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Since its inception, the Court has performed its tasks with great skill.

Since inception, the program has funded over 50 projects involving approximately 500 First Nations people.

Since the programme's inception in 1981, more than 350 journalists from 152 countries have participated.

We are pleased to note the marked progression in the caseload of the Court since its inception.

Since inception, this initiative has resulted in approximately 60,000 public sector employees taking part in job evaluation projects.

The world has changed since the inception of the Special Committee's mandate, and younger generations are taking over.

Regrettably, however, during the 60 years since the Organization's inception, the world has never been at peace at all.

The basic principles of these strategies remain relevant and valid, and have in fact been mainstreamed since their inception.

Since their inception, the regional commissions have also played a catalytic role in the institution building in their respective regions.

Those achievements in the economic and social fields should not obscure various difficulties that have permeated the system since its inception.

As noted in my previous reports, despite numerous appeals, the Fund has had a decreasing level of resources since its inception.

Since shortly after the Organization's inception, the practice had been for the Secretary General to pursue claims against a State or States.

In conformity with the two resolutions, the Commission continued its work on the same lines of enquiry it had adopted since its inception.

Well, to quote The discovery of intelligent life beyond Earth would eradicate the loneliness and solipsism that has plagued our species since its inception.

Further, Indonesia has noted that a number of complex challenges affecting youth have emerged since the inception of the Programme of Action in 1995.

Since its inception in 1915, WILPF has worked to prevent armed conflicts and to establish the conditions for sustainable peace on a global scale.

Since its inception, the OIC has been making serious efforts to strengthen ties among Muslim peoples and the peoples of the world in general.

Lysakov told reporters that the Moscow Tourism Police since its inception, have accumulated a certain amount of experience and hoped to inspire counterparts in Sanya.

Nor should the United Nations not lose sight of one long standing problem which has been confronting the Organization since its inception the question of Palestine.

Despite the many difficulties that the Mission has faced since its inception one year ago, I believe that we have earned the confidence of the international community.

Rural women have been a top priority in the activities of the Nicaraguan Institute for Women since its inception, and this has not changed in recent years.

As a strong and committed supporter of the Court, Australia welcomes the progress that the Court has made in the past year and, indeed, since its inception.

Since the inception of the system in 1982, a total of 4,310 lives had been saved as of September 30, 1994 960 of them during calendar year 1993.

As it has done since its inception, the Secretariat co sponsored the eleventh Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna from 19 to 24 March 2005.

Of the 103 Member States that still had unpaid assessed contributions to one or both tribunals, 12 had not paid any assessments for the tribunals since their inception.

The Advisory Committee was informed that, as at 28 February 2005, a total of 2,397,609,000 had been assessed on Member States in respect of MONUC since its inception.

12. Stresses that the appropriation referred to in paragraph 11 above is an exceptional measure towards addressing the lack of transfer of resources to the Account since its inception

Since the inception of these meetings, the regional commissions consulted with partner organizations on their agendas and continued to organize them within existing resources and in a flexible manner.

Since the program's inception in 1998, the employment income of OCCS recipient families has increased by 32 percent, compared to 19 percent for all families with children in Ontario.

Mr. Zhang Yishan (China) (spoke in Chinese) Since its inception, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has played an important role in maintaining stability in the region.

As we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations, it is indeed proper and fitting to reflect on the achievements and setbacks of our Organization since its inception.

Thailand has been a member of INTELSAT since its inception, and it recently became a member of Inmarsat, thus enabling it to provide international telecommunication services all over the world.

As an important carrier of the Sino Russian friendship and cultural exchanges, the Sino Russian Cultural Large Set has been successfully held for six years since its inception in 2010.

Since its inception, the Commission, with support from UNAMA, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and UNDP, has undertaken a number of important initiatives.

Israel had been opposed to the Special Committee since its inception it continued to refuse it access to the occupied Arab territories and was defying the entire United Nations system.

Since its inception in October 2002, a total of 963 staff members (138 in 2002, 405 in 2003 and 420 in 2004) have sought the assistance of the Ombudsman's Office.

The present report covers major developments on the ground since my end of mandate report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) dated 12 May 2005 (S 2005 310) and describes the activities undertaken by UNOTIL since its inception.

31.5 Since the inception of the after service health insurance programme in the United Nations, the programme has grown in terms of both the number of participants and the related cost.

10.3 Since its inception, UNCTAD has consistently offered a perspective that looks closely at the trade and development related challenges of developing countries, as well as countries with economies in transition.

Since its inception, the EU has made each member state s language one of its official tongues. Recently, even Irish, spoken at home by only a tiny minority, was granted full official status.

The Advisory Committee points out that the activity being provided for is not new indeed, it should have been an integral part of the administrative structure of the Secretariat since its inception.

In 1994, for the first time since the inception of the Fund, benefits paid surpassed contributions ( 729.8 million vs. 711.7 million) and investment income had to be used to cover the gap.

A LEG side event is also planned for the eleventh session of the COP, covering the work of the LEG since its inception, including on different aspects of NAPA preparation and implementation.

Nuclear disarmament has, since the inception of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 35 years ago, been one of its three core commitments constituting the grand bargain of the Treaty.