After studying the safety and efficacy of the low-dose pill, the ministry's Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council agreed in February to approve oral contraceptives.
Overcoming mistrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan remains a central issue, says BBC World Affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge.
Mr Clerides also made it clear that a future central government would not have the right to intervene in the affairs of either community.
Like them, he was against political and military intervention in European affairs, but not in the Caribbean, in Central or South America, or in the Pacific.
Natalie Dempster, director of government affairs for the WGC in London, said many central banks, those in Asia and other emerging markets in particular, have been rebalancing their reserve portfolios and will continue to do so.
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An economist by training, Mr Padoa-Schioppa has climbed almost to the top of Italy's central bank, managed the European Commission's economics and financial affairs division and chaired a prestigious international committee of bank regulators.
Besides a central government, there are five island governments that deal with the local island affairs.
Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and, of course, as Ronald Reagan's Director of Central Intelligence.
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Meanwhile, Westminster's Scottish Affairs Select Committee criticised Mr Gould after its chairman, Labour MP for Glasgow Central Mohammed Sarwar, said he had so far failed to agree to answer questions from various MPs.
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