Member States must cooperate by curtailing requests for reports.

It isn't, in fact, about curtailing possibilities.

The representative of Ecuador emphasized the role of accountability mechanisms in curtailing corruption.

Nuclear powers must show leadership, by restraining themselves and by curtailing further departures from the NPT's international restraints. One by one, the choices they make today will create a legacy deadly or peaceful for the future.

122. The past year has seen laudable progress in curtailing the use of landmines and in reducing their impact.

The declaration should also contain recommendations to the Council aimed at curtailing, limiting or discouraging the use of the veto.

The frequency of significant satellite fragmentations, both accidental and intentional, has dropped, curtailing the rate of growth of orbital debris.

He expressed concern about tendencies in Western Europe to focus on control measures which result in the curtailing of access to asylum procedures.

German firms reacted by outsourcing the labor intensive parts of their production chains and curtailing their investment in Germany. The share of net investment in GNP is now the second lowest in all OECD countries.

A regional approach should not entail any bureaucratic arrangement for the distribution of resources or the curtailing of programmes for the worst affected countries.

African governments sharply reduced or eliminated duties on imported rice in the 1990 s, urged on by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and influential free market economists. The assumption was that rich countries would reciprocate by curtailing subsidies to their farmers.

Do they not see that We are bringing destruction upon the land by curtailing it of its sides? And Allah pronounces a doom there is no repeller of His decree, and He is swift to take account.

Do they not see that We are bringing destruction upon the land by curtailing it of its sides? And Allah pronounces a doom there is no repeller of His decree, and He is swift to take account.

Two years later, the UPOV Convention was revised to develop these breeders' rights by curtailing exceptions that had been allowed for the free replanting, exchange and use for breeding purposes of protected varieties and their propagating material.

In the progress reports, numerous offices indicated that given the 1998 funding shortfall, they had to reduce their operational budgets, thereby curtailing Machel Study related activities.

Paradoxically, she made accountable and authoritative government possible again partly by curtailing the state s role in the economy. Her reforms laid the foundations for a period during which Britain s per capita wealth grew faster than most of its competitors .

17. In the progress reports, numerous offices indicated that given the 1998 funding shortfall, they had to reduce their operational budgets, thereby curtailing Machel Study related activities.

43. In industrializing societies, work tends to dominate the parental day, week and year, curtailing the time fathers and mothers have for their children and other family members.

The main objective of the working groups is to develop common guidelines and exchange information, without curtailing the necessary flexibility that should govern each department s dealings with specific NGOs.

The outbreak has so far remained regional, but it serves as a reminder that in an age of air travel by millions, no one is safe from the spread of infectious disease. Containing a disease or a terrorist threat by curtailing international travel or transport would devastate the world economy.

In the EU's view, it was important, among other things, to press on with work on export controls, which were an essential tool for curtailing the traffic in small arms.

Curtailing the movement of Palestinian workers into Israel had also resulted in a sharp increase in unemployment and a corresponding decrease in Palestinian income and living standards, already in decline.

It is recommended that States should consider curtailing practices involving covert corruption occurring in connection with the use by public officials of their positions, influence or knowledge acquired in the course of performing their functions to inappropriately benefit individuals or entities dealing with government agencies.

Until now, the consensus view has been that this would be bad for output and employment. Keynes gave the reason in 1923 the fact of falling prices, he wrote, injures entrepreneurs consequently the fear of falling prices causes them to protect themselves by curtailing their operations.

It would certainly make it difficult for governments to borrow abroad, but that would be a good outcome for their citizens, not an imposition. Moreover, curtailing governments access to international credit (and, by extension, inducing more fiscal responsibility) could actually help more enterprising and productive borrowers.

Pursuant to that request, the Tribunals are proposing certain incentives for staff members that could be put in place in to ensure the timely completion of the mandates of the Tribunals by curtailing the flow of departures of experienced Tribunal staff that has been evidenced during the current biennium.

Similarly, in the United Kingdom, the BBC retains its credibility because it can bite the government hand that feeds it. Yet Putin remains bent on curtailing the role of non governmental organizations and civil society.

