Most governance guidelines and codes of best practice address topics related to directors' qualifications and board membership criteria.

In response to the above request, the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) decided to review existing corporate governance practices, codes and principles.

Project admissibility criteria are outlined in the Fund's guidelines.

Accordingly, most governance codes and guidelines define procedures for enhancing the independence, objectivity and professionalism of the external audit.

For example, the urban governance norms provide the framework for designing operational activities and the regional offices provide input to the Urban Governance Section regarding the planning of the campaigns.

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While some units have integrated norms, particularly those related to the Global Campaign on Urban Governance, into an expansive range of programme activities, there are several instances in which opportunities have been missed.

The Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch has integrated norms of good urban governance into its activities related to water education and management.

The principles of rationality and efficiency should guide the Committee.

The False Promise of Global Governance Standards

The Code of Ethics of Engineers as adopted by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers contains principles, canons and guidelines.

We need common standards in what we do, in the form of new legal or political norms.

13. Democratization and good governance, the rehabilitation of the economic and social system, protection of human rights and the rule of law and wide political participation are essential benchmarks for the effective consolidation of peace.

Access to relevant information concerning violations AND REPARATION MECHANISMS

The application and interpretation of these Basic Principles and Guidelines must be consistent with international human rights law and international humanitarian law and be without any discrimination of any kind or ground, without exception.

(f) Promoting the observance of codes of conduct and ethical norms, in particular international standards, by public servants, including law enforcement, correctional, media, medical, psychological, social service and military personnel, as well as by economic enterprises

(b) Guidelines on GIS Standards and Standardization Procedures, in 1998.

(iii) Inclusion of information about rights and responsibilities under the law, ethical conduct and international standards and norms

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(b) Increase Governments' awareness of the Standard Rules and draw their attention to their moral and political obligation to implement them

States, at the highest level of Government (head of State, Prime Minister and or relevant ministers) should promulgate the Guidelines and ensure that the political weight of the Government is behind the dissemination and implementation of the Guidelines throughout all branches of the executive, legislature and judiciary.

In May 1997, Health Canada s Guidelines for Federal Self Government Negotiators were approved.

Participants in civil societies are progressively agreeing on such norms as diplomatic languages and systems of representation and democratic governance.

Subsequent legislation in 1949 the Rules of Childcare Centres further developed regulatory standards.

6. The Council affirms its support for the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, and stresses the urgent need to ensure respect for and promotion of these principles and norms.

Human rights are governed by rules and laws that should be applied.

The guidelines are being revised through the management practice network.

41 Sonia N. Jorge, Gender aware guidelines for policy making and regulatory agencies.

The norms of good urban governance and secure tenure have also been disseminated through various publications and documents produced in collaboration with other UN Habitat units.

The Standard Minimum Rules were later approved by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and extended by the Council by its resolution 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977, becoming a prototype for international models, standards, norms and guidelines on the administration of criminal justice.

(b) Establishment of guidelines for the standardization of GIS for natural resources and environment management and development planning, in 1996

To complement UNCTAD's work on corporate governance in the context of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting.

Standards on the Contents and Formats of Annual Reports of Fund Management Companies

The Executive Board shall develop guidelines to estimate leakage.

They should be dealt with in a separate draft guideline.

Schering Plough's Corporate Governance Guidelines and Standards of Global Business Practices contains environmental provisions that could serve as an analogue for provisions on biological weapons (http phx.corporate ir.net phoenix.zhtml?c 89839 p irol govhighlights ).

It is encouraging to note that the new guidelines take into account the principles of results based management.

Treating both obligations erga omnes and jus cogens norms as conflict rules was incorrect.

(b) Publication and dissemination of guidelines on GIS standards and standardization procedures for natural resource and environment management and development planning, in 1997

The African Union has adopted the African Peer Review Mechanism, whose mandate is to ensure that the policies and practices of participating countries conform to the agreed political, economic and corporate values, codes and standards contained in the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance of the African Union.

Development of guidelines for management of marine litter at the regional and national levels

(e) Developing an action oriented and accessible version(s) of the Guidelines

Another code, the Principles of the International Chamber of Commerce, discussed how existing legislation, regulations and guidelines formed the starting point for any attempt to improve the governance of their field.

The EU calls on all countries to communicate to the Director General their political commitment to comply with the Code.

Article 4 of Panama apos s Constitution states that Panama abides by the rules of international law.