The Ministry dealt with complaints and conducted on site inspections, either on a reactive basis or on its own initiative.

Decisions to suspend may be taken by auctioneers either on their own initiative or at the request of bidders.

Indeed, the US government does not even stand whole heartedly behind its own initiative.

The offer has annoyed Russia. But the EU has its own problems with the initiative.

It is empowered to investigate both on written request and on its own initiative whether unlawful discrimination has taken place in contravention of the Equal Treatment Act.

They know that ultimately we all must rely on our own initiative and effort, and they make use of the opportunities of open markets.

North and South Korea must begin the work of reconciliation and community building on their own initiative, as France and Germany did in 1952.

At present, the Commission can only conduct an investigation on its own initiative if it covers a whole sector or a number of sectors.

Secondly, the President suggested that the Secretary General be empowered to request advisory opinions at his own initiative.

Students were carrying out internships in other countries, but mostly on their own initiative, and it all came to a standstill with the onslaught of World War II.

Allow national human rights institutions to research and investigate allegations about human rights violations on the basis of the complaints which they receive or at their own initiative.

On Twitter, the initiative was welcomed

In my country, I have seen how the council of Islamist groups and Christian groups came together, not as a government initiative, but they came together on their own initiative to establish contact and dialogue in times where things were pretty low key tension.

Welcoming also the efforts made by the Central African States, both on their own initiative and with the support of the international community, to focus on the difficulties afflicting this key region of Africa,

A few weeks ago, here in the First Committee, another six countries, my own among them, took an initiative to try to break the deadlock in the Conference on Disarmament.

Oman's initiative to raise global awareness about road safety is based on its own experience and realization that the problem can only get worse if nothing is done about it.

Section V reports on BioTrade Initiative activities.

(b) The African Ministers' Initiative on WASH.

Global Network Initiative On October 29, 2008 the Global Network Initiative (GNI) was founded upon its Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy .

Special communiqué on the Water for Life initiative

Special communiqué on the Water for Life initiative

It reports on activities under the Biotrade Initiative.

Switzerland also supports the Secretary General's initiative on an Alliance of Civilizations, which was launched on the initiative of the Spanish and Turkish Governments.

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Indeed, leading American companies, like General Motors, General Electric, and Walmart, have created affirmative action programs for hiring and selecting suppliers at their own initiative.

On their website, they explain the purpose of their initiative

The organisers describe the initiative on their Facebook page saying

Peace activists on both sides solved that in the Geneva initiative.

From Israel, One Voice peace initiative posted on its blog, saying

Cuba appreciated the initiative to stage parallel events on development subjects.

In that connection, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice discussed those activities at their own initiative and at the suggestion of the Secretary General.

(a) Informing the latter authorities, on their own initiative, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that any of the offences established in accordance with articles 15, 21 and 23 of this Convention has been committed or

Yet the report mentioned not a single initiative by the Government to correct the situation and to bring the laws into conformity with the nation's own Constitution.

Better that Russians rely on their own power, develop their own resources, and police their own borders.

UNEP launched its initiative on environment and conflict prevention in December 2003. Since then an expert group has been established on the initiative, which held its first meeting in March 2005.

All successful economies are built on thrift, hard work, and individual initiative.

On the WHO NEEDS PUBLISHERS WHEN HE HAS FRIENDS initiative, Marwa wrote

We are counting on everyone's support to make that initiative a reality.

The integrity initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

While this initiative was born in the United States, many countries are wondering how to jumpstart their own entrepreneurial sectors, and may be tempted to follow America s lead.

Within the sphere of competence of the office, the Secretary General takes action, on his her own initiative, on a wide range of political, economic, social and humanitarian questions, reporting to and requesting guidance from the General Assembly and the Security Council, as appropriate.

I'll go on my own.

You're on your own now.

Finland's policy on international cooperation placed emphasis on assistance to LDCs and supported the HIPC initiative.

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