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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe main objectives of state policy in the economic, social, and cultural spheres shall be:
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4. To promote factual equality between women and men;
5. To promote the birth rate and the having of many children;
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7. To implement health protection and improvement programs for the population, and to create conditions for effective and affordable medical services for the population;
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10. To develop the regions proportionately;
… (Art. 86) - ArmenianՏնտեսական, սոցիալական և մշակութային ոլորտներում պետության քաղաքականության հիմնական նպատակներն են`
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4) կանանց և տղամարդկանց միջև փաստացի հավասարության խթանումը.
5) ծնելիության և բազմազավակության խթանումը.
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7) բնակչության առողջության պահպանման և բարելավման ծրագրերի իրականացումը, արդյունավետ և մատչելի բժշկական սպասարկման պայմանների ստեղծումը.
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10) տարածքային համաչափ զարգացումը.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishParents have the natural right and the duty to raise their children. They are sustained in this effort, by the State and the public collectivities. … (Art. 20)
- FrenchLes parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d'élever leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus, dans cette tâche, par l'Etat et les collectivités publiques. ... (Art. 20)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State guarantees the social, economic, and juridical protection of the family. … (Art. 47)
- SpanishEl Estado garantiza la protección social, económica y jurídica de la familia. … (Art. 47)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. All citizens shall be entitled to a life worthy of human beings.
2. The State shall have the duty to endeavor to promote social security and welfare.
3. The State shall endeavor to promote the welfare and rights of women.
… (Art. 34) - Korean①모든 국민은 인간다운 생활을 할 권리를 가진다.
②국가는 사회보장·사회복지의 증진에 노력할 의무를 진다.
③국가는 여자의 복지와 권익의 향상을 위하여 노력하여야 한다.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIn the economic and social field the state is under a priority duty:
a) Within the overall framework of a sustainable development strategy, to promote an increase in people's social and economic well-being and quality of life, especially those of the most disadvantaged persons;
b) To promote social justice, ensure equal opportunities and carry out the necessary corrections to inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income, particularly by means of the fiscal policy;
… (Art. 81) - PortugueseIncumbe prioritariamente ao Estado no âmbito económico e social:
a) Promover o aumento do bem-estar social e económico e da qualidade de vida das pessoas, em especial das mais desfavorecidas, no quadro de uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável;
b) Promover a justiça social, assegurar a igualdade de oportunidades e operar as necessárias correcções das desigualdades na distribuição da riqueza e do rendimento, nomeadamente através da política fiscal;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state prescribes by law the system of retirement for workers and staff in enterprises and undertakings and for functionaries of organs of state. The livelihood of retired personnel is ensured by the state and society. (Art. 44)
- Chinese国家依照法律规定实行企业事业组织的职工和国家机关工作人员的退休制度。退休人员的生活受到国家和社会的保障。(第四十四条)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The Civil Service shall be governed by, inter alia, the following values and Principles:
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d. services shall be provided to all persons impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias or discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity, region, gender, health status or physical disability;
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Public Institutions and Services
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2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter13 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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h. the right to equitable and humane treatment by any public authority in the exercise of any function;
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Public Institutions and Services
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(b) The Union shall enact necessary laws for Civil Services personnel to have security and sufficiency of food, clothing and shelter, to get maternity benefits for married women in service, and to ease livelihood for welfare of retired Service personnel. (Sec. 26) - Burmese
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(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းများ၏ လုပ်ငန်းခွင်အာမခံချက်ရရှိရေး၊ စားဝတ်နေမှု ဖူလုံရေး၊ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အမျိုးသမီးဝန်ထမ်းများ မီးဖွားခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကျိုးခံစားခွင့်ရရှိရေး နှင့် အငြိမ်းစားဝန်ထမ်းများ စားဝတ်နေမှု သက်သာချောင်ချိရေးတို့အတွက် လိုအပ် သည့် ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၆)
Public Institutions and Services
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(5) Parents taking care of their children shall have the right to assistance provided by the State.
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(5) Rodičia, ktorí sa starajú o deti, majú právo na pomoc štátu.
... (Čl. 41)