In addition, networking among institutions and information systems is being carried out on a regional basis.

The 105 members of the Senate, whose seats are apportioned on a regional basis, serve until age 75.

(ii) Article 197 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, Cooperation on a global or regional basis

Regional information gathering and assessments would be planned, organisedorganized, and implemented on a regional basis following an agreed global framework

Slovakia supported the proposal to elect members of the Council on a regional basis, and from countries that demonstrably meet their commitments concerning the protection of human rights.

For example, China says no foundation for dialogue with Japan exists unless the Japanese accept the existence of a territorial dispute over the uninhabited Senkaku Islands.

It was imperative to ensure that missions undertaken on a regional basis were governed by the basic principles of peacekeeping in full conformity with the United Nations Charter.

Interregional projects are based on the thematic areas of expertise of the UNCTAD secretariat.

Since the West has lost any clear territorial basis since then, the phrase the West has become a universal not a local notion.

78. Encourages development agencies of the United Nations system to seek to maximize the opportunity to address development challenges on a regional or subregional basis, where appropriate, recognizing the important contribution of regional cooperation to national and regional development

Seats are assigned on a regional basis, with each of the four major regions receiving 24 seats, and the remainder of the available seats being assigned to smaller regions.

The time has come to start an inclusive and regionally based process with a view to solving one of the last outstanding issues following from the violent conflicts of the former Yugoslavia.

If Member States choose to elect Human Rights Council members on a regional basis, all regional groups should be represented in proportion to their representation in the United Nations.

There is now a need, on a regional basis, to reconcile supply of ODS with consumption if illegal trade is to be avoided.

(f) Request the Secretariat to field test the monitoring arrangements in Parties on a national or regional basis, as proposed in annex II tof the present note.

Recalling that the role of international cooperation and coordination on a bilateral basis and, where applicable, within a subregional, interregional, regional or global framework is to support and supplement the national efforts of coastal States to promote the integrated management and sustainable development of coastal and marine areas,

GIEWS has been providing regular bulletins on food crop production and markets at the global level and situation reports on a regional and country by country basis since 1975.

Since our proposal is based on a regional approach, it can also accommodate the interests of subregions such as the Arab League, the Caribbean Community and Central America.

It has fostered regional scale infrastructure.

The cost of operating a regional or subregional centre is not fixed.

Furthermore, the establishment, on a national or regional basis, of accreditation and or certification systems, and national measurement institutions will ensure harmonization with international metrology systems, and with market surveillance institutions.

Moreover, the role and attitude of a rising China must be assessed on a regional basis, particularly given that the long standing dispute over islets in the South China Sea may be entering a new phase.

Very often regional particularity translates itself or becomes apparent as a functional one a regional environmental or a human rights regime, for example, may be more important because of its environmental or human rights focus than as a regional regime.

The coordinating centres of the Basel Convention, in addition to the previous mentioned core functions of the regional centres, are also expected to ensure regional coordination and information exchange and to conduct activities on a regional (as distinct from subregional) basis.

Also mentioned were assemblies for national minority affairs local and autonomous administration, as well as autonomy on a territorial basis, including the existence of consultative, legislative and executive bodies chosen through free and periodic elections.

It may be worth the effort to explore the possibility of establishing common subregional trading platforms under which local exchanges join forces to develop a trading and clearing system that allows investors to trade securities on a regional basis.

It proposed a regional agreement on such collaboration to its members for ratification.

Table 4 Possible budget for start up costs for a SCRC for one year

Encourages all Member States to examine the possibility of developing and implementing, within a national, regional or subregional framework, measures to combat illicit trafficking in conventional ammunition

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). With a technical assistance programme conducted on a regional basis and paid for almost entirely (95 per cent) by recipient countries, much of the ICAO operational activity is South South.

Encourages all Member States to examine the possibility of developing and implementing, within a national, regional or subregional framework, measures to combat illicit trafficking in conventional ammunition in all its aspects

Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus a regional perspective

55. Encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on marine biodiversity

OIOS observed that the absence of an ECA wide, real time, web based communications platform drastically impairs the subregional outreach of the subregional offices, thereby compromising the overall impact of ECA.

Jordan was eager to cooperate at the regional and international levels in the fight against drugs and crime.

(b) A regional early warning system, such as a Regional Tsunami Early Warning Centre, in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asia region.

4. Encourages all Member States to examine the possibility of developing and implementing, within a national, regional or subregional framework, measures to address accordingly the illicit trafficking related to the accumulation of such stockpiles

4. Encourages all Member States to examine the possibility of developing and implementing, within a national, regional or subregional framework, measures to address accordingly the illicit trafficking related to the accumulation of such stockpiles

Encourages all Member States to examine the possibility of developing and implementing, within a national, regional or subregional framework, measures to address accordingly the illicit trafficking related to the accumulation of such stockpiles

77. Encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity

88. Encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity

60. Encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity

64. Further encourages States, in accordance with the Convention and other relevant instruments, either bilaterally or regionally, to jointly develop and promote contingency plans for responding to pollution incidents, as well as other incidents that are likely to have significant adverse effects on the marine environment and biodiversity

Regional priorities will be developed by each regional office.

The possible advantages of a regional structure are the following