National Convention

(ii) Supporting national focal points for the Convention

(f) Support to national focal points for the Convention

(q) Support to national focal points for the Convention.

National and subregional consultations on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

National communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

National communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

(a) Strengthened national legislation in conformity with the Organized Crime Convention

Finland ratified the Convention on 31 May 1994 and submitted its first national communication under the Convention in January 1995.

Guide on the development of national laws to implement the Rotterdam Convention

The Convention encourages parties to implement national legislation to protect traditional knowledge.

National communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention

The National Convention has now been in existence for over 12 years.

The Framework Convention contains no definition of the notion of national minorities.

5. National communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention.

5. National communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention

Ms. Šimonović wondered if the plan of the National Coordination Committee for the implementation of the Convention provided for a comprehensive assessment of the compatibility of national laws with the Convention.

376. The Committee recognizes with satisfaction that the Convention serves as a framework for both the National Programme for Women and the National Human Rights Commission and that the efforts to implement the Convention are implicit in the National Development Plan.

Under Articles 4 and 12 of the Convention, Parties are required to prepare national communications on their implementation of the Convention.

Tilak Marapana congratulated on the triumphant convention of the 19th CPC National Congress.

(a) The reconvening of the National Convention, which had been adjourned since 1996

The Convention was a vital instrument for translating international commitments into national action.

Croatia has also signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

National communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention Submission of second and, where appropriate, third national communications

Recalling the withdrawal and subsequent exclusion from the National Convention of members of the National League for Democracy in late 1995,

(c) Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the National Level The Experiences of Some National Coalitions (1996)

(b) Provide a tool to national forest and land use programmes for the implementation of the Convention at the national level

The Committee is concerned that the Convention is not an integral part of the national legislation and that national laws and regulations are not fully consistent with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is the only international legally binding instrument for the protection of national minorities.

The National League for Democracy, which won the majority of seats in the 1990 elections, did not join the reconvened National Convention.

The National Committee s permanent secretariat conducted information and consciousness raising activities with respect to the national plan (1997 2000) and the Convention.

(a) Consideration of the basic adaptation of national legislation in accordance with the Convention

The Framework Convention on National Minorities Protection came into force on 1 June 2000.

According to the report, international agreements, including the Convention, took precedence over national laws.

Strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention through continued efforts to improve national implementation

The next convening of the National Convention could perhaps be the place for that.

170. The Committee is concerned that the Convention is not an integral part of the national legislation and that national laws and regulations are not fully consistent with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

207. The Committee is concerned that the Convention is not an integral part of the national legislation and that national laws and regulations are not fully consistent with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

400. The Committee is concerned that the Convention is not an integral part of the national legislation and that national laws and regulations are not fully consistent with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

The supplementary guidance developed in association with UNITAR to assist countries in using their national profiles or national implementation plans under the Stockholm Convention as a basis on which to define gaps in their infrastructure for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention will be field tested in 2006 through national and subregional meetings on the implementation of the Convention.

In the event that national legislation did not reflect the terms of the Convention, the Convention applied, while in the event of a disparity between the terms of the Convention and national legislation or a bilateral agreement, the authorities referred to article 23 of the Convention and ensured that the interests of women prevailed.

Almost all the recent national plans of action on children foresee the need to review national legislation in relation to the provisions of the Convention, and PRSs are increasingly recognizing elements of the Convention as well.

Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Council of Europe (Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities).

To date, however, the National Convention has regrettably fallen short of satisfying these basic requirements.

Since 1999, the Basel Convention has been shifting its emphasis to regional and national implementation.