Purposes and Functions Sample Clauses

Purposes and Functions. 1. The purposes for which the Facility is established are: (i) To provide legal advice and services to African countries in creditor litigation; (ii) To provide technical legal assistance to African countries to strengthen their legal expertise and negotiating capacity in matters pertaining to: A. debt management and litigation; B. natural resources and extractive industries management and contracting; C. investment agreements; and D. related commercial and business transactions, as the case may be; (iii) To strengthen legal capacity building process in African countries. 2. To serve its purposes, the Facility shall carry out the following functions and activities: (i) identification of legal expertise on creditor litigation; debt management; as well as the case may be in extractive industries and other natural resources management and contracting; investment agreements; (ii) provision of financing to African member states of the Facility to assist them with actual creditor litigation and negotiations of complex commercial transactions where should states shall be willing and able to reimburse the Facility for the latter services; (iii) investing in and organizing the training of legal counsel from African member states of the Facility to equip them with legal expertise necessary to address creditor/vulture fund litigation;; (iv) provision of technical legal assistance, other than actual litigation services, to African member states of the Facility; (v) establishing and maintaining a list of specialized law firms and legal experts to represent African member states of the Facility in creditor litigation and, as the case may be, negotiations of complex commercial transactions; (vi) developing a database and systems for making available and retrieving precedents in creditor litigation cases involving sovereign debtors; (vii) promoting an understanding, among African countries, of issues concerning identification and resolution of creditor litigation involving sovereign debtors against vulture funds, and, as the case may be, negotiations of complex commercial transactions, especially natural resource contracts; and (viii) conducting such other related functions or activities as may advance the purpose of the Facility.

Purposes and Functions. The Commission endeavours to secure the co-operation of governments and other authorities in locating persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, human rights abuses, natural and man-made disasters and other involuntary reasons and to assist them in doing so. The Commission also supports the work of other organisations in their efforts, encourages public involvement in its activities and contributes to the development of appropriate expressions of commemoration and tribute to the missing.

Purposes and Functions. 1. The parties agree that the committee's function will be to develop recommendations to be referred to the Board for possible adoption. 2. The Board and the Association's proposals presented at the initial negotiations meeting which subsequently cannot be agreed upon in negotiations, shall be given to this committee for their recommendation to the Board. 3. If the committee cannot reach a satisfactory conclusion to the proposal(s) under discussion, the proposal(s) shall be returned to the negotiating table immediately if negotiations are in progress. If negotiations have ceased, the proposal(s) can be brought up by either party during subsequent negotiations. 4. When policies are finalized in committee, they will immediately be submitted to the Board, who in turn must: a) Submit a reply to all members of this committee within ten (10) days after the item(s) was presented at a meeting of the Board. b) Submit reason(s) justifying their actions for every policy rejected. 5. Items adopted by the Board will be identified with the date of approval, effective date, and notation that it was developed by the LDEA- Administration Policy Development Committee. 6. Any policy item(s) recommended by the committee and subsequently accepted by the Board may not be unilaterally changed. a) If changes are requested and redeveloped by either party, the items(s) must be restudied by the committee and further recommended for acceptance by the Board. b) A rejected policy(s) may be resubmitted for further consideration immediately to the Board.

Purposes and Functions. The aim of the Union was laid down in article I of the Berne Treaty mentioned above. The terms of this article have been substantially maintained throughout the successive revisions which have taken place. They are as follows: "The countries between which the present Convention is concluded form, under the title of the Universal Postal Union, a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of correspondence." The Stockholm Congress of 1924 added the following sentence: "It is also the aim of the Postal Union to provide for the organisation and improvement of the various inter- national postal services." The Paris Congress in 1947 further added to this sentence the words "and to promote the development of international collaboration in this sphere." The functions of the Union are determined by the Acts drawn up by the Congresses. These Acts comprise: (1) a main Convention laying down (a) the statute of the Union and (b) provisions governing the letter- post, which includes letters, postcards, printed matter, samples, commercial papers, small parcels and phono- post articles (e.g., phonograph records); (2) seven accessory agreements covering insured let- ters and boxes, parcel post, cash-on-delivery articles, money orders, debt collection, transfers to and from postal cheque accounts and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals. (Special provisions annexed to the main Convention and the parcel post agreement govern the optional transport of these articles by air. Similarly, a supplement to the money order agreement regulates the optional exchange of travellers' orders.) Accession to the main Convention is obliga- tory for all members, but accession to the other agreements is optional. The performance of cer- tain special services referred to in the Conven- tion is therefore limited to arrangements between countries which have agreed to undertake them. The provisions of these Acts of the Union acquire the status of law in each country which ratifies them, and it is therefore the responsi- bility of each party to the Convention or to one of the agreements to ensure the application of the respective provisions. Each of these Acts is accompanied by executive regulations, which have also been adopted by the Congress but signed by representatives in the name of their respective postal administrations and not, as in the case of the Convention and the agreements, in their capacity as plenipotentiaries of their governments.

Purposes and Functions. The ▇▇▇▇ Token (a) provides access (as a license key) to specific algorithms and modules, (b) enables participation in the Baking mechanism, (c) allows involvement in community activities (including potential future DAO voting), and (d) grants other rights described in the BoBe documentation.

Purposes and Functions. 1. The Centre aims to cater for the regional needs in promoting lifelong learning and provide opportunities for cooperation in the field of lifelong learning among SEAMEO Member Countries and Associate Member Countries. The Centre will help strengthen the relationship and increase mutual understanding between educational researchers, practitioners, and policy makers of the region, in a spirit of mutual respect and partnership. 2. The Centre is expected: a. to become a SEAMEO Regional Centre of Excellence for research and training on lifelong learning, and to serve as a regional forum for educational policy development on lifelong learning; b. to conduct cross-national comparative research on lifelong learning; to explore definitions, concepts and practices of lifelong learning from Asian research perspectives, particularly Asian contexts as compared to international contexts; addressing specific issues on lifelong learning of the SEAMEO Member Countries; c. to conduct training courses for educational personnel, trainers for teachers, and educational managers in the specialized area for the SEAMEO Member Countries; d. to act as a clearing house, information centre and think-tank for governments of the Member Countries on research-based educational reforms, especially across all sectors of post-compulsory education and training; and e. to become a focal point for strengthening linkage between Southeast Asia, Asia and Europe in promoting lifelong learning. 3. To promote and carry out activities to achieve the aims of SEAMEO as laid down in the Charter. 4. Without prejudice to the principle of non-profit making, the Centre may engage in approved income-generating activities.

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