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Such a composition would ensure the legitimacy of the Council apos s action.

However, it must also be admitted that the legality of its actions on certain occasions has been called into question.

It is the only body with the capacity to negotiate disarmament treaties in the United Nations system.

It is necessary to consider seriously the eligibility of additional States, including non aligned States, for permanent membership in the Council.

Of course, the Council apos s capacity for action should not be limited, nor should the validity of its decisions be questioned.

There is, however, a different issue as to when the Committee apos s competence to consider complaints about alleged violations of the Covenant under the Optional Protocol is engaged.

It will also be significant to identify the authors or organs who issued those statements and to determine whether they were competent to bind the State.

He informed the Commission that legal proceedings were pending before the Administrative Tribunal of ILO in which several UNESCO staff were challenging the legal validity of the revised methodology.

The advantages of this hybrid status include the security and predictability of America s rule of law, eligibility for federal transfer payments, and favorable tax treatment.

19. Colombia considers it important to undertake a study of a possible constitutional monitoring body which would determine the legality of actions taken by United Nations organs.

By calling into question the validity of the elections organized a year ago under those same Bicesse Accords, UNITA has once again plunged Angola into an atmosphere fraught with danger and uncertainty.

(13) While welcoming the fact that no one sentenced to capital punishment has been executed in Benin in almost 18 years, the Committee notes with concern that capital punishment is not limited to the most serious crimes. It is concerned that some individuals have been on death row for many years, and is disturbed by contradictory reports regarding their conditions of detention (articles 6, 7 and 10 of the Covenant).

The national observers, as individuals of acknowledged standing in their respective villages, also verified the legitimacy of individual voters when questioned, and acted as impartial advisers.

It would be uneasy about adopting any procedure whose efficacy or validity would be subject to the slightest doubt and which might leave the competence of the tribunal open to challenge.

The capacity and competence of the organ, two questions which are closely linked but of course separate, is another of the most difficult aspects of consideration of the topic.

4.2 The State party further challenged the Committee apos s competence to examine the communication, in that the issues raised in the case relate to the evaluation of facts and evidence.

Not only is the capacity to prosecute crimes of such complexity virtually non existent, but their competence to do so under the Law on the Punishment of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes is in doubt.

3.1 The authors challenge sections 1, 6 and 10 of Bill No. 178 enacted by the Provincial Government of Quebec on 22 December 1988, with the purpose of modifying Bill No. 101, known as the Charter of the French Language (Charte de la langue française).