The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provides a unique multilateral legal framework for trade in services and for negotiations on their further liberalization.

7. India has bilateral air services agreement with Bhutan.

10. India has bilateral air services agreement with Nepal.

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

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was adopted in 1994 and is the first trade agreement to cover investment in services.44 It provides a legal framework for trade in services, defined to cover a range of areas, including investment, financial services, communications, transportation, education, energy, water and movement of persons.

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

13 For the full text of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, see http www.wto.org english tratob_e serv.e gatsintr_e.htm.

The banking services agreement between the United Nations and Standard Chartered Bank signed on 8 October 2004 provides banking services for the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).

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.

Global outsourcing was understood as trade in services through so called cross border supply of services embedded in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) as Mode 1 (supply of services).

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

Through a management services agreement with the EEC, support is being provided for an ECU 1 million humanitarian emergency assistance programme.

The contract, in place since 1993, will alleviate the need to resort to SSAs (special services agreement) for services needed for a finite period and ensure strict adherence to established rules and procedures of SSAs.

In October l988, the company signed an agreement with the Government for continuance of both internal and external telecommunications services for an additional 30 years.

16. The UNICEF Supply Division entered into an agreement for warehouse labour, four months prior to the expiration of the existing contract for the same 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.

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.

(c) Provision is made for two bilingual secretaries for the Lusaka talks under a special services agreement at a monthly rate of 1,450 per person for three months ( 8,700)

The reasons for the lack of agreement on such an approach were not clear, particularly given the preference expressed by the General Assembly for unified conference services.

With respect to his proposal for the incorporation of the Office for Project Services (OPS) into the Department for Development Support and Management Services, a further report had been submitted, following the agreement reached by the OPS Management Board on all outstanding issues.

Economic Literacy Series General Agreement on Trade in Services, No. 3 (International Gender and Trade Network, 2001).

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.

Services Infrastructure for

for Project Services

(iii) 206,000 for miscellaneous services (cleaning services and insurance).

This Agreement provides for general and permanent cooperation, including the exchange of expertise, regular meetings of a joint commission and mutual benefits in staff and services.

According to those terms and conditions the services of an individual engaged under a personnel service agreement will normally be limited to the duration of the programme or project or other tasks for which the services are required.

Payment for environmental services

Office for Project Services

Reimbursement for central services

Rapid progress must also be made to improve the development potential of trade in services by liberalizing the temporary supply of labour services (mode 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services) and cross border supply of services via outsourcing and offshoring (mode 1).

A similar bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for logistics support services in Basrah is currently in final stages of negotiation.

It was pointed out that the Nairobi Agreement on Customs Cooperation of 1971 provides specifically for the cooperation of custom services in the prevention of illicit traffic.

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

Economic Literacy Series, General Agreement on Trade in Services, No. 3 (Washington, D.C., International Gender and Trade Network, 2001).

UNFPA now undertakes such procurement services only after a formal agreement has been signed with the recipient national authority.

25. Annex 1B contains the General Agreement on Trade in Services and its associated legal instruments, while annex 1C contains the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Provision is made for air traffic control services, including meterological services.

Additional requirements for miscellaneous services were the result of high prices for services in Liberia.

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.

For the purposes of this Agreement

Agreement for the demilitarization of Srebrenica

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.