In the past year, key standards have been set.

He questioned how the use of the same mechanism by the new Council would produce different results from the politicization and double standards of the past.

Whatever its past successes in maintaining basic living standards, today it is evident that Belarus cannot match its neighbors dynamism.

In 1958, Cuba was a relatively well advanced country by Latin American standards, and in some cases by world standards.

Indeed, while China s living standards have risen dramatically over the past 30 years, the gap between rich and poor has widened sharply.

During the past few years, Oman had attained very high standards in the area of women's health, education and the labour market.

Measured by Soviet standards, Russia has weakened.

Standards in state schools are monitored by the Office for Standards in Education, and in private schools by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

Even in the area of trade policy, despite fears of protectionism, the outcome was not bad by the standards of past recessions, let alone compared to America s infamous Smoot Hawley tariffs, enacted in 1930.

In the past three years, security standards at European ports and airports have been strengthened, biometric passports have been introduced, and terrorist financing targeted.

The Commission on Human Rights played a primary role in establishing the body of standards, policies and instruments that we formulated together over past decades.

By any standards, an FMCT is ripe for negotiation.

Comment by the Administration. The standards task force of the ICT Board continues to address ICT standards throughout the Secretariat.

Over the past year, field missions have put in place a wide array of measures to prevent misconduct and to enforce United Nations standards of conduct.

By technology or industry designation, there are standards developing organizations (SDOs) and also standards setting organizations (SSOs) also known as consortia.

The Government is moving on the devolution of authority to the local level to realign centralized structures of the past with European standards of local self government.

A review of the past 10 congresses revealed the development of important standards and norms in criminal justice and showed how their agendas had mirrored changing threats.

UNICEF developed standards for mine risk education which were endorsed by the United Nations, as part of the International Mine Action Standards.

By contrast, we understand past crises very well.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.

Likewise, by historical standards, the private investment recovery is running late.

This must be complemented by at least the minimum environmental standards.

By maintaining high environmental standards, and promoting such standards among its trade partners, Europe can bolster the global market for clean energy technologies.

Moreover, the Commission on Human Rights has been a textbook case of political manipulation through gross selectivity and the application of double standards over the past several decades.

But this won't be achieved by invoking past glory.

The total value of outstanding cat bonds is small by Katrina standards.

Another related to standards by which international or bilateral development agencies operate.

Earlier versions were recognized as standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) which assigns standards in the United States (ANSI PMI 99 001 2008) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE 1490 2011).

The historic influx of new entrants into the global work force, each aspiring to Western consumption standards, is simply pushing global growth past the safety marker on the speed dial.

In the past, this style was preferred by light cavalry.

The past month also saw attacks by militia on villages.

(d) In order for a person to invoke article 3 of the Convention, the Committee notes that the standards of proof required by the State party exceed the standards required by the Convention.

Small and medium enterprises also find it difficult to comply with the high standards set by international markets, including the increasingly stringent environmental and social standards.

Within Cuba, he hopes to legitimize his government by improving standards of living.

But that is still pitifully small by the standards of medical research foundations.

The US very clearly wants to check China by raising global trade standards.

By the usual standards of financial crises, three years is a long time.

UNAIDS to develop standards and criteria and scorecard style tool by December 2005.

By those standards, UNDP remains ineffective, both globally and at the country level.

The pace of democratic change in Afghanistan has been remarkable by any standards.

So I was thinking, but when you look at the past, the way to understand the past is only by the traces available, because we cannot go back to the past.

The Human Rights Council should solve the credibility crisis facing the Commission on Human Rights by formulating fair, objective and transparent review standards and procedures and by refraining from politicization, double standards and selectivity.

The ad hoc consultative group agreed that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board provide a widely recognized benchmark in this respect.

Spurred by unemployment, political uncertainty, and falling living standards, young Saudi men are easily recruited by extremist groups.

In 1973, the Accounting Principles Board was replaced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) under the supervision of the Financial Accounting Foundation with the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council serving to advise and provide input on the accounting standards.