The US military is holding around 14,000 Iraqi suspects, and US commanders say they will not transfer the prisoners to Iraqi custody until they are sure of better standards.
They have tried hard to get politicians involved, says Mary Keegan, the standard-setter's chairman, but the ASB has not come under government pressure to scrap or change the standard.A new private-sector standard-setter in Japan, the Financial Accounting Standards Foundation, gives investors some hope of better standards there.
This report favors a "voluntary approach" to advertising restrictions and recommends "that children's nutrition in school be improved, both through a move away from the promotion of high-energy density foods within schools, and through the introduction of better standards for school meals".
Perinatal audit can aid in the development of better standards of care, improving quality in health systems.
Improved guideline uptake is not only an index of better standards but a validation of the process of guideline production.
Among them is Mohammed Muntari, a towering 21-year-old born in Ghana who scored his latest international goal in Tuesday's 3-0 awin win over the Bhutanese and will probably soon be worthy of a better standard of play than is available in the Qatari league with Lekywiya.
They move in search of a better standard of living.
Indeed, the promise of a better standard of living is often cited as an incentive for joining the FARC (e.g. Council on Hemispheric Affairs 2010).
Europe's aging population is creating new opportunities for medical doctors for finding employment in other countries, particularly those of a better standard of living.
"If you look at last year's New Zealand game, parts of the attacking game against Argentina were of a better standard," Farrell told BBC Sport.
