The process could include provision of advice on issues such as

The second is insuring that there is systematic early access to counsel.

This procedure will reinforce and expand the strategic capacity of the Advisory Panel.

MANDATES OF THE SPECIAL PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OF THE ADVISORY SERVICES PROGRAMME

49. The efficiency of the procurement process is still of great concern to the Advisory Committee.

The Advisory Committee expects that proper procedure will be followed without variation in future.

That being the case, the Advisory Committee believed that such a process must be managed.

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South Africa has established, with training and advice from UNHCR, a refugee determination procedure.

They had also enabled programmes of technical and advisory services to be recommended where appropriate

The arbitration procedures followed by the United Nations were provided to the Advisory Committee on 2 April 1997.

44. The Advisory Committee especially questions whether the new procedures for reimbursement of contingent owned equipment should apply to missions whose mandates had terminated before the procedure came into force.

A further suggestion concerned the need to preserve certain minimum standards and practices with regard to consultation procedures and dialogues.

In that respect, I would like to mention that advisory proceedings are not limited to matters relating to Part XI of the Convention.

The estimate also provides for an election consultant to advise the Special Representative of the Secretary General on election processes.

Contingency plans and procedures are available for emergency response on call engineering staff are available for immediate 24 hour consultation.

26. The Advisory Committee had commented extensively on the extent of involvement of specialized bodies in the planning and programming process.

The Advisory Committee recommends that the terms of reference of the Headquarters Committee on Contracts and its composition and procedures be issued at once.

The advisory services and technical cooperation programme would continue to operate in full compliance with the methods and procedures governing the programme.

The procedure was endorsed by the Technical Advisory Group as a simpler price collection tool than those currently in use.

8. The Advisory Committee questions whether the new procedures for contingent owned equipment should apply to missions whose mandates had terminated before the procedures came into force.

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(b) Organization of courses, advisory services and assessment

It assures that meetings are conducted in a timely, orderly and procedurally correct manner through authoritative advice and thorough preparations of the Secretariat.

The recommendation has been implemented through the application of a checklist on recruitment and management of consultants and individual contractors.

15. The Advisory Committee exchanged views with representatives of the Secretary General with regard to procedures being followed for the preparation of financial performance reports.

Procedures even existed for settling certain disputes by obtaining a binding advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice.

To help achieve this, the Intersecretariat Working Group introduced procedures for conducting online discussions among Advisory Expert Group members.

XI.3 The Advisory Committee expects that procedures will be either put in place or reinforced to ensure strict control over resources for capital expenditures.

The SBSTA proposed that, for the time being, emphasis should be given to improving existing consultative processes (FCCC SBSTA 1996 13, para. 50 (c)).

47. The Advisory Committee is concerned about what appears to be deviations from procedure for new contingent owned equipment arrangements.

The ACVZ also makes concrete recommendations concerning the extensive interview in the asylum procedure (relating to structure and procedure as well as the training of interviewing officials).

UNCTAD provided policy advice, trained and prepared the members of the negotiating teams on both substance and procedures, and carried out simulation exercises.

14. The Advisory Committee notes that the Secretary General indicated in paragraph 36 of his report that this recommendation reflected current operating procedure.

The Rapporteur s mandate authorizes him to question States if they do not comply, thus establishing an adversary procedure which may develop into a public debate, within the framework of the Sub Commission or Commission on Human Rights.

The Government welcomed this adversary procedure, which gave it an opportunity to put forward its arguments to the Group on an informed basis.

At the planning stage, legal advice is made available and is routinely considered as plans are developed.

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6. His delegation concurred with the ACABQ opinion that the proposals of the Secretary General would lead to a considerable simplification of procedures and that the administrative arrangements should be reflected in a manual and their implementation systematically monitored.

In light of the above, the SBSTA proposed that the secretariat explore further with non governmental groups current mechanisms and procedures for consultation, with a view to establishing how they might be made more efficient.

(b) To advise both the appellant and the respondent as stated above, the Administrative Law Unit represents the respondent at all stages of the appeals process.

Commends the agreement on the Procedures for Consultation and Conciliation for the Settlement of Disputes concerning the Application of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

The Advisory Committee's recommendations on staffing and management were quite useful, in particular the ones on the cumbersome recruitment procedures, which adversely affected the level of financing of posts and, what was worse, the effectiveness of programme implementation.

Advisory services and technical cooperation should not be merged with fact finding procedures and field activities, as stipulated in subprogramme 19.3.