In a 1976 referendum Guamanians decided to maintain close ties with the United States, but also to begin negotiations to improve the Territory's status.

We have done so because Kuwait attaches great importance to that question, as it pertains to the interests and concerns of African countries, with which we maintain close historic ties.

Myanmar and Bangladesh maintain close, cordial and peaceful relations.

Close ties with the Department's broadcast partners are crucial to maintaining continued airing of its material.

The allegations of human rights abuses are directed from propagandists with close ties to terrorist organizations.

Moreover, we welcome the fact that the ICC and the Security Council are developing increasingly close ties.

On an inter programmatic level, the African clusters maintain close links with UNU INRA.

(c) Maintain close contact on the subject with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and

1. To maintain close cooperation and consultation between the members and the secretariat of the Commission.

24. UNFICYP continued to maintain close liaison and cooperation with the military and civilian authorities on both sides.

The Ombudsman must maintain strict independence from the Government, and at the same time, close contact with citizens.

Turkish trafficking networks dominate the heroin trade and maintain close links with Netherlands, German, Italian and Spanish syndicates.

There are plans to maintain an ongoing dialogue on this topic and close collaboration between the project partners.

(a) Maintain close contact on the subject with national authorities, especially the authorities of countries that are close to areas where internal and international armed conflicts are taking place

The powers made over resources to the third world and to development agencies which helped to maintain ties of political loyalty in a world of polar division.

There are regions where militant structures maintain close relations with drug criminality structures also for purposes of financing themselves.

The geographic location of Benin, its membership in ECOWAS, its close business ties with Nigeria, and its natural resources highlighted the investment potential of the country.

No ties.

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UNMOT would also continue to maintain close contact with the guarantor States and serve as coordinator of the Contact Group.

The presence of Guyanese migrants abroad drew attention in their host countries to their country of origin, which could help them to maintain their ties to their mother country.

Hamas killed Sasson Nuriel, an employee at a candy factory in the West Bank, who had close ties with Palestinian merchants, simply because he is Israeli and Jewish.

Malaysia will continue to encourage its private sector to promote and further enhance its close economic ties with its counterparts in the African countries for our mutual benefit.

The Department further stated that the Special Representative of the Secretary General and other senior staff were required to maintain critical ties with various parties to achieve the Mission's mandate.

The Chairman of the Special Committee should maintain close contact with the chairmen of other United Nations bodies dealing with the reform.

Successful cooperation between the two continents, which have many similar conditions and which have always maintained close traditional ties, will certainly contribute greatly to their peace, stability and development.

Let's see the ties.

Undo the ties gradually.

We maintain close contacts with all sides and try to create synergy on the ground in order to further promote dialogue and cooperation.

To that end, the Supreme Council shall maintain close relations with the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Annex II

Expatriate populations or diaspora played an important role in such partnerships and deserved to be encouraged and sustained in their effort to maintain ties with home countries, through human and financial networks.

In this connection, it is vital for both Israel and Palestine to establish and maintain close coordination within the context of the road map.

It is, therefore, important to supervise the market and to maintain close co operation with importers and servicing workshops as additional sources of information.

Some of the former Liberian factions reportedly still maintain close links with both the Forces nouvelles and the pro Government forces in Côte d'Ivoire.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Latin America s oldest guerilla group formed alliances with narcotics cartels. Some Taliban groups in Afghanistan and elsewhere developed close ties with transnational Al Qaeda terrorists.

The confrontation between Greece and Germany has been particularly nasty. Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.

The SCO has already established close ties and cooperative relations with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme and other United Nations agencies.

Several delegations also confirmed the continuation of their resettlement programmes and agreed to maintain close working relations with the UNHCR Resettlement and Special Cases Section.

We intend to maintain close relations with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and to discuss issues of cooperation with its leadership.

Japan and South Korea, for example, are vibrant democracies and export oriented economic powerhouses, with traditionally close cultural ties and many shared values. In other words, they are ideal candidates for collaboration.

In order to promote the study and development of space law the Federation, in 1960, had founded the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), which maintained close ties with the Legal Subcommittee.

The programme is conducted in close cooperation with UNDP, the Office to Combat Desertification and Drought and UNITAR and is developing closer ties with the regional information management activities of FAO and WMO.

He's picky about suits and ties.

Family ties are very strong indeed.

He's got at Least 25 ties.