Search results for: “pay as you go”

  • UN Security Council

    UN Security Council The Council is composed of fifteen member states, five of them permanent members and specified by name in the Charter. These are the United States, Russia (replacing the Soviet Union in 1991), China, the United Kingdom, and France. The rest are elected for two-year terms […]

  • Bank For International Settlements

    Bank For International Settlements Summary of Bank For International Settlements An international bank owned and controlled by the central banks of twenty-four European and five non-European central banks. The BIS was formed at the Hague Conference of 1930 in response to pressures for the […]

  • Tax Return

    Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of tax return, with a description of the most significant features of tax return at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Letter To Orrin G. Hatch And Ron Wyden On […]

  • Virtual Currency

    Virtual currency is a digital representation of value that can be traded on the Internet and functions as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; and/or a store of value, but does not have legal tender status in any jurisdiction. Virtual currency is distinguished from fiat […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • CAEMC Countries

    Hierarchical Display of CAEMC countries Geography > Economic geographyInternational Organisations > Extra-European organisations > African organisation > Central African Economic and Monetary Community CAEMC countries Concept of CAEMC countries See the dictionary definition of CAEMC […]

  • European Energy Charter

      PART I DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS As used in this Treaty: (1) "Charter"means the European Energy Charter adopted in the Concluding Document of the Hague Conference on the European Energy Charter signed at The Hague on 17 December 1991; signature of the […]

  • Law of the Sea

    Law Of The Sea The United States Congress has kept the United NationsÂ’s Law of the Sea Treaty bottled up in committee for 30 years. In 2011, a rush by nations to claim oil rights under the Arctic Sea was quickening debate on treaty accession. United States Senator Lee, cofounder of […]

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]

  • Anti-discriminatory Measure

    Hierarchical Display of Anti-discriminatory measure Law > Rights and freedomsLaw > Rights and freedoms > Social rights > Equal treatmentTrade > International trade > International trade > Social clause Anti-discriminatory measure Concept of Anti-discriminatory measure See the […]

  • Anti-discriminatory Measure

    Hierarchical Display of Anti-discriminatory measure Law > Rights and freedomsLaw > Rights and freedoms > Social rights > Equal treatmentTrade > International trade > International trade > Social clause Anti-discriminatory measure Concept of Anti-discriminatory measure See the […]

  • Libya

    Countries or entities currently subject to sanctions by the United States: Libya Libya in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 26, 2011, State Department Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh […]

  • Education

    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]

  • Registered Trademark

    Spanish Translation of registered trademarkThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to registered trademark and / or a definition of this topic: Marca Registrada (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).