borders that have strong national and international recognition

Our previous report mentioned the case of legally recognized mutual parenthood for a lesbian couple.

For example, it has urged that issues such as sexual exploitation, gender based violence, and under age recruitment and abduction be taken into account in refugee status determinations.

We welcome the Secretary General's acknowledgement that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a real and growing threat.

That deal would appear to favor Russia, with Moldova recognizing Transdnistria as a legitimate entity.

The Committee welcomes the fact that social organization, customs, languages, creeds and traditions are recognized to indigenous communities in the Constitution of 1988.

Some speakers also welcomed the fact that the Eleventh Congress had recognized the importance of further developing restorative justice policies, procedures and programmes.

Admittedly, Obama inherited a collapsing financial system, a declining world order, and the ever present threat of global terrorism.

She ended her post with a confession that she no longer loves Egypt اعترفت اننى رفعت يدى...وتوقفت عن الايمان بمصر And thereby, in a rare moment of frankness and clarity I admitted to myself the worst confession ever..

In February 1989, at the United Nations Security Council, the PLO representative claimed recognition by 94 states.

An Italian cardinal, who admittedly spoke intemperately, was accused of using the language of Holocaust denial.

Tanzania acknowledges and welcomes the increasing systemwide recognition by the United Nations of the dangers posed by small arms to regional and international peace and security.

The use of these arrangements as a foundation should result in a set of draft provisions that are more recognizable to States.

As a founding member of the Agency, India cherishes the recognition by the Nobel Committee of its outstanding contribution to world peace and security.

In addition, those standards had been recognized by other organizations, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Civil and church weddings are more likely be registered since they are celebrated by a person recognized in law.

However, the Committee notes that, as recognized by the State party, the social services are under a tremendous resource strain, in particular the health service.

Bottom up approaches have several advantages over traditional methodologies which have been increasingly recognized in recent years.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev depicts it as a collective tragedy for which the totalitarian system was responsible, although some people would like to see a historical reckoning.

The legislative environment is becoming increasingly supportive of volunteering and the contribution that volunteering makes to individuals and societies is increasingly recognized.

We are pleased to note that the purposes and the principles of the SCO have received broad recognition and that the SCO is now moving towards its fifth anniversary with confidence and determination.

Although the right of free, prior and informed consent was contained in international treaties and increasingly recognized, it was not clear on how to best implement it.

Ms. Coker Appiah welcomed the State party's recognition that much work remained to be done to protect women's right to health in accordance with article 12 of the Convention.

NHRIs are increasingly being recognized by the international community as mechanisms that are essential to ensuring respect for and effective implementation of international human rights standards at the national level.

NIs are increasingly being recognized by the international community as mechanisms that are integral to ensuring respect for and effective implementation of international human rights standards at the national level.

The ability of States to derogate from rights under these instruments is governed by several conditions which are in turn regulated by the generally recognized principles of proportionality, necessity and non discrimination.

2.28 Some may justify rape as a reconcilable offence by saying that reconciliation or kastom faen is a customary practice and is acceptable because customary practices are recognized by the Constitution.

Speakers also noted that an ancillary meeting on HIV AIDS in prison had been held during the Eleventh Congress and welcomed the fact that the Bangkok Declaration gave recognition to this important issue.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that, if the latest peace talks collapse, he will press for UN recognition of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders.

In fact, these top down decisions, while admittedly complex and certainly consequential, may be the least of Europe s challenges.

The Partnership is widely recognized for its important role in promoting coordination and cooperation in support of sustainable forest management among a large number of forest related international organizations and processes

As all but the most belligerent critics of US President George W Bush will acknowledge, America has taken an important lead in trying to make things marginally better.

Such a state, whether exisiting de facto or with widespread formal recognition, will have an ever lasting effect on the boundaries of the Arab world (Syria and Iraq) and of the wider Middle East (Turkey and Iran).

Developing a new Euro Atlantic strategy for the Black Sea region must start with the democracies of North America and Europe recognizing their moral and political stake in the outcome.

As Director General of IAEA, he would welcome an acknowledgement by the Conference that the additional protocol was an integral part of IAEA safeguards in every State party to the Treaty.

The Union therefore welcomes the summit's recognition of the need to meet the commitments and obligations undertaken in the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which we consider to be the appropriate forum for negotiating future action on climate change.

The Institute has increasingly been recognized by its partners as a source of technical and professional expertise in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and as a regional mechanism at the disposal of its member States for coordination and harmonization of legislation and policy.

Last October, British Foreign Minister David Miliband was so anxious to maintain Chinese good will that he came close to denouncing his predecessors recognition of Tibet s autonomy 100 years ago.

Endorses the observation of the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on the end of the mandate of President Laurent Gbagbo on 30 October 2005, and the impossibility, acknowledged by all Ivorian parties, of organizing presidential elections on the scheduled date.

Mr. Guterres (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)) said that he welcomed the recognition by the international community at the 2005 World Summit of its responsibility to protect civilian populations against genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

It welcomed the recognition by the 2005 World Summit of the international community's responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and reaffirmed its support for the Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide.

The Group of 77 and China welcomed the recognition by the World Summit that the Millennium Development Goals did not cover all the development goals and the reaffirmation of and rededication to the broad set of commitments and goals from the various development conferences and summits.

The United Nations has steadfastly maintained for several decades that in order for Third World countries to develop effectively, they must utilize the skills of each and everyone of their citizens who must be able to prosper within a framework which recognizes and applies the principle of equality among citizens, especially with respect to women, who must also be allowed to participate fully in all aspects of the life of the nation and see that their participation is recognized.

Honestly you look well off, you even look older than your age, and being the son of a doctor, I assume you must have been well brought up too. Why carry a weapon, then?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that, if the latest peace talks collapse, he will press for UN recognition of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. This month, Brazil and Argentina recognized Palestine, and a cascade of Latin American countries is expected to follow.