Government finance - On January 11, 2010, China's State Council published the draft Implementation Regulations of the Government Procurement Law (Draft Regulations) on its website, in order to solicit public opinion on its provisions. The 116-article regulations will clarify...
Adoption - The International Adoption Working Group (IAWG), an ad hoc organization comprising diplomatic mission representatives of countries that have or are considering having adoption agencies (private or state-run) in Nepal, recently called upon the Nepali government to...
Government organization - Catharine Ashton, who is the newly appointed European Union High Representative for Foreign Security and Policy, is reportedly working on restructuring the EU's External Action Service (EAS). EAS is a diplomatic corps with 130 delegations in...
Health and safety - Taiwan's President promulgated the Statute on Human Biological Database Management on February 3, 2010. (Statute for Human Body Biological Database Management, THE GAZETTE OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 34-44 (Feb. 3, 2010), [content.glin.gov] A...
Legislative power - It was reported on February 22, 2010, that Vietnam's Ministry of Justice has placed on its website a revised draft of the Capital Law. Provisions that would have given Hanoi municipal officials the right to issue...