Regular contacts were maintained with this Department throughout the reporting period.

There were no reports of decreasing abuse, but some African countries reported a stable situation.

The investigation lasted for four months and resulted in a report which was made available in 1997.

24hour call, do you understand? Yes, sir.

A progress report on the abolition and maintenance of the death penalty throughout the world had been drawn up.

Several States (73 per cent) reported adoption of measures to remove bank secrecy impediments to criminal investigations that was a similar proportion compared with the second reporting period (72 per cent) and the first (only 57 per cent).

There are plans to maintain an ongoing dialogue on this topic and close collaboration between the project partners.

29. A total of 44 States and territories have reported that they have maintenance programmes for drug addicts.

Bulgaria unreservedly supports the philosophy of the report, concurs with its analysis of the challenges facing us and welcomes the solutions it proposes.

And then they did a recent report I thought was fascinating.

Suspicious transaction reports are important as a means of ensuring customer due diligence in identifying potential money laundering activities.

Half of the countries reported either a decrease or a stabilization of abuse, while an equal number of countries reported an increase.

In the majority of the regions, States responded positively to over 75 per cent of the questions and have more or less kept that level during the three reporting periods.

34. About half (15) of the States and territories that reported details on their maintenance programmes said that the programmes were supposed to continue for a long time or indefinitely.

About one half of the States replying to the questionnaires (48 per cent for the third reporting period compared with a similar proportion (49 per cent) for the second and 43 for the first) reported that their authorities maintained statistical data on prosecutions for money laundering offences.

Since the release of the previous report, the identity of one such previously confidential source has been disclosed.

The Committee also recommends that, in his next comprehensive report on the subject, the Secretary General report on the criteria for admission to the vendor roster, approval and removal procedures and methods to maintain an active vendor roster.

Thirty four per cent of the States replying to the questionnaire reported that they kept such data, against 38 per cent for the second reporting period.

Mr. Saeed (Sudan) said that Special Rapporteurs should be neutral and objective.

UNHCR informed the Special Rapporteurs that they would maintain a policy of continued vigilance in the Shabunda region and follow the developments.

Note Baseline first reporting period (1998 2000) F1 first follow up (second reporting period (2000 2002)) F2 second follow up (third reporting period (2002 2004)).

The Special Rapporteur and the Government exchanged views and agreed to continue to maintain a dialogue on the issue.

Money laundering was an extraditable offence in most of the States reporting in the third period (72 per cent, compared with 75 per cent in the second period and 65 per cent in the first).

Most States (73 per cent) reported having had proceeds of drug trafficking frozen, seized or confiscated.

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The Committee expands on this issue in its general report on peacekeeping operations.

The Special Rapporteur had kept an open mind when preparing the list, which therefore included categories that he himself did not support.

I would like to underscore that we will remain vigilant on these issues, particularly through the quarterly reports that the Secretary General will continue to provide to the Security Council.

(vi) Maintenance of the central reporting system to provide support for the user areas responsible for the development of reports by facilitating optimal access to data and ensuring that the reporting facility evolves, taking into account modern technology and new requirements at all duty stations.

30. The reasons given for starting the programmes were several, but they may be divided into three main categories

Over the past years, the political regime in Viet Nam continued to be stable (see previous reports).

The overall security situation in the country remained stable during the period under review.

The first thing to do is to prepare a statement.

Provide for effective, credible reporting that can feed into local, national and international reporting for sustainable development

The protection of vulnerable populations remained a key priority during the reporting period.

A report on the overview of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations would be useful even though it had not been mandated.

The Special Rapporteur also transmitted one newly reported individual case.

Uzbekistan supports the report's observation that one of the main purposes of the Organization is to protect human rights.

Since the country was not required to submit reports to treaty monitoring bodies during the year, the status with respect to overdue reports indicated in the report contained in document E CN.4 1998 65, paras. 12 to 18, remained unchanged.

We wish to reassure the Special Rapporteurs of our full cooperation and support.

Tell him you got some reports out of Driscoll's safe.

Say I'll wire a report.

A total of 90 States replied to the questions in section VII of the biennial reports questionnaire for the third reporting period, compared with 109 in the first reporting period and 116 in the second reporting period.

Also concerned at reports about incidents in which private individuals have been hampered in their efforts to avail themselves of procedures established under United Nations auspices for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

The Commission welcomes the information provided in the DITE Activities Report 2004 and would like to see it continued as a regular feature.