For example, as ombudsman, I was opposed to curtailing the right of Russians to jury trials. Those who wanted to limit the use of juries supposedly feared a risk to state security in some instances.

Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers until life was prolonged to them. Do they not then see that We are visiting the land, curtailing it of its sides? Shall they then prevail?

Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers until life was prolonged to them. Do they not then see that We are visiting the land, curtailing it of its sides? Shall they then prevail?

Given that organized criminal groups and terrorist organizations make use of illegal financial transactions to both transfer and fraudulently acquire resources, countering such crime is increasingly becoming inseparable from effectively curtailing current global security threats.

3. The recent attempts by the Congress of the United States to strengthen the sanctions regime against Cuba, and also to exert pressure on third countries and certain international organizations with a view to curtailing their cooperation with Cuba, give rise to serious concern on the part of the Russian Federation.

Some who a year ago displayed great public spirit came to feel, when in government, that they could not vindicate the supremacy of law without curtailing economic growth. Because the grind of government can obscure enduring principle, people inspired by the best motives now find themselves on the same side as their criminal adversaries.

However, owing to inadequate external assistance during the transitional period, his Government had been forced to allocate additional resources to such groups, thereby significantly curtailing its capacity to overcome the transition and ensure full scale development of the economy.

With rebalancing will come a decline in China s surplus saving, much slower accumulation of foreign exchange reserves, and a concomitant reduction in its seemingly voracious demand for dollar denominated assets. Curtailing purchases of US Treasuries is a perfectly logical outgrowth of this process.

The Special Committee also continued the practice of circulating communications and information material, as far as possible, in the form of informal notes and aides memoires in the original language of submission, thus curtailing documentation requirements and accruing considerable savings for the Organization.

Desperate to sustain their political and economic momentum, most have taken a wide variety of steps to prevent their economies from feeling the full brunt of the commodity price hikes. As a result, higher commodity prices are eating into fiscal cushions rather than curtailing demand.

In this way and through judicial consideration of accusations concerning possible insults to the Head of State, the military courts exercise control over opponents, curtailing freedom of expression and limiting the exercise of political activity within the framework of the democratic pluralism of the State.

Even the relevance of low incomes, meagre possessions, and other aspects of what are standardly seen as economic poverty relates ultimately to their role in curtailing capabilities (that is, their role in severely restricting the choices people have Poverty is, thus, ultimately a matter of capability deprivation'.

These revenue losses could be offset by curtailing so called corporate tax expenditures deductions, credits, and other special tax provisions that subsidize some economic activities while penalizing others and broadening the corporate tax base. Both President Barack Obama s plan for business tax reform and the Simpson Bowles deficit reduction plan propose reducing such expenditures to pay for a reduction in the corporate tax rate.

It applauded the military takeover in Algeria in the early 1990 s aimed at curtailing the democratic emergence of an Islamist regime, and is happy to conduct business with authoritarian regimes throughout the Arab world. Yet, public infatuation with the external trappings of democracy is usually the norm.

The Special Committee had become aware of various negative factors, including the existence of a secret Israeli plan to dramatically change the character of the city of Jerusalem and to put into effect a deliberate policy of curtailing the ability of Palestine to become a fully fledged nation State.

Older people, who were prudent and held their money in government bonds, will see lower returns further curtailing their consumption. And low interest rates will encourage firms that do invest to spend on fixed capital like highly automated machines, thereby ensuring that, when recovery comes, it will be relatively jobless.

China fears dependence on those entrepôts in the event of conflict. For foreign investors, the policy will be to expand greatly the range of opportunities while curtailing foreign control foreign companies, for example, may hold minority stakes in the telecoms sector, while dominant foreign companies like Monsanto will face constraints.

73. Concerning technology transfer, the countries of the North insisted that all States members of WTO should promulgate national laws to protect intellectual property rights, which, in effect, meant legal protection of the technological monopoly of the North, curtailing the right of developing countries to have access to new technologies.