The international financial institutions were obligated by their charters to follow very strict policies, which made them preferential creditors.

Statutory (preferential) creditors

The preferential measures among developing countries would complement preferential schemes offered by developed countries.

Moreover the balance of forces established in time or by international agreements in various sensitive regions and zones can be undermined through preferential conventional arms transfer policies.

Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa

Two preferential schemes, the US GSP scheme and the AGOA regime, extend preferential treatment to a range of developing countries, including several LDCs.

( Normally dutiable imports include imports taking place under preferential terms as well as imports taking place under less preferential terms or MFN terms.

LDCs and the preferential schemes of the European Union

LDCs and the preferential schemes of the United States

Rendering non preferential and fair treatment to all applications

The law on pension support for citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan provides for awarding retirement pensions under preferential conditions and in preferential amounts.

Thanks to good legislation, gender equality policies and preferential treatment, women now had a strong position in society and were contributing vigorously to the social and economic development of the country.

Various preferential measures to enhance supply capacities are considered desirable.

LDCs and the preferential schemes of the European Union 9

LDCs and the preferential schemes of the United States 12

Key LDC products imported under US preferential schemes in 2002

of the Authority of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern

Viet Nam's social welfare policy does not contains any discrimination in terms of sex, social strata and beliefs and gives priority to ethnic minority people and those entitled to preferential social policies.

Countries that sign these agreements get preferential treatment over all others.

It is the most preferential. So never answer that question. Understand?

This Committee will have to consider actions that address the ethno development of the indigenous peoples and communities' quilombolas and to implement preferential conditions for access to agricultural and agrarian policies for rural women.

A long standing principle of US trade policy has been to make preferential treatment conditional on recipients' adherence to certain eligibility criteria, which largely relate to the laws and policies of the relevant countries.

Groundnut oil (Gambia, Senegal) benefits from a preferential margin of 6.4 and has demonstrated a high utilization ratio (over 90 ), while vanilla (Comoros, Madagascar) enjoys a preferential margin of 6 .

On the Japanese market, two products, macadamia nuts and beeswax, accounted for 78 of all agricultural preferential imports from LDCs in 2002, with preferential margins of 5 and 12.8 , respectively.

As several UNCTAD reports have stressed, there are many gaps in the existing preferential schemes, with some countries and many products denied preferential treatment, either in principle or in practice.

Developing countries that are entitled to preferential access to the markets in the major importing countries often have low rates of preference utility because of the restrictive preferential rules of origin.

Notwithstanding these constraints, Mauritius has a preferential tariff treatment on imports from and exports to States members of regional groupings, such as the Preferential Trade Area and the Indian Ocean Commission.

Such preferential treatment obliterates the objectivity and neutrality required from the judicial process.

Loans at preferential (non commercial) rates should be made available to foster entrepreneurship.

It was not preferential policies or skewed resource allocation by the government that caused China s coastal cities to boom, but rather their proximity to the ocean, which was and remains the cheapest way to move resources and products.

In facilitating technology transfer from developed countries to affected developing countries, more work is needed by developed country Parties to formulate preferential policies to encourage their private and public sectors to transfer technology to affected developing country Parties.

These non preferential products and the relevant main LDC suppliers appear in table 2.

Key LDC products imported under the preferential schemes of the European Union in 2002

Preferential market access for LDCs in developing countries would also facilitate South South trade.

Indigenous people should participate on a preferential basis in the administration of these centres.

In this context, it is essential that we gain preferential access to international markets.

Under the Economic Complementarities Agreement 22 between Chile and Bolivia, Chile granted preferential access to Bolivia for some 500 customs tariff lines and Bolivia granted preferential access to Chile for about 480 tariff lines.

Footwear imports (mainly from Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar) took place under a high preferential margin (33.8 ), while copper from Zambia was the main import from sub Saharan Africa, with a preferential margin of 3 .

The representative indicated that women had firmly occupied their social position and had been a force in the promotion of the social and economic development of the country, owing to satisfactory legislation and policies on gender equality and to preferential treatment.

Tariffs have fallen, although non tariff barriers and preferential agreements have been on the rise.

She nonetheless acknowledged that citizens of the Nordic countries did indeed benefit from preferential treatment.

In the debate on improving preferential modalities, particular attention was given to rules of origin.

It would seem that UNESCO also gives preferential treatment to local sourcing as deliberate policy.

It is generally recognized that the notion of preferential treatment could be explored more widely.

Another issue is the notion of preferential treatment for developing countries and, perhaps, economies in transition.