This will make it possible to maintain both a State governed by the rule of law and Bolivia's social and political stability.

The President of the Conference expressed the gratification of the Conference and congratulated Bolivia, Cameroon, Lebanon and the United States on ratifying the Convention and the Protocols.

Note verbale dated 8 March 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Chairman of the Committee

Annex to the note verbale dated 8 March 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Chairman of the Committee

Note verbale dated 1 February 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Chairman of the Committee

Annex to the note verbale dated 1 February 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations addressed to the Chairman of the Committee

In the case of Bolivia, an exemplary relationship exists between the Ozone Unit, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Finance and Customs, and the Bolivian Institute of Standardization and Quality.

At the end of the day, Bolivia s immediate national interests may be served by Morales s strategic alliance with Cuba and Venezuela.

On December 6 last year, Evo Morales was re elected President of Bolivia with more than 60 of the popular vote.

In the case of Bolivia, however, 100 of imported MAC units are physically inspected and require a certificate from the Standards Institute in order to proceed.

But, crucially, the US has refrained from intervention in Bolivian politics, because it understands that undermining the current government could lead to chaos.

The final outcome at the ICJ case may add further impetus to Bolivia s attempts to seek a diplomatic solution to this longstanding issue.

These are vital questions, but they miss the larger significance of the rise of someone like Morales, for he is Bolivia s first indigenous elected head of state.

The war was a disaster for both sides, causing 57,000 casualties for Bolivia, whose population was around three million, and 36,000 dead for Paraguay, whose population was approximately one million.

The Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) and has the honour to transmit, annexed hereto, a copy of Bolivia's report submitted in compliance with that resolution (see annex).

In the case of Bolivia, customs training although essential, now focuses less on the identification of chemicals, as each import of ODS has to be inspected by an independent certified laboratory.

BOGOTA In January 2006, a few days after Evo Morales election as President of Bolivia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez predicted that a new wave of left wing governments would sweep across Latin America.

The Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee and has the honour to transmit, annexed hereto, a copy of the report sent by the Vice Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Bolivia, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1455 (2003) (see annex).