It will serve as a useful reference point in our deliberations.

Point of problem assistance may be offered by moveable reference kiosks near conference and meeting areas, as well as by telephone and virtual reference help desk teams.

But the most serious thing is that the report, if approved, would further accentuate the imbalances that serve as its reference point and its starting point.

They serve as a framework and reference point for the work of OHCHR on the issue of trafficking.

We begin this debate taking the model presented by the group of four as our point of reference.

There is just one reference point, which is the body.

The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy was mentioned as a reference point for the debate.

A fair system will require agreement on the quality and quantity of information used as the reference point for the review.

Kenya embraces the principles of the Charter, which serve as a basic reference point for the reform of the United Nations.

It could also function as a reference point for donors, promotion agencies and other international agencies in their dialogue with Governments.

Hong Kong I refer to as a kind of analog experience in a digital age, because you always have a point of reference.

With regard to the proposals for the agenda, Mr. Alfonso Martínez, noted that the reference to situations in his point 2 was not a reference to monitoring.

A focal point provides each donor with a specific reference person to whom it can direct its enquiries.

On point 4, Mr. Alfonso Martínez stated that he could not see the problem with the reference to remedies as it was a reference to the identification of appropriate remedies in the case of specific violations, but was open to alternative wording.

The mandates would then become a reference point for structuring the objectives over the short, medium and long term.

As I had no reference point for my body, I began to ask other women about their bodies in particular, their vaginas, because I thought vaginas were kind of important.

This annex is intended to be a useful point of reference during the Committee's consideration of the UK's national report.

It is an essential tool for planning and evaluating public policies for women and strengthens the SPM as a point of reference for gender issues and data about women in Brazil.

Ms. Zabolotskaya (Russian Federation) reaffirmed her delegation's view regarding the timeliness of drafting an international convention which used the draft articles on State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts as a point of reference.

In keeping with that approach, she recalled that as provided for in the Commission's terms of reference, its mandate was not only to formulate guidelines which would serve as a point of reference for Member States, but also and especially to promote the progressive development and codification of international law through the drafting of international conventions.

The instruction of African heads of State is to ask that the draft resolution be submitted with a view to serving as a reference point for negotiation with other Member States and interested groups.

So having now a Neanderthal genome on hand as a reference point and having the technologies to look at ancient remains and extract the DNA, we can begin to apply them elsewhere in the world.

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And that, to me, was a reference point that I think I needed to have to be able to make the work that I did.

Point in the project activity lifetime at which reference values are to be applied (decision 17 CP.7, paragraph 6 (c), (i), (ii) and (iii))

The objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to which we fully subscribe, are a point of reference for developmental strategies and for assessing progress.

Experiences gained and lessons learned from the first year of the implementation in 2003 are being complemented by the Quality Support and Assurance system, which supports UNCTs at the regional level as a first point of reference.

Ending the construction and dismantling those settlements are obligations under the road map, which is and remains the indisputable point of reference for carrying out the peace process.

Reference organizations and specialized networks are consulted as well if necessary.

Today, however, the EU is the last point of reference as far as prosperity is concerned. According to the Pew survey, EU favorability is down almost everywhere since 2007, having dropped 20 points in the Czech Republic and Spain, 19 points in Italy, and 14 points in Poland.

If we take the case of IDB and use an economy similar to the Cuban economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product and population such as Ecuador as a reference point, then Cuba could have had access to approximately 48.8 million in financing, were it not for the embargo.

as the new growth point of cooperation.

So it is easy to understand why Phelps still leads the way. Indeed, we can expect his new theoretical framework to become a reference point in a decade or two.

The report of the Secretary General In larger freedom towards development, security and human rights for all (A 59 2005) provided a well noted point of reference in that regard.

MINUGUA verification reports were an important reference point for participants in the 2002 2003 Consultative Group meetings, which focused national and international attention on the implementation of the peace agreements.

Previously, timeliness had been measured against the starting date of the session, whereas, under the slotting system, the reference point was the date on which documents were due for consideration.

We believe that although the Secretary General's report may not be exhaustive, it is, we stress, an important reference point in our progress towards the reforms needed by the United Nations.

The curriculum framework forms a reference point for educational actions to be implemented in all of the Police Academies in the country, in compliance with the National Plan for Public Security.

So let's take this as our starting point.

The descriptions are intended solely as a starting point for the discussions and to identify important issues that the discussion panels may wish to consider, in particular by reference to the annual reports of the Secretary General on oceans and the law of the sea.

However, the inclusion of new areas of assistance such as those related to the SPC mandates has implications from the point of view of human and financial resources, particularly for projects that are shaped around narrow terms of reference, limited budgets and short term timetables.

(ii) Coordinated Universal Time as the time reference for the date of launch

Such reference points are not as vulnerable to distortion or subjective evaluation as are vague, general formulas.

Central and Eastern Europe after 1989, though a very interesting reference point for analysts of the Arab revolutions, is not an appropriate reference point, because the region s new domestic and foreign order resulted from the change in external conditions stemming from the collapse of Soviet power. Internally, nearly all of these countries had a very clear idea about what they wanted democracy, freedom, a market economy, and protection from the return of the Russian empire.

(b) Acting as a focal point for external relations