At the same time Russia has consistently continued to comply with its moratorium on anti satellite system tests.

This should achieve the necessary level of consistency and specialty of the educational system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and harmonize and achieve appropriate educational quality.

Ms. Maldonado (Department of Political Affairs), replying to a question from Mr. Okio (Congo) said that France was not mentioned in paragraph 3 because it had not consistently transmitted the information required under Article 73 e. However, in future France could indeed be included as one of the administering Powers required to transmit information under that Article.

For that reason, the Committee had consistently held that reservations to articles 2 and 16 were not compatible with the object and purpose of the Convention, and it could be argued that article 9 was so closely related to the other two articles that reservations to it were also incompatible.

And although there had been progress since 2001, much remained to be done by way of harmonizing and simplifying the programming and management instruments and procedures, including the expansion of joint programming, increased use of common services, and establishment of common premises and joint offices.