They must be bolstered by actions which address the cause of conflict at its root.

Thus policies designed to promote Africa apos s economic prosperity must be bolstered by external assistance and a favourable external environment.

Syria, bolstered by the 14,000 troops it stationed in Lebanon, has imposed its choice as Lebanon s president and otherwise interfered with Lebanese politics. So Lebanon cannot be considered electorally competitive.

These critical successes, bolstered by the strong democratic institutions on Taiwan, must be complemented and encouraged within the context of greater cooperation and understanding from the international fraternity of nations.

Burundi, Guinea Bissau and Liberia seem to be on track in their transition from conflict to stability, with the process of nation building under way and bolstered by recent successful elections.

The system is bolstered by human surveillance and censorship carried out not only by government employees, but also by private service providers.

The Spanish government announces additional fiscal cuts and structural reforms. Bolstered by funds from the European Stability Mechanism, Spain remains financially afloat for several months.

Since neither FDI nor its benefits are automatic, their development impact can be bolstered through policies that identify strategic areas for foreign investment and stimulate linkages between foreign affiliates and developing country firms, especially to promote technology transfer.

The Under Secretary General emphasized that despite the successes and the depth of reform that had taken place, several missions needed to be bolstered and supported in order to achieve their mandated objectives in volatile and precarious environments.

These initiatives have been bolstered by a project to set up a service network for women, child and adolescent victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

I commend the international community, and in particular the United Nations and its Secretary General, for its prompt contribution, which bolstered the people's action for peace, stability and development.

Hereditary monarchy, often backed by divine authority, has worked in the past. And some modern autocrats, such as Robert Mugabe, have been bolstered by their credentials as national freedom fighters.

7. Nepal apos s commitment to sustainable development was bolstered by its present political system of multiparty parliamentary democracy, a system which was conducive to the proper implementation of development plans.

Exports have led the recovery in both countries, bolstered by weaker national currencies against the dollar. This brisk export performance has coincided with sluggish domestic demand, associated with unusually high unemployment.

The conclusions of the July 2005 Sirte summit of the African Union bolstered the efforts made in recent years, but Africa's partners and the United Nations system have also done their part.

As developed countries were plunged into debt crises, with shrinking asset values and declining exchange rates, China s international purchasing power grew. This, together with Wen s stimulus, bolstered China s investment and financing capabilities considerably.

The mission was of the view that those projects were essential for the security and stabilization environment, bolstered the image of MINUSTAH in the eyes of the local population, and delivered tangible results.

Throughout the year, the Department of Public Information undertook a series of outreach initiatives that bolstered United Nations efforts to promote tolerance and understanding, most notably through three major seminars addressing specific manifestations of intolerance.

In that context, I should like to touch on the issue of cooperation between countries the brotherhood of which was bolstered by Communist ideology and whose good neighbourliness was ensured by assumptions of a merely moral nature.

20. Efforts to highlight the plight of children in war zones were bolstered by the mission to Khartoum and Nairobi of the Secretary General s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, in June 1998.

Sainsbury's has been putting Argos outlets in hundreds of stores and has also introduced a number of Habitats since it bought both chains two years ago, which it says has bolstered grocery sales and made the acquisitions more profitable.

In the area of clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war, the United Nations had bolstered its support to Member States for technical surveying, mapping, marking, clearance, post clearance documentation, community liaison and the handover of cleared land.

Pakistan had played a leading role in sensitizing the international community to the drug problem in its region and had bolstered international efforts to stop the outflow of drugs and the inflow of precursor chemicals in that part of the world.

The adherence to date of 28 countries to the African Peer Review Mechanism has bolstered the credibility of participating States, as it ensures that their policies and practices comply with agreed political, economic and corporate governance values, codes and standards.

The same gang of ultraconservatives and gangsters is responsible for the acquittal of hijackers and impedes the use of the term terrorists , while with a silent and mysterious complicity they are bolstered, funded, organized, armed, trained and assigned to intelligence missions.

Argentina has benefited and is benefiting from the trend towards a change in the democratic framework in Africa. Not only has Argentina been able to strengthen its bilateral relations with many countries, it has also bolstered extremely fruitful trading links.

In this fundamental narrative, the advanced countries pre crisis GDP was unsustainable, bolstered by borrowing and unproductive make work jobs. More borrowed growth the Keynesian formula may create the illusion of normalcy, and may be useful in the immediate aftermath of a deep crisis to calm a panic, but it is no solution to a fundamental growth problem.

