Honduras

Holidays

d) The Unified Hijri Calendar for the Beginnings of the Lunar Months and the Unification of Islamic Holidays

We put up the flags on national holidays.

(f) Urged Member States in which the death penalty might be carried out to effectively apply the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, in order to keep to a minimum the suffering of prisoners under sentence of death and to avoid any exacerbation of such suffering.

The faithful in Uzbekistan freely observe all religious holidays.

A plethora of anniversaries is arriving in Russia.

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It is common in Myanmar to find people of one faith celebrating joyously and harmoniously in the festivals of other religions.

Religious feast days of all religions are calendar holidays, and senior leaders of the country participate in the observance of those religious ceremonies.

In Bali, turtle meat was a prominent feature at ceremonial and religious feasts.

Pupils went to school every day, except religious festivals and market days.

Most major religious festivals of the main communities are included in the list of national holidays.

People used to display American flags on their homes only on national holidays.

Burundi is by constitution a secular state, although Eid ul Fitr is among several national holidays.

The holiday season that is now upon us is a time for festivity, and usually of overeating.

On a personal note, Mr. President, let me wish you the best of whatever little holiday is left.

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We gather there after the boring Thanksgiving family dinner or the family feasts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

As in other parts of the world, Christmas is the most important festival for Indian Christians.

Rights to breaks (daily, weekly, annual), number of work hours and paid leave during State holidays are regulated by labour legislation and collective contracts.

Collective contracts also define by law employees' rights in respect to paid leave during national holidays and days not being working days.

The strategy was implemented again during the 2005 holidays, this time with more encouraging results, as the number was decreased by 25 per cent.

So at this, the end of the working season and the beginning of the holiday season, I thank all the members of the Secretariat who have helped us in our work in the General Assembly this autumn.

The ACSJC annual Social Justice Calendar lists and explains key U.N. human rights commemorations and activities together with related religious dates.

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does not allow pregnant women or women with children under the age of three to be used for overtime work or for work on days off or holidays or to be sent on business trips (article 162).

With every passing year, Muslims mark Kurban Khait and Ramadan Khait, Christians mark Easter and Christmas and Jews mark Passover, Purim and Hanukkah on a larger and larger scale.

Another area of concern to my Government is the road related death toll during festival periods, which has been particularly high during the new year festival and the traditional Thai new year festival in April.

It seems to be an annual pattern on the part of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to express willingness to negotiate for peace as the festive season approaches and as the rainy season complicates operations on the ground.

On public holidays, emergency workers and health professionals undertake a media campaign to make people aware of the particular dangers that occur during these periods, when great numbers of people take to the roads.

The holiday season that is now upon us is a time for festivity, and usually of overeating. But the rampant consumption of sugar that marks this time of year is nothing to celebrate.

Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin Martius ), and in October, which began the season for military campaigning and ended the season for farming.

Welcomes the efforts by the Fatwa Institution in cooperation with the University of Cairo and the Centre for Space Studies and Consultations to establish a satellite project whose main function is to ensure the sighting of the lunar months in order to unify Islamic holidays.

MOSCOW Some of the most interesting artifacts of the Soviet Union in Russia are the holidays that continue to be celebrated, almost two decades after the fall of communism.

But, with Savalan released in December on presidential amnesty, and others on the occasion of Nowruz (also known as Persian New Year and one of the most important holidays in Azerbaijan) as well as the increased attention Eurovision is bringing, there could be some possibility for change.

On 20 March 2004, following unsuccessful attempts by the complainant's mother to visit him, it was announced that no family visits would be permitted outside major holidays owing to his status as a security prisoner with special restrictions.

Since the war, the display of the flag of Japan is mostly limited to buildings attached to national and local governments such as city halls it is rarely seen at private homes or commercial buildings, but some people and companies have advocated displaying the flag on holidays.