10 The minimum composition, mandate and tasks of hospital AMT have a legal basis since 2008.
All countries should ensure that the composition and mandates of RECs concur with international standards, while providing institutional and financial resources to ensure independent and competent execution of all their roles.
The team's departure, however, has been held up by Israeli quibbling over its composition and mandate.
Israel initially agreed to the team's visit, but has since raised a series of concerns about its composition and mandate.
After agreeing to the mission late last week, Israel balked on Monday, saying the team's composition and mandate stacked it against Israel.
Alarmed that the composition and mandate of a United Nations fact-finding team were stacking it against Israel, the government announced tonight that it would delay the arrival of the team until Israel agreed to its members and precise assignment.
According to Vaz, the size, composition and mandate period would be determined the following day and then discussed with the Military Command.
Rather than tackling these allegations head-on through a truth commission or criminal investigations, Sri Lanka created a "Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission," whose mandate, composition and methods all cast serious doubt on its willingness to uncover what really happened in those fateful months.
The renewable energy target was repeatedly blamed, with the Minerals Council telling Frydenberg – in a press release and an opinion piece in the Australian – that he "should not mandate the composition of the energy mix".
After a late-night strategy session led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel seemed to retreat somewhat from the combative stance it had assumed on Tuesday, when the government expressed strong reservations about the mandate and composition of the team and said it would stall its arrival until Israel was assured it would not expand into a "set-up to accuse Israel of war crimes".
