... allowed the processfor the acceptance ofthe second part ofthe 1999 amendments to theAsiaandPacific Plant ProtectionAgreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of Article IV and ... 1ARTICLE IV OFTHE APPPCFunctions ofthe Commission1. The function ofthe Commission shall include:a. the determination of procedures and arrangements necessary for the implementation ofthe Agreement and ... the introduction and spread of pests;c. the promotion of appropriate measures to prevent the introduction and spread of pests ofplants and plant products, and to control pests, including the use of integrated...
... across Asia, Table 5). 10 Peru. From here, they were introduced to the North-western Pacific coast ofthe Americas in the USA and Hawaii, and to the Eastern Atlantic coast from Carolina and ... by, amongst others, FAO, the OIE, NACA, ASEAN, SEAFDEC and the GAA have clearly defined most ofthe issues involved. With the availability of SPF and SPF/SPR stocks of P. vannamei and P. stylirostris ... 2 The designation and presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United...
... challenge. Enhancing Elderly Care Services in AsiaandthePacific Outcome Document of the Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services in Asiaandthe Pacific 21-22 January 2011, Nanjing, China ... ensuring quality health and long-term care services for older persons in Asiaandthe Pacific. I. Key gaps and challenges The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing ... designing and implementing policies and programmes towards the full realization ofthe rights of older persons. Allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of policies and...
... improves the screening of fund-seekers andthe monitoring ofthe recipients of funds, which improves the allocation of resources. Secondly, in the presence of information and transactions costs, the ... contribute to the attainment of one objective at the cost of another. Both financial development and its inclusivity are essential for achievement ofthe MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. Box 9. The Post ... and under 5 mortality rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………… 15 Figure 15: The relationship between inclusive financial development andthe HIV prevalence rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………...
... indicatorsI. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the views and policies ofthe Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they ... and Governance. Each theme is further divided into subtopics. The tables contain indicators related to a subtopic. The MDGs and themes in Parts II and III start with a brief analysis of key ... (million)Non-AsiaAsiaNote: Extrapolation and interpolation were used to estimate urbanization level and corresponding starting years for Latin America andthe Caribbean and Northern America.Sources:...
... responsible for the focus on the health of children under five years of age, and he was the leader in the definition ofthe health status and determinants indicators that framed the literature ... sanitation, and air pollution) 3. “Overview of Urbanization in Asiaandthe Near East”: trends and projections of urban growth and population density in three cities and assessment of urban poverty and ... health and a description of key characteristics ofthe health and family situations of small children living in slums in the ANE region 6. “Players and Programs”: overview ofthe key bi- and...
... confronta-tion between the Soviet Union andthe United States was the centralreality in world politics. With the end ofthe Cold War andthe disso-lution ofthe Soviet Union, the world continues ... interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threatsover the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. If the strategic views of China and the United ... result of agreementswith the United States and unilateral actions in the aftermath of the Cold War, and partly because ofthe state ofthe Russian economy.Even if Russia had not ratified the Strategic...
... DevelopmentEconomics, 1996 (Washington, DC: The World Bank).Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker. The Decline andthe Fall ofthe Great FinancialDynasties. The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: ... output stabilizes the flow of funds that firms need to re-appropriate at the end ofthe circuit process. In terms ofthe CTF model discussed above, the largerole ofthe state in the financial sector ... position and counterparties, on their side, might consider for them unnecessary to further assess the riskiness ofthe bank. Finally, the inadequacy ofthe static accounting framework, underpinningthe...
... understand the lyrics ofthe original song and they make comparison, they mainlyrecognize that major of covered songs are not as good as the original ones. Hence, they maylook down on the musicians, ... a lot of singers“borrow” foreign songs without “permission” of authors and then they said those are theirsongs. Furthermore a lot of people don’t really understand about Music cover, they just ... types of students in other university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research. The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread of...
... one ofthe two less successfuldid improve on par with the average ofthe otherfour, but the other unsuccessfu l plant actuallyexperienced a reduction of productivity of 20%. (The six plants ... Furthermore, the will to compete, with other shifts and other plants, also appears to be a motivator. In a sense, the lack of communication in the unsuccessful plants also highlights a lack of ... chain of hotels or super-markets, a software vendor or a consulting com-pany, regardless ofthe nature of knowledge. The method of analysis is generalization to theory, and given the level of...
... may provide the competent authorities the authority to inform the rightholder ofthe names and addresses ofthe consignor, the importer andthe consignee, and of the quantity ofthe goods in ... activities as the exchange of experience and training of staff, and have the aim of strengthening the legislative and regulatory framework in the field of intellectual propertylaw, strengthening the administration ... taken ofthe knowledge ofthe trademark in the relevant sector ofthe public, includingknowledge in the Party's territory obtained as a result ofthe promotion ofthe trademark.Neither...
... re-evaluation ofthe role of BCGvaccination in the prevention and control of TB in the United States. CDC, the AdvisoryCouncil for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), andthe Advisory Committee ... Control and Prevention. The role of BCG vaccine in the pre-vention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and ... BCG, andthe skin-test results of such persons are used to support orexclude the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection. A diagnosis of M. tuberculosisinfection andthe use of preventive therapy...
... Pr. Then one ofthe following oc-curs:(i) One has 3 r 9 and X is eithera. the image ofthe blow-up of P2at 9 − r suitable points, mapped toPrvia the linear system of cubics through the ... 3.3) and let G = GXbe its associated graph. We denote by• V : the (indexed) set of vertices of G;• v : the cardinality of V , i.e. the number of irreducible components of X;• E : the set of ... points of X along γ off the Zappatic singularities of X;• dγ= deg(Dγ);• dX the total number of double points of X off the Zappatic singularities of X. The main result of this section is the...