However, a foreign man who marries a Guinean woman may acquire Guinean nationality only by naturalization.

A Guinean woman who loses her Guinean nationality through marriage may always regain that nationality if her marriage is dissolved.

The Guinean Association for the Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts (AGRETO).

The Central African Republic has three types of climate a Guinean forest or equatorial climate in the south, a Sudano Guinean or intertropical climate in the centre, and a Sudano Sahelian or south Sahelian climate in the north.

On 27 July 2000, the National Assembly created a Guinean Observatory on Respect for Women's Rights.

According to Guinean law, a married woman retains her financial independence vis à vis her husband.

This indicates that some of the weapons carried by Liberians were indeed located in Guinean territory.

The project is intended to support the Guinean government's efforts to improve the welfare of its people.

Strengthening the Guinean Programme for Primary Health Care (PEV SSP ME) on the basis of the Bamako initiative.

(m) Meeting with Guinean disabled persons' organizations in the context of a country visit to Guinea, July 2005

Thus, children acquire the nationality of their father, but they may choose to revert to their nationality of origin when they reach the age of majority if their father is a foreigner who takes Guinean nationality, or if he is a Guinean who renounces his nationality for another.

In addition, several of the assessment mission's interlocutors alleged that Guinean armed elements were engaged in agriculture in the area.

Guinean women have secured a number of important advantages through State support in various areas where the women's movement is active.

The cost of this framework programme is estimated at 27 billion Guinean francs, of which only one quarter has been raised.

Registration of the marriage by the officer of the civil registry is required by Articles 214 ff of the Guinean Civil Code.

From 1 January 1992 to 30 June 2000, it granted 63,277 loans totalling 15,987,625,000 Guinean francs, as detailed in the following table.

A woman has full legal capacity under Guinean law and enjoys all civil, civic and political rights on an equal footing with men.

Development programmes sponsored by the Guinean government are aimed at eliminating female illiteracy, especially among poor women and those living in rural areas.

Given the scope and diversity of their domestic and economic concerns, Guinean women remain the driving force of the family and of society.

The last general population census conducted in Guinea found, for example, that Guinean women are active in all productive sectors, but predominantly in agriculture.

It was reported in those incidents that certain elements of the FN had crossed into Guinea and were driven out by the Guinean authorities.

Such equality has been made an overall objective of the Guinean government, and must be taken into account in all the country's policies and programmes.

The loss or withdrawal of Guinean nationality, when performed according to law, will have no effect on any person other than the person directly concerned.

In the public and private sectors alike, Guinean women are underrepresented among salaried staff, and are largely concentrated in the lower and middle ranking positions.

That strategic plan recognizes the strengths, weaknesses and existing opportunities of the Guinean health system, with the aim of achieving our goals for the year 2010.

The conditions governing the transmission, acquisition, change, retention or loss of Guinean nationality, as established in the amended Civil Code of 1 January 1996, remain in force.

There are however certain provisions that discriminate against women, in particular the fact that a legitimate child born of a Guinean father automatically acquires the father's nationality.

This has allowed Guinean women to exercise the rights enshrined in legislation and regulations governing their participation in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the nation.

Although it has spread in recent years, prostitution has not been legalized. While widely practised, it is an activity that is still rejected and condemned by Guinean society.

In an incident in the area on 26 March, a group of UNAMSIL military observers were detained for six hours by Guinean armed forces near Yenga before being released.

The overall objective of the ADB and the government here is to monitor the evolution of the situation of Guinean women. As a result, the DNPF has been able to

These efforts, which extend across all levels of Guinean society, are bringing about a salutary change in behaviour that will help to reduce the number of AIDS cases in Guinea.

In the Guinean civil service, the general regulations establish no restriction or discrimination against women in terms of employment (recruitment, salary, advancement and promotion), training or other aspects of human resource management.

The provisions of the Convention may be invoked before the courts, because they have been incorporated into domestic Guinean law and are translated into the eight national languages, through the Passport to Equality.

However, concrete steps have yet to be taken to ensure that the agreement is abided by, including the withdrawal of Guinean troops from Sierra Leonean territory and the subsequent demarcation of the boundary.

By virtue of jus soli, a minor acquires Guinean nationality if the father is stateless or of unknown nationality, or if the parents are of unknown nationality, or if the child is a foundling.

The law does not discriminate against women in any way as regards access to education, employment, property and security. The real issue for Guinean women is ensuring that their rights are recognized and respected.

The Constitution adopted by referendum on 11 November 2001 updated and reformed the Guinean legal system to guarantee and protect the real and effective exercise of a whole series of rights, including those of women.

When it comes to the nationality of minors, Guinean law reflects the twin principles of determination of nationality by filiation and by place of birth, within the meaning of international law and of comparative law.

From a purely political mechanism, affiliated with the Single Party, the Guinean government created for the first time in 1992 a structure specifically responsible for sponsoring, coordinating and regulating efforts for the advancement of women.

Guinean women are among the poorest of the poor they are not only poor in the economic sense but they are also less powerful, if we consider their relative position in the decision making process.

According to article 325 of the Guinean Civil Code, a married woman retains the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of her personal belongings and of the property that she acquires through the exercise of an independent vocation.

To promote women's participation in national development and in their own self fulfillment, the Guinean authorities and organizations of civil society regularly sponsor public seminars and workshops for women, men, young people, religious leaders, opinion leaders, traditional communicators, etc.

Recruitment on behalf of the former LURD branch, led by Ayesha Conneh and assisted by the former LURD commander in Foya, aimed at supporting the Guinean Government, was reported in May 2005 by UNMIL but so far remains unconfirmed.

Most women's NGOs are part of the umbrella structure COFEG (Coordinating Body of Guinean Women's NGOs), which fosters partnership among its members and promotes and oversees activities, and also helps to prepare policies and to generate support for project implementation.