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four fundamental laws: the Instrument of Government (originally dating from June 6, 1809), the Act of Succession (1810), the Freedom of the Press Act (1949), and the Riksdag Act.

weden's government is a limited constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient tradition. The Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) stems from tribal courts (Ting) and the election of kings during the Viking era. It became a permanent institution in the 15th century.

Swedish law draws upon Germanic and Roman traditions. It is neither as codified as French law nor as dependent on judicial precedent as U.S. law. Legislative and judicial institutions include, in addition to the Riksdag, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Labor Court, the Law Council, District Courts and Courts of Appeal, and the Public Prosecutor's Office. The parliamentary ombudsmen and the Chancellor of Justice oversee the application of laws with particular attention to abuses of authority.

Australia Joins Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

The Initiative aims to improve accounting, control and physical protection of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities; suppress illicit trafficking, especially by terrorists, in such materials; respond to and mitigate any acts of nuclear terrorism; ensure cooperation in the development of technology; deny safe havens to nuclear terrorists; and ensure effective prosecution of nuclear terrorists.

complement Australian programs dealing with nuclear materials, as well as our counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation priorities in Australia and internationally.

Recalling Article I of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Republic of Italy commends the international community and expresses its appreciation for steps taken toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. Italy recognizes the establishment of Nuclear-Free Zones as codified in Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones–Challenges and Opportunities (1999) as confidence and peace building measures crucial for maintaining international security, and proudly notes the declaration that five of our Northern states are NWFZs. We reaffirm the Antarctic Treaty and Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty, declaring the respective regions to be Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs). We also draw attention to the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and of Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof, particularly Article I declaring the sea-bed as a NWFZ. Taking note of A/RES/58/34, Italy recognizes the importance of the creation of a NWFZ in the Middle East and cordially invites countries to take action in furtherance of this goal. We urge signatory states of the aforementioned treaties to abide by the agreements they entered into voluntarily for the stability and peace of the international community. —James Knupp, Wright State University, 2004

Child Soldiers

The camp director said that when the youths had been given drugs-most likely, amphetamines-while soldiering, they "would do just about anything that was ordered." Some, he added, were proud of having been effective killers.

Many of the boys, ranging from nine to 16 years of age, had killed people as they fought in a civil war that paused with a fragile cease-fire in 1995.