The Commission normally meets annually for a period of five working days.

Activities of the Working Group for the period from 2000 to 2004

The Working Group comprises five members of the Committee, who meet for a period of five working days prior to each session for a total of 10 working days annually.

Over the same period, the share of people working in industry grew from around 15 to 21 per cent.

Under the Working Group's second Chairman, Ambassador Martin Belinga Eboutou of Cameroon, during the period from 2002 to 2003, the Working Group continued its work under the same mandate.

We therefore look forward to working together with the Council much more closely in the coming period.

In 1998, the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights established, for a period of three years, a sessional working group to examine the working methods and activities of transnational corporations.

In its resolution 1998 8, the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights established, for a period of three years, a sessional working group to examine the working methods and activities of transnational corporations.

In its resolution 2004 16, the Sub Commission decided to extend, for a further three year period, the mandate of the working group.

The Working Group, consisting of five members of the Subcommission, meets annually in Geneva for a period of one week immediately prior to the sessions of the Subcommission

Requests the intersessional Working Group to meet for a period of 10 working days in one formal session before the end of 2005 with a view to the completion of its work, and to report to the Commission at its sixty second session

Requests the intersessional working group to meet for a period of 10 working days in one formal session before the end of 2005 with a view to the completion of its work, and to report to the Commission at its sixty second session

At its current session, the Working Party was expected to bring its contribution to the preparation of the new programme budget for the period 2006 2007.

The Working Group's mandate was renewed by the Commission for a further three year period, most recently in its resolution 2003 31 of 23 April 2003.

The right to a paid annual vacation for a period of at least 18 working days in a calendar year is acquired after six months of uninterrupted employment.

Decides to approve the proposal of the Secretary General that the next Working Group on Contingent Owned Equipment, which will meet in 2008, carry out a comprehensive review of the contingent owned equipment system, as per the formats established by the Phase V Working Group, for a period of not less than 14 working days

1.15 Working within the parameters of its mandate, UNRWA has developed its own strategic plan widely known as the Medium Term Plan (MTP) for the period 2005 2009.

During this period, the Division of Human Resources Management (DHRM) revised and issued a number of human resources policies and guidelines such as the Consultancy Policy and Flexible Working Arrangements.

In addition to the receipt of written information, a short period of time will be made available at the beginning of each session of the Committee's pre sessional working group to provide NGOs with an opportunity to submit relevant oral information to the members of the working group.

The REM Working Plan for the period 2005 2007 was defined during the XII Meeting, which was held in Rio de Janeiro, in November 2004.

In its resolution 2001 3, the Sub Commission decided to extend, for a three year period, the mandate of the working group so that it could fulfil its mandate.

At the twenty fifth meeting of the Open ended Working Group, the European Community proposed that the fixed exchange rate mechanism be extended for a further trial period of three years to cover the 2006 2008 replenishment period, and that the use of the fixed exchange rate mechanism during that period should be subject to a number of understandings which were delineated in the proposal.

The Working Group acknowledged the connection between the proposed revisions to article 31 (Period of effectiveness of tenders modification and withdrawal of tenders) (A CN.9 WG.I WP.40 Add.1, para.

Decides to renew the mandate of the Working Group on the Right to Development for one year and to convene its seventh session before the sixty second session of the Commission for a period of 10 working days, 5 of which shall be allocated to the second meeting of the task force to be held well in advance of the session of the Working Group

Working women received special care during maternity and in retirement, and Viet Nam was one of the countries that allowed a longer period of maternity leave than the minimum stipulated by ILO.

During the period under review, the working group was composed of Mr. El Masry, Mr. Prado Vallejo, Mr. Yakovlev and Mr. Yu Mengjia, this last only for the November 2004 session.

The Working Group is expected to hold substantive deliberations during the first nine meetings (that is from Monday to Friday morning), with a draft report on the entire period being presented for adoption at the tenth and last meeting of the Working Group (on Friday afternoon).

I had a butterfly period, a snake period, a bird period, a fish period, a cave period and finally and definitively, an ant period.

2. Supports the realization of the mandate of the Working Group as renewed for a period of two years by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4 4,See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A 62 53), chap. III, sect. A. with the recognition that the Working Group will convene annual sessions of five working days and present its reports to the Council

(b) Rule 106.2 (e), Sick leave during annual leave, is amended to clarify that sick leave during annual leave may be approved only if the period of sickness exceeds five consecutive working days

In that connection, having been elected this year to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for the period 2005 2007, Indonesia looks forward to working closely with Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei.

23. Resolves that Member States shall make advances to the working capital reserve in accordance with the regular budget rates of assessment applicable for 2007 in the scale of assessments for the period 2007 2009

Working methods of the Working Group

Accordingly, the Committee proposes as an appropriate working definition of early childhood the period from birth to the age of 8 years States parties should review their obligations towards young children in the context of this definition.

The working group also agreed to suggest that the Seventeenth Meeting of the Parties should look into the funding need associated with the possible accession of new Parties to the Protocol over the period 2006 2008.

3. Also supports the realization of the mandate of the high level task force on the implementation of the right to development, established within the framework of the Working Group, as renewed for a period of two years by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 4 4, with the further recognition that the task force will convene annual sessions of seven working days and present its reports to the Working Group

In light of these trends, UNICEF will substantially increase its emphasis during this plan period on working as part of the UNCTs and with other partners in support of national capacity building, policy development and scaled up implementation.

Explanatory note normal week typical working week over a longer period of time during the week of the survey actual hours worked during the week of the time use survey data for 1999 is based on II quarter.

The regulation also recognizes the rights of working mothers to breastfeed their infants up to the age of six months, although during the period covered by this report this provision had not been fully implemented nation wide.

This open ended working group was established by Commission resolution 2002 24 of 22 April 2002 and Council decision 2002 254 of 25 July 2002 to meet in the intersessional period of the fifty ninth session of the Commission.

Regarding reduced working hours due to nursing and childcare as stated in Article 9 of the General National Collective Labour Agreement of the year 1993, the employee has the right to apply alternatively for equal time of adjoining paid leave, within the time period during which he she is entitled to reduced working time due to childcare.

During the period under review OHCHR facilitated, in collaboration with a non governmental organization (NGO), a parallel event during the sixtieth session of the Commission involving, among others, the independent expert and the Chairperson of the Working Group.

Submission by the State party of a request in accordance with paragraph 5 of the present rule shall not affect the period of six months given to the State party to submit its written explanation or statement unless the Committee, working group or rapporteur decides to extend the time for submission for such a period as the Committee considers appropriate.

At its sixth session, in February 2005, the Working Group agreed to recommend to the Commission to extend the mandate of the high level task force for a further period of one year (see E CN.4 2005 25).

(iv) The period of appointment, the notice required to terminate it and period of probation, if any