Sentences with phrase «establishment of a national system»

work with the government to advance ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment of a national system of regular inspections of all places of detention (as required under the Protocol)

Not exact matches

The Churchill Fellowship coincides with a new post I began in September last year, to coordinate the establishment of a Food Systems Network (Victoria / National), with the Food Alliance.

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

The campaign promise, he recounted, was that «we would modernise and formalise the Ghanaian economy through the establishment of a credible national database, and using the National Identification System (NIS) as the primary identifier, as prescribed by lawnational database, and using the National Identification System (NIS) as the primary identifier, as prescribed by lawNational Identification System (NIS) as the primary identifier, as prescribed by law.»

In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation's security services for ensuring that the elections were free and fair in keeping with his administration's commitment to continually strengthen democracy in Nigeria through the establishment of a more credible electoral system.

From the establishment of the National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR) in February 2005 to new laws on research and university autonomy passed in April 2006 and August 2007, France is now on a road to modernization which aims both to simplify and rejuvenate what President Nicolas Sarkozy described last March as «an old moth - eaten system (un vieux statut mité).»

-- The Under Secretary shall ensure that the core functions and missions of the National Weather Service, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and any other programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are not diminished or neglected by the establishment of the Climate Service Program or the duties imposed on such offices or programs under this paragraph.

Most national implementations detail both Standards and Guidelines to support the establishment and maintenance of effective programs, and this allows each nation, through their accredited Trainers, to consider and plan for the Standards of trademark Reading Recovery in light of their specific educational systems and settings.

To help DOT promote a safe, economically efficient, and environmentally sustainable freight transportation system, the NFAC provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related to freight transportation in the United States including (1) implementation of the freight transportation requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21); (2) establishment of the National Freight Network; (3) development of a National Freight Strategic Plan; (4) development of strategies to help States implement State Freight Advisory Committees and State Freight Plans; (5) development of measures of conditions and performance in freight transportation; (6) development of freight transportation investment, data, and planning tools; and (7) legislative recommendations.

Research In Motion (TSX: RIM / NASDAQ: RIMM) announced late last week that its BlackBerry smartphones running on the new BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 7.1 Operating Systems have received FIPS 140 - 2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC).

Waterloo, ON — Research In Motion (RIM)(NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that BlackBerry ® smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry ® 7 and BlackBerry ® 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140 - 2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC).

Under Moore's leadership, the Parks Conservancy has become one of the most successfuI nonprofit organizations supporting any area of the national park system, providing more than $ 300 million in support to park projects and programs since the Conservancy's establishment.

Under Moore's leadership, the Parks Conservancy has become one of the most successful nonprofit organizations supporting any area of the national park system, providing more than $ 500 million in support to park projects and programs since the Conservancy's establishment in 1981.

The Hudson River School of art, which Thomas Cole founded, dominated American visual arts between 1825 and about 1870 and helped to stimulate interest in environmental preservation, ultimately laying the groundwork for the establishment of the national park system.

For more on how that camping trip helped lead to the establishment of the National Park System in 1916, I encourage you to read a marvelous post on the blog of the Library of Congress.

Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Climate Service Program, a Climate Service Office, a Climate Service Advisory Committee, and a Summer Institutes Program at the Regional Climate Centers for interaction with and training of students and educators on weather and climate sciences; (2) operate the Climate Service Program; (3) maintain a network of six Regional Climate Centers to work cooperatively with the State Climate Offices on data collection and exchange, research support, and state and local adaptation and response planning on climate; (4) maintain a network of offices as part of the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program; (5) ensure that the core functions and missions of the National Weather Service, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and any other programs within NOAA are not diminished or neglected by the establishment of the Climate Service Program or the duties imposed on such offices or programs; (6) report to Congress on the need for climate services; (7) prepare a plan for creating a Climate Service Program in NOAA and delivering climate products and services to NOAA users and stakeholders; and (8) establish and maintain a clearinghouse of federal climate service products and links to agencies providing climate services.

(Sec. 351) National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005 - Instructs the Secretary to implement a National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, including establishment of a data archive system.

(12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad; (13) the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible; (14) new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.

the establishment of effective market - based trading systems for greenhouse gas emissions by businesses that are demonstrably fair, open, efficient, accountable and consistent across national boundaries; and maintaining societal equity and environmental integrity while establishing these systems.

A central feature of the national industrial relations system proposed by the Rudd Labor Government was the establishment of certain minimum employment standards applicable to all employers and employees within this national system.

Significant matters / transactions include: Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion Advised FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion Advised Absa Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include: Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government

Mr. Xing also engaged in the establishment of national security review system for mergers involved foreign capital.