Lebanon was asking other countries not to help settle its internal problems, but to add no new ones.

Of course.

The requests related largely to the issue of gender balance but also included a request to clarify the role of departmental focal points on women.

She has also had to file specific applications on issues of procedure and protection of witnesses.

They requested the Secretariat to address this issue.

The seriousness of the problems calls for deep rooted change.

I must ask you to answer my question.

These issues are the final settlement of reciprocal property claims, security issues and the delineation of borders.

So what are Europe s policymakers to do? Restarting growth requires a two handed approach that addresses both supply and demand.

Drug abuse trends in 1998 2003

Global problems require global solutions.

Item 5 Infrastructure requirements and policy issues

They'll read the charge... and ask if you've anything to say.

The Minister warned against the United Nations dealing with the issue.

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They called for support from the United Nations and for the Government to agree to a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education.

If necessary, the Secretariat will translate the request and questions.

Qualification requirements and recognition issues have also figured prominently.

The Special Representative requests that this problem now be addressed with determination.

Measures regarding performance requirements were more problematic.

I call on all parties concerned to shed light on the archives issue and bring it to speedy resolution.

There was no question of requesting consensus to allow the President to ask a question.

Procedural issues Non substantiation of claim for purposes of admissibility

That trend calls for, among other things, a unified international approach to rights of navigation as well as cooperation on environmental issues, adaptation and emergency response.

The unresolved issue of claims for land property is also addressed.

That part would also have to address the question of the nationality of legal persons as well as the problem of the transferability of claims.

In matters of foreign debt, Spain wants to go beyond the requirements set by international agreements.

Item 4 Demand side issues

78. The Public Inquiries Unit of the Department responded to 481 requests for information concerning Middle East issues, including the question of Palestine.

Several delegations requested that the paragraph should include a reference to national security.

Also requests the Secretary General to submit the financial implications of this proposal.

Several delegations called for an analysis of UNHCR apos s financial problems.

Task force participants were asked to submit suggestions for questions for the poll, and then to indicate their preferences for 6 out of the 14 questions suggested.

He, the Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture had repeatedly requested permission from the United States Government to visit Guantánamo Bay but as yet none of their requests had been granted.

The Representative of the Secretary General on internally displaced persons requested an invitation in October 2003 (see E CN.4 2004 77) the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders did so in October 2003 (see E CN.4 2004 94) and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention requested an invitation to visit the country in February 2004.

One of these is the topic of nuclear disarmament, for which again the Conference on Disarmament had a specific request from the membership of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Please, Mr. Rainey, don't ask me any questions.

Good governance has become a major issue, with calls for greater transparency and more democracy.

This will require a description of the actual problems in their social context.

His letter was interpreted by the Department as a request for reconsideration of the issue.

Concerning evaluations, one delegation called for greater openness and transparency.

You can answer a simple question, and I demand that you do so!

As a result of the investigations into this problem, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations has now sought the support of OIOS in addressing the issue.

The trouble is I want so many things and so few.

Some of the issues identified at paragraph 17 supra involve claims against receiving States.