Draft article 13 Other legal persons

Mr. Mitrović (Serbia and Montenegro) said that draft articles 1 and 18 contemplated four possible legal regimes of application of the draft convention.

The variability of the draft convention's scope of application could entail legal uncertainty for the sector.

The understandings did not, therefore, share equal legal status with the provisions of the draft Convention.

Such a provision would enhance legal certainty regarding the scope of application of the draft convention.

It was therefore crucial that the text of the draft protocol should leave no room for legal ambiguity.

The legal protection available to personnel must therefore be strengthened, and completion of the draft protocol must be a priority.

His delegation also supported the deletion of draft paragraph 1 (c), since it would create a situation of legal uncertainty.

In 2002, the Office of Human Resources Management forwarded to the Office of Legal Affairs for review a draft job description of a proposed legal position at the United Nations Office at Nairobi.

Legal clarity was crucial for the future implementation of the draft protocol in domestic courts and for universal accession to the instrument.

She trusted that the draft convention would achieve the same goal of legal certainty at the international level, thereby encouraging international trade.

Needless to say, the adoption of the draft Convention would constitute a major achievement providing States and their courts with greater legal certainty.

Benin had no legal text that defined sexual harassment in the workplace, although mention was made of it in the draft Criminal Code.

In particular, the addition of the word implicitly in draft article 3 would create legal uncertainty Mr. Burman (United States of America) said that there seemed to be a consensus in favour of keeping the draft article unchanged.

It would not only afford legal certainty to courts but would also obviate the need for a large number of exclusions under draft article 18, paragraph 2, resulting in a tattered patchwork of reservations to the draft convention.

The ongoing negotiations on the two draft conventions before the Committee could provide a wider legal basis for a more effective global response to terrorism.

The Ad Hoc Committee, focusing its attention on the expansion of the scope of legal protection under the Convention, had considered a text submitted by the Chairman of a draft protocol expanding the scope of legal protection under the Convention.

Whether an electronic communication that fulfilled the requirement of a signature has legal validity is to be settled under the law applicable outside the draft convention.

Other delegations noted that as, in the case of the work on prevention, the final version of the draft principles should take the form of draft articles, noting that such an approach laid the foundations for a binding legal text.

Draft paragraph 3 (b) was not intended to confer legal validity on an electronic signature but simply to make it the functional equivalent of a handwritten signature.

Kazakhstan calls for an early agreement on the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism in order to develop further an integrated legal mechanism to counter international terrorism.

Approval was expressed for the legal position, expressed in draft article 2, positing the exercise of diplomatic protection as a right, and not a duty, of States.

The fact that the draft principle, in contrast to existing liability regimes, accords the right of compensation to both natural and legal persons, including States, was welcomed.

Upon review of the negotiated draft agreement, the Office of Legal Affairs instructed the Tribunal to incorporate additional provisions and to renegotiate some aspects of the agreement.

Some additional wording such as the final sentence of draft paragraph 1 had been suggested by the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs.

Mr. Mitrović (Serbia and Montenegro) said that his delegation was opposed to the inclusion of draft paragraph 16 bis, which raised a whole array of legal questions.

The first non paper, a proposed addition to draft article 18 in the form of an additional paragraph which would carry the number 5, addressed the issue of the delineation of the legal regime under the draft Convention and under international humanitarian law.

Having been approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs, the draft was presented to the Prime Minister and submitted to the Council of Ministers for a decision.

In response to this, the Legislation and Legal Affairs Department has produced a draft National Ordinance on Childcare, which introduces compulsory licensing for the operators of daycare centres.

b. Considerations relating to the relationship between the terms of the preliminary draft protocol and the rights and obligations of States under the legal regime applicable to outer space

b. Considerations relating to the relationship between the terms of the preliminary draft protocol and the rights and obligations of States under the legal regime applicable to outer space

The Chairman noted that although commentaries were not legal documents, they were highly regarded and would influence the decisions of judges who were required to interpret the draft convention.

With regard to the validity of electronic contracts, article 8 of the draft convention, Legal recognition of electronic communications , sets out the currently accepted principle according to which a contract may not be denied legal validity on the sole ground that it has been concluded electronically.

Involvement in the preparation of draft normative legal acts and in the conclusion and execution of international agreements on prevention of the legalization of income and the financing of terrorism

A draft of the report was made available for review to the Office of Legal Affairs and other Secretariat units mentioned in it dissenting views are reproduced below in italics.

Ms. Taj El Dine (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) said that, although her delegation would join the consensus in adopting the draft resolution in the interest of extending the scope of legal protection to United Nations and associated personnel in situations of exceptional risk, it wished to make an interpretative declaration concerning three aspects of the draft resolution and the annexed draft optional protocol.

Mr. Boulet (Belgium) said that his delegation also wished to keep the text of the draft article unchanged since it set out a clear legal rule governing the validity of electronic signatures.

If parties chose to derogate from the draft convention's provisions on form requirements, they should be free to do so, since the underlying legal requirements would be set forth in domestic law.

The General Legal Division revised the draft amendment, incorporating in it suggested criteria for the application of the provision the amendment has now been adopted as section 9.8 of the Procurement Manual.

In any event the following draft article consists of a reservation of the legal effects of binding decisions of the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Pursuant to this Act, a draft law was prepared on amending and supplementing the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Belarus concerning the provision of international legal assistance in criminal matters .

Since member countries of the Commonwealth share a common legal tradition, the Common Law, the Secretariat felt it would be useful to draft model legislative provisions that countries can adapt to their use.

The draft convention is designed primarily to remove legal obstacles to electronic commerce that may result from form requirements relating to commercial contracts that were concluded prior to the development of electronic communications.

Legal reforms or the adoption of a family legal code can provide legal protection to families and their children.

They don't want legal distinctions between legal and illegal sharing.