(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism / Working group on the universal periodic review mechanism
Five-Year Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of SIDS / Mauritius Strategy +5 Review
United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects / Small Arms Review Conference
Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Review Conference of the Parties to the Sea-Bed Treaty
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities / Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee / 1267 Committee
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities / Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee / 1267 Committee
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism / Counter-Terrorism Committee / Committee to Combat Terrorism
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