they had instituted
Past perfect they conjugation of institute.

institute

With financial assistance from UNICEF, they had instituted various programmes to promote the Convention, such as radio call-in programmes, youth parliaments and training seminars.
Avec le concours financier de l'UNICEF, ils ont par ailleurs lancé divers programmes de sensibilisation (émissions de radio, parlement des jeunes, séminaires).
On 5 May the Turkish Cypriot authorities announced measures to ease restrictions affecting movement between the two sides, which they had instituted in February 1998.
Le 5 mai, les autorités chypriotes turques ont annoncé des mesures visant à réduire les restrictions de mouvement entre les deux parties qu'elles avaient instaurées en février 1998.
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