After an extensive debate with various civil society organizations, the Commission adopted this declaration, based on a proposal prepared for by the then newly established Special Rapporteurship on Freedom of Expression.
Ms Bahl is the former chairman of the society's commerce and industry group and was chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission before becoming a Law Society elected office-holder.
Before the general election, the Constitution Unit and the Electoral Reform Society set up an independent commission on conducting referendums.
The Education Committee (9.30am) has a session with members of the high-powered Academies Commission set up by the Royal Society for the Arts to look at the implications of the drive towards a fully academised system - and which questioned if it was justified by the evidence.
Realise the Dream is a joint project in which the National Commission works in cooperation with the Royal Society of NZ, Dairy NZ and Genesis Energy.
Dr Mark Vrtiska and colleagues at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission recently published research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin saying that organised and licensed hunting has boosted the amount of money being spent of conservation.
The organisations supporting the decade, which include George Soros's Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme, will help governments to carry out ten-year plans focusing on education, employment, health and housing.
The Electoral Reform Society has predicted a low turn-out while the Electoral Commission has its own concerns, including over the Home Office's planned advertising campaign.
Han Mun Deok, from the ministry of health, says the rise in insurance premiums is part of a bigger strategy, with the setting up of a special commission tasked with preparing for the shift to an ageing society.
There have also been important contributions from the Forestry Commission, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
"Many who could have made a positive contribution to society become, instead, a drain on its resources, " say the commission.
Edgar Kavu-Lavu from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) - one of the civil society groups to bring the case to court - says they won't appeal as there is not enough time before the elections are held.
But a survey of almost 1, 000 people in the UK, commissioned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), suggests widespread support for the commission's approach.
The civic society said that once it had an idea of what sort of design it wanted to commission it would proceed with raising funds and hold an open competition for artists to submit their plans.
The John Ivinson Memorial Prize is named in honour of the late John Ivinson who was an active member of the UK National Commission for UNESCO Communication and Information Committee and past president of the British Computing Society.
Peers insisted on keeping a general duty on the Commission underlining the need to protect human rights and promote equal opportunity for all in society.
In a report released today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized what it calls a lack of religious freedom in Saudi society overall and the promotion of religious extremism in Saudi schools.
In South Sudan, UNESCO is working directly with the government and civil society, including setting up mechanisms to ensure better coordination, as well as working directly with the DDR Commission on implementing an integrated literacy programme for ex-combatants, the largest single group of illiterates.
Through its Scotland Committee, the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) draws upon the expertise and support of a strong network of civil society organisations, institutions and individuals.
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