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RDA also compiles, reviews, analyses and makes available information on policy instruments used by Parties in fulfilling their commitments under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol.

This Convention shall not alter the rights and obligations of States Parties which arise from other agreements compatible with this Convention and which do not affect the enjoyment by other States Parties of their rights or the performance of their obligations under this Convention.

The carrier that delivers the goods upon instruction of the controlling party or the shipper under this paragraph is discharged from its obligations to deliver the goods under the contract of carriage.

At the second meeting, the SBSTA adopted the agenda as amended as follows

Article 33 National implementation and monitoring

Some of these activities have already been undertaken under the Convention and will continue as such.

1. At the request of not less than one third of the Contracting States to this Convention, the depositary shall convene a conference of the Contracting States to revise or amend it.

Nothing in the present Convention shall affect the rights and obligations of States Parties under existing international agreements which relate to matters dealt with in the present Convention as between the parties to those agreements.

Consideration of reports

Article 36 Consideration of reports

At each session, the Secretary General shall notify the Committee of all cases of non submission of reports or additional information under article 44 of the Convention and rule 66 of these rules.

1. A Conference of the Parties to the Convention is hereby established to improve the capacity of States Parties to combat transnational organized crime and to promote and review the implementation of this Convention.

These activities focus on three main objectives mobilization of resources for the core activities under the Convention, broadening the funding base for implementation of the Convention and information systems, knowledge sharing and communication strategy.

DECISIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONVENTION

to sustain and strengthen the effectiveness of their cooperation under the Convention and

1. The present Convention is without prejudice to the privileges and immunities enjoyed by a State under international law in relation to the exercise of the functions of

This suggests that according to its article 1, the Convention applies to all sorts of contracts, regardless of their subject matter, except insofar as some of these subject matters are excluded from its scope by article 2.

(e) Any item proposed by the Secretary General relating to his functions under the Convention or these Rules.

We urge that these initiatives be sustained through, inter alia, increased voluntary contributions to the trust funds established under the Convention.

The present document reports on actual income and expenditures of all Convention funds for the biennium as at 30 June 2005.

United Nations and associated personnel deployed in such circumstances should unquestionably enjoy the protections of the Convention.

Provision of assistance to Parties in meeting their obligations under the Convention

Submission of reports under article 18 of the Convention 110 49.

Transmission of information to the Committee

It is not clear, however, whether matrimonial property contracts under this Convention would be covered by the E Contracting Convention.

The above Convention was adopted on 13 April 2005 during the 91st plenary meeting of the General Assembly by resolution A RES 59 290.

All documents and proceedings of the Committee relating to its functions under article 20 of the Convention shall be confidential, until such time when the Committee decides, in accordance with the provisions of article 20, paragraph 5, of the Convention, to make them public.

Note

Follow up to Opinions adopted by the Committee under article 14 of the Convention In the past, the Committee has only informally monitored whether, how or the extent to which States parties have implemented its recommendations in Opinions in which the Committee found violations of the Convention.

Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention.

Consideration of reports 26 526 10

This emphasizes the need for countries to fulfill their reporting obligations under the Convention.

During the period covered by the present report 20 reports were submitted to the Secretary General.

Under article 22 of the Convention, individuals who claim to be victims of a violation by a State party of the provisions of the Convention may submit a complaint to the Committee against Torture for consideration, subject to the conditions laid down in that article.

1. Each State Party shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary General of the United Nations, a report on the measures taken to give effect to its obligations under this Convention, within two years after the entry into force of this Convention for the State Party concerned.

Nothing in this Convention makes acts unlawful which are governed by international humanitarian law and which are not unlawful under that law.

The Committee noted with concern that it had not yet received any reports from States parties under article 73 of the Convention.

Chapter IV Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention.

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention.

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention

The Guidelines include the obligation of non refoulement under article 3 of the Convention.

One provisional agenda will be prepared for each subsidiary body, and will contain both Convention and Kyoto Protocol items.

Submission of reports under article 18 of the Convention