The national space policy is determined by the Federal Council (Government) under the advice of a 20 member Federal Space Affairs Commission (CFAS).

(f) To coordinate the discussion of topics of joint interest with the Federal Health Council, the Federal Council for Minors and the Family, the Federal Council on Housing and other similar bodies

Over half of the members of the Commonwealth are small States.

According to the version of the Constitution then in force, under article 95 the supreme executive and governing authority of the Confederation is a Federal Council composed of seven members .

Federal Councillor and Head, Federal Department of the Interior

Consultations were also held with members of parliament, presidents of parliaments, including the President of the Bundestag, and members of the German Bundestag apos s Study Commission on sects and so called psycho groups, and with the Federal Constitutional Court and Federal Labour Court.

It appears that both members of the Transitional Federal Government and the opposition are engaged in the printings.

Summary by the Chairperson, Ms. Ruth Dreifuss, Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of the Interior of Switzerland

Member, United Kingdom Bar. Member, Jamaican Bar. Member, Antiguan Bar. Member, Commonwealth Lawyers apos Association.

In South East Asia, Singapore pulled out of the Federation of Malaya and became a Member of the United Nations.

36. Recently, the Federation Ombudsmen were criticized in the Federation House of Representatives by some members of SDA, who demanded that each of the three Ombudsmen deal only with complaints from persons of their own ethnic background and that they not censure officials of their own ethnicity.

(d) The systematic and consistent harassment and intimidation of members of the National League for Democracy by members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association

In the Federal Government Länder committee on policy towards foreigners within the same Ministry the responsible federal and Länder ministries as well as the Commissioner of the Federal Government for matters relating to foreigners are represented.

Tokelau had begun discussions on accession to the Cotonou Agreement and Associate Membership of the Commonwealth.

On the subject of membership, the Federal Labour Act contains the following provisions

In view of article 2 of the Law on Embargoes of 22 March 2002,

107. In contrast to the old Länder unemployment is a particular problem of women in the new Länder.

14.30 Meeting with Ms. Cornelia Schmalz Jacobsen, Member of the German Bundestag and Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners

In addition, the Russian Federation would provide assistance to CIS member States in the training of personnel and in other related areas.

There, the criterion had often been the continuity of nationality of former federal units that had become independent States.

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth appoints election observers and monitors to support elections in member States.

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(b) Private video operators obtain licences from video business supervisory committees which will be formed in all States and Divisions composing the Union of Myanmar

Responding to the personal security concerns of members of the Transitional Federal Government, the African Union was supporting a protection force to help with the relocation of the Government and members of the Transitional Federal Parliament, with safeguarding humanitarian aid and with the training of a new security force.

69. The Commission recalled that the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act (FEPCA), established in 1990, was designed to increase gradually federal civil service salaries to achieve comparability with non federal salaries by 2002.

The Commonwealth is thus well placed to defuse and prevent conflict situations within its membership.

This National Level Training Programme is to be implemented by the member countries with the trainers, trained by the Commonwealth, for which Training Manual and other training materials or assistance would be provided by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

The Special Rapporteur has also expressed her support for the Ombudsmen of the Federation and has on a regular basis shared information and conducted successful joint missions with them.

The evolution of the Commonwealth itself attests to the expanded role of the association to deal more effectively with the growing challenges and complex issues facing member States.

This would include the development of minimum standards for Commonwealth members in the form of a model integrity code.

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Under article 3 (1) of the Federal Law on the Protection of the Constitution, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is required to keep under observation tendencies directed against the fundamental democratic and liberal order, or the existence or the security of the Federal Republic or a Land, or aimed at illegally attacking the constitutional organs of the Federal Republic or a Land or their members.

The team included experts from Thailand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Russian Federation.

(51 members) Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 50 228, in which the Assembly decided to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee from 50 to 51 States, the Council elected Ireland a member of the Executive Committee (decision 1996 298).

57 1. Admission of the Swiss Confederation to membership in the United Nations

Decides to admit the Swiss Confederation to membership in the United Nations.

Currently, 23 out of the 27 federal states have State Councils for Women's Rights, and there are approximately 130 Municipal Councils.

The Commonwealth was also helping in forming women's cooperatives.

The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, though not a member, attended the Conference and was admitted as the twelfth member of that subregional initiative.

Many of the territories and States likely to disappear for environmental reasons are members of the Commonwealth.

The national associations in Poland, the Russian Federation and Ukraine are already members of WOCCU.

Presidential decree No. 1263 of 1 November 2001 had established the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring, a federal executive organ empowered to take measures to prevent money laundering and to coordinate the activities of other federal executive organs in that area.

Mr. LOZINSKI (Russian Federation) said that his delegation was encouraged that the work of the Board of Auditors was yielding ever increasing practical results from one year to the next.

The Commonwealth also seeks to contribute effectively towards a global culture of peace which would be sustainable for all its members and partners in the international community.