Boards on Their Backs

But the governing boards of different agencies also need to provide guidance to support this process.

Even within the NGO community, human rights advocacy NGOs have a higher percentage of women as members and on their governing bodies.

Women's representation on the Boards of Government Corporations is rising. At January 2005, women constituted 37 of the directors.

The foundations are independent agencies entered as such in the public registry of the Federation Ministry of Justice.

The GM is led by a Managing Director who is nominated by UNDP and appointed by the President of IFAD.

Unqualified board members do not ask hard questions.

Agenda 21 implementation needs, first and foremost the involvement of municipalities' governments.

28. Decides to establish an Executive Office in the Department of Safety and Security consisting of 17 posts to handle its administrative support functions

Under the 1989 Constitution, the Governor and Commander in Chief, who is appointed by the Queen, administers the Territory. He is assisted by an Executive Council and a Legislative Council.

Note by the secretariat

Executive summary

It was also evident during the operational activities segment that the Council was taking an increasingly high level and policy related perspective of issues, leaving the more operational aspects to individual Executive Boards.

Executive summary

Removing officials from state owned companies boards has been an important aim for Medvedev for several years.

Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 2003 57 of 24 July 2003, in which the Council decided to amend the statute of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women,

By this point in the report, readers in the boardrooms of British banks were looking forward to a three set walkover.

The most controversial of Medvedev s measures is the removal of key bureaucrats from corporate boards.

The governing bodies of the various organizations of the United Nations common system have attempted to define those posts that should be subject to equitable geographical distribution.

Regulators have the power to require that boards become more powerful or at least minimally effective.

The governing bodies of UNDG organizations should task the respective executive heads with examining ways to further rationalize their field presence.

Invites the governing bodies of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to continue their financial support for the operation of the Convention and its secretariat in 2006

But the Obama administration did not want to be tagged as socialist for nationalizing banks, however temporarily, even though experts such as former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker had recommended just that. Moreover, nationalizing banks would have required dismissing Wall Street captains and their boards for grossly mismanaging their firms.

The other ethnic groups, which did have chiefs, made sure that they surrounded the chiefs with councils upon councils upon councils to prevent them from abusing their power.

UNITAR is governed by a Board of Trustees and is headed by an Executive Director.

Dutch water boards ( or ) are regional government bodies charged with managing water barriers, waterways, water levels, water quality and sewage treatment in their respective regions.

Furthermore, it is anticipated that representatives of the Commission will participate in the meetings (1 meeting per year) of the technical working groups established by the governing bodies of the participating organizations.

It is recognized that not all non executive directors can be considered independent directors.

2. Welcomes the substantial progress made towards the devolution of power to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator's powers to the three taupulega with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega from that date of full responsibility for the management of all its public services

Coordinating our representation on the governing boards of the various development and humanitarian agencies so as to ensure that they pursue a coherent policy in assigning mandates and allocating resources throughout the system

Coordinating our representation on the governing boards of the various development and humanitarian agencies so as to ensure that they pursue a coherent policy in assigning mandates and allocating resources throughout the system

Coordinating our representation on the governing boards of the various development and humanitarian agencies so as to ensure that they pursue a coherent policy in assigning mandates and allocating resources throughout the system

Which board members are willing and able to stand up to CEOs? That has certainly not been the recent experience at JPMorgan Chase.

2. Welcomes the substantial progress made towards the devolution of power to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator's powers to the three taupulega with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega from that date of full responsibility for the management of all its public services

Women in local government councils

And banks boards of directors, which wield ultimate control, are not legally required to consider the broader impact of their actions on others.

The administrative capacity of the Department will be strengthened through the creation of an Executive Office.

Appointment of a Secretary General and an Executive Secretary of the Eleventh Congress

National youth councils should be set up under appropriate direction.

The execution of those functions, however, should be carried out by an executive structure.

The Office is planning its investigation and working actively in developing operational support.

28. Encourages all organizations of the United Nations development system to include reporting on their capacity building activities in their annual reports to their respective governing bodies

Similarly, for the boards of subsidiary companies, it is not uncommon for non executive directors to be employees of the parent firm or some other subsidiary related to the parent firm.

It is pointed out, however, that the Executive Committee members are already reporting to their governing bodies on progress made in this regard on an annual basis.

65. Invites the governing bodies of the organizations of the United Nations development system to consider means to strengthen their country level capacities, including through complementary measures at their headquarters