In addition, there are other types of preferential retirement pensions that involve circumstances such as living conditions (the high mountain Murgab Rayon in the Pamirs) or disabilities such as pituitary dwarfism or group 1 vision impairment.

I am obliged to applaud President Hugo Chávez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for his timely Petrocaribe initiative on the export of oil and associated energy products on very favourable terms to the Caribbean.

Moreover, in an electoral system in which two representatives are elected for each district, the minority has a clear advantage. Many Chileans today are demanding a radical change towards a proportional electoral system.

Our country continues to provide a preferential customs tariff regime for goods produced in African countries.

Countries that sign these agreements get preferential treatment over all others.

It would seem that UNESCO also gives preferential treatment to local sourcing as deliberate policy.

Similarly, loans for economic development should be extended at a concessionary interest rate with a long term payback schedule.

Venezuela has a deal to sell Uruguay up to 40,000 barrels of oil a day under preferential terms.

Mauritius illustrated the need for a preferential and differentiated treatment of small island developing States that export commodities.

Responses to those issues necessitated corrective price mechanisms and preferential terms in the area of investment.

Sri Lanka is the only country, along with Malaysia, with affirmative action for the majority ethnic community.

Under the Economic Complementarities Agreement 22 between Chile and Bolivia, Chile granted preferential access to Bolivia for some 500 customs tariff lines and Bolivia granted preferential access to Chile for about 480 tariff lines.

Second, the IMF s heavy involvement in the prolonged euro crisis looked like preferential treatment of Europe and Europeans.

Violence against women was a flagrant violation of their fundamental political rights and of international humanitarian law, hence women in situations involving armed conflict must be given preferential treatment.

By issuing preferred shares with warrants (options), one reduces the public s downside risk and ensures that they participate in some of the upside potential.

The Federal Court of Appeal concluded that the applicant had been subjected to differential treatment on the basis that she was Indian and worked on a reserve.

For example, the Government of China is promoting outward FDI by providing loans on preferential terms, tax rebates and investment insurance.

The most significant changes occur when individuals at one end of a trait s value are heavily favored, pushing the entire population in that direction.

His stay in an immigration detention centre has been marked by preferential treatment and Government spokespersons were time and again forced to resort to verbal gymnastics to avoid using the word terrorist to describe him.

The euro notes feature bridges as they appeared throughout Europe in various epochs, rather than images of actual structures that might seem to imply preferential regard for some countries.

The 2000 Conference had recognized the need to give preferential treatment to developing countries in all activities designed to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Among the specific areas mentioned were preferential market access transfer of technology and capacity flexibilities for small economies to use subsidies and lower tariff reduction commitments.

Similarly, differential treatment on the ground of pregnancy was prohibited by law with rare exceptions (for example, where a particular job could not be performed during pregnancy on a short term employment contract).

It believes that NPT parties in compliance with the Treaty should receive preferential treatment over non NPT parties in regard to assistance to their peaceful nuclear programs.

This petition concerned early retirement arrangements for the Fund's employees, providing preferable benefits to male employees up to the age of 65, whilst granting female employees these benefits only up to the age of 60.

The US led public relations blitzkrieg of euphemism has already begun, with US Assistant Trade Representative Wendy Cutler describing the latest PTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership, as a high standard agreement.

The undisclosed deal is believed to grant Turkey substantial concessions to explore new oil and gas fields in northern Iraq, as well as preferential rates for energy exports to Turkey.

Affirmative action legislation and policies are needed to allow women to catch up with men, economically, politically and socially and this requires giving women favourable treatment in a number of fields.

We hope that the Doha round will focus on development, will place priority on concerns of developing countries such as implementation issues, agricultural product subsidies and special but differentiated treatment and will conclude at an early date.

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

It is bordered by Diana to the north, Sofia to the west, and Analanjirofo to the south.

The view from the male side of the population is that the legal framework has given equal opportunity, and employment on merit to all, and to have policies that have preferential treatment over one portion of the population is discriminatory (Bebe, 2003).

Expresses appreciation for IDB efforts to accord preferential treatment to companies and contractors from Member States in the implementation of projects financed by the Bank and calls upon IDB to intensify its efforts in this field.

It is located in the district of Siegen Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region.

Given South Korea s status as one of the world s top five nuclear power producers, Chun argued, the South Korean public would not tolerate the perception that Japan was receiving preferential treatment.

The Elderly can enjoy preferential services, such as check ups and treatment at medical centers and provision of free health insurance for people over 90 years old in accordance with Decree 120 2003 CP of the Government.

The representative indicated that women had firmly occupied their social position and had been a force in the promotion of the social and economic development of the country, owing to satisfactory legislation and policies on gender equality and to preferential treatment.

Gatang is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Establishment of a nuclear weapons free zone in the region of the Middle East

Establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East

CARICOM member States have, at several world summits and conferences, stressed the need for special and differential treatment for small island developing States due, in great part, to our vulnerability to natural disasters.

The ruling dealt with early retirement arrangements for the Fund's employees, which provided preferable benefits to male employees up to the age of 65, whilst granting female employees these provisions benefits only up to the age of 60.

The franc zone is, in fact, an appendage of the French economy.

Establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East