Unrest in South Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, March 15, 2006, Volume 4 |
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... funding for the OHCHR , which has reported progress in some areas , such as im- proved access to detention centers and enhancements in the legal status of women . The plight of refugees in Nepal is another critical human rights issue ...
... funding for the OHCHR , which has reported progress in some areas , such as im- proved access to detention centers and enhancements in the legal status of women . The plight of refugees in Nepal is another critical human rights issue ...
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... funds in Sri Lanka for many of the reasons I just mentioned . Further , the Government of Sri Lanka has not made sufficient efforts to streamline the investment processes . As Ambas- sador Lunstead has repeatedly stressed , Sri Lanka ...
... funds in Sri Lanka for many of the reasons I just mentioned . Further , the Government of Sri Lanka has not made sufficient efforts to streamline the investment processes . As Ambas- sador Lunstead has repeatedly stressed , Sri Lanka ...
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... funding has been directed to livelihoods activities , small - scale infrastructure , good governance , information dissemination , and urban planning . A USG - funded anti - cor- ruption program was launched in 2005 to enhance oversight ...
... funding has been directed to livelihoods activities , small - scale infrastructure , good governance , information dissemination , and urban planning . A USG - funded anti - cor- ruption program was launched in 2005 to enhance oversight ...
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... fund raise in the West , although there may be some of that . so there are very few ways that we can seek to crack down on them outside the country . Mr. LEACH . Are there particular leverages against the King vis- a - vis the ...
... fund raise in the West , although there may be some of that . so there are very few ways that we can seek to crack down on them outside the country . Mr. LEACH . Are there particular leverages against the King vis- a - vis the ...
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... funds go to the Asian Development Bank ? Mr. CAMP . No , sir , I am afraid I don't have that number at my fingertips ... fund of the bank since 2000. When there is an increase , members generally contribute based on voting shares . Mr ...
... funds go to the Asian Development Bank ? Mr. CAMP . No , sir , I am afraid I don't have that number at my fingertips ... fund of the bank since 2000. When there is an increase , members generally contribute based on voting shares . Mr ...
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Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 1:35 pm, in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 1 - Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:20 am in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. James A. Leach [Chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Mr. LEACH. The Committee will come to order. On behalf of the Subcommittee, I would like to welcome our distinguished Administration witnesses to the hearing.
Page 6 - AFFAIRS, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you for...
Page 6 - I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you, and I would be pleased to answer any questions you might have.
Page 27 - December 2002 ended with the issuance of a statement that "the parties have agreed to explore a solution founded on the principle of internal self-determination in the areas of historical habituation of the Tamil-speaking peoples, based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka."6 This language marks significant concession from both parties: the Colombo government for the first time accepted the idea of federalism, and the rebels, in accepting a call for internal selfdetermination, appear...
Page 2 - Secretary, but first does anyone else wish to make an opening statement? [The prepared statement of Mr. Leach follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JAMES A. LEACH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IOWA, AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON...
Page 7 - September 2002 in support of the ceasefire agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Page 3 - Benefiting from the ceasefire agreement between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE...
Page 7 - February 2003 / organized by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Page 19 - ... Similarly with public employment. As you were earlier remarking, we would move in on this with our present facilities, and without establishing a new organization that would do this on a grand scale as in my plan ; we could do it on a much more experimental and modest scale now. Chairman PROXMIRE. I just have a couple more questions I would like to ask you, Mr. Suits. We touched on this before, but I would like to ask you expressly. I understand that SEC-Commerce just released today the new projections...