competitive entrance examination [ competitive examination ]

balance of payments assistance [ balance of payments facility | balance of payments support | BOP assistance | medium-term financial assistance ]

competition (EU) [ EC competition | EC internal competition | EC open competition ]

ideas competition

horse pulling contest | horse pull

Environmental Art Contest [ DIAND Environmental Art Contest ]

show jumping | jumping competition | jumping event | jumping

These sucker lists that are generated from these contests are used to have people call them back to say they are lawyers and judges acting as agents for the contests, and they get them to send the $10,000 up front to pay for the taxes on the $100,000 the people supposedly won.

1. Fully supports the Geneva II Conference on Syria, which should be the first step in a process that will lead to a political solution to the conflict; is convinced that a lasting solution to the current crisis in Syria can only be achieved through a Syrian-led, inclusive political process with the backing of the international community; underlines the need for a genuine political transition in the country, thereby addressing the people’s aspiration for freedom and democracy; calls on all parties to engage constructively in a genuine negotiation; welcomes the meetings between representatives of the Syrian Government and opposition groups in the presence of UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi, at which among othe ...[+++]r topics the situation in the besieged city of Homs was discussed; welcomes the fact that the sides have reached a provisional agreement that would see humanitarian aid enter Homs and would allow women and children to leave its war-ravaged areas; expresses disappointment that in practice there has been no movement on allowing UN aid convoys into Homs, or on allowing civilians to leave the besieged city; stresses that following the outcome of negotiations regarding the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, some aid has been delivered to its residents; notes that no serious breakthrough and no major change in the position of either side could be witnessed during the first talks; takes positive note of the fact that a second round of talks is planned for 10 February 2014; welcomes the statement by Lakhdar Brahimi in which he expressed the hope that ‘we will try to draw some lessons about what we did and see if we can organise ourselves better for the next session’;

O. whereas in September 2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly called for a purge of liberal and secular academics in the universities, whereas the Iranian Government is increasingly barring university students from pursing their higher education despite the fact that they have passed competitive entrance exams, and whereas the judiciary has prosecuted numerous students and sentenced them to imprisonment, fines or flogging during the past year,

O. whereas in September 2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly called for a purge of liberal and secular academics in the universities, whereas the Iranian Government is increasingly barring university students from pursing their higher education despite the fact that they have passed competitive entrance exams, and whereas the judiciary has prosecuted numerous students and sentenced them to imprisonment, fines or flogging during the past year,