Legislation had also been introduced to protect the rights of the elderly.

In some cases new and comprehensive ODS related legislation has been introduced (e.g. Turkey), in others, former legal acts had to be reviewed and successively amended, and in one case (Sudan) transitional regulations had been introduced.

Mr. KAHAROV (Tajikistan) added that several individuals and gangs had been convicted of trafficking in children and sex trafficking since the new legislation had been introduced.

To enhance the promotion of business skills development, the EMPRETEC programme had been introduced in Guyana and Angola, and a new EMPRETEC video had been produced.

Some time ago, the Step by Step program had been introduced for the Roma children in FBiH.

He noticed that a number of performance measures had been added to the matrices and asked for clarification on when these had been introduced and on what basis.

Several new measures to ensure the independence of the courts had been introduced courts specializing in criminal, civil and commercial matters had been established, and a democratic mechanism for selecting judicial personnel had been put in place.

Life imprisonment had only recently been introduced into the Criminal Code, primarily as an alternative to capital punishment.

The current biennium was the first in which results based budgeting had been introduced for special political missions.

In particular, there was a backlog of cases owing to the fact that, though the Act had been introduced in 1998, no action had been taken until it had come into force in 2002.

It has also been introduced into the US and, as of 1999 it had been reported from 22 states and was still spreading rapidly.

Legislation had been introduced with the aim of creating job opportunities and establishing a public body to combat unemployment.

A new currency has been introduced.

In response to the requests of Member States, innovative practices had been introduced in the field and at mission headquarters.

In Europe, it introduced a new type of social activity and a form of drug intake which previously had been unknown.

The Consortium had introduced telemedicine into extreme environments.

It has been introduced to Madagascar and Italy.

As part of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights, a human rights course had been introduced in all schools and universities.

Three years previously, an electronic education system had been introduced in Myanmar with the establishment of a data broadcasting network via satellite.

Furthermore, they supported the suggestion by the Chair that once an item had been introduced, a list of speakers should be established.

Subsequently, legislation had been introduced to liberalize family planning laws, increase protection of women and children's health, and amend the Nationality Code.

In the case of newly introduced vaccines, they should have been introduced at least for five years.

He then introduced the issues that needed to be discussed by the Bureau and reviewed the background material that had been made available.

Since 2000, Mexico had been cooperating with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and, as a result, had introduced a national human rights programme in December 2004.

Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market with over 90 market share, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984.

Thanks to policies introduced with the full support of the Member States, UNIDO had been strengthened and now excelled in promoting industrial development worldwide.

Ms. Tan asked whether the bilingual (Spanish Guaraní) programmes that had been introduced into the educational system had succeeded in promoting the integration of the Guaraní speaking population into the mainstream.

Lastly, she observed that Ireland had no female Grade I Ambassadors or Second Secretaries and asked why quotas had been introduced only for certain posts in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Other proposals and initiatives have been introduced to increase efficiency.

This model was introduced in January 1947, with a prototype (which had been under development for more than a year) being completed at that time.

The current meeting was not the first at which wording on political matters had been introduced into a draft resolution on administrative and financial matters.

The concepts of peacebuilding and emergency humanitarian assistance had been introduced as an attempt to reflect properly the element of risk in United Nations operations.

Several speakers noted that victim support mechanisms, as well as measures to raise community awareness and other prevention strategies, had been introduced in their countries.

In the education sector, mandatory education had been introduced for children from 6 to 16, as well as legislation penalizing parents who violated that provision.

The speaker noted that, even at times when the Special Rapporteur had not been able to visit Iraq, it had been possible to draw up reports based on information supplied by Governments and asked whether the absence of a final report had any incidence related to the fact that no draft resolution had been introduced regarding the issue.

Steps had been taken to disseminate awareness of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, including the holding of a press conference and the publication of a comprehensive brochure, and a special training course for legal professionals had also been introduced.

It had also introduced measures to monitor and prevent money laundering.

The International Baccalaureate has also been introduced in some independent schools.

Lately, pre school education has been introduced into regular primary schools.

Some representatives provided information on new legislation against money laundering that had been introduced in their countries, including measures that expanded the scope of predicate offences.

Some representatives provided information on new legislation against money laundering that had been introduced in their countries, including measures that expanded the scope of predicate offences.

It was in this context that the issue of rights had been introduced into the debate on trade together with notions of fair, development oriented trade.

The CHAIRPERSON invited the Committee to resume consideration of the draft decision entitled Unencumbered balances of appropriations , which had been introduced at the Committee's 2nd meeting.

It was irrelevant in this context whether such an increase could have been introduced retroactively and whether it would have had any beneficial effect for the author.

In the social sphere, efforts had been undertaken to institutionalize the gender focus and the principle of equal pay for men and women of equal qualifications introduced.