Translation of "Country-by-Country Working Group " (English → French) :

They are becoming part of a broader group of Canadians committed to serving their country; indeed, their work prior to their appointment indicates their abiding respect for their communities, their provinces and their country.

Also in the statement, the Commission considered, on the one hand, that representatives of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, the European Space Agency as well as the SG/HR should be involved as observers in the work of the expert group under the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure and, on the other hand, that agreements concluded by the European Community may provide for the participation of representatives of third countries in the work of the expert group under conditions laid down in its rules of procedure.

Moreover, provision must be made for the possible participation of third countries in the work of the expert group.

According to Article 6(2), in the absence of choice, a contract of employment shall be governed a) by the law of the country in which the employee habitually carries out his work in performance of the contract, even if he is temporarily employed in another country, or b), if the employee does not habitually carry out his work in any one country, by the law of the country in which the place of business through which he was engaged is situated, unless it appears from the circumstances as a whole that the contract is more closely connected with another country, in which case the contract is to be governed by the law of that country .

From 1980-1989, Canada helped over 40 countries with varying religious, ideological, cultural and political traditions work together to produce the Convention.[83] At the first meeting of the Working Group in February 1979, Canada proposed that the preamble to the Convention include the first preambular paragraphs of both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[84] and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.[85] This proposal was accepted and paved the way for Canada ’s continuing involvement in the negotiations.[86] Like its Western allies, Canada ...[+++]was initially concerned that the Convention did not sufficiently address children’s civil and political rights.[87] However, Canada ’s proposal to include references to both civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights can be regarded as mitigating the tension between the Eastern and Western blocs.

By way of introduction, I want to say how active you have been since this present cabinet was formed in working not only with your counterparts in the United States in the Obama administration, but also in the group of 17 countries that are working on an agenda for the upcoming deliberations in Copenhagen in December.