Examples of using Replying to the questions raised in English and their translations into Spanish
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Mr. Kokk(Estonia), replying to the questions raised, said that citizenship in Estonia derived from ius sanguinis.
Mr. Otunnu(Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children andArmed Conflict), replying to the questions raised, said that the various bodies of the United Nations system tried to share out the work relating to children and armed conflict.
Replying to the questions raised by Ms. Gaer, she said that the four prison officials had been suspended.
Mr. Sach(Director of the Programme Planning and Budget Division), replying to the questions raised on report A/58/426, said that a candidate had been offered the post of director of the Institute on 29 October but not yet officially accepted.
In replying to the questions raised, the resource person asked whether it was possible to know everything about a business or about factors affecting a business in its accounts.
Mr. HALLIDAY(Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management), replying to the questions raised by the representative of Germany, said that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and other departments were in the process of filling the support-account posts through normal procedures.
Replying to the questions raised under article 10, she said that discrimination against women in the educational sector was part of a broader cultural pattern of discrimination.
Mr. Khan(Director, Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination), replying to the questions raised by Ghana, said that the United Nations system of cooperation could and had assisted individual developing countries to translate the Millennium Development Goals to their own circumstances, priorities and conditions.
Replying to the questions raised by the Committee, the representative of the Secretariat stated that it was not clear at what point the new ODS would be made available to the public without limitations.
Mr. Niemtchinow(France), replying to the questions raised by Finland, said that there were two ways to ensure increasing dissemination of innovation.
Replying to the questions raised, the representative of the State party indicated that the grounds on which a passport could be denied or withdrawn were listed exhaustively in article 7 of the Passport Act, which he read out.
Mr. YOUMSI(Cameroon), replying to the questions raised, said that the pygmies were, historically speaking, the initial inhabitants of Cameroon.
Before replying to the questions raised concerning land ownership and mining activities, he would like to clarify the meaning of the term"reservation", a term which he personally disliked, but used for want of a better alternative.
Ms. NICOLAS(Philippines), replying to the questions raised, said that she would convey the Committee's comments and suggestions to her Government.
Replying to the questions raised, the representative of Mexico indicated that his Government was prepared to provide additional information on matters raised by the Committee and emphasized his Government's commitment to the task of putting an end to torture.
Mr. LEHMANN(Denmark), replying to the questions raised, said that it was not possible to provide an immediate survey of homeless and hungry people in his country.
Replying to the questions raised by the Chairperson at the beginning of the meeting, she said that considerable progress had been made towards eliminating institutional racism in law enforcement and the justice system during the time period covered in the report.
Mr. TAKASU(Controller), replying to the questions raised by the representative of the Netherlands, said that a first meeting of the three department heads had been held and that weekly meetings were planned.
Replying to the questions raised concerning the Committee's recent experience with double chambers, he said that the arrangement had helped to reduce the backlog of reports awaiting consideration at least temporarily and had enabled the Committee to improve the quality of its work.
Mr. VERGNE SABOIA(Brazil)thought that, before replying to the questions raised by the members of the Committee, it would be appropriate to view Brazil's situation and current difficulties in the context of its recent and less recent history.
Ms. KIMANID(Kenya), replying to the questions raised on education, said that the Government subsidized the purchase of textbooks by schoolchildren, and that the requirement to wear school uniform had been abolished in Kenya.
Mr. Nair(Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services), replying to the questions raised, said that, while OIOS was always pleased to see improvements in the pace of mission liquidation activities, it recognized that mission liquidation was a lengthy process and would await the completion of an in-depth review before passing judgement.
Mr. TAKASU(Controller), replying to the questions raised by the various speakers, said that if the General Assembly were to adopt the draft resolution under consideration, the Authority's administrative costs would be charged to the United Nations budget.
Mr. QUINTANO(Malta), replying to the questions raised by members, said that section 6 of the Constitution stated that the Constitution was supreme and took precedence over any other law.
Mr. HALBWACHS(Controller), replying to the questions raised by the delegation of Cuba, said that the Secretary-General was fairly confident that at least $40 million in savings would be realized as a result of the positive movement of currency exchange rates.
Mr. TAKASU(Controller), replying to the questions raised by delegations, said that the negotiations were in a final phase, and that all that was needed was the General Assembly's authorization for the signing of the agreements.
Mr. RODRIGUEZ-CUADROS(Peru) replying to the questions raised by the Committee in the list of issues, said with regard to question 1 that the committee responsible for revising the Penal Code had set up a subcommittee to bring it into line with the Rome Statute.
Ms. KORPI(Sweden), replying to the questions raised by Committee members concerning brutality of which children might be victims in schools, said that the Ministry of Education had considered whether that was really a problem and if remedial measures were needed.
Replying to the questions raised with regard to the legal framework for the application of the Convention,the representative of the reporting State explained that international conventions applied throughout the federal territory of Argentina and provincial jurisdiction was transferred to the federal level.
Replying to the questions raised by the Special Rapporteur he said that he was competent to deal with the subject only as far as the Ministry of the Interior was concerned and that it should be approached in the light of the Serbian aggression and the independence of Croatia up to the establishment of the regular Croatian army in 1992.