twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and further initiatives
twenty-fifth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)
twenty-first special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly for the overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly to appraise and assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the Beijing Declara
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly to appraise and assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the Beijing Declara
sixteenth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly on apartheid and its destructive consequences in southern Africa
twenty-second special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
nineteenth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly devoted to the overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21 / Earth Summit + 5
nineteenth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly devoted to the overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21 / Earth Summit + 5
seventeenth special session of the General Assembly / seventeenth special session of the General Assembly to consider the question of international cooperation against illicit production, supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs and p
United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process Established by the General Assembly in its Resolution 54 / 33, in Order to Facilitate the Annual Review by the Assembly of Developments in Ocean Affairs / United Nations Oceans Process
outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population / eugenics
liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
to rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the dwelling is fit to accommodate (i.e. involving subdivision of rooms etc)
Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade / framework of standards to secure and facilitate global trade
The four tones
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