A speaker requested information on implementation of legislative reforms that had been supported by UNICEF.

the National Assembly adopted most of the legislative reforms planned under the Linas Marcoussis Agreement which were subsequently promulgated .

Furthermore, the Code of Criminal Procedure recently adopted by the National Assembly also includes several appropriate measures concerning the competence of national courts in the event of acts of terrorism in article 673, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, and articles 679 and 680.

Millions of Arabs have since risen across the region, calling for wide ranging political, legislative, social and economic reforms.

Lastly, in response to the question posed by Ms. Shin, she confirmed that the Law Reform Commission, which was responsible for making recommendations on legislative reforms, was still in existence.

The desire of Republicans to defeat the Democrats could lead them to use every maneuver to block votes and slow legislative reforms.

Nearly all the major institutional reforms, such as strengthening the legislature, holding village elections, and building a modern legal system, were launched in the 1980 s.

The Ivorian authorities must, for their part, agree to find a solution to the issue of article 35 and to ensure that the legislative reforms will contribute in a meaningful way to rooting out the causes of the crisis.

They exhorted the Ivorian members of Parliament to accelerate consideration of legislative reforms in the National Assembly, with a view to their adoption before the end of September, in particular, the law on the independent electoral commission.

The representatives of the FTC responded that they were working on finding a solution to the natural justice question, but it implied a number of other legislative reforms requiring parliamentary approval.

It is paradoxical that the report states in this paragraph that the legislative reforms envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement have not been adopted, while recognizing in paragraph 8 that

As mentioned in previous reports, some of the legislative reforms provided for in the Arusha Agreement have been implemented, but as a whole implementation has been delayed and has had a limited impact.

Before the completion of its extraordinary session in late December 2004, the National Assembly adopted most of the major legislative reforms envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement which were subsequently promulgated.

About 13 per cent of the funds was used to promote the many legislative reforms contemplated in the peace accords, through the Programme of Institutional Assistance for Legal Reform (PROLEY) project.

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To address the dismal under representation of women in Latin America s legislatures, a series of reforms must be adopted, reforms that depend in part on a country s existing electoral legislation.

While such reforms which give citizens more power by establishing semi autonomous local governments are crucial, the underlying motivation is the creation of more legislative positions.

On our part, besides legislative reforms targeted at the upgrading of the safety and security of the Armenian nuclear power plant and the verification regime, Armenia has signed the Final Act on the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

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Solutions are also urgently needed on the following issues the legislative reforms, as envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement the organization of elections the adoption of the revised article 35 of the Constitution relating to the eligibility for the presidency and the initiation of the disarmament process.

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Nevertheless, in addition to the legislative reforms envisaged in the Linas Marcoussis Agreement that still need to be adopted, work on a significant number of technical tasks, such as updating the electoral lists, remain at the initial planning phase.

Political reforms are more likely to be successful if they are preceded by economic reforms.

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Management reforms

The history of legislative reform is substantially a punctuated equilibrium, with long periods of time during which public apathy prevents any progress, interrupted by scandals that suddenly make progress possible.

The Committee congratulates the State party for the recent legislative reforms to eliminate discrimination against women, including the adoption of law number 3 of 2003 prohibiting the practice of female genital mutilation and the Personal and family code in 2004.

(b) The UNCITRAL secretariat provided assistance from Vienna with legislative and other drafting in the following instances

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