that they are being used to get money to bid up the prices of stocks, housing, land, art, etc.

With vast areas of land and poor road and transportation systems, many native Africans have to travel immense distances on foot to reach help.

Technical assistance has also been provided to Colombia, Nicaragua and Peru, which conducted their censuses in 2005.

Next year eight. I wasn't doing it for brownie points, but after eight, I thought, shit, I could use some help.

Any country inside or outside the Union affected by a major disaster can make an appeal for assistance through the MIC.

Increasingly, information from donor countries is obtained from the OECD DAC database.

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of the competent national authorities

It is deplorable that those who would be counted upon for assistance are instead taking advantage of a distressing situation, in collusion with some warlords, to secure permission to dump those hazardous wastes.

But in the light of the potential risk posed by terrorists exploiting loopholes, we urge those Governments to seek assistance in meeting their obligations rather than simply giving up.

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of the competent national authorities

provision of remote or on site technical assistance by UNODC at the request of competent national authorities

The Electoral Assistance Division with UNDP and the Secretariado developed a technical assistance project to assist in the holding of local elections in the country.

In some countries, reduced or lack of access to legal aid or to appropriate interpreters prevented or undermined effective presentation of cases.

It hoped that that Committee would take note of the significant strides it had made and would continue to help harmonize its domestic legislation and procure technical assistance in the financial and regulatory fields.

2.2 The CTC notes that the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has made a request for technical assistance and advice in connection with the sourcing and procurement of certain counter terrorism enforcement equipment.

(a) Welcomes the Commission's initiatives towards expanding, through its secretariat, its training and legislative technical assistance programme

We call upon States in a position to do so to provide greater technical assistance to mine affected States.

(ii) Substantive assistance to the Commission and the Advisory Committee in preparation of their respective reports (18)

Technical assistance was required not only for the implementation of agreed facilitation measures, but also during the negotiation process.

After appeals by the Batswana leaders Khama III, Bathoen and Sebele for assistance, the British Government put Bechuanaland under its protection on 31 March 1885.