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INF/15 9 November 2001
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WT/MIN(01)/INF/15 ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 9 November 2001 ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO (01-5447) Ministerial Conference Conférence Ministérielle Conferencia Ministerial Fourth Session Quatrième session Cuarto período de sesiones Doha, 9 - 13 November 2001 Doha, 9 - 13 novembre 2001 Doha, 9 - 13 de noviembre de 2001 LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES LISTE DES REPRESENTANTS LISTA DE REPRESENTANTES Chairperson: H.E. Mr. Youssef Hussain KAMAL Président: Minister of Finance, Economy and Trade of Qatar Presidente: Vice-Chairpersons: The Hon. Tebelelo SERETSE Vice-Présidents: Minister for Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism Vicepresidentes: of Botswana H.E. Mr. Kimmo SASI Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland H.E. Dr. Adalberto RODRIGUEZ GIAVARINI Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Argentina ALBANIA Representatives H.E. Mrs. Ermelinda MEKSI Minister of Economic Cooperation and Trade Head of Delegation H.E. Mr. Ksenofon KRISAFI Ambassador Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations Office at Geneva Mr. Arben MALAJ Member of Parliament Mr. Arben HOTI Chief of Cabinet Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade Mr. Ilir KEKO Minister Advisor on Public Awareness Mr. Rezear XHAXHI Minister Advisor on Public Awareness WT/MIN(01)/INF/15 Page 2 ANGOLA Représentants S.E. M. Vitorino Domingos HOSSI Ministre du commerce Chef de délégation S.E. M. Joaquim DAVID Ministre de l'industrie S.E. M. Armando CADETE Ambassadeur de la République d'Angola en Belgique M. João LUSEVIKUENO Directeur national du cabinet de la coopération internationale Ministère du commerce M. Mbumba TSHICO Responsable du département national des organisations économiques nationales Mme Filomena PEREIRA DE SOUSA Juriste Ministère du commerce M. -
Lowrie, K., M. Friesen, D. Lowrie, and N. Collier. 2009. Year 1 Results Of
2009 Year 1 Results of Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles Katharine Lowrie, Project Manager Megan Friesen, Research Assistant David Lowrie, Captain and Surveyor Natalia Collier, President Environmental Protection In the Caribbean 200 Dr. M.L. King Jr. Blvd. Riviera Beach, FL 33404 www.epicislands.org Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 3 GENERAL METHODS ............................................................................................................................ 4 Field Work Overview ........................................................................................................................... 4 Water‐based Surveys ...................................................................................................................... 4 Data Recorded ................................................................................................................................. 5 Land‐based Surveys ......................................................................................................................... 5 Large Colonies ................................................................................................................................. 6 Audubon’s Shearwater .................................................................................................................... 7 Threats Survey Method ................................................................................................................. -
African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions Volume Author/Editor: Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, editors Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBNs: 978-0-226-31622-X (cloth) Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/afri14-1 Conference Dates: December 11–12, 2009; July 18–20, 2010; August 3–5, 2011 Publication Date: September 2016 Chapter Title: New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa Chapter Author(s): Ilia Rainer, Francesco Trebbi Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c13390 Chapter pages in book: (p. 145 – 212) 5 New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa Ilia Rainer and Francesco Trebbi 5.1 Introduction The study of autocratic and weakly institutionalized regimes has long been plagued by scarcity of reliable information useful for furthering their understanding (Tullock 1987). Lewis (1978, 622) appropriately states that “It is more difficult to study dictatorships than democracies because the internal politics of the former are deliberately hidden from the public view.” This chapter identifies in the ethnic composition of the executive branch an important and systematic source of information on the dynamics of power sharing within a sample of fifteen sub-Saharan African countries. Since in- dependence from European colonization, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia,1 Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Kenya, and Uganda have all experienced widely different political dynamics and often deep political crises. -
Articulating an African Feminism Through the Nana Esi Archetype
