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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with its objectives of achieving the economic independence of the society, uprooting poverty and deprivation, and fulfilling human needs in the process of development while preserving human liberty, is based on the following criteria:
1. the provision of basic necessities for all citizens: housing, food, clothing, hygiene, medical treatment, education, and the necessary facilities for the establishment of a family;
… (Art. 43) - Persianبرای تأمین استقلال اقتصادی جامعه و ریشهکن کردن فقر و محرومیت و برآوردن نیازهای انسان در جریان رشد، با حفظ آزادگی او، اقتصاد جمهوری اسلامی ایران بر اساس ضوابط زیر استوار میشود:
1- تأمین نیازهای اساسی: مسکن، خوراک، پوشاک، بهداشت، درمان، آموزش و پرورش و امکانات لازم برای تشکیل خانواده برای همه.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The sovereign People of Senegal,
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PROCLAIM:
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- to the equal access of all the citizens to the public services;
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Le Peuple du Sénégal souverain,
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PROCLAME :
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- l'égal accès de tous les citoyens aux services publics ;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe Republic provides particular care and protection for the family.
… (Art. 40) - MacedonianРепубликата му обезбедува посебна грижа и заштита на семејството.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion-
(a) to decide whether or not any pensions benefits shall be granted, or
(b) to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such benefits that have been granted,
those benefits shall be granted and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the Public Service Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the benefits or, as the case may be, in the decision to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.
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(6) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Everyone has the right to social security.
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3. The social security system shall protect citizens in illness and old age and when they are disabled, widowed or orphaned, as well as when they are unemployed or in any other situation that entails a lack of or reduction in means of subsistence or the ability to work.
… (Art. 63) - Portuguese1. Todos têm direito à segurança social.
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3. O sistema de segurança social protege os cidadãos na doença, velhice, invalidez, viuvez e orfandade, bem como no desemprego e em todas as outras situações de falta ou diminuição de meios de subsistência ou de capacidade para o trabalho.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State recognizes and guarantees the right to social security for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Nation. Its regime is instituted as a public function, in a national, unitary, and obligatory manner.
… (Art. 100) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce y garantiza el derecho a la seguridad social para beneficio de los habitantes de la Nación. Su régimen se instituye como función pública, en forma nacional, unitaria y obligatoria.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(b) In carrying out its powers and functions, the Civil Service Commission shall be governed by democratic values and principles, including the following:
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3. services shall be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without prejudice;
… (Art. 182) - Dhivehi(ށ) ސިވިލް ސަރވިސް ކޮމިޝަނުގެ މަސްއޫލިއްޔަތު އަދާކުރުމުގައްޔާއި އެ ކޮމިޝަނަށް ލިބިފައިވާ ބާރުތައް ބޭނުންކުރުމުގައި ދީމިޤްރާތީ ހަމަތަކާއި އުސޫލްތަކަށް ތަބާވާންވާނެއެވެ. މީގެތެރެއިން އަންނަނިވި ކަންކަން ހިމެނެއެވެ.
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3. ޙިދުމަތް ދިނުމުގައި އިންސާފާއި ހަމަހަމަކަމާއެކު، ވަކިފަރާތަކަށް ބުރަވުމެއްނެތި، ތަޢައްސުބުން އެއްކިބާވުން.
... (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 182 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishDuring the transitional period, state agencies perform the following duties:
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(4) Resolve the economic crisis by stopping economic deterioration and work on laying the foundations for sustainable development by implementing an urgent economic, social, financial, and humanitarian program to face the current challenges.
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(14) Perform an active role in social welfare and achieve social development by striving to provide healthcare, education, housing and social security, ... (Art. 7) - Arabicتلتزم اجهزه الدوله في الفترة الانتقاليه بإنفاذ المهام الآتية:
4. معالجة الازمة الاقتصادية بإيقاف التدهور الاقتصادي والعمل علي إرساء اسس التنمية المستدامة وذلك بتطبيق برنامج اقتصادي واجتماعي ومالي وانساني عاجل لمواجهة التحديات الراهنة.
14. القيام بدور فاعل في الرعاية الاجتماعية وتحقيق التنمية الاجتماعية من خلال السعي لتوفير الصحه والتعليم والسكن والضمان الاجتماعي، والعمل علي المحافظة علي بيئة طبيعية نظيفة وعلي التنوع الحيوي في البلاد ورعايتة وتطويرة بما يضمن مستقبل الاجيال. (الماده 8)
Public Institutions and Services
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Health care for children, pregnant women, mothers on maternity leave, single parents with children under seven years of age and elderly persons shall be provided from public revenues unless it is provided in some other manner in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 68) - Serbian Cyrillic
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Деца, труднице, мајке током породиљског одсуства, самохрани родитељи са децом до седме године и стари остварују здравствену заштиту из јавних прихода, ако је не остварују на други начин, у складу са законом.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The woman and the man are equal before the law. It shall protect the organization and the development of the family.
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Every person has the right to health protection.
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Every family has the right to enjoy decent and proper housing. The law will establish the instruments and supports necessary in order to reach this objective.
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The State will guarantee the delivery of an economic support to persons who have a permanent disability in the terms that the law establishes. ...
Persons over sixty-eight years of age have the right to receive on the part of the State a non-taxable pension in the terms that the law establishes.
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La mujer y el hombre son iguales ante la ley. Ésta protegerá la organización y el desarrollo de la familia.
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Toda persona tiene derecho a la protección de la salud.
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Toda familia tiene derecho a disfrutar de vivienda digna y decorosa. La Ley establecerá los instrumentos y apoyos necesarios a fin de alcanzar tal objetivo.
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El Estado garantizará la entrega de un apoyo económico a las personas que tengan discapacidad permanente en los términos que fije la Ley. ...
Las personas mayores de sesenta y ocho años tienen derecho a recibir por parte del Estado una pensión no contributiva en los términos que fije la Ley.
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