The general approach received support and the comments received are being considered .

As an unashamedly pro railway man, I am delighted to see that railways and rail transportation are yet again at the forefront of the European transport debate.

Among the countries examined in this Convergence Report , Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania are currently participating in ERM II .

Conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and that they need to be considered as a whole,

Among the countries examined in this Convergence Report , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and Slovakia are currently in ERM II .

Otherwise , in all other countries under review , incompatibilities remain regarding central bank independence .

On the domestic side , buoyant domestic demand has contributed to inflationary pressures in many countries under review .

13. Also notes that a backlog of reports of thirty four States parties to be considered by the Committee persists

In the other countries , debt ratios were lower , although they increased in all nine countries under review , in some cases substantially .

Exacerbated by the global financial and economic crisis , real GDP in most countries under review collapsed or declined strongly .

Conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole through an integrated, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach,

Already before their launch in January 2002 , euro banknotes were tested for possible risks related to acute oral toxicity , dermal irritation and genotoxicity .

As the opinion would involve updating the Committee's work on subjects which it had already addressed in the past, the appointment of a rapporteur working without a study group or, if necessary, a three member drafting group would have sufficed.

Of the ten Member States examined , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Poland and Slovakia are currently subject to an EU Council decision on the existence of an excessive deficit .

21.11.90 wanted persons, etc. Information systems of this kind are being looked at by the Ad Hoc Group on Immigration (in the case of undesirable aliens) and the Trevi Group (on criminal matters).

Of the ten Member States examined , only Lithuanian legislation is fully compatible with the Treaty and the Statute requirements for Stage Three of Economic and Monetary Union .

The revised designs were examined by the ECB , in cooperation with its consultants and experts , and by experts from the City of Frankfurt authorities and political representatives .

After examining and evaluating the final design concepts , the ECB will award the contract for the ECB 's new premises to the candidate who in the opinion of the ECB best meets the selection criteria .

BRITTAN, Sir Leon, Vice President of the Commission. The Commission is aware of the results of their IATA tariff conference, under the block exemption granted by the Commission, permitting consultation on air fares.

What you see here is performance on that head turn task for babies tested in Tokyo and the United States, here in Seattle, as they listened to ra and la sounds important to English, but not to Japanese.

Rapid employment growth , in combination with labour outflows to other EU countries , has led to a significant tightening of labour markets and upward pressure on wages in many of the countries examined .

Stage Two of EMU began on 1 January 1994 . It provided for , among other things , the establishment of the European Monetary Institute ( EMI ) , the prohibition of financing of the public sector by central banks and the avoidance of excessive deficits in public finances .

Treatment ( i ) Objects not recognised as euro banknotes e.g. blank paper , other currencies and cheques . After visual evaluation by staff member these objects should be separated from the suspect euro banknotes .

(e) The number of ratifications of the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto, the number of States parties submitting their reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on time and the number of reports examined by the Committee.

16. Urges all States parties whose reports have been examined by human rights treaty bodies to provide adequate follow up to the observations and final comments of the treaty bodies on their reports

A technical adjustment was indeed necessary. The rapporteur is offering us this and the European People's Party warmly supports his amendments.

31. We request the General Assembly to review on a regular basis the progress made in implementing the provisions of this Declaration, and ask the Secretary General to issue periodic reports for consideration by the General Assembly and as a basis for further action.

Is the Commission aware that, in a recent survey carried out in the UK on the roadworthiness of heavy goods vehicles, on third of those vehicles tested proved to have a serious defect in one way or another?

3. Suggests that the following topics be included for discussion during the plenary session of the Eleventh Congress, and notes that Member States may refine these topics and propose additional topics at future intersessional meetings of the Commission for finalization at its twelfth session

China s government has promised Hong Kong s citizens that they can freely elect their Chief Executive in 2017. But, given that candidates are to be carefully vetted by an unelected committee of pro Chinese appointees, citizens would have no meaningful choice at all.

4. Also suggests that the following issues be considered by workshops within the framework of the Eleventh Congress, and notes that Member States may refine these issues and propose additional workshop topics at future intersessional meetings of the Commission for finalization at its twelfth session

By 12 March 2010 , which is the cut off date for amendments to legislation assessed in the ECB Convergence Report 2010 , in the nine countries examined the legal framework was not fully compatible with all the requirements for the adoption of the euro , as laid down in the Treaties and the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB .

2. Requests the Secretary General, in close consultation with Governments, all relevant parts of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, to propose the modalities, the nature and the timing of such constructive dialogue and genuine partnership for the promotion of international economic cooperation for development for consideration by the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session

The January 2008 semester exams at schools in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) found 50 60 failure rates in mathematics and a 40 failure rate in Arabic the children s native language. Despite this, Ayman insists,  I want to be an educated person. I want to be an engineer to build my country.

For the rest, Mr President, I must repeat that, for us too, this is very frustrating.

Then, once they are done with the training, they come back a few days later and they are tested again on a similar type of mental rotation task. So this is work from a colleague in Toronto. What they showed is that, initially, you know, subjects perform where they are expected to perform given their age. After two weeks of training on action video games, they actually perform better, and the improvement is still there five months after having done the training. That's really, really important.

14. Reiterates the invitation to all intergovernmental processes relevant to the Summit to submit their progress reports to the Commission acting as the Preparatory Committee at its second session, to be held from 28 January to 8 February 2002, and their final results to the Commission acting as the Preparatory Committee at its third session, to be held from 25 March to 5 April 2002, so that they can be fully considered in the preparatory process