The OSCE, for example, would be greatly strengthened if, using its wide range of diplomatic mechanisms (such as roundtable discussions and support for constitutional reforms), it succeeded in defusing the Ukraine crisis and thereby bolstered European security. Doing so would also provide a powerful example of institutionalized regionalism that might serve as a conflict resolution model for other countries.

In fact, anti Israel rhetoric reflects Iranian leaders confidence that Israel will not attack a view that is bolstered by the situation in Syria. They are convinced that, even if Syrian President Bashar al Assad s regime falls, Iran will be able to destabilize the country in such a way that would pose a major security threat to Israel.

I am afraid that the answer to these questions is no . Linking peace to justice and reconciling political expediency and moral considerations have always been extremely difficult challenges. Nevertheless, if peace is to last and take firm root, it must be sustained and bolstered by democracy, the rule of law and a responsible and transparent system of government.

First, countries did not view their sovereign debt as a binding constraint, and instead pursued investment and potential growth. Second, they cooperated with one another on multiple fronts, and the countries with the strongest balance sheets bolstered investment elsewhere, crowding in private investment.

But the shift to a multipolar world order has not bolstered multilateralism. In fact, the opposite is true the logic of national sovereignty has staged a comeback, with major economies consistently undermining cooperation on issues ranging from security to trade to climate change.

In addition, the World Bank and regional development banks provide financial support and technical cooperation for financial sector reform (with capacity in the case of the World Bank recently bolstered by the creation of its Special Financial Operations Unit in February 1998).

Moreover, African countries are building on their relationship with China to advance cooperation with other emerging markets, including India, South Korea, Turkey, Brazil, and Malaysia. Such efforts have bolstered global demand for commodities, while diversifying African economies and enhancing the productive capacity of domestic suppliers.

In Kenya, for example, an infectious disease team working in an area without power but bolstered by a telecommunications team had been able to treat thousands of children with the help of state of the art information at a fraction of the usual costs.

72. Lastly, there are many variations on a single theme that have called into question the foundations of religious freedom and have bolstered the position of those who believe that religious freedom cannot include recognition of the right to change one apos s religion.

Given that realistic neurosurgical simulations, which must account for a large number of variables and potential outcomes, are particularly difficult to develop, virtual reality is not yet being used widely in the field. But surgical simulation technology is advancing rapidly, bolstered by developments in parallel computing.

United Nations efforts to meet the crisis were bolstered in early June with the resumption of humanitarian activities by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which had suspended operations in the Sudan in November 1996 following a hostage taking incident in Bahr Al Ghazal.

The resolve of the Moroccan Government to promote human rights has been bolstered by the recent constitution, which stipulates that the Kingdom endorses the principles, rights and obligations stemming from the charters of the international agencies and reaffirms its commitment to human rights as universally recognized.

And there is more bad news for Erdoğan. The perception that his true objective in supporting the Islamic State is to stem the rise of the Kurds, bolstered by his apparent indifference to the agony in Kobani, has jeopardized one of his major legacies peace talks with the PKK.

One study of American newspaper reports found that 39 of reports concerning mental illness were focused on violence or danger. In Germany, extensive reports on violent attacks against prominent politicians by two people suffering from schizophrenia in 1990 bolstered the German public s belief that mentally ill people are dangerous.

WARSAW Remember the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), aimed at enshrining commonly shared values between Russia and the European Community? Signed in 1994 during the hopeful early days of Russia s first ever democracy, the PCA was bolstered in 1999 by the creation of the European Union s Common Security Defense Policy (CSDP).

In addition, the special programme to support the rehabilitation of over 90,0000 demobilized soldiers, the Reintegration Support Scheme, came to a successful close, bolstered by findings of an independent survey of the recipients which confirmed that the programme had achieved its objectives for over 90 per cent of the beneficiaries.

Following those gatherings, Barbados assumed the presidency of the ACP Council of Ministers, which will today, 29 September, launch formal negotiations for successor arrangements to the Lomé Convention. Here again, the participation of CARICOM will be bolstered by the technical work and direction of the regional negotiating mechanism. CARICOM States will seek opportunities for fruitful cooperation and information sharing with other ACP members during the course of these critical negotiations.

Unsurprisingly, the intervention in Argentina passed all three tests the market suffered a coordination failure that was addressed effectively through public policy carried out by appropriate institutions. Instead of coddling an entire industry with subsidies or import restrictions, the provincial government and INTA provided a public good that bolstered production in a specific sector.