Requests for mutual legal assistance

Colombia stated that the central authorities designated to receive requests for mutual legal assistance and either to execute them or to transmit them to the competent authorities for execution, and to formulate requests for legal assistance, would be as follows

Romania stated that its central authority designated to receive requests for assistance was as follows

Next, and equally important, were requests for escorts and logistics, followed by infrastructure support and direct support in distributing relief assistance.

(c) Training competent authorities in the preparation of requests for mutual legal assistance that meet the requirements of this Convention

Estonia stated that it had designated the Ministry of Justice the central authority to receive the requests for mutual legal assistance

Malta stated that it designated the Attorney General the central authority to receive requests for mutual assistance

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Poland stated that the Ministry of Justice had been designated the central authority competent to receive requests for mutual legal assistance

Romania stated that the Romanian central authorities designated to receive the requests for mutual legal assistance were

Colombia stated that Spanish was the language acceptable to Colombia for requests for legal assistance.

Lesotho stated that the English language was acceptable for purposes of requests for mutual legal assistance.

South Africa stated that English was the acceptable language for receiving requests for mutual legal assistance.

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Finland stated that the Ministry of Justice was the central authority competent to receive, execute or transmit requests for mutual legal assistance

Spain stated that its central authority designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance was the Ministry of Justice. Sweden stated that the central authority in Sweden competent to receive requests for mutual assistance was the Ministry of Justice

New Zealand stated that English had been designated as the acceptable language in which to make requests for mutual legal assistance.

The nature and scope of activities are subject to requests from Member States and cannot be estimated with accuracy, but the current number of activities may be indicative of the activities to be implemented in 2006 2007.

(i) The activities to be implemented contribute to expected accomplishments (a) to (c) of subprogramme 2 of programme 10 of the biennial programme plan for the period 2006 2007

Countries in need of such assistance may submit their requests directly to the Secretariat.

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The Cook Islands stated that the English language was designated by the Government of the Cook Islands as the acceptable language in which to make requests for mutual legal assistance.

We welcome and support practical measures to improve maritime security and would be ready to explore requests for technical assistance and capacity building.

In this regard, my delegation notes with satisfaction that the Assistance Fund under Part VII of the Agreement has began to operate and to consider applications for assistance from developing States parties.

And it is not at all clear that anyone else is willing and able to say yes.

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The Cook Islands stated that the Attorney General had been designated the central authority that would have responsibility and power to receive requests for mutual legal assistance. Costa Rica stated that it did not have a central authority designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance. Croatia stated that its central authority was as follows

My Office has undertaken activities in these and other countries, responding to requests for assistance in establishing or strengthening national systems of protection.

Burkina Faso stated that the central authority competent to receive and execute requests for mutual legal assistance was the Garde des sceaux, the Minister of Justice.

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Slovenia stated that the central authority would be the Ministry of Justice. South Africa stated that the Director General of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development had been designated the central authority to receive requests for mutual legal assistance

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia stated that the central authority for receiving requests for mutual legal assistance would be the Ministry of Justice. Tunisia stated that its central authority was as follows

(a) The Office of the Prosecutor General, to receive and execute or transmit requests for mutual legal assistance made by other States parties and to formulate requests for legal assistance to other States parties in the case of investigations being handled by that Office

There are also one off costs to host country governments, such as processing applications and providing initial help with housing and welfare.

Chile stated that it had designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the central authority for purposes of receiving requests for mutual legal assistance. China stated for the Mainland Region that it did not have a central authority designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance.

With regard to the first category of MICA, OIOS noted that the most frequent request from HOAs for military support was for information pertaining to security conditions on the ground.

19. Each request for financial assistance shall be considered by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs ( the Division ), which acts as the secretariat of the Commission.

States referred to a number of other impediments leading to the refusal of requests for extradition, such as the absence of dual criminality, statute of limitations, the political nature of the offence and procedural or formal deficiencies.

Lesotho stated that the office of the Attorney General would be the designated central authority with responsibility and power to receive requests for mutual legal assistance. Lithuania stated that the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office under the Supreme Court would be designated the central authorities to receive requests for mutual legal assistance.

China stated that requests for legal assistance to the Macao SAR would only be accepted by the Macao SAR in Chinese or Portuguese.

South Africa stated that the Director General of the Department of Transport had been designated as the authority to receive and respond to requests for assistance in terms of the Migrants Protocol.

This list should be made available on the Intranet and other channels to streamline the processing of new requests for assistance and facilitate informal consultations

Requests for hearing

Twenty seven per cent of States had not sent or received any requests for mutual legal assistance concerning money laundering offences.