For instance, committee members from Spain, the home of the influential former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, and whose capitol Madrid was a contender, favored Rio de Janeiro as a second choice.
Some individuals, such as the Project Manager served on more than one committee, which was useful in those instances where committees had to work closely together to complete specific tasks and meet research deliverables.
In these instances, the committees seek to coordinate referrals from informal to formal health care providers; and they also seek to coordinate resources from within and outside the community to address the challenges of quality and accessibility limiting the use of the health facility to which the committee is linked.
In some instances, ethical committees discourage research on pregnant women for fear of damaging the fetus, but more research is needed on issues particularly related to women.
In some instances, ethics committees have permitted an opt-out arrangement where researchers have been required to first contact the patient for permission to review records, and asking them to reply if they object to their records being reviewed; this is not yet in universal practice, particularly in cases where, due to the requirements of the particular study, records cannot be anonymised.
Yet, as happens in rare instances, the committee's was not the last word.
For instance, Council committees should vote on the components of the budget under their purview, like Congressional appropriations committees.
In some instances, the committee sought to determine if certain documents had been improperly shielded under attorney-client privilege rule.
In these instances, the committee says, the use of existing embryonic cell lines derived from embryos fewer than 14 days old should be considered before resorting to the use of cells taken from surplus in vitro fertilization embryos fewer than 14 days old.
For instance, the committee chaired by Lady Plowden favoured external inspection of schools, a view nowadays seen as traditionalist.
