But there are no equivalent bodies in other regions.

The creation of a new World Environmental Organization or equivalent body, either additional to or subsuming UNEP?

The General Committee or an equivalent body could be entrusted with functions similar to those of the bureau of a Main Committee.

States were encouraged to identify “a central MSR office” (or any equivalent body) at the national level, to facilitate the processing of applications for consent and for ensuring uniformity in the application and interpretation of the relevant provisions of UNCLOS.

Similar agreements were signed, in April 2008 with the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan, and with an equivalent body in Nagorny Karabakh, on 20 October 2008.

That process, one suggested, could comprise three stages: an initial screening by the secretariat against basic eligibility criteria; screening by regional focal points; and screening by a bureau or equivalent body.

Member States of the Union have also signed over 2,500 bilateral agreements on social security, mostly with other European countries. No other region has an equivalent body of agreements on portability of social security.

During the political horse-trading that preceded thecreation of the EBA (together with two equivalent bodies forsecurities and insurance), it was agreed that the new authoritywould be based in London.

The Delegation has the status of an independent body, equivalent to a government authority.

In the view of the World Tourism Organization, such an alliance should cover both producers and users comprising, besides the national tourism administration, the national statistical office, the central bank, migration authorities (or some equivalent body in the ministry of the interior) and tourism private sector representatives.