Examples of using Split session in English and their translations into Spanish
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Split session.
May 1998 split session.
Split sessions.
June 1998 split session.
Split session.
There is no provision, however, for the additional requirements related to the convening of two split sessions.
The Planning Group re-established the informal Working Group on split session as well as the Working Group on the long-term programme of work.
Some delegations supported the Commission's decision to hold a single session in Geneva in 1999 and another split session in 2000.
The Commission recommends split sessions because it believes they would be more efficient and effective and facilitate the uninterrupted attendance of more members.
The Commission felt that its work requirements made it essential to hold a 12-week split session the following year at the United Nations Office in Geneva.
A split session would allow intra-sessional preparation to be carried out in a way that would make the second part of a split session more productive.
Should the General Assembly adopt the draft resolution,the Commission would hold a 12-week split session at Geneva from 1 May to 9 June and from 10 July to 18 August 2000.
With regard to the holding of split sessions(paras. 633-639), his delegation believed that the Commission would benefit from dialogue and interaction with the Sixth Committee in New York.
In order to accommodate Timorese judges undergoing mandatory training,the Special Panels for serious crimes began operating two panels in split sessions and expanded the hours for hearing cases.
Convening one of the split sessions in New York in 1998 would help to offset some of the costs and would establish closer linkages between the work of the Commission and that of the Sixth Committee.
According to this view,it was regrettable that financial constraints made it impossible for the Commission to continue to meet in split session and it was hoped that the future budget would provide funding to allow this practice to be resumed.
With regard to the question of split session, according to one view, the proposal to split the Commission's sessions into two shorter sessions would reap gains beyond the Commission's expectations.
Since the next session of the Commission will be the last of its present quinquennium,the Commission is of the view that the requirements of its work make it essential to hold a 12week split session, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, from 23 April to 1 June and from 2 July to 10 August 2001.
Though it would be premature to decide to hold split sessions permanently in view of their financial implications and the practical disadvantages of travelling back and forth between New York and Geneva.
Furthermore, the Commission reiterates its views expressed in paragraph 227 of its 1996 report to the effect that,"in the longer term, the length of sessions is related to the question of[its work]organization" and that"if a split session is adopted… its work can usually be effectively done in a period of less than 12 weeks a year.
On 31 May 2000,the Planning Group reestablished a Working Group on Split Session composed as follows: Mr. R. Rosenstock(Chairman), Mr. J.C. Baena Soares, Mr. R.I. Goco, Mr. J.L. Kateka, Mr. G. Pambou-Tchivounda and Mr. C. Yamada.
With regard to the split session for 1998, it was regrettable that, although the experiment might prove worthwhile, the large number of conferences to be held in 1998 did not allow for sufficient flexibility for scheduling Commission sessions. .
Mr. Cede(Austria) endorsed the decision by the International Law Commission to hold a single session in Geneva in 1999 and another split session in 2000. Such an arrangement would make it easier for the Commission to evaluate which schedule was more conducive to the progress of its work.
The question of a split session would have thus necessitated an exception to the arrangements established by the General Assembly in its resolution 40/243 of 18 December 1985, in which it is stated that the sessions of the International Law Commission shall be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
While the workload for the last two years of its current quinquennium(2000 and 2001)will clearly require 12 weeks and benefit from split sessions, the Commission may be able to complete its tasks in a unitary session of 10 weeks as was the case in 1997 in the initial year of its five-year term.
Paragraph 10 concerned the question of split sessions, which had not been well received by the International Law Commission, and paragraph 11 concerned the duration of the Commission's future sessions, including its 1988 session. .
Takes note of paragraphs 562 and563 of the report of the International Law Commission regarding the holding of split sessions as of 2000, requests the Commission to examine the advantages and disadvantages of such split sessions, and decides to return to this matter at its fifty-fourth session; .
In the light of the possibility that the Commission will hold an 11-week split session solely in Geneva in 1998 and a 12-week session in 1999, there would be an additional requirement of $275,528 for the biennium 1998-1999, of which $157,815 represents the increase in 1998 and $117,713 the increase in 1999.
The Commission, at its fifty-first session, expressed the view that a split session would allow intra-sessional preparation to be carried out in a way that would make the second part of a split session more productive and cited several examples to support that view.2.
The Nordic countries shared the Commission's view that split sessions might improve the situation by allowing for extended inter-sessional deliberations, thereby enhancing the productivity of the second part of a split session. .

