The case came to light when the contributor inquired about the receipt of the cheque.

The Committee queried whether there were ongoing efforts to identify posts that could be converted to national staff.

The Advisory Committee queried this treatment which, prima facie, appears somewhat unusual.

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The Committee inquired about the unit cost of some of the equipment being proposed as mentioned, the Committee intends to look into the whole question of procurement for peace keeping operations.

Ms. Dairiam enquired as to the status of implementation of the national plan to promote equal opportunities for women.

Ms. Gabr asked what the Government's view was on the role of women in economic, social and cultural activities.

I.55 The Advisory Committee enquired as to progress achieved in the development of a cost accounting system for conference services.

Ms. Saiga enquired whether regulations existed to set the minimum age of employment.

Upon enquiry, the Committee received limited information on a possible role for individual entities of the United Nations system.

I.18 In the course of discussions on the Offices of the Directors General, the Advisory Committee enquired as to measures to ensure accountability.

In particular, the Committee queried over expenditures for office and data processing equipment in view of the non deployment of staff.

Ms. Popescu enquired what steps the Government was taking to address the problem of illiteracy among women.

In particular, they have queried the ability of agencies to execute projects, the suitability of project objectives and the absence of performance measures.

Ms. Bokpé Gnacadja enquired as to the composition of the National Coordination Committee, the institutions represented on it, the nature of its programmes and activities and their impact on society.

Lastly, she enquired about the success of the newly adopted Children's Act 2005, and about its provisions with regard to female genital mutilation.

Ms. Tan enquired about the impact of Law 66 96 on sexual violence which had been in effect for six years.

The family has made repeated inquiries to the military in Dili and recently sought help from Indonesia apos s National Commission on Human Rights.

Upon inquiry, the Advisory Committee was informed that these services would be provided by the Brown and Root Services Corporation which, without a competitive bidding, was awarded a contract for a period of three months from 1 July to 30 September 1994.

Given the wide differences in the publication mechanisms of the commissions, she wondered whether any attempt been made to share information on that subject.

Ms. Khan asked whether Ireland's forthcoming Employment Permits Bill would adopt an approach that would protect the migrant worker's right to employment.

Ms. Gabr enquired about the coordination and financing of the various mechanisms that implemented national legislation aimed at achieving compliance with European standards of gender equality.

Upon enquiry, the Committee was informed that, as of June 2005, a management review of the Electoral Services Division was being carried out by the Office of Internal Oversight Services.

Concerning the internship programme, a Board member asked whether the work performed by the interns had been evaluated.

Ms. Šimonović inquired what role women had played in the preparation of the report, and requested the Government to provide in future a greater number of sex disaggregated statistics.

Lastly, she enquired as to the relationship between Vision 2020 and the National Policy for the Advancement of Gambian Women and asked whether the former included a gender equality component.

Similarly, the Timorese authorities have asked me how they can combat emerging corruption by not only strictly adhering to the rule of law but also implementing disciplinary measures.

The Advisory Committee inquired as to why such a provision had not been included in the original estimates and was informed that the original estimate had been based on the FAO experience.

Lastly, she enquired whether the Ministry was in contact with its counterparts in other African countries that had customary laws with a view to codifying such laws and bringing them into line with constitutional and statutory provisions.

Second, she enquired whether individuals who did not hold chiefly titles were eligible for election as village mayors and whether such titles could be bestowed upon individuals under the age of 21.

Ms. Tan asked whether the bilingual (Spanish Guaraní) programmes that had been introduced into the educational system had succeeded in promoting the integration of the Guaraní speaking population into the mainstream.

I.62 Upon enquiry, the Advisory Committee was informed that a total of 12,821,700 had been allocated to contractual translation in the estimates for 2006 2007, including an additional provision 3,393,100.

Ms. Miller (Jamaica) enquired about the impact of the new strategic approach on the staffing and resources of the information centres, and about webcasts on the World Summit on the Information Society and about plans to modernize the Department's equipment at Headquarters.

Furthermore, the Committee inquired whether women were being nominated in risky seats, which discouraged them from seeking election, or whether there had been negative reporting that hindered women.

In this context, the Committee also inquired when the legal aid attorney was appointed, whether he was present at the preliminary inquiry and whether the relevant depositions were made available to the attorney and, if so, when.

Welcoming the revisions in school textbooks (CEDAW C BEN 1 3, para. 5.4), she enquired about additional measures to transform mentalities through the media and to ensure the effectiveness of changes in school curricula.

Lastly, she enquired whether the Turkish Constitution or any other national law contained a definition of discrimination against women that was in line with the definition set forth in article 1 of the Convention and which encompassed direct and indirect discrimination in all fields.

In that connection, she suggested that legislation should be enacted to ensure that political parties respected the principle of non discrimination and enquired whether it would be possible to introduce an electoral list system whereby women and men would have an equal chance of being elected to office.

28. The Advisory Committee inquired into the relationship between the budgets of peace keeping operations and the regular budget in the proposed enhancement of the telecommunications system, as well as into the rationale for cost sharing between the budgets of peace keeping operations and the activities funded by the regular budget.

Regarding the process of decentralization, which made the local authorities responsible for poverty reduction at the grass roots, including among rural women, she asked what system was in place to ensure that rural women actually benefited from poverty reduction policies.

Ms. Dairiam praised the Labour Act in Croatia as amended in 2003, section 82 of which provided for equal pay for equal work, but enquired what legal remedies were available to women in cases where it was violated.

Which, she wondered, was the actual minimum age for marriage, 18 or 21?

In the course of its consideration of the 1994 1995 proposed programme budget, the Committee inquired into the level of resources not disbursed out of the total of 55.8 million shown as unliquidated obligations in the audited accounts for the 1990 1991 appropriations.

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