(i) Adapting internationally agreed standards, norms and principles to regional, national and local contexts

And let's face it, the contract from a major multinational brand to a supplier in India or China has much more persuasive value than the local labor law, the local environmental regulations, the local human rights standards.

Meeting those standards requires that more competences and responsibilities be transferred to the local authorities and that privatization be accelerated.

Nestlé's approach of developing local suppliers is pragmatic and directed to concrete needs. The company worked with local suppliers to help them meet quality standards by providing information, technical assistance and sometimes also financial support.

Minorities should be involved at the local, national and international levels in the formulation, adoption, implementation and monitoring of standards and policies affecting them.

They are also more likely to work without the protection of local labour standards or the rights to health care and treatment accorded to citizens.

Furthermore, these local courts would judge UN listings based on criminal standards of evidence, despite the fact that the List is not a criminal list.

(p) Encourages UNHCR to develop and apply appropriate standards and indicators that account for age and gender considerations in local integration and self reliance programmes

(p) Encourages UNHCR to develop and apply appropriate standards and indicators that account for age and gender considerations in local integration and self reliance programs

The Sub Commission should consider developing draft standards or guidelines to facilitate transparency and informed participation by local communities and local people in their own development programmes, taking into account any other drafting work being done in this field.

Each household is considered as an economic unit, creating job for its own members, attracting local labor, thus helping reduce poverty and raise people's living standards.

The ERZ, focused exclusively on producing goods for export, would provide tax incentives, basic infrastructure and services, security, and a stable legal framework to investors. In exchange, investors would commit to train local workers, create employment by purchasing local inputs and services, improve corporate practices and local providers standards, facilitate technology transfers, and establish links with local technical schools and universities.

Specifically, that Committee is drafting Mexico's official standards the purpose of NBS 17 is to establish local airport security committees NBS 18 is intended to set minimum standards for airport security programmes and NBS 019 deals with inspection procedures for registered luggage.

The proposed amendments would bring the Constitution into alignment with European standards by enhancing the independence of the judiciary and promoting local democracy and freedom of the media.

Furthermore, this would result in local courts judging United Nations listings based on criminal standards of evidence, despite the fact that the List is not a criminal list.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.

All healthcare centers from central to local levels, both public and non public, are responsible for providing reproductive healthcare services and implementing the National Standards Guidelines on Reproductive Healthcare Services.

Related to this comply or explain rule, some countries now require companies with foreign listings to disclose the extent to which the local governance practices differ from the foreign listing standards.

Growing out of its previous existence as the Productivity and Standards Board (PSB), SPRING's has as its mission the enhacement of the competitiveness of local enterprises for a vibrant Singapore economy.

Noting that the Belarusian authorities have decided to hold local elections on 14 January 2007, and expressing its hope that those will be free and fair, in full respect of international electoral standards,

There were widespread concerns by local and international human rights groups that Ms. Dualeh's trial did not meet international standards for fairness and that she was convicted as an adult rather than as a minor.

It would also need to help poor countries cope with the quasi generalization of social and environmental responsibility standards that are increasingly shaping corporate practices and consumer demand. It should incorporate an investor code of ethics, as well as a formula for sharing the costs of implementing such standards among the state, foreign operators, and local sub contractors.

These include an early retirement policy patterned on industry standards, a review of salaries, which for uniformed security personnel are currently based on prevailing local rates, a mobility policy reflective of that outlined in the Secretary General's reform programme, an attractive and effective career development model, unified firearms standards for uniformed personnel and a comprehensive physical fitness policy.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

Developing standards

Setting standards

Minimal standards

The most illustrative examples of NTBs include plant and animal health standards, food safety standards, environmental certification and other similar export quality standards.

Globalization and international trade are closely linked to the employment situation in developing countries, with protectionist trade policies potentially leading to job losses, particularly in agriculture, and the actions of transnational corporations possibly compromising local labour standards.

International standards, including technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary standards, can also pose an additional challenge to developing countries with regard to accessing international markets.

E. Accounting standards

Data collection standards

Data dissemination standards

Framework of Standards

and Fusing Standards

You know, it's local cooks teaching local people.

According to the Governor, his Administration has worked painstakingly to revitalize and strengthen the relationship with the federal Government by completing long overdue audits and bringing the local government into compliance with federal auditing standards for the first time.

Technical standards, including standards at the international level, are also being discussed (including definitional questions of technical and international standards, and how harmonization with international standards should be linked to the fulfilment of the objectives of VI.4).

Urges transnational corporations and other business enterprises involved in the transfer of toxic and dangerous products to adhere to local and international health, environmental, labour and other standards in furtherance of human rights and to promote technology transfers to developing countries that can improve the management of toxic wastes and dangerous products and prevent their adverse impacts on local communities

There is also a close relation to the treaties creating a territorial regime and, in so doing, setting up standards governing the human rights of the population as a whole, or a regime for minorities, or a regime for local autonomy.

The standards task force of the ICT Board continues to address ICT standards throughout the Secretariat.

Diplomacy and Double Standards

Conformity with operating standards

Development of methodological standards

Labour and related standards