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Only about 300 of the 1,000 estimated licensed recruitment agents in Sri Lanka are members of ALFEA, owing to a clause in the 2009 amendment to the Act which changed the mandatory requirement for all licensed recruitment agents to join the Association. The draft Employment Migration Authority Act provides that all licensed agents must become members of a new association which will replace ALFEA, the National Chamber of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies. The Chamber will inter alia ensure the strict observance by its members of the Code of Ethical Conduct for Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies. 40. Brokers, or sub-agents, who are not licensed or accountable to the Sri Lankan authorities often engage in irregular recruitment practices.

A/HRC/38/41/Add.1 5 GE.18-06847 Association for Regional Cooperation, of which Nepal is a member, was set up in Kathmandu on 17 January 1987. 13. (...) According to the act, licensed agencies are required to send migrant workers leaving for foreign employment through the national airport in Kathmandu. 29. (...) A/HRC/38/41/Add.1 GE.18-06847 8 located in the districts and around 700 licensed local sub-agents operating at the district level, which is insufficient to meet demand at the local level.9 32.

The consultation brought together 22 participants from the judicial service, academics, civil society, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the OHCHR Regional Office to discuss current challenges to the independent action of the judiciary, such as procedures for the selection, appointment or election of magistrates and judges in the region. (...) The Special Rapporteur’s initiative was well received by the participants, who termed it necessary and appropriate, since comparative regional studies on the subject are rare. 4. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Governments concerned for their extensive cooperation, the experts for the information provided and the OHCHR Regional Office for its assistance. (...) The judges are appointed through a complex process in which the Chief Justice of the Court is appointed and removed by a three-quarters vote of the Member States of the Court on the recommendation of the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The other judges are elected by a majority vote in the Regional Commission. 16.

Its influence and role have remained limited to preserving the interests of the companies and it has not adopted a code of conduct for the industry and does not monitor the conduct of its members. __________ 8 Third-country nationals are recruited from a variety of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa. 9 The Working Group was informed during its regional consultation with the Asia Group on 26–27 October 2009 that the Government of Afghanistan had recently extended the number of licensed companies to 52, with 27 national and 25 international PMSCs. 10 Schmeidl, Susanne, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Privatized Security Sector in Afghanistan, p. 6 (Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces - DCAF). 11 www.pscai.org/index.html. 12 In April 2009, the country manager of the United Kingdom company ControlRisks. (...) During the Working Group’s meeting with the MoI, officials stated that the Government believed that the 39 companies licensed fulfilled the security demands of the country at the present stage and did not believe other companies would be licensed in the immediate future.32 In addition, a cap of a maximum of 500 personnel for companies was imposed. 48. The Working Group was informed that companies that were not licensed through this process had to cease their activities accordingly or would otherwise be considered to be illegal armed groups.

Constitutional framework ..................................................... 7 - 11 6 B. Multilateral and regional agreements .................................... 12 - 15 6 C. (...) B. Multilateral and regional agreements 12. International agreements become part of domestic legislation when the Turkish Parliament passes a law of ratification. (...) At present, one hazardous waste incineration plant located in Izmit is licensed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to operate in Turkey, with a capacity to incinerate 35,000 tons per year.

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S 13/8 AM Iran (NAM) States Parties should work together to mobilize resources to address needs for assistance 
 and cooperation, in particular from developed to developing States Parties, and from 
 international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders. (...) Coordination of cooperation with other relevant international and regional organizations, and other relevant stakeholders Delegation Text Source Russian Federation Cooperation and assistance under Article X of the BWC have their specifics when compared to such related international organizations as the WHO or FAO. (...) S 13/8 AM Iran (NAM) Relevant international and regional organizations such as WHO and OIE play an important role in disease surveillance, prevention, detection and response and there is merit in coordination of cooperation with them in accordance with their respective mandates.

The Special Rapporteur had the privilege of having discussions with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade; the Minister for Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change; and the Senior Chief Executive of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4. (...) See United Nations Environment Programme, Small Island Developing States Waste Management Outlook (Nairobi, 2019). 5 United Nations Environment Programme, Small Island Developing States Waste Management Outlook (Nairobi, 2019). 6 South Pacific Regional Environment Programme and United Nations Environment Programme, Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Management Planning in Small Islands Developing States in the Pacific Region (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 1999). 7 Ibid. 8 For a list of the treaties, see https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx? (...) At the time of the drafting of the present report, the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change was working on bidding documents for the construction and operation of the proposed regional composting plants and sorting units. 53.

The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, have also not been ratified, while the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) was denounced in 1990. 30. At the regional level, Malaysia is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (...) It requires all recruitment agencies to be licensed and to deposit a security bond, and limits the amount of fees that can be charged for recruitment services. (...) It proposes and formulates policies and standard operating procedures, raises awareness and engages with stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels. 48. The Special Rapporteur commends the establishment of the Council and its initiatives to combat trafficking.

International legal framework ........................................................................ 15–18 5 B. Regional agreements ...................................................................................... 19 5 C. (...) Both regional agreements prohibit slavery-like practices. (...) Where necessary, a labour inspector may require the examination of children by a licensed physician “to ensure that the work they perform is not beyond their strength”. 26.