Scholarships are based on academic performance purely on the basis of open merit.

But the idea has a merit. The idea has a merit.

This, however, should be viewed in the overall context of considering a sufficiently broad basis to merit listing the chemicals in Annex III or removing them from it.

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

There is merit to this practice.

Minister Second Class (merit), June 2000

All these aspects merit keen attention.

Further, Governments are requested to ensure, in accordance with article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that all young people have equal access to higher education, on the basis of merit and not of ability to pay.

However, we also recognize the merit of paragraph 24 (b).

The main criterion is merit and qualifications.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

The final selection is based entirely upon merit regardless of gender.

The IMF s response to its new mission of assessing global imbalances will thus test its battered political legitimacy. At its spring meeting, the Fund failed to commit itself to choosing its head on the basis of merit, regardless of nationality, and it did not ensure that voting rights are allocated on a more limited legitimate basis.

True, the cabinet is being reshuffled to elevate younger ministers. But the process points to a continuation of the tradition whereby most ministers are appointed on the basis of their loyalty to the Gandhi family rather than their merit and accomplishments.

It is not utterly absurd, therefore, that voters want to like the look of their presidents, quite apart from the merit of their policies. Choosing the country s most powerful politician on the basis of his presentability on television might seem arbitrary, even frivolous.

Rather, the appellant has an erroneous or different understanding of its merit.

FCN treaties merit special examination as a changing area of international law.

Members of CEB are not quite clear about the merit of this recommendation.

Accordingly, this aspect of the communication should be dismissed for lack of merit.

Alternatively, this aspect of the communication should also be dismissed as lacking merit.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

We believe that the proposed measures merit our serious consideration.

The proposal for a standing fund for peacebuilding has merit.

Reforms to patronage systems most often produce bureaucratic merit systems.

To be sure, Deng recognized some of the pathologies of the party state. With leadership positions allocated often for life on the basis of personal connections, rather than merit, he understood that the system suffered from gross inefficiency, risk aversion, and a lack of technical expertise.

The constructive proposals in the draft resolution merit the support of the international community.

The decision to establish child protection task teams also has merit.

We agree that they merit a proper place in our system.

The other proposals either are for preserving the status quo or, even if they acknowledge merit in the group of four logic favouring an expansion in both categories, seek to achieve expansion on a narrow and restricted basis, without elaborating on either intent or content.

Disarmament conventions merit the support of all States, small or large, nuclear or non nuclear.

Several delegations indicated that topics A, B and C all had merit.

Repetitive this may sound but these agreed parameters merit repetition and reiteration.

2.12 On 11 March, the Trial Court dismissed the motion for reconsideration for lack of merit.

The guiding principle is merit and relevance of the officer to the international meeting or conference.

Such merit is usually understood to be academic achievement, a combination of talent and training. This is measured by academic degrees, which in turn are graded on merit A, B, C, D, or First, Upper Second, Lower Second, Third.

The court decreed that admission to medical colleges should be on open merit.

Many exercise this option and the courts consider and decide such cases on merit.

Among other possible standardized principles are concepts of a unified, standardized civil service system based on principles of merit.

(a) That are based on principles of efficiency, transparency and objective criteria such as merit, equity and aptitude

Constitutional Provisions Article 37, clauses b and c state The State shall (b) remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within the minimum possible period (c) make technical and professional education generally available and higher education accessible to all on the basis of merit. These provisions are non discriminatory.