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by ASU Digital Repository Malezile Defy Master Narratives: Articulating an African Feminism through the Nana Esi Archetype by Portia Nana Essuman A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Approved November 2012 by the Graduate Supervisory Committee: Akua Duku Anokye, Chair C. Alejandra Elenes Gloria Cuàdraz ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY December 2012 ABSTRACT Oral history methodologies are used to conduct fifteen interviews with Martha Akesi Ndaarko Sennie-Tumi over the course of three months. Research responded to the following questions: How do African women defy master narratives? When do African women defy master narratives and move from the margins to the center? What roles do African women take on to defy master narratives and why? To what extent does the concept of malezile (women who stand firm) address human rights? Twelve stories of defiance (three of which are folktales) are analyzed for recurring themes, concepts and motifs. Research showed that African women defy master narratives when the system worked to their detriment through the Nana Esi archetype. The stories also showed that women adopt nontraditional roles during defiance by using whatever means available to them at the time of defiance. i DEDICATION I dedicate this thesis to my beloved grandmother, Martha Akesi Ndaarko Sennie- Tumi. ii ACKNOWLEDMENTS This work is a communal women’s effort and must be viewed as such. This thesis is dedicated to my beloved grandmother, Martha Akesi Ndaarko Sennie-Tumi, who raised me and taught me my first feminist lessons. -
SAVE Hosts Its 12Th Annual Breakfast Fundraiser
Keeping The Niles Music California Unexpected Festival Guest returns golden Coastal Cleanup Day Page 14 Page 32 Page 12 The newspaper for the new millennium 510-494-1999 [email protected] www.tricityvoice.com September 16, 2014 Vol. 13 No. 37 BY JESSE PETERS PHOTOS BY CASSANDRA BROADWIN alking leisurely through the rolling Whills of golden grass at Coyote Hills Regional Park with the Bay’s green water quietly rest- ing against the shore, you might wonder if before the rise of path- ways, asphalt roads, and smart- phones, you could make it out here on your own. The opportu- nity to discover if you possess the abilities necessary to thrive in the Stone Age is closer than you think. You may eat Paleo but this competition isn’t CrossFit, its Coyote Hills’ 5th annual “Stone Age Olympics and Knap-In.” At the park’s Dairy Glen campground, you’ll travel back thousands of years to watch and learn the skills early humans per- fected in order to survive. The spectrum of activities includes the atlatl, a spear-like weapon found throughout the world and precur- continued on page 20 SAVE hosts its 12th annual breakfast fundraiser BY ROBBIE FINLEY Stopping domestic violence is a community effort, and it is in that spirit that Safe Alter- natives to Violent Environments (SAVE) will stage its 12th annual “Breakfast Eye Opener” fundraiser event on Friday, September 26 at the Double Tree by Hilton in Newark. “This is our biggest fundraiser of the year,” said Nina Clymer, SAVE’s executive director/CEO. This year’s theme is “Cele- brating Community” – the relationships between different community organiza- tions and supporters that enable a victim and their families to receive the support that they need. -
Memorable Moments from Kennedy on Their Hats, but Even That Was Not Allowed
510-657-4070 Ext. 27122 [email protected] June 2010 Vol.1 No. 8 dents tried to find a loophole in the rule by writing JFK or Titans Memorable moments from Kennedy on their hats, but even that was not allowed. So students continued to By Nishant Neel, Yazmin sweeps. These sweeps, which were students a chance to dunk them the evening. Both Spectrum of the wear their desired hats and ducked Suarez, and Kim Reisler used to deter tardiness in students, in water. Students and staff had to Arts assemblies this year were en- out of sight from Kimo and collected over 60 students in its pay five to ten dollars, and all the tertaining and will be another bian- Ms.Muzaffery who strongly en- As another school year draws first couple of days. Students who proceeds went towards paying for nual Kennedy tradition. forced the hat rule. If they spotted to a close and summer quickly ap- came to school late found them- Of course we cannot forget students wearing hats they warned proaches, the Titan Tribune would selves being round up by admin- Kennedy’s Band, who won overall them to take it off and if the stu- like to highlight some memorable istrators and given detentions. Mr. first place in the the annual ‘Music dents didn’t listen, administrators moments throughout the last nine Hanson would often be heard on in the Park’ competition. It took confiscated the hats until the end months. We hope that as you read the intercom before these raids, place in Los Angeles in a high of the school day. -
Rice Project Helps Farmers Boost Yields | Lao Voices
