Government officials

The independent expert also met government officials, legislators, members of the judiciary and local authorities to discuss approaches to gang violence and juvenile justice.

The application of ICT in local government operations, for example by establishing electronic public information offices, has enabled local governments policymakers and public officials to better interact with the public, particularly individual citizens.

It can provide opportunities for citizen participation in local decision making, ensure the accountability of local political leaders and government officials, and promote a system of checks and balances among various levels of government. It also promotes the institutionalization of democratic culture and improves citizens' access to government supported services.

We have also decentralized Government to allow local communities to have greater say in the way they are governed and to be able to hold public officials accountable.

Nations around the world recognize the need for effective governance, and public administration structures and processes by providing opportunities for citizen participation in local decision making, ensuring accountability of local political leaders and government officials, and promoting a system of checks and balances among various levels of government.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

A truly independent judiciary will take time to establish, but some judges can be appointed and paid by and report to the central government rather than local officials. And, as in Ming China, judges and other officials could be rotated every few years.

Occasionally, China s government takes action against local officials whose crimes are considered egregious. As long as protests remain local, however, they can be managed as isolated cases that won t pose a broader challenge or spark a movement toward systemic change.

The report also commented that the financial procedures of UNICEF for the release of cash and supplies should be simplified to support timely implementation by local government officials and communities.

Chen had been sentenced to four years and three months in jail because he alienated corrupt local officials. After he served his term, the same officials funneled government funds to hire 200 thugs to punish him further by keeping him confined to his house.

It assigns responsibility for local matters to a local government.

Government officials cannot be actively involved in political activities.

The Local Government Ordinance, 2001, governs elections to the local bodies.

Women in local government councils

(b) Local officials and local partners were trained to promote the participation of local agencies, networking within or between the project sites, and to better understand rural urban migration issues

The United Nations delegation and local officials supported the creation, jointly by international donors and local stakeholders, of innovative and collaborative approaches to local economic development and community mobilization and empowerment.

Starting this year, all local officials, governors, regents and mayors are directly elected by the people.

(b) Develop systematic education and training programmes on the provisions of the Convention for all professionals working with and for children (e.g. teachers, judges, lawyers, parliamentarians, law enforcement officials, civil servants, local government officials, personnel working in institutions and places of detention for children, health personnel including psychologists and social workers).

We have 81 units of local government.

Senior government officials take their cut of opium revenues or bribes in return for keeping quiet. Perversely, some provincial governors and government officials are themselves major players in the drug trade.

During the period under review, the UNOCI Rule of Law Unit met regularly with the local judiciary, including the National Union of Magistrates and local prison officials.

British and French officials said, the US government may take the lead .

In Uganda, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened a workshop on the protection of civilians, in Kampala in September 2004, for national and local government officials, United Nations agencies, NGOs and civil society.

With so many political officials crafting crisis responses to solve local problems or to create local opportunities, how likely are they to agree on a unified international approach?

Local officials and the local population expressed gratitude for the emergency assistance received to date, but urged that longer term interventions focus on restoring their livelihood, particularly fishing.

However, the General Service Agency, which has begun to register government assets, has encountered resistance from some government officials.

Law No 22 of 1999 on Local Government and Law No 25 of 1999 on Balanced Finances between Central and Local Government transformed the political system from being highly centralized to a more decentralized one, allowing for more autonomy at local Government level.

The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.

He said the area was never visited by government officials or humanitarian organizations.

He identifies several current Ugandan military and government officials whom he fears particularly.

A wide body of rules and regulations governs the conduct of Government officials.

But the central government remains reluctant to make significant changes to the revenue sharing model, wary not only of the effects on its coffers, but also of conferring more authority on local officials. Moreover, they doubt local governments ability to manage their budgets properly and to use the additional tax revenues efficiently.

We need national responses. We need local government responses.

This should make local government more appealing to citizens.

Much headway has been made on local government reform.

In Hong Kong, Zhao s sentence has sparked popular protests outside of government offices and formal objections from local officials. Reactions like these ought to be far more worrying to China s leaders than any rebuke from a group of Norwegians.

In every community local committees set up as a result of this project are addressing their most concerning problems, such as health, education, or abuses by government officials, and are dealing effectively with the worst forms of child labour.

With regard to governance and decentralization, his Government had launched local government reforms and was introducing mechanisms designed to enhance the accountability and transparency of local authorities.

Judging by the willingness of residents in some locations to voice concerns and complaints about camp life to visitors in the presence of Government officials, and the decline in some locations of security incidents between camp residents and officials, relations between internally displaced persons who live in camps and local authorities have apparently improved over the past year.

Zhao s campaign had been based on the widespread belief in China that while local officials or individual businesspeople may engage in venal or criminal activities, the central government, once informed of the truth, will see to it that justice is done.

(c) To protect children from abuse by government officials such as the police, law enforcement authorities and employees and officials in detention centres or welfare institutions

The Central Government of Spain subsequently announced the full takeover of local government power in Catalonia.

Local government reform programmes must not await final status negotiations.

Subject matter Discrimination in the remuneration of local government employees