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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;
... (Art. 81)
Public Institutions and Services
- English… Striving to implement measures to ... reform the national economy, achieve a state of prosperity, welfare and social justice, reform institutions of the state and public service, strengthen the pillars of social peace, … (Preamble)
- Arabic... سعياً لاصلاح الاقتصاد الوطني وتحقيق دولة الرفاه والرعاية والعدالة الاجتماعية واصلاح اجهزة الدولةو الخذمة العامة وتوطيد دعائم السلم الاجتماعي... (ديباجة)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
1. Subject to subsection (4), the power to grant any award under any pensions law for the time being in force in Jamaica (other than an award to which, under that law, the person to whom it is payable is entitled as of right) and, in accordance with any provisions in that behalf contained in any such law, to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any award payable under any such law is hereby vested in the Governor-General.
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3. In this section, “pensions law” means any law relating to the grant to any person, or to the widow, children, dependants or personal representatives of that person, of an award in respect of the services of that person in a public office, and includes any instrument made under any such law.
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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
- EnglishThe object of this Constitution is to facilitate the building of the United Republic as a nation of equal and free individuals enjoying freedom, justice, fraternity and concord, through the pursuit of the policy of Socialism and Self Reliance which emphasizes the application of socialist principles while taking into account the conditions prevailing in the United Republic. Therefore, the state authority and all its agencies are obliged to direct their policies and programmes towards ensuring -
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(c) that activities of the Government are conducted in such a way as to ensure that the national wealth and heritage are harnessed, preserved and applied for the common good and also to prevent the exploitation of one person by another;
... (Art. 9)
Public Institutions and Services
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It is the right of Nicaraguans to be protected against hunger. The State shall promote programs which assure an adequate availability of foods and an equitable distribution of them. (Art. 63)
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Es derecho de los nicaragüenses estar protegidos contra el hambre. El Estado promoverá programas que aseguren una adecuada disponibilidad de alimentos y una distribución equitativa de los mismos. (Art. 63)
Public Institutions and Services
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(3) The economic objective of the State shall be to attain a sustainable economic development, while achieving rapid economic growth, by way of maximum mobilization of the available means and resources through participation and development of public, private and cooperatives; and to develop a socialism-oriented independent and prosperous economy while making the national economy independent, self-reliant and progressive in order to build an exploitation-free society by abolishing economic inequality through equitable distribution of the achievements made.
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(३) सार्वजनिक, निजी र सहकारी क्षेत्रको सहभागिता तथा विकास मार्फत उपलब्ध साधन र स्रोतको अधिकतम परिचालनद्वारा तीव्र आर्थिक वृद्धि हासिल गर्दै दिगो आर्थिक विकास गर्ने तथा प्राप्त उपलब्धिहरूको न्यायोचित वितरण गरी आर्थिक असमानताको अन्त्य गर्दै शोषण रहित समाजको निर्माण गर्न राष्ट्रिय अर्थतन्त्रलाई आत्मनिर्भर, स्वतन्त्र तथा उन्नतिशील बनाउँदै समाजवाद उन्मुख स्वतन्त्र र समृद्ध अर्थतन्त्रको विकास गर्ने राज्यको आर्थिक उद्देश्य हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ५०)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The public authorities shall maintain a public Social Security system for all citizens guaranteeing adequate social assistance and benefits in situations of hardship, especially in cases of unemployment. Supplementary assistance and benefits shall be optional. (Sec. 41)
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Los poderes públicos mantendrán un régimen público de Seguridad Social para todos los ciudadanos, que garantice la asistencia y prestaciones sociales suficientes ante situaciones de necesidad, especialmente en caso de desempleo. La asistencia y prestaciones complementarias serán libres. (Art. 41)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must endeavour to facilitate rapid and equitable development, and in particular must take measures to—
(a) promote private initiative and self-reliance;
(b) foster agricultural, commercial, industrial, technological and scientific development;
(c) foster the development of industrial and commercial enterprises in order to empower Zimbabwean citizens; and
(d) bring about balanced development of the different areas of Zimbabwe, in particular a proper balance in the development of rural and urban areas.
… (Sec. 13)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State recognizes the right of persons to freely and responsibly decide the number and the frequency of the birth of their children, as well as to receive, in coordination with the pertinent organs[,] education, scientific orientation, and adequate services in the matter.
Special plans of reproductive health and maternal-child health [care] for people of scarce resources will be established. (Art. 61) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce el derecho de las personas a decidir libre y responsablemente el número y la frecuencia del nacimiento de sus hijos, así como a recibir, en coordinación con los organismos pertinentes educación, orientación científica y servicios adecuados, en la materia.
Se establecerán planes especiales de salud reproductiva y salud materno infantil para la población de escasos recursos. (Art. 61)