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American Embassy Hanoi - Bilateral Trade Agreement
Why the Bilateral Trade Agreement is Necessary Under U.S. law, The United States cannot extend Normal Trade Relations to countries in transition like Vietnam without a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). The purpose of the Agreement is to ensure trade rules are clear, to stimulate and increase trade, and to help Vietnam achieve economic integration, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Is Vietnam Facing Unusually High Standards? Is the US Asking Vietnam to Do More than the WTO Requires?Absolutely not. The United States wants to establish commercial relations with Vietnam on the same basis as it has with other countries, including developing economies in transition, e.g., Bulgaria, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan. These relations are based on international norms including those of the WTO. Moreover, the United States recognizes tha ... [Read More]
Prosperity Paper No. 6
Security interests may be taken in virtually all forms ofproperty. Security interests in real property, although verysignificant in commercial real estate transactions, generally aredealt with in the real property rather than commercial laws of astate. Security interests in commercial goods may be taken incapital goods, such as industrial equipment. Security interestsmay also be held in goods held for resale ("inventory") and indebtsowed to the debtor by third parties ("accounts receivable"). American law, in particular, has pioneered legal conceptsfacilitating security interests in streams of inventory andaccounts receivable. Security interest can also be taken infinancial instruments, such as stock, bonds and bank accounts,andin intangible property, such as trademarks and copyrights. ... [Read More]
2004 Country Report on Human Rights in Bulgaria
Conditions in some prisons remained harsh and included overcrowding, inadequate lavatory facilities, and insufficient heating and ventilation. All prisons were more than 70 years old. The Government expected that the introduction of a probation system in 2005 would partially alleviate the problem of overcrowding in prisons. At the end of June, the average prison density was 122.2 percent, with overcrowding at the prison in Bourgas being the worst (208.4 percent density); only the youth labor correction hostel in Boichinovtsi, the women's prison in Sliven, and the prison in Pazardjik were not overcrowded. The amount and type of food served was based on a table approved by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance. To meet the minimum caloric consumption, the average cost of food per day per prisoner was approximately $0.79 (1.18 leva); however, only two-thirds of that amount was allocated for food in the prisons budget. Nongove ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
AERA, CLO, and the Marine Security Guard Detachment work together to organize holiday gatherings for the Embassy community and friends. The annual Marine Birthday Ball is one of the highlights of the fall season, followed by the International Women’s Club (IWC) Charity Bazaar in early December. Opportunities abound to devote time to charity. Many institutions for orphans and handicapped welcome volunteeres. There are two English-speaking international clubs for women, the above-mentioned IWC, and the Women’s Network, made up chiefly of working women in Sofia. Official Functions Nature of FunctionsLast Updated: 12/2/2003 11:36 AM In Sofia, there ... [Read More]
Bulgaria
The legal requirement that groups whose activities have a religious element register with the Council of Ministers restricted the activities of some religious groups prior to or in the absence of registration. Affected groups included the Unification Church and the Church of the Nazarene (which has tried repeatedly to register for more than 6 years). Furthermore several municipal governments, including those of Burgas, Plovdiv, Pleven, Gorna Oryahovitsa, and Stara Zagora, established local registration requirements or adopted other restrictive laws curtailing the free practice of religious activities, often in contravention of the country's law. For example, a regulation passed by the Sofia municipality in February 1999 forbids references to miracles and healing during religious services, a provision that many fear may be employed as a pretext to ban or interrupt services by charismatic evangelical groups. The City Council in Burgas maintained its refusal to register the local branch o ... [Read More]
Summary of Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe
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Bulgaria
The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were problems in several areas. Members of the security forces were responsible for one killing during the year. Security forces commonly beat suspects and inmates and beat and mistreated minorities. Arbitrary arrest and detention were problems. Security forces harassed, physically abused, and arbitrarily arrested and detained Romani street children. Problems of accountability persisted and inhibited government attempts to address police abuses. Conditions in many prisons and detention facilities were harsh. There remained some instances of prolonged pretrial detention, although the Government continued to improve its performance in preventing periods of pretrial detention from exceeding the statutory limit of 1 year. The judiciary was underpaid, understaffed, and had a heavy case backlog; corruption of the judiciary was a serious problem. The Government infringed on citizens' privacy right ... [Read More]
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