Its main role is policy making.

The Section maintained six main databases on legal instruments and guidelines.

To achieve this, it opted for a mixture of policy instruments.

See OECD, Competition Policy and International Trade Instruments of Cooperation, Paris, 1987.

Main elements of gender policy in the context of Dutch development cooperation

Various host and home country policy instruments have been used to address this problem.

exchange rate and trade policies, or even the complete set of fiscal policy instruments.

The main objectives of the Dutch policy on HIV AIDS and STDs are

Mr. Diouf highlighted three main strategic approaches to implement the instruments established by ECOWAS to prevent and combat cross border problems.

It must act as the main deliberative and policy making body of the United Nations.

The main priority was fundamental transit policy issues, and Ethiopia was doing its best to harmonize and standardize its policy with its transit neighbours.

In principle, the answer is straightforward. If a central bank has two policy targets, then it needs two instruments monetary policy to influence aggregate demand, and regulatory policy to limit financial risks.

Key instruments mentioned by experts related to science, innovation and technology policies, as well as FDI policy.

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).

(a) Further issues of the Handbook on Competition Legislation, including bilateral, regional and international instruments, which should be complemented with a summary of the main provisions of the competition laws or of the instruments, on the basis of inputs to be submitted by member States parties to these instruments or competent institutions set up under such instruments, as appropriate

In the first place, technical cooperation activities represent one of the main instruments for achieving the goals set by the UNCTAD XI mandates.

Many countries report action to improve the use of economic and policy instruments to promote sustainable forest management.

The main question about economic policy in Putin s third term, then, is how fast it will deteriorate.

Uzbekistan has consistently fulfilled its international obligations as a party to more than 60 international instruments in this area, including the six main ones.

Mr. Gallegos Chiriboga (Ecuador) said that his country had ratified the main human rights instruments and its legislation conformed to the objectives established therein.

The objective is to review policy instruments for stimulating the diffusion of ESTs and promoting environmentally sound technological development.

Terrorism cannot be defeated by arms alone. Indeed, other instruments of policy, including intelligence, police work and diplomacy, are likely to play a larger part in any effective policy.

Viewed from the standpoint of food security and the wealth of rural areas, there is now an urgent need to revisit the CAP s main instruments so that a new policy formula can be introduced. Perverse subsidies must be removed and recent new ones favoring products such as bio fuels reconsidered.

Had the Government conducted a midterm review of the Policy and identified its main achievements and the obstacles encountered?

Status of ratification by China of the main international instruments concerning sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism and other relevant commitments

In these circumstances, we need collective action for global recovery along four main policy lines repair, reform, rebalancing, and rebuilding.

In fact, the United States policy regarding Cuba constituted the main obstacle to the achievement of Cuba's social development goals.

Among general policy instruments, some experts mentioned FDI liberalization and the strengthening of the national science and technology base, including research institutions.

Such an approach would not require the creation of any new instruments, only a different approach to design and implementation of policy.

The two most important policy instruments are the Working Hours (Adjustment) Act (July 2000) and the Work and Care Act (December 2001).

The national strategy for women's advancement to 2010 has identified gender mainstreaming in public policy as one of the main measures.

Action was required to ensure international financial flows for development, international financial and trading systems receptive to the needs of those countries and policy space to enable countries to apply appropriate international policy instruments.

It sets out the main points of the international policy framework, and outlines recent activities undertaken by Government and general political conclusions.

These exercises provided the experts with important skills for using the provisions of instruments, and allowed the main actors in the area of international cooperation to share their experiences.

The Russian Federation referred to the main anti terrorism instruments prepared within the framework of CIS as a firm basis for stepping up effective joint efforts to combat terrorism.

The first three annexes to this study list a selection of three types of instruments dealing with competition law and policy, namely bilateral agreements on competition law enforcement free trade, customs union or common market agreements and multilateral and plurilateral instruments.

As the main deliberative, democratic body of the Organization, the Assembly played a central role in setting policy, appropriating resources and exercising oversight.

One of the main pillars of the macroeconomic policy of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia is the employment policy. It specifically relates to creating relevant mechanisms for encouragement of investments and job creation.

UNICEF increased its efforts to systematize its engagement with national planning instruments which determine investments in children, including through evidence based advocacy and policy dialogue.

This topic, whose purpose was to identify the international legal cooperation instruments that comply with the conventions against terrorism and transnational organized crime, addressed three main points, followed by practical exercises

Finally, it should be recalled that Israel is a party to the six main international human rights instruments,5 but has failed to fulfil some of its reporting obligations on time.

Ensuring that the main horizontal policy themes, such as human rights and gender, are taken into account in decision making throughout the United Nations

The meeting discussed the main trends of OFDI from developing countries, drivers, the impact on enterprise competitiveness, policy practices and programmes supporting enterprise internationalization.

The main objective of the sectoral health policy adopted in 1995 is, indeed, to improve the health of the population by the year 2000.

Specific policy instruments that can be considered include incentives, performance requirements, investment targeting, and the provision of public goods (notably low cost and high quality infrastructure).