Legislative mandates

Analysis and recommendations for review of mandates older than five years

Selection of mandates

The Commission on Human Rights currently has 27 thematic mandates and 14 country mandates.

Argentina created with Chile a combined force for future United Nations mandates.

The Security Council will consider including relevant provisions for prevention, monitoring, investigation and reporting of misconduct cases in its resolutions establishing new mandates or renewing existing mandates.

Major players and their mandates

Special procedures mandates have increased.

We believe that the review of mandates that is called for could be manipulated for political purposes.

The linkages between violence against women and their mandates Reasons for insufficient implementation of international frameworks at the national level with regard to their mandates Suggestions for good practices in preventing or eliminating violence against women.

As things stand now, different governance structures for the many parts of the system, overlapping mandates and mandates that reflect earlier rather than current priorities all combine to hobble our effectiveness.

Article 19 mandates freedom of expression.

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The Security Council, for example, has increasingly incorporated concerns for protection issues in the mandates of peacekeeping missions.

Increased awareness and support will be generated for the Office and its mandates and initiatives.

Article 17 mandates the right of privacy.

Article 23 mandates the right of marriage.

Mandates contained in the São Paulo Consensus

For example, a recent law mandates punishment for anyone who spreads rumors that Gamal is to be the next president.

Provide protection and security for asylum seekers of oppressed minorities, especially through the mandates of humanitarian organizations.

Regional groups should have the right to propose candidates for mandates to the Chairperson of the Commission.

If not matched by resources, mandates are empty.

The mandates guiding UNCTAD technical cooperation activities 4

Mandates contained in the São Paulo Consensus 4

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Mandates should be clearly defined and time bound.

The proposed review of old mandates is welcome.

The public has a right to be informed about the mandates for the statistical work of the organizations.

Recalling further the respective mandates of various treaty bodies,

Their mandates start from the day of their appointment.

Article 24 mandates special protection, the right to a name, and the right to a nationality for every child.

The mandates would then become a reference point for structuring the objectives over the short, medium and long term.

Some green activists supported mandates for biofuel, hoping they would pave the way for next generation ethanol, which would use non food plants.

Thus, it is critically important for all concerned Council bodies to ensure close coordination and cooperation in pursuing their respective mandates. They should seek synergistic approaches and methods that will help them to pursue their respective mandates and resolve common problems.

Japan obtained mandates over German possessions north of the equator.

Integrate gender perspectives into the mandates of all peacekeeping missions.

Several mandates adopted in the São Paulo Consensus (SPC) have general as well as specific implications for UNCTAD technical cooperation.

First, I have proposed that all mandates older than five years be reviewed by Member States and considered for deletion.

One participant cautioned, however, that special procedures and treaty monitoring bodies had different mandates and time frames for their work.

The statutes of the Tribunals provide for the continuation of a number of functions after the completion of their mandates.

(d) Any consideration of merging mandates should have regard to the content and predominant functions of each mandate holder as well as to the workload of individual mandates.

Throughout the history of these forces, mandates have always been voted on unanimously, and we did not wish to break with that tradition or to create a precedent of deviating from the principle of unanimously voting on mandates for United Nations missions.

The continued strong support for the country and thematic mandates and the consolidation, maintenance and extension of the database on thematic procedures to include country specific mandates is crucial to the overall programme of work of the Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch.

4. Encourages United Nations bodies to contribute, within existing mandates, to promoting the application of science and technology for peaceful purposes

7. Emphasizes that all duty stations shall be given adequate resources for the effective and efficient discharge of their respective mandates