Rice project helps farmers boost yields | Lao Voices Home Laos News Feature Culture Entertainment Photos Videos Food Travel Travel Guide About Rice project helps farmers boost yields Popular Posts June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Headlines | Posted by: LV Luang Prabang is a member of EATOF Travel To Cambodia Experience Asia from the comfort of a luxury cruise. Learn more today. PM back from World Economic Forum on Seabourn.com/Asia East Asia A Japanese-funded project to increase rice yields using the single seedling method has just The Fight to Preserve Lao Traditional Dress completed its first phase, and will aim to increase sustainability going forward. Lao Wedding Dress Pro-net 21, a Japanese non-profit organisation, worked with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Lao government on the project in Xayaboury and Luang Prabang Amy Chanthaphavong is Miss Asian America provinces and in Vientiane. 2009 The Livelihood Impro-vement Project for the Rural Poor in Laos aims to boost production by adopting low-input rice farming technology, known as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), to help improve rice farmers’ living conditions in target areas. In the traditional method, three or four rice seedlings are planted together, but the single seedling method, which is used in many other countries, gives a higher yield.According to a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Department of Irrigation and Pro-net signed in December 2007, the project planned to plant only 100 hectares of rice in Tha Ngone in Xaythany district, Vientiane, Houay Noi in Paklai district, Xayaboury province, and Nam Pa irrigation schemes in Luang Prabang district, Luang Prabang province. -
Journal of Arts & Humanities
Journal of Arts & Humanities Volume 08, Issue 10, 2019: 60-72 Article Received: 20-08-2019 Accepted: 04-09-2019 Available Online: 27-10-2019 ISSN: 2167-9045 (Print), 2167-9053 (Online) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18533/journal.v8i10.1731 Semantically Ambiguous: An Overview of Some Akan and Dangmbe Riddles Jonathan Edward Tetteh Kuwornu-Adjaottor1, George Appiah2, Melvin Nartey3 ABSTRACT Riddles, like folktales are considered an important aspect of speech games that promote critical thinking. Due to the influx of foreign games, local riddles have recently lost their values. But as an important aspect of Akan and Dangme cultures, riddles are included in school curricula, especially at the higher learning institutions, to create awareness of their socio-cultural importance in the society and to the youth. The importance of riddles and brain teasers cannot be overemphasized. Policy makers are keenly interested in promoting the use of riddles as a means of empowering the Ghanaian youth with the capacity to resolve the growing challenges of our economy. This paper seeks to address some of the teething problems associated with some of the popular Akan and Dangme riddles. Using aspects of the ethnography of communication theory (Gumperz, 1972) and (Saville-Troike 2003), selected riddles from the two languages, collected from communities were analyzed descriptively by means of feature/componential method. The findings are that, the meanings and/or ideas they express are not certain due to the sameness of features between the items with which the riddles are framed and other items. The paper has thus added to literature in the discipline of semantics. -
Sept Oct 2007 Newsletter
CITIZENS FOR BETTER COMMUNITY P. O. Box 1, Fremont, CA 94537-0001 Membership Newsletter Web site: http://www.cbc-sfbay.com Volume 7, Issue 5 September / October 2007 CBC Participates in Dragon Boat Race President’s Message By Steve Cho Greetings to All, Summer has come and gone! I hope everyone had a fun, enjoyable and relaxing summer. I trust that you are now fully recharged and ready to begin the “Fall” season with renewed spirit and energy. You are just rearing to go! As we look back over this past summer, a number of CBC activities took place and a number of upcoming activities are in the planning phase. In keeping with our Mission Statement “To initiate, Photos courtesy of Amy Cho sponsor, and promote community events that will affect the well being of Chinese Americans with CBC joins in the 2007 Paddle for Life Dragon Boat Race fundraiser for the American Cancer Society - emphasis on health, education, business and community involvement”, CBC was a proud supporting Northern California Chinese Unit (ACS-NCCU). sponsor of the following events: See page 5 for details. 1) Fremont Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) 2) Taipei Youth Sports Folk Group 3) Youth Leadership Toastmasters 4) Annual BBQ I NSIDE T HIS I SSUE 5) Paddle for Life Dragon Boat Race (American Cancer Society – Northern California Chinese Unit) 6) Fremont Days at the A’s 2 President-elect David Sheen 7) Senior Focus Forum 8) Hosted mixer for Mary Chung Hayashi, 3 Mixer with Assemblymember Mary Chung Hayashi / Assemblymember, 18th District FCSN Open House & Fundraising Gala 9) CBC Toastmasters 10) Hosted community meeting with Oakland A’s 4 Toastmaster Principles Management 5 Dragon Boat Race “Paddle for Life” As you can see, a relaxing summer was still filled with many events and activities. -
ED340715.Pdf
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 340 715 TM 017 396 TITLE 1990-91 Bulletin of Information for TOEFL andTSE. INSTITUTIOV Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J. PUB DATE 90 NOTE 41p. AVAILABLE FROMTest of English as a ForeignLanguage/Test of Spoken English Services, P.O. Box 6151,Princeton, NJ 08541-6151 (free). PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom Use (055)-- Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available fromEDRS. DESCRIPTORS Advance Organizers; Bulletins; *CollegeEntrance Examinations; *English (Second Language);Foreign Students; Higher Education; Language Skills;Limited English Speaking; *Listening ComprehensionTests; Multiple Choice Tests; *Reading Comprehension; Student Placement; Testing Programs; TestManuals; Vocabulary Skills; *Writing Tests IDENTIFIERS English Placement Tests; *Test of English as a Foreign Language; *Test of Spoken English; Testof Written English ABSTRACT This document is the UnitedStates/Canada edition of the information bulletin for the Test ofEnglish as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English(TSE). The bulletin provides information and registration forms necessaryfor taking the TOEFL or TSE, The purpose of the TOEFL is to evaluatethe North American English proficiency of people whose nativelanguage is not English. The multiple-choice TOEFL consists ofthree sections: (1) listening comprehension; (2) structure and writtenexpression; and (3) vocabllary and reading comprehension. At fouradministrations each year, the Test of Written English(TWE) is includad as a direct writing assessment. The TSE evaluates spokenEnglish proficiency, requiring examinees to orally answer questionspresented in printed and recorded forms. The TOEFL, the TWE,and the TSE are commonly used by colleges and univeYsities to determine theEnglish proficiency of applicants. In addition to registrationinformation, tLis bulletin contains practice questions for the TOEFL, theTWE, and the TSE; a score comparison table; and informationabout score reports. -
Racial Consciousness in the 21St Century
White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century Also by Jared Taylor: Shadows of the Rising Sun: A Critical View of the Japanese Miracle The Tyranny of the New and Other Essays Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America WHITE IDENTITY Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century by Jared Taylor New Century Books Also available from New Century Books: The Real American Dilemma: Why Race Matters Race, Immigration, and the Michael Levin, 2005 Future of America Jared Taylor, Ed., 1998 Race and Reason, A Yankee View Carelton Putnam, 2006 A Race Against Time: Racial Heresies for the 21st Century Essential Writings on Race George McDaniel, Ed., 2003 Samuel T. Francis, 2007 Paved With Good Intentions: The Affirmative Action Hoax: The Failure of Race Relations Diversity, The Importance of Character in Contemporary America and other Lies, Second Edition Jared Taylor, 2004 Steven Farron, 2010 Published Monthly by New Century Foundation: American Renaissance (www.amren.com) Copyright © 2011 by New Century Foundation Printed in the United States of America First New Century Books Edition Book and cover design by Kevin I. Slaughter Cover illustration: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar Friedrich, 1818. library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Taylor, Jared. White identity : racial consciousness in the 21st century / by Jared Taylor. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-9656383-9-5 1. Race awareness--United States. 2. Racism--United States. 3. United States--Race relations. I. Title. E185.615.T395 2011 305.800973--dc22 2010050881 Contents Acknowledgements . ix Introduction . xi Chapter 1. -
Thewallbehind Whichrefugees Canshelter the 1951 Geneva Convention N°123 - 2001
VOLUME 2 • NUMBER 123 • 2001 50TH ANNIVERSARY THEWALLBEHIND WHICHREFUGEES CANSHELTER THE 1951 GENEVA CONVENTION N°123 - 2001 Editor: Ray Wilkinson French editor: Mounira Skandrani Contributors: Walter Brill, Nathalie Karsenty, Patrick Tigere DEU•1945 2 EDITORIAL Editorial assistant: Virginia Zekrya ©BPK/ The Refugee Convention at 50. Photo department: Suzy Hopper, Anne Kellner 4 COVER STORY Design: The Geneva Convention has been the Vincent Winter Associés cornerstone of protection for 50 years, but there is Production: a lively debate about its relevance today. Françoise Peyroux The international community adopted the By Marilyn Achiron Administration: 4 1951 Geneva Refugee Anne-Marie Le Galliard Convention mainly in Personal view Distribution: response to the atrocities The Convention. committed in World War II John O’Connor, Frédéric Tissot and to help the millions of By Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary Map: people uprooted by that New problems conflict. Refugee crises UNHCR - Mapping Unit spread around the world in Gender-based persecution leaves the shadows. Historical documents: the following decades. By Judith Kumin UNHCR Archives Cessation When the Convention is over. Refugees is published by the Public Information Section of the United C.S.•GIN•2001 Nations High Commissioner for QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Refugees. The opinions expressed by 16 contributors are not necessarily those The most frequently asked questions about the of UNHCR. The designations and Refugee Convention. maps used do not imply the expression of any opinion or recognition on the UNHCR/L. TAYLOR/ Exclusion part of UNHCR concerning the legal status of a territory or of its authorities. Who is NOT protected by the Geneva Convention.