It was an absolute precondition for our being able to speak.

Human rights are a guarantee and a precondition for individual freedom.

That protection force will be a necessary precondition for an expanded United Nations presence.

It is clear that in Afghanistan, as elsewhere, justice is a precondition for lasting peace.

Definitions have been harmonized with international conventions and present a sufficient precondition for processing such offences.

Ensuring a stable cash flow is an essential precondition for uninterrupted financing of the project costs.

One important precondition for improving employment rates among women is the availability of sufficient and affordable childcare.

Mr. President, a secure environment is a precondition for a viable political process and for long term development in Haiti.

Social capital generates different levels of trust, which is a precondition for people to do business with another.

Thirdly, it needs to be emphasized that political will is a precondition for diplomatic efforts. Multilateral diplomacy is no exception.

While organizational capabilities are an important initial precondition for OFDI to occur, these capabilities can be further enhanced through foreign operations.

A precondition for replicating a best practice is that the Government that is implementing it has the necessary capacity to do so.

According to him, the principal precondition for the restitution of his property is the Czechoslovak citizenship of his parents after the war.

The fourth precondition is making sure that you deal with the issue of corruption.

That is not enough to ensure a substantive result, but it is a necessary precondition.

The international community must also throw its full weight behind the peace processes for Darfur, where a peace agreement was a basic precondition for security and reconciliation.

Current disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes in post conflict societies are a necessary but not sufficient precondition for stability and durable peace in Africa.

The establishment of an effective system for the protection of witnesses and victims is a precondition to the conduct of investigative activities in Darfur.

The Treaty fosters the development of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy by providing a framework of confidence that is a precondition for those uses.

Recognizing that a secure environment is necessary for the safe and effective delivery and distribution of humanitarian assistance and is a precondition for rehabilitation, reconstruction efforts and long term development,

Australia will continue to urge conclusion by Middle East States of the Additional Protocol without delay or precondition.

In the past 60 years, we have seen many examples throughout the world of democracy becoming a necessary precondition for good governance and the rule of law.

On 18 November 2005, the experts reported that the Government did not accept this precondition for a visit, and therefore the mission envisaged for 6 December, unfortunately had to be cancelled.

The presence of a strong and effective enabling state which has the capacity to respond to the demands of rural producers is a precondition for successful agricultural revolution.

In the context of enhanced regional stability as a major precondition for advancement of democratic processes, the participating States stress the importance of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders.

The US is often criticized for its refusal to abolish capital punishment. Many now claim that abolition of capital punishment is a precondition of a civilized criminal law system.

In Sector II (Wau), the Kenyan force protection contingent has started to deploy, a precondition for deployment of the Chinese contingent (transport company, engineer company and level II hospital).

This situation is unacceptable, and I strongly urge the Government to lift the blockade without any further delay or precondition.

It is clear that this issue of funding CCD activities remains an essential precondition, but is not in itself sufficient.

He urged Parties to bear in mind that, although preferable, meeting the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention was not a precondition for the submission of notifications.

South Africa believes that the international community should have been allowed to reach this conclusion collectively at the negotiating table rather than it being used as a precondition for negotiations.

An important precondition for protection and improvement of position of women is the implementation of the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination of Women, and monitoring of its implementation.

Consistent efforts to improve the situation of minority communities in the province were made, with a view to fulfilling an essential precondition for advancement towards the process to determine Kosovo's status.

She shared the views expressed concerning the critical issue of information as a necessary precondition for making an informed choice, as well as the issues of oversight bodies and resource mechanisms.

Secure tenure has been considered an important precondition for residents of slums and informal settlements to have safe shelter and a safe living and working environment without fear of forced eviction.

In 2010, India s parliament passed the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, a precondition for activating that agreement. But, following Japan s Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, safety concerns surrounding nuclear power are large and mounting.

Conscious of the vital role that peace and security play in economic and social development, Nigeria considers conflict resolution as a vital precondition for the successful implementation measures for attaining the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

However, the making of a new constitution is not without risk for subsequent elections, and careful consideration should be given to its place in the political transition and whether it is a necessary precondition for elections.

The Security Council must remain committed to resolution 1244 (1999) and to the standards before status policy, under which definitive progress in standards implementation is a precondition for the determination of final status.

The Singapore Guidelines (see above, footnote 20), section 3.1.1(d) and (e), require participants to sign a bidding license agreement, and to undergo a training session as a precondition for participation in ERA.

(b) The corporation had, at the date of injury, the nationality of the State alleged to be responsible for causing the injury, and incorporation in that State was required by it as a precondition for doing business there.

Meeting international standards for quality, health and safety is increasingly a precondition for competing in international markets and has become a major factor constraining the ability of many exporters in LDCs from benefiting fully from preferential access initiatives.

We consider that the sustained and effective protection of human rights is an important precondition for the maintenance of world stability and prosperity, in each country individually, as well as at the global level.

Outside a situation where one person is under the de facto control of another, the prohibition of CIDT is subject to the proportionality principle, which is a precondition for assessing its scope of application.

