MAURITIUS NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON CHILDREN – “A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN” MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS‚ CHILD DEVELOPMENT‚ FAMILY WELFARE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION December 2006 1 National Progress Report of the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children – “A World Fit for Children” INTRODUCTION Since 1991 the Ministry of Women’s Rights‚ Child Development‚ Family Welfare and Consumer Protection is mandated to cater for children
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CONSTITUTION OF MAURITIUS Chapter I – THE STATE AND THE CONSTITUTION Article1.The State Mauritius shall be a sovereign democratic State‚ which shall be known as the Republic of Mauritius. Article 2.Constitution is supreme law This Constitution is the supreme law of Mauritius and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution‚ that other law shall‚ to the extent of the inconsistency‚ be void. Chapter II – PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL Article 3.Fundamental
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Cyclones in Mauritius Cyclones in Mauritius While the south-east trade wind blows the whole year through and actually is a harmless and even pleasant event‚ in case of the cyclones the situation gets serious. They are also winds that are originated by the strong sun radiation‚ but they are tremendously more fiercely and destructive. Cyclones are originated during the months January up to March‚ when the sun is already returning from the southern tropic in direction to the northern tropic; While
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. THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS The economic activity of a society consists of activities related to the production and consumption of goods and services. Since earliest times‚ the primary function of organized society has been economic in nature. The other elements of civilized society -- architecture‚ literature‚ music‚ etc. -- emerge only after the material needs of the society have been amply provided for. Poor societies do not build great pyramids‚ erect magnificent cathedrals‚ or
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the 1980s and is now a pandemic‚ affecting over 33 million people around the world. Each year‚ over 2 million people die from the disease. The majority of cases and deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa‚ where the disease originated‚ and where poor economic conditions and limited sex education have exacerbated the pandemic. There is currently no vaccine or cure for HIV or AIDS‚ though treatments have been developed which can slow the disease’s course. The most effective treatments are intensive and
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you are true Pakistani then you will probably be aware from the main economic problems of Pakistan? Well if not then you must be aware because the solution of all such problems are connected with your bright and successful future. There have been so far huge sum of the problems related to the economic sector that is all the time in the mood of disturbing the economics of Pakistan. Well we cannot blame the entire mistake on the economic monster because the actual culprits are the policies that are infusing
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ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN Outline 1. Economy of Pakistan is in serious crises. 2. Political instability is the major cause along with many others. 3. In Pakistan‚ the system of taxes does not work well. 4. Corruption and bribery of the government officials hinder smooth functioning. 5. Pakistan is rich in natural resources but poor in managing and utilizing these. 6. Foreign exchange has always been a major problem of Pakistan. 7. The population growth rate adds
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Basic Economic Problem Lord Robbins defines economics as a social science which studies between ends and scare means which have alternative uses. Ends- want Scare means- Limited resources Alternative uses- different Scarcity Humans being are greedy by nature. As such‚ there wants are unlimited or infinite. However the resources available in form of land‚ labour‚ capital and enterprise that are being use to produce goods and services are scare or unlimited. This give rise to the basic economic problem
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Big Problems Thailand‚ like other countries‚ is facing several problems. Many are trivial; some are significant or BIG. I have reflected on the big problems‚as a Thai fellow‚ that I think are challenging the well-being of Thailand. In fact‚ a small-scale survey conducted by one of my students revealed that the four big problems were ranked as follows: 1. Economic Problem 2. Red-Yellow Groups 3. The Deep South It was found that the environment-related problems (such as global warming
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Economic problems in Angola Subject: Development economics Course work: Economic problems in Angola 2012 CONTENT 1 Angola 1 1.2 Basic information 1 1.2 History 3 1.3 Economic situation 3 2 Internal economic problems 4 2.1 Inflation 4 2. 2 GDP composition by sectors 5 2. 3 GDP Growth rate 8 3 International economic problems 10 3.1 Foreign trade problems 10 3. 2 Foreign investments to the country and depths problems 11 3. 2. 1 Foreign investments
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