But the idea has a merit. The idea has a merit.

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

There is merit to this practice.

Minister Second Class (merit), June 2000

All these aspects merit keen attention.

However, we also recognize the merit of paragraph 24 (b).

The main criterion is merit and qualifications.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

The final selection is based entirely upon merit regardless of gender.

Rather, the appellant has an erroneous or different understanding of its merit.

FCN treaties merit special examination as a changing area of international law.

Members of CEB are not quite clear about the merit of this recommendation.

Accordingly, this aspect of the communication should be dismissed for lack of merit.

Alternatively, this aspect of the communication should also be dismissed as lacking merit.

Scholarships are based on academic performance purely on the basis of open merit.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

We believe that the proposed measures merit our serious consideration.

The proposal for a standing fund for peacebuilding has merit.

Reforms to patronage systems most often produce bureaucratic merit systems.

The constructive proposals in the draft resolution merit the support of the international community.

The decision to establish child protection task teams also has merit.

We agree that they merit a proper place in our system.

Disarmament conventions merit the support of all States, small or large, nuclear or non nuclear.

Several delegations indicated that topics A, B and C all had merit.

Repetitive this may sound but these agreed parameters merit repetition and reiteration.

2.12 On 11 March, the Trial Court dismissed the motion for reconsideration for lack of merit.

The guiding principle is merit and relevance of the officer to the international meeting or conference.

Such merit is usually understood to be academic achievement, a combination of talent and training. This is measured by academic degrees, which in turn are graded on merit A, B, C, D, or First, Upper Second, Lower Second, Third.

The court decreed that admission to medical colleges should be on open merit.

Many exercise this option and the courts consider and decide such cases on merit.

Among other possible standardized principles are concepts of a unified, standardized civil service system based on principles of merit.

(a) That are based on principles of efficiency, transparency and objective criteria such as merit, equity and aptitude

There is merit in both positions but much more in the Spanish and Italian argument.

Governments were advised that future selection will be based on merit and not national allocation.

Given their gravity and magnitude, the humanitarian crises of Africa merit more of our attention and our political and financial resources.

The merit of the Workshop related directly to the interactions among the focal points of the three Conventions and other participants.

In addition, a provision of 0.8 per cent per annum for in grade increments and merit promotions has been made.

Ms. LOKESH (India) said that there was merit in Pakistan's proposal regarding the reference to a future course of action .

While investment in peace is always warranted, its merit could not be clearer than in the case of the Sudan.

These widespread systems, which are frequently the product of the colonial histories of many nations, develop with core values of merit and efficiency.