As a result of their introduction, the Agency was unable to hire new teachers, and classes in its schools were overcrowded.

(Mainstreaming is assessed on the basis of the degree of completion of measures and the integration of practices that they promote into everyday work processes, displacing older ways of doing business.

No special measures have been introduced to increase female participation in areas of study (secondary education) such as mechanical and electrical engineering.

Closures and other security related measures imposed by the Israeli authorities also continued to disrupt Agency operations.

21. The Working Group appreciates that UNRWA has made significant progress towards eliminating the structural deficit problem that plagued the Agency in previous years, in particular through the use of contract teachers and reductions in international staffing.

Following receipt of additional pledges, the Agency was able to cancel implementation of some of those measures.

The Agency faced many hurdles, not least among them the austerity measures introduced in the mid 1990s.

Security Council to enhance its working methods and procedures

Functioning of process for consultation and coordination,

68. Mr. Hansen, the UNRWA Commissioner General, had taken steps to improve the Agency apos s system of management and had enabled donors to take an active part in the decision making process.

In 1995, the Agency had taken a number of new economy measures with a view to reducing the financial deficit.

51. Measures which UNRWA could implement within its own organization were also of great importance.

The imposition of austerity measures by UNRWA had led to a 29 per cent decrease in expenditure per refugee.

Known as quot work sites (to combat underdevelopment) quot , they remain an emergency social measure for combating unemployment.

Therefore, a large part of the measures proposed by the working group deal with eliminating obstacles to the development process, and with positive measures to promote development.

What procedures did this measure replace?

Nonetheless, the Agency remained committed to implementing further measures to improve performance, cost effectiveness and transparency.

Affirmative action measures to be implemented, including (1) the removal of employment barriers (such as bias in recruitment, interviewing and testing procedures) (2) positive measures (such as special training courses and (3) reasonable job accommodation measures (such as steps to enable people with disabilities to hold jobs and to advance in employment).

j. For China's national legal framework and enforcement measures with regard to genetic engineering research, the Procedures for the Safe Administration of Agricultural Biological Gene Engineering should be added to the source document list for this item .

That measure represented nothing less than the first stage of a gradual reduction of the Agency apos s services.

In addition, the restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities had diminished the capacity of the Agency to provide assistance in the refugee camps.

The proposed implementation of these last two measures had an immediate impact on the Agency s relations with the refugee community and the host authorities.

It's saying that you do some geo engineering for a little while to take the worst of the heat off, not that you'd use it as a substitute for action.

14. Expresses concern about those remaining austerity measures due to the financial crisis, which have affected the quality and level of some of the services of the Agency

The non paper described measures already adopted by the Council to enhance its working methods and procedures, listed proposals aimed at enhancing the application of those measures and presented additional proposals that could further improve the working methods and procedures of the Council.

15. The measures taken by the Agency to get through 1997, including maintaining previously imposed austerity measures and introducing new ones, meant that some activities provided for in the budget approved by the General Assembly for the biennium 1996 1997 once again were not fully implemented.

This process allows staff members and the Organization to fashion appropriate protection against such conflicts.

Savings in the amount of 35.5 million were achieved through a combination of measures including streamlining of structures and simplification of work procedures.

to follow the enforcement of the pronounced measure and the course of the implementation of the measure and to report to the court upon the court's request

Welfare measures aimed at staff retention are being implemented.

The restrictions were primarily applicable to local staff, who comprised 99 per cent of all Agency staff in the West Bank and Gaza fields.

The CAP a field based programming process serves as a resource mobilization tool for the implementation of the strategic framework.

Local staff, who comprised 99 per cent of all Agency staff in the West Bank and Gaza fields, were particularly affected.

The Agency was also able to rescind, prior to implementation, the announced measures relating to hospitalization and school charges.

In many instances there will be no need for provisional measures to continue to apply after the commencement of proceedings, as they will be superseded by the measures applicable on commencement.

The working group may wish to consider the value of including an express reference to interim measures in a potential communications procedure.

They audits will focus on financial procedures and controls.

VI. EXPLORING A POSSIBLE AGENDA ON POSITIVE MEASURES

11. Calls upon all relevant parties to take effective measures to ensure the safety of the personnel of the Agency, the protection of its institutions and the safeguarding of the security of its facilities

(iii) Sanctions are imposed which are in proportion to the severity of the act and which are comparable to those for other violent crime

17. In the light of the information obtained, the Working Group shall take one of the following measures

These four service areas embrace a wide range of measures designed both for the protection of wages and the improvement of the living standards of workers and their families and to meet requests from the trade union organizations.

Those measures should also encompass the elimination of child labour.

Measures should also be taken, with the cooperation of litigating States, to improve the Court's working methods and reduce the length of its proceedings.

It was said that measures referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) should be reserved for main proceedings, whereas measures under subparagraphs (iii), (iv) and (v) could also be provided to non main proceedings.