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... quality standard in terms of AQA andthe process to establish this standard has provided a possible model for thedevelopmentof future air quality standards The SABS standard setting initiative ... trends and emerging issues as well as constraints and challenges The CSD also invited the Secretariat ofthe Commission to improve on reporting guidelines and questionnaires with the intention of ... ofissues CSD 11 further encouraged countries to provide national reports, on a voluntary basis, for every review session on the thematic clusters ofissues reflecting the overall progress, trends...
... purposes In these circumstances it has been possible to assess the training outcomes in relation to institutional key results areas and to estimate the returns on training investments UN System ... on the performance of institutions and services The critical message emerging from these assumptions and assertions is the importance of constructing a ‘performance story’ based on key milestones ... benefits and impact requires a solid partnership between the recipients, the providers andthe sponsors ofthe fellowship programme As mentioned earlier, one ofthe key weaknesses ofthe UN fellowship...
... international environmental NGOs Private local business clans and families individuals private sector businesses business associations regional business associations international associations of businesses ... resources The resources assembled by governments and stakeholders will largely affect the success of national responses to the DESD The most crucial element to the Decade s success is the scope ... global issuesof sustainability that affect individual nationsand communities are at the heart of ESD These issues come from the three spheres of sustainable development – environment, society and...
... its responsiveness to the requirements of programmes and legislative mandates, and monitor the effectiveness ofthe systems of internal control oftheOrganization (General Assembly resolution ... relationships ofthe ISDR secretariat The existing SGB on the organizational structure of OCHA still indicates the long- since abolished secretariat ofthe IDNDR as a part of OCHA In the absence ofthe ... involves both planning for and building resilience to disaster risks as well as strengthening preparedness to disasters—that is, across both the sustainable developmentand humanitarian assistance...
... UnitedNations Assistance Mission in Rwanda Second UnitedNations Assistance Mission in Rwanda UnitedNations Mission in Sierra Leone UnitedNations Aouzou Strip Observer Group UnitedNations Angola ... Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea UnitedNations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina UnitedNations Mission in Haiti UnitedNations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo UnitedNations Mission ... Nations Observer Group in Lebanon UnitedNations Observer Mission in Georgia UnitedNations Observer Mission in Liberia UnitedNations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone UnitedNations Observer Mission...
... themselves in a position of powerlessness within the household of their husband s family, with no clear access to friends ofthe same age or other sources of support This powerlessness means they ... non-profit organizations Others will be requested to pay a small fee Commentaries represent the personal views ofthe authors and not necessarily reflect positions oftheUnitedNations Children s ... Needs Assessment (PDNA) process Childfriendly focus group discussions were held throughout nine ofthe country s departments Adolescents and youth who took part raised issuesof gender, disability,...
... recorded in the financial account ofthe domestic sectors as increases (decreases) in assets, andthe counterparts are recorded as decreases (increases) in assets ofthe rest ofthe world F.201 Special ... Gross domestic investment Gross private domestic investment Domestic business Nonfinancial corporate business Nonfinancial noncorporate business Financial business Households and institutions ... issued pool securities and privately issued CMOs (3) Net issuance less net acquisition of corporate bonds held as assets (4) Receivables from operating leases, such as consumer automobile leases,...
... host response In order to understand the diagnostic reliability of an assay or series of assays, it is important to understand the intended use ofthe assay, or “fitness for purpose”, and then evaluate ... highly specific assays used in differential diagnosis of clinical disease, assays used in management designed to minimize the risk of transmission of a sub-clinical disease will often sacrifice specificity ... ofthe elected Commissions These Commissions include the Administrative Commission, four Specialist Technical Commissions (The Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission or "Code Commission”;...
... focuses on the specific purposes and methods ofthe Convention The first ofthe main clauses ofthe Preamble (Bearing in mind ) suggests that the CISG is consistent with the broad objectives of ... Convention: the purchase of a camera by a professional photographer for use in his business; the purchase of a piece of soap or other toiletries by a business for the personal use of its employees; the ... produced.2 This means that the sale of such goods is subject to the provisions ofthe Convention as much as the sale of ready-made goods.3 This aspect ofthe Conventions sphere of application is, however,...
... and Cultural Institutions Uganda Bureau of Statistics UnitedNationsUnitedNations Joint Action on AIDS UnitedNationsDevelopment Assistance Framework UnitedNationsDevelopment Programme United ... Eduction, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, National Curriculum Development Centre, Uganda AIDS Commission, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, andthe Offices ofthe First Lady of Uganda andofthe Nabagereka ... 1995 ofthe General Assembly oftheUnitedNationsandthe standard letter of agreement between Government of Uganda and UNDP of 29 April 1977 provide the basis ofthe relationship between the...
... permanent crossings shall conform with the General Standards contained in the latest version ofthe Massachusetts River and Stream Crossing Standards: Technical Guidelines For the loss of less than ... with the scale and purpose ofthe proposed activity, the impacts ofthe proposed activity, andthe classification, designation and existing uses ofthe affected wetlands and waters in the Surface ... purpose ofthe proposed activity, the impacts ofthe proposed activity, andthe classification, designation and existing uses ofthe affected wetlands and waters in the Surface Water Quality Standards...
... because they are parts ofthe same document,- but also because they arose from the same historical circumstances and prior law, address the same subject in the same words, and 85/ bespeak a consistent ... meaning, and delegates the same powers to the Government, and reserves and secures the same rights and privileges to the citizen; and as long as it continues to exist in its present form, it speaks ... consistent purpose and policy.-1 The purpose and policy ofthe monetary powers and disabilities The pupose ofthe monetary powers and disabilities is "to preclude us from the embarrassme·nts of a perpetually...
... Discussion Pensioners access to health The pensioners travel various distances to reach the nearest health services Since chronic diseases are a source of stress to the elderly, without a source ... effects ofthe new pension on the lives ofthe recipients All Faculties were involved in the study The Faculty of Health Sciences was tasked with studying the impact ofthe pension on access to food ... Pensioners’ names, sex, age and places of residence were obtained from the Pensions office ofthe Ministry of Finance in Maseru which is the capital town in the country Ten subareas across the...
... three sets of analyses: (1) assessing the relaxation s potential impact on public security and safety incidents; (2) assessing its impact on the ability oftheUnited States Postal Inspection Service ... (ISE) The mission of RAND Infrastructure, Safety, andEnvironment is to improve the development, operation, use, and protection of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and ... 32; USPS, 2008a) The Role oftheUnited States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security The Mailbox Rule The focus of this monograph is the USPS s monopoly access to the mailbox, known as the...
... trans) into the host Rb sphaeroides DQ x/g, deprived ofthe chromosomal copy ofthe puf operon Table Bacterial strains and plasmids The plasmid host strain in all the cases was Rb sphaeroides DQ ... further by subjecting part ofthe Fig SDS/PAGE on sucrose gradient-isolated core complexes The proteins ofthe PMC3 bands isolated from the sucrose gradients (see Fig 4) were subjected to SDS/PAGE ... truncated series To obtain the strains with the mutated PufX protein reported in Table 1, two sets of plasmids were constructed The first series consists of a progressive deletion at the N-terminus,...