The services sector had been addressed under WTO auspices in 1995 in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

Agreement for air services between and beyond their respective territories (with annex and exchange of notes).

The reason behind the framework agreement between early childhood centers and local community services centers was to better structure and harmonize educational child care services, health services and social services for children and their families, particularly the most vulnerable and the most disadvantaged.

It is also assisting COMESA in assessing the implications of services trade with the EU under the Cotonou Agreement.

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Discussions also focus on definitions and principles, where Members seek to draw on the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and the Agreement on Agriculture, while keeping in mind the specificities of services.

The easiest option would be conditional liberalization of trade in services within the existing framework of the EU Israel Association Agreement.

The agreement distinguishes between the oversight and services to be provided by UNDP for UNIFEM operations, thereby clarifying areas of responsibility.

The additional requirements under this heading related to the increased costs of mine detection and mine clearing services under a memorandum of agreement as replacement for services previously provided by a demining contingent.

gov.uk RAF default.asp. ), a framework agreement concluded with five ERA service providers, designed to supply the ERA services to the public sector.

The following functions will be transferred from UNOTIL to United Nations agencies and will be carried out under the common services agreement.

Sr Suzette attended a Strategy Meeting on the General Agreement on Trade in Services in Geneva from 23 March to 16 April, 2004.

This has posed constraints to their full participation in the negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade in Services.13 Active implementation of articles IV (increasing participation of developing countries) and XIX 2 (progressive liberalization) of the Agreement would increase the competitiveness of service supply of developing countries and beneficial engagement in trade in services.

For example, the Agreement for the Complementarity of Services between the health and social services network and the education network deals with all aspects of intervention with respect to the development of young people, e.g., fostering health and well being, education, prevention, adjustment and rehabilitation services.

UNICEF agrees to initiate negotiations at the appropriate level to conclude a framework agreement on pharmaceutical procurement services with other relevant United Nations organizations.

The Multilateral Framework includes an agreement by governments to work together to develop an evaluation framework for early learning and child care programs and services.

The obligations under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA), Article 23, continue to be in the forefront of programs and services to the people of Nunavut.

The Framework Agreement sets out five core areas that include, in addition to agriculture, market access on non agricultural products, services, development issues and trade facilitation.

There should be strong commitment to allowing the movement of natural persons to developed countries under Mode 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

The UNCTAD secretariat continued to provide substantive services to the ongoing negotiations of China, Mongolia and the Russian Federation on the draft transit traffic framework agreement.

Trinidad and Tobago does not have any commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on distribution services, and determination of the type of commitments that could be made would require that appropriate impact studies be carried out.

The unspent balance was mainly under mine detection and mine clearing services, undertaken by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) under a memorandum of agreement with the United Nations, and resulted from the delays in recruitment experienced by UNOPS.

Similarly, Mexico measures affecting telecommunications services is the first dispute relating to the 1997 Basic Telecom Agreement and the Reference Paper establishing disciplines on telecom competition safeguards.

Section 17 (a) of the Headquarters Agreement (found in Article VII, Public Services and Protection of the Headquarters District) states that the appropriate American authorities will exercise powers with respect to the supplying of public services to the Headquarters district, including transportation.

Article VI.4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services mandates the development of disciplines to ensure that measures relating to qualification requirements and procedures, technical standards and licensing requirements and procedures do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services.

Under the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Agreement, the Government of Canada is providing 500 million per year to provinces and territories for investments in ECD programs and services.

In 2004, the Ministry of Human Resources (MHR) contributed 3.25 million to the Vancouver Agreement demonstration project, which offers employment services for residents facing multiple barriers to employment.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services was of the view that UNCC was responsible for conducting the procurement exercise and entering into an agreement with the consultant selected.

UNCTAD's analytical work on the movement of physical persons (Mode 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services) was important and of potential benefit to developing countries.

As a result, its ability to maintain services and the military capacity to respond to any maneuver by the Khartoum government aimed against the peace agreement is seriously compromised.

Such an agreement could include trade in goods, services, financial instruments, and agriculture, and would necessitate greater compatibility of European and American regulations and legal norms, implying substantial savings.

In paragraph 270, the Board recommended that UNICEF initiate negotiations at the appropriate level to conclude a framework agreement on pharmaceutical procurement services with other relevant United Nations organizations.

It must be mentioned that in December 2004 an agreement on technical cooperation and advisory services was signed between the Vice President and the office in Colombia on this matter.

The project also builds agreement on the best way to benchmark how many people have access to financial services in the world and to ascertain the quality of that access.

Successor Agreement to the International Agreement on

The Convention on Biological Diversity has 156 signatories and the political support for the guidelines gives it the potential to play an important and effective role as a multilateral environmental agreement in regulating tourism, along with the General Agreement on Trade and Services of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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The Headquarters Agreement shall be independent of this Agreement.

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that entered into force in January 1995 as a result of the Uruguay Round negotiations.

(b) Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and emergency services.

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Notwithstanding the fact that the ultimate decision to negotiate services in the ESA EC EPA remains open, any agreement will most likely mirror the GATS, granting flexibility to developing countries (e.g. in opening up fewer services sectors and retaining the freedom to regulate trade in services in line with their national policy objectives). Negotiations need to be underpinned by the principles of special and differential treatment.

According to this agreement, Québec supports the overall objectives and general principles outlined in the 10 year plan, but will exercise its own responsibilities with respect to planning, organizing and managing health services.

UNCTAD has assisted SADC in the negotiations on the establishment of a free trade area in goods since 1997, and is now providing similar assistance in developing an agreement on trade in services.

Agreement (with annex) for the establishment of scheduled air services between and beyond their respective territories, 311 United Nations Treaty Series 199, signed 23 March 1955, entered into force on 7 June 1956.