In recent years Pakistan's parliament has made several welcome amendments to the constitution, such as reserving seats for women and religious minorities in the federal and provincial parliaments, a right to a fair trial, freedom of speech, a right to information and freedom of expression.
He said, however, that he would welcome an amendment under preparation by Democrats requiring television broadcasters to guarantee candidates the lowest possible rate for television advertising.
The Danish Social Democrats would welcome an amendment of Directive 92/81/EEC, which is the legal basis for this proposal, as soon as possible so that the Member States may be authorized to impose excise duties on mineral oils supplied for use as a motor fuel in especially polluting commercial vessels sailing in EU waters.
Neate welcomes the amendment to the bill, but said that police training in recognising the crime was critical.
The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) welcomed the amendment, saying in a statement that the move "ensures that no more orcas will be condemned to a non-life of loneliness, deprivation and misery".
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Atlantic City positively welcomed the 18th Amendment, seeing in it a huge financial windfall, and the characters in the show, authentic and imaginary, are besotted with money as much as with booze.
The hunting fraternity dismisses these claims as "patent nonsense", and say it still wants a full repeal of the fox hunting ban introduced in 2005 – but has welcomed the proposed amendment as a significant step forward.
Speaking to me last night, the council's most senior official particularly welcomed a proposed amendment to the human rights convention that should make it easier for the court to declare cases inadmissible.
Evan Harris, associate director of Hacked Off, the group campaigning for tighter press regulation, welcomed the proposed amendment: "This is a very good result for bloggers … almost all multi-author edited news blogs will not need to join an approved self-regulator in order to avoid cost penalties if sued in court.
