(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.

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.

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.

It was noted that the judiciary was not independent and that local officials had a tendency to interfere with legal matters.

Each of these human rights sessions was attended by hundreds of ordinary men and women as well as by local officials.

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.

Media often reported stories of unspeakable brutality by local officials against pregnant women and families who violated the policy a unique savagery captured in Ma Jian s novel The Dark Road. In a much publicized 2012 case, local officials in Shaanxi province forced a woman to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy.

National and local officials in threatened nations must be prepared to respond to warnings within minutes and to communicate warnings to local populations via sirens, mass media, specialized radio systems and other notification technologies.

In Afghanistan, demand reduction results included new research, local surveys and studies on the extent and patterns of local drug abuse and training of Afghan officials on drug abuse prevention and problem drug use.

On 29 April 2005, a meeting took place in Ethiopia between Ethiopian military officials and TFG officials, including the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Planning, Mohamed Dheere, local administration leader in charge of Jowhar, Abdikarim Farah Laqanyo, local administration leader in charge of Beledweyne and the Chief of Staff, General Naji, and others.

Field offices carried out large numbers of training seminars for military, police and justice officials, as well as mayors and other local authorities.

The worst cases of outright manipulation occurred when local bureaucrats all appointed from above pressured voters to support President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Otan Party. This problem will doubtless persist until more local officials are chosen through elections.

Within a community based organizations approach, citizens are directly engaged through community consultations, citizen's charters, and other mechanisms in articulating local and national interests, designing and evaluating local programmes, and ensuring that public officials are accountable.

She applied for a job at the company that had not only bribed local officials but also caused huge problems for her own family.

He also undertook a follow up mission to Gitega where he visited the prison and the Mushasha primary school, and met with local 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.

A number of workshops have been held to discuss the issues and share the progress and results of the project with stakeholders at all levels (ministry officials, local governments, schools, communities, parents and the local business sector).

We believe that one way to ensure that is through collaboration in the training of the local justice officials who will take over those trials.

In Kisangani, the independent expert met the provincial governor, the president of the Episcopal Council, the president of the Bar Association, representatives of local NGOs, local officials from MONUC and representatives of the United Nations and humanitarian agencies.

The Committee is concerned at allegations of discriminatory or vexatious conduct towards non nationals on the part of officials working in various national or local authorities.

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.

The study was conducted by senior officials of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, using data obtained from local and provincial health officials on the number and types of treatments provided in 1989, 1990 and 1991 for a range of diseases.

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 national security structure has been consolidated country wide by means of the provincial and district security committees, which bring together key local officials, including local councils, commanders of the Sierra Leone police and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces.

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.

There are many similarities within and among countries in terms of the nature and causes of these local fiscal calamities. Local officials used growing revenues during the boom to fund pet projects or boost pay and benefits, with little regard to future costs.

Moreover, several local officials were reportedly engaged in the illegal sale of mining permits, in contravention of the directives issued by the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy.

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.

Xinhua announced that local officials responsible for the violence might be prosecuted. Central authorities seemed to sense an immediate need to quell criticism of its controversial population control efforts.

During my visit to the Kalma camp on 28 May, I pressed local officials to ensure that this type of harassment and intimidation would be brought to an end.

Municipal presidents or senior officials from 25 municipalities met in December 2004 to express strong support for, and to discuss the activities and functioning of, local crime prevention councils.

Inflating local growth numbers is so endemic that reported provincial GDP growth data, when added up, are always higher than the national growth data, a mathematical impossibility. And, even when they do not doctor the numbers, local officials can game the system in another way.

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.

The technical systems for detection and monitoring must be complemented by an assessment of existing warning capabilities, training of local officials, installation of national and local warning communications systems, and a process of public education that will enable citizens in susceptible areas to respond appropriately to warnings.

(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).

Often, voter lists were incomplete or inaccurate. The head of the Central Electoral Commission has now proposed that members of the local public join election officials and administrators in compiling the lists.

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.

While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities, 99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector, and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.

In Goma, he met the governor of Nord Kivu province, traditional leaders, provincial judicial officials, provincial representatives of MONUC and United Nations agencies, and representatives of local and international NGOs and humanitarian agencies.

While he received visits from local officials in hospital, Security Police physically impeded Thich Quang Do and other UBCV monks as they attempted to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to visit him.

Bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organizations

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.