Reference Point

Reference Point

A fair system will require agreement on the quality and quantity of information used as the reference point for the review.

As I had no reference point for my body,

There is just one reference point, which is the body.

It will serve as a useful reference point in our deliberations.

Maintenance of a reference system on subsidiary organs of the General Assembly and maintenance of a reference library.

Thus, it is the velocity of a reference point fixed to the body.

I should like to draw on a reference to expand on this point.

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The two degree target is the primary point of reference for today s climate debate.

With the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 the dignity of the individual human being became a central point of reference in the international legal system.

Previously, timeliness had been measured against the starting date of the session, whereas, under the slotting system, the reference point was the date on which documents were due for consideration.

202. The United Nations International Drug Control Programme coordinates all drug control activities within the United Nations system and acts as a point of reference for action taken by Governments.

One fundamental point of reference is the issue of equal opportunity for men and women.

The base floor system was designed not only to provide a minimum level of remuneration for United Nations system staff but also to serve as the reference point for calculating certain separation payments and the mobility and hardship allowance.

Once such an agreement was reached, it should be disseminated in all official languages so that States and representatives of the United Nations system would have a common point of reference.

Today, however, the EU is the last point of reference as far as prosperity is concerned.

The Netanyahu government has refused to agree to any such clear reference point before talks begin.

Similarly, we need to use more comprehensive wealth accounts as a reference point for decision making.

Almost every contemporary use of the depression analogy takes the year 1929 as a reference point.

Their insights about relative performance require a reference point from other time periods or similar firms.

Point of problem assistance may be offered by moveable reference kiosks near conference and meeting areas, as well as by telephone and virtual reference help desk teams.

With regard to the proposals for the agenda, Mr. Alfonso Martínez, noted that the reference to situations in his point 2 was not a reference to monitoring.

But the most serious thing is that the report, if approved, would further accentuate the imbalances that serve as its reference point and its starting point.

The point is that education is not a mechanical system.

The point is that education is not a mechanical system.

Their point of reference is the 1973 war, which helped to bring about peace between Egypt and Israel.

They serve as a framework and reference point for the work of OHCHR on the issue of trafficking.

We begin this debate taking the model presented by the group of four as our point of reference.

Over the years, the day of infamy has become a classic reference point for galvanizing patriotic sentiment in America.

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

In the same context, the report makes reference to the Security General's five point action plan to prevent genocide.

It was also used as a reference point for calculating the mobility and hardship allowance and certain separation payments.

In the Solar System, the reference plane is the plane of Earth's orbit, called the ecliptic.

Considering the ongoing efforts towards the establishment of a unique vertical reference system for the continent,

(j) Acting as the ICT focal point for the United Nations system

The existing payroll system can serve as an illustration of this point.

Let me go back to that first point, a sustainable financial system.

Experiences gained and lessons learned from the first year of the implementation in 2003 are being complemented by the Quality Support and Assurance system, which supports UNCTs at the regional level as a first point of reference.

This annex is intended to be a useful point of reference during the Committee's consideration of the UK's national report.

Central and Eastern Europe after 1989, though a very interesting reference point for analysts of the Arab revolutions, is not an appropriate reference point, because the region s new domestic and foreign order resulted from the change in external conditions stemming from the collapse of Soviet power.

The post WWII period stands as a reference point in America s collective memory, but it was in all likelihood an aberration.

Mother country is a reference to the metropolitan state from the point of view of citizens who live in its colony.

The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy was mentioned as a reference point for the debate.