2005 214 Implementation of resolutions concerning the participation of associate member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in the follow up to United Nations world conferences and in the work of the Economic and Social Council

Through its network of affiliated centres, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology has provided demand driven assistance to developing countries, financing collaborative research projects submitted by national institutions of developing countries themselves.

(a) The system of clusters established by the General Legal Division to facilitate communication with users of services should be supplemented with a list of the Division's lawyers, who will act as contacts for different programmes.

Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

574 (XXVII) Participation of ECLAC associate member countries in the follow up to United Nations world conferences and in the work of the Economic and Social Council

It will also raise the awareness of member States regarding internationally accepted standards relating to FDI data collection and reporting systems, including with respect to the activities of foreign affiliates in host countries.

There are substantial ideological differences between Gaza s Salafi al Qaeda affiliates and Hamas.

OIC and its specialized and affiliated institutions attached great importance to the Brussels Programme of Action.

UNESCO mobilized its 192 national commissions, the 3,600 UNESCO clubs around the world, its field offices and affiliated non governmental organizations.

Other supportive measures include streamlining OFDI approval procedures and the conditions governing equity ownership of affiliates abroad.

Data for 1996 2002 refer to total direct investment abroad (D3), which are D2 plus loans granted to affiliates.

MERCOSUR and its associated States value the work accomplished to date by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to attain the objectives of the Convention.

The State party explains that the Dutch Association of Insurers is only one of a large number of organizations, including the Consumers' Association, which is affiliated to the Insurance Companies' Complaints Council.

(e) Guidelines for dealing with group companies in different jurisdictions, (by possibly adjusting, for example, the concept of centre of main interests for subsidiary or related companies)

Accordingly, the development of supply chains may not only benefit the foreign affiliates but also increase the productive and export capacity of host countries.

Finally, MERCOSUR and its associated States wish in particular to congratulate the Director General and the Agency on the Nobel Peace Prize with which they were rightly honoured a few days ago.

DPI is also working in partnership with its 1,500 associated non governmental organizations (NGOs) to ensure that civil society voices contribute to the renewal and reform of the Organization.

Therefore, it is important to highlight the efforts of the Agency and of MERCOSUR and its associated States to establish a strong and effective verification mechanism whose implementation should be rational, not automatic.

The XVIIth Meeting of Ministers of Health of MERCOSUR and Associated States, to be held in December 2004, will approve the basic strategic guidelines and timetable of activities of the Commission.

It was a voluntary initiative that currently involved over 2,400 affiliated businesses and civil society organizations from more than 80 countries, which worked together to promote partnerships on the ground.

These guidelines address inter agency capacity building in the health arena, exchanges of information, and coordination of actions at the regional level to cope with the impact of adverse events on member and associated States.

While direct employment creation is obvious, the more indirect impact that foreign affiliates can have on employment through, for example, linkages with local companies is often overlooked. Indeed, there are examples to show that multiplier employment effects can be even higher than the employment creation effect of the investment itself (ibid).

One of the earliest, in the brewing industry, was between the Philippines Congress of Independent Organisations Associated Labour Unions and San Miguel Corporation and provided for labour management cooperation in all matters relating to the environment.

9. Also recommends that, in accordance with its resolution 50 17, coordination meetings of focal points of the organizations and agencies of the United Nations system and the Organization of the Islamic Conference and its subsidiary organs and specialized and affiliated institutions be held concurrently with the general meeting in 2002

The Monitoring Team believes that Al Qaida, the Taliban and their associates continue to raise most of the money they need from the donations of knowing and unwitting benefactors and through local crime.

In addition, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had agreed to organize a donors' round table in New York. Tokelau had begun discussions on accession to the Cotonou Agreement and Associate Membership of the Commonwealth.

The combined number of JPOs and SARCs working with UNDP and affiliated agencies as of 31 December 2004 was 208, compared to 236 on 31 December 2003.

For example, in both England and Australia, mechanisms have been developed that enable a pooling agreement to be sanctioned by the courts, whereby the assets and liabilities of two or more related companies in a group are, in effect, turned into one pool of assets and one pool of liabilities.

FAFICS continues to undertake to uphold the purposes and principles of the United Nations system and support the work of the Organizations and bodies of the UN system, both directly and through its member associations and affiliates, in accordance with their individual competencies.

The Office of Legal Affairs should consult the Procurement Division Service and the relevant units in the Field Administration and Logistics Division and affiliated funds and programmes as to whether conciliation should be made a mandatory step before a commercial dispute is referred to arbitration.

The Meeting took note of the invitation from the Office for Outer Space Affairs to other United Nations entities to provide various types of in kind support, such as expertise, educational materials and data, to the regional centres for space science and technology education, affiliated to the United Nations.

3. Invites the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to cooperate with the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in order to initiate consultations and programmes with that Organization and its associated institutions for the attainment of their objectives

At the XVIth Meeting of Ministers of Health of MERCOSUR and Associated States, Agreement No. 05 04 established the Intergovernmental Commission on Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction within the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), providing as follows

The world is now experiencing a critical and very important phase with regard to the shared objectives that inspire the spirit of the Agency. MERCOSUR and its associated States share that spirit and believe in the free right of every country to responsibly develop the peaceful uses of nuclear energy at every stage and in fulfilment of international commitments.

INSOL proposes that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) consider undertaking a project in the area of insolvency law and its effects upon the treatment of corporate groups and related companies when one or more of the members of such a group becomes insolvent.

The proposed DMISCO would provide support to the carrying out of long and short term training and education programmes at the regional centres for space science and technology education affiliated to the United Nations, and also through other academic and thematic centres of excellence worldwide.

There are substantial ideological differences between Gaza s Salafi al Qaeda affiliates and Hamas. As a ruling party, Hamas has insisted that its sole concern is the Palestinian people, not a global Islamic revolution.

In the past the ratio of conference delegates coming from the branches and affiliated unions has varied from state to state, however under recent national reforms at least 50 of delegates at all state and territory conferences must be elected by branches.

Although the assets freeze may have dissuaded Al Qaida, the Taliban and their associates from using the official banking system, the Monitoring Team believes there may still be money within the banking sector belonging to Al Qaida, but held indirectly through nominees.

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) contributes to the development aims of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the United Nations through the work of its associate organization, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU UNO), located on site at the Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, Suite 7 G, in New York.

For example, the board of directors could state that it had ascertained that all subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including special purpose ones, which are subject to consolidation as per the financial reporting standards applicable to the entity, have been properly consolidated and presented.

4 Countries included in the least developed countries category are those established by the Economic and Social Council.

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He raised some issues regarding developing and developed country constituencies and how countries had dealt with them.

Developing countries blame rich countries for the lack of progress.