... conference as President of a country convinced that the purpose and meaning of development is not the sheer accumulation of wealth, but the wellbeing ofthe people and the pursuit of their happiness.” ... happiness; and the establishment of a commission of experts to elaborate the details ofthe dimensions ofthe proposed new economy to be considered by the 68th session of the General Assembly ... trust-worthiness ofthe people is very high and in which the victimization of human beings by others is ideally non-existent. The GNH index evaluates the level of giving and receiving of various gifts of...
... tragedy, so the early resolution of any doubts as to the validity of the report was a matter of great public concern. Also thereport contained very severe criticism of certain senior officers of Air ... from the general body ofthe report. But the quashing ofthe costs order because of its association with that paragraph is enough to do justice there. The position is less clear as regards the ... certain that the findings ofthe Erebus Commission would be published by the Government. The effect on the reputation of persons found guilty ofthe misconduct described in theReport was likely...
... intended to inform each other, to improve the overall quality ofthe analysis. This report presents the methodology and the results for the global track. Thereport for the case study track will ... Because ofthe complexity of modeling sectors at a global level, none ofthe sectoral models is capable of choosing the optimal timing of investments. This implies that the time-paths of investments ... separation of costs of development from those of adaptation in the EACC study), the major difference between them is the sixfold increase in the cost of coastal zone management and defense under the...
... Professionals.” The information discussed in this section ofthereport has been discussed by the group and formulated into the development ofthe handbook. Who to Assess: The Work Group ... Toward that end, several ofthe methodologies outlined in the previous section are being piloted. The purposes ofthe pilot studies include: • To test the usability ofthe nine attributes ... only the concept of assessing customer satisfaction, but also of working (through evaluation teams and the WIC) toward continuous improvement ofthe system. This is the objective of the requirement...
... function ofthe number of tumors that are ER positive rather than a function ofthe totalnumber of breast cancer events. Thus, if the expected proportion of ER-negative tumors is high, then the ability ... disease, they do show that, atleast during the duration ofthe P-1 study, the drug did not havea detrimental effect on the heart.One ofthe original aims ofthe P-1 study was to determinewhether ... levels of risk within the spectrum of risksassociated with participants in the P-1 study.Because ofthe importance of knowing whether or not the finding that tamoxifen reduces the incidence of...
... the need to provide instruments of financial security to the small savers and the debt management objective ofthe minimisation of cost of borrowings ofthe Centre and the States on the other. ... ofthe recommendations ofthe earlier Committees are available in theReportofthe Reddy Committee (2001). The recommendations and the status ofthe implementation of Reddy and Rakesh Mohan ... States ofthe Redemption Proceeds of Securities Issued to the Centre/States On the terms of reinvestments ofthe redemption proceeds of SSGS and SCGS, the Committee recommends that the reinvestments...
... the insight offered by representatives from the White House, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission, and the ... the sexual exploitation of children. From the industry perspective, while the cost of data storage has drastically fallen over the years, the true cost of retaining data comes in the form of ... There is also the risk of youth being “turned off” to authorities if they hear messages they believe to be incorrect. Other risks of scare tactics include focusing on the wrong messages to the...
... out the many ways in which the Polio Programme can contribute. To the generation that follows, the eradication of polio will not be the end ofthe timeline. It will be the beginning. What is the ... Plan’s final milestone is the cessation of all wild poliovirus transmission by the end of 2012. We discuss the status of this milestone at the conclusion of this report. When they occur, outbreaks ... Afghanistan. Polio is not just the responsibility ofthe Ministry of Public Health but of the entire Afghan Government – all have their part to play.An independent review ofthe Programme, as we recommended...
... Encourage. 25 TheFoodProfiler is a method of evaluating the nutritional quality of foods according to their potential to ‘rebalance’ or ‘unbalance’ the diet (see http://thefoodprofiler.com/). ... comparison of different company pledges and statements shows a degree of inconsistency, as shown in this report, which makes evaluation ofthe impact ofthe pledges hard to assess. Furthermore there ... effectiveness of self-regulation A series of reports have been produced showing the effectiveness of self-regulation in a number of selected countries in the European Union. The most recent report 45...
... basis points on either side ofthe mid-quote ofthe then-current NBBO. For the E-Mini, near-inside market depth includes all resting quotes within $1.00 on either side ofthe last transaction ... strategies, reported that during the decline in prices ofthe E-Mini and SPY, the E-Mini was relatively cheaper than either SPY or baskets of individual securities. These same firms reported that they ... CRISIS IN THE E-MINI The combined selling pressure from the Sell Algorithm, HFTs and other traders drove the price ofthe E-Mini down approximately 3% in just four minutes from the beginning of 2:41...
... each ofthe 40 chapters of Agenda 21 and each ofthe negotiated Conventions arising from the Earth Summit. As well, every one ofthe nine major United Nations Conferences ofthe 1990s that further ... success of national responses to the DESD. The most crucial element to the Decade’s success is the scope ofthe human resources brought together, including these enthusiastic volunteers and others ... on the DESD for several years and held its regional launch ofthe Decade in Lithuania, in March of 2005. The UNECE region has the following as the aim of their implementation strategy: “The...
... at the end of chapters in Parts III, IV, and V of this report. The subject of this report is of no small consequence to this nation. The profoundevents of and were neither bumps in the ... Development, the Oce ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency, the Oce of Fed-eral Housing Enterprise Oversight (and its successor, the Federal Housing FinanceAgency), the Oce of Thrift Supervision, the ... ∞ THE FINANCIAL CRISISINQUIRY REPORT FINAL REPORTOFTHE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES OFTHE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATESOFFICIAL GOVERNMENT EDITION THE FINANCIAL...
... Oversight Board, the Chairman ofthe IIA, the President ofthe FEI, the President ofthe NAA, the President ofthe National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, severalmembers ofthe Commission's ... Corporation, the Comptroller ofthe Currency, the Comptroller General ofthe United States, the Chairman ofthe AICPA, the Chairman ofthe Auditing Standards Board, the Chairman ofthe AICPA'sSEC ... effectiveness ofthe functions within the company that are critical to the integrity of financial reporting: the accounting function, the internal auditfunction, and the audit committee ofthe board of...
... software, to access the Internet in the first place. The first dimension is addressed in Chapter IV ofthe report, which outlines some ofthe ways in which States are restricting the flow of ... guarantees ofthe right to privacy and protection of personal data, which inhibit the dissemination of opinions and information. The Special Rapporteur is ofthe view that the arbitrary use of criminal ... continuously review the impact of their services and technologies on the right to freedom of expression of their users, as well as on the potential pitfalls involved when they are misused. The Special...