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(1) The public authorities shall promote favourable conditions for social and economic progress and for a more equitable distribution of regional and personal income within the framework of a policy of economic stability. They shall in particular carry out a policy aimed at full employment.
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1. Los poderes públicos promoverán las condiciones favorables para el progreso social y económico y para una distribución de la renta regional y personal más equitativa, en el marco de una política de estabilidad económica. De manera especial realizarán una política orientada al pleno empleo.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The texts concerning the following matters are taken in the form of ordinary law:
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- the fundamental principles … of the social security,
… (Art. 75) - Arabic
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وتتّخذ شكل قوانين عاديّة النّصوص المتعلّقة بالمسائل التّالية:
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- المبادئ الأساسيّة ... الضّمان الاجتماعيّ.
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Sont pris sous forme de loi ordinaire, les textes relatifs aux matières suivantes :
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- les principes fondamentaux ... de la sécurité sociale,
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Public Institutions and Services
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The Public Administration centralized, decentralized or not concentrated [desconcentrada] serves the general interest with objectivity and is subject in its performance to the principles of legality, efficacy, efficiency, quality, impartiality, objectivity, equality, honesty, economy, publicity, hierarchy, coordination, participation, transparency and to a good administration with complete submission to the juridical order of the State. The law regulates the administrative procedure, guaranteeing the effective administrative protection [tutela administrativa] of the persons concerned [interesadas], with the exceptions that it establishes.
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La Administración Pública centralizada, descentralizada o desconcentrada sirve con objetividad a los intereses generales y está sujeta en sus actuaciones a los principios de legalidad, eficacia, eficiencia, calidad, imparcialidad, objetividad, igualdad, honradez, economía, publicidad, jerarquía, coordinación, participación, transparencia y a una buena administración con sometimiento pleno al ordenamiento jurídico del Estado. La ley regula el procedimiento administrativo, garantizando la tutela administrativa efectiva de las personas interesadas, con las excepciones que ésta establezca.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishFamily, being the natural and fundamental cell of society and the basis for the preservation and reproduction of the population, as well as motherhood and childhood shall be under special protection and aegis of the state. (Art. 16)
- ArmenianԸնտանիքը, որպես հասարակության բնական և հիմնական բջիջ, բնակչության պահպանման և վերարտադրման հիմք, ինչպես նաև մայրությունը և մանկությունը պետության հատուկ պաշտպանության և հովանավորության ներքո են: (Հոդված 16)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall provide immediate and adequate care, benefits, and other forms of assistance to war veterans and veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans.
… (Art. XVI, Sec. 7) - FilipinoAng Estado ay dapat maglaan ng kagyat at sapat na pangangalaga, mga benepisyo, at iba pang mga anyo ng tulong sa mga beterano ng digmaan at mga beterano ng mga kampanyang militar, kanilang mga balo at mga naulila.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to:
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xxiii. invalid and old-age pensions;
xxiiiA. the provision of maternity allowances, widows' pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services (but not so as to authorize any form of civil conscription), benefits to students and family allowances;
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The law to be applied with respect to any pensions benefits that were granted to any person before 1st November 1981 shall be the law that was in force at the date on which those benefits were granted or any law in force at a later date that is not less favourable to that person.
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5. In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensations, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or officers of the Supreme Court 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
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Work, in its diverse modalities, is [an] object of priority attention of the State, which especially protects the mother, the minor and the disabled who work.
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El trabajo, en sus diversas modalidades, es objeto de atencion prioritaria del Estado, el cual protege especialmente a la madre, al menor de edad y al impedido que trabajan.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe health of the people shall be guaranteed. The State shall give full consideration to disease prevention and medical cares. Poor people shall receive free medical consultations in public hospitals, infirmaries and maternities.
The State shall establish infirmaries and maternities in rural areas. (Art. 72) - Khmerសុខភាពរបស់ប្រជារាស្ត្រត្រូវបានធានា ។ រដ្ឋយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ដល់ការការពារជំងឺ និងព្យាបាលជំងឺ ។ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ ក្រីក្រត្រូវបានទទួលការពិនិត្យរោគដោយឥតបង់ថ្លៃនៅតាមមន្ទីរពេទ្យ គិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពសាធារណៈ។
រដ្ឋរៀបចំឱ្យមានគិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពដល់ជនបទ។ (មាត្រា ៧២)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall undertake or ensure that the basic utility services which are essential for the subsistence of the people be provided in a comprehensive manner in accordance with sustainable development.
In respect of the basic structure or network of basic public utility services of the State which are essential for the people’s subsistence or for security of the State, the State shall not conduct any act which renders the ownership to be under the private sector or the ownership of the State to be less than fifty one percent. ... (Sec. 56) - Thaiรัฐต้องจัดหรือดําเนินการให้มีสาธารณูปโภคขั้นพื้นฐานที่จําเป็นต่อการดํารงชีวิตของประชาชนอย่างทั่วถึงตามหลักการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืน
โครงสร้างหรือโครงข่ายขั้นพื้นฐานของกิจการสาธารณูปโภคขั้นพื้นฐานของรัฐอันจําเป็นต่อการดํารงชีวิตของประชาชนหรือเพื่อความมั่นคงของรัฐ รัฐจะกระทําด้วยประการใดให้ตกเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของเอกชนหรือทําให้รัฐเป็นเจ้าของน้อยกว่าร้อยละห้าสิบเอ็ดมิได้ ... (มาตรา ๕๖)