Draft overarching policy strategy

Draft overarching policy strategy

The essential features of the current draft policy are as follows.

Revised Draft Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (Revised Draft OP 4.10) (for the full text, please see web site http www.worldbank.org)

My team has also provided the OCG with comments on a draft ICT policy document.

In addition, the draft Principles encourage IMF to implement fully its lending into arrears (LIA) policy.

An intergovernmental policy working group has been established at MMD to draft policies on disability issues.

I have recently provided comments on a draft policy, which has been compiled by the Secretariat.

The draft publications policy will be discussed with Bureaux and submitted to the Senior Management Committee.

The World Bank discussed the revision of its policy on indigenous peoples (conversion of Operational Directive (OD) 4.20 to draft Operational Policy (OP) Bank Procedures (BP) 4.10).

The Bank's draft policy was open for comments and concerns before its final adoption by the Board.

Delegations welcomed the focus on transition at both the operational and strategic policy levels, particularly in the draft MTSP.

The secretariat has also prepared a draft access policy for presentation to the Governing Council at its next session.

UNCTAD also prepared a draft agreement for regional competition policy for member States of the South African Customs Union (SACU).

Its draft operational policy and strategic framework supported participatory approaches and required consent, particularly on projects that would have adverse impacts.

However, it was pointed out that draft article 8 of the draft instrument was not a conflict of conventions provision, but rather reflected a policy decision to allow certain provisions of other international instruments to apply to land carriage under the draft instrument.

When we began to draft social policy for young people in Nicaragua, we tried to ensure that we did so while making those policies part of other national social policies and, ultimately, overall State policy.

A draft policy paper was discussed at the public hearing, made available on the website for public comment and finalized in September 2003.

Treasury planned to draft a policy statement which was to be reviewed together with the Comptroller's Division by the second quarter of 2005.

UNOPS is in the process of developing a pricing model with the aim of having a draft policy on fees by June 2005.

The Ministry also chaired a working group that aimed to define the country's security policy and, in turn, produce draft legislation, strategies and plans.

In addition, a draft annex to the policy paper, concerning an analysis of referrals and communications, has been posted on the website for comment.

In Africa, the strategic partnership of UNIFEM with the Inter Governmental Authority for Development led to the endorsement of a regional gender policy by ministers of gender, and to the preparation of a draft gender policy in the Sudan.

The purpose of the draft resolution was to reaffirm the support of the General Assembly for the High Commissioner's Office while providing it with policy guidelines.

It was developing a comprehensive policy and legislation to address the financing of terrorism within the context of its draft money laundering and proceeds of crime bill.

Last year Canada changed its vote on four of the annual Middle East draft resolutions so that they more closely reflect Canadian policy towards the Middle East.

However, we wish to express our reservation about the second preambular paragraph of the draft resolution which is the reason why we decided not to sponsor it although the draft resolution is fully in line with our commitment and our domestic policy.

In the Commentary to draft article 69 of the report to the General Assembly, the Commission adopted a rather different tone and introduced a strong element of policy

Paragraph 4 of draft resolution A AC.109 2004 L.7, which was before the Committee, amounted in fact to recognizing the legality of such colonialist processes and policy.

At the request of the Committee, the secretariat made available for comment the revised draft overarching policy strategy contained in annex VII to the report of the second session.

That the revised draft policy shifted the burden of proof for broad community support from the borrowing Government to the staff and management of the Bank, was a significant development.

While his delegation had no fundamental objection to the disconnection clause, it did not consider its incorporation in the draft convention as sound policy in the field of electronic commerce.

New draft laws on languages, on the concept of ethno national policy and on the restoration of the rights of persons deported on the basis of nationality were currently being prepared.

However, the view was also expressed that, unlike the duties in draft article 13 (1)(a) and (b), the duty in draft article 13 (1)(c) was not a public policy and general security issue and that therefore its application should be left to the freedom of the parties.

The necessary policy statement on fraud prevention has been incorporated in the revised draft of the Procurement Manual and was to be released by the end of the second quarter of 2005.

The draft resolution was not intended to be a final and comprehensive policy decision on the future financing of DDR activities and did not prejudice the future budgets of other relevant peacekeeping operations.

Similarly the National Health Policy and the National Education Policy also involved NGOs not only at the policy formulation but also policy implementation phase.

In this context, the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized regional consultative meetings on the draft convention that brought together Government and civil society representatives.

The draft Principles benchmark the effectiveness of insolvency and creditor rights systems and offer guidance to policymakers on the policy choices required to establish or strengthen a functional system for healthy debtor creditor relations.

The various themes of the framework included trade policy, competition policy, investment policy, tax policy, corporate governance, public governance, infrastructure development and human resources development.

It is intended next to invite the Committee to turn its attention to the draft overarching policy strategy (SAICM PREPCOM.3 3), taking up each section in sequence. The draft has been updated since the second session of the Committee on the basis of proposals made by regional groups and in individual submissions.

Draft decisions and draft placeholder decisions

In the past two years some significant policy instruments have been introduced, such as the Governmental Water Resource Policy (2004), the National Policy for Integral Solid Waste Management (2004), the National Environmental Education Policy (2004), the National Fire Management Policy (2005) and the Soil Conservation Policy (ongoing).

Fiscal policy was left as the only countercyclical policy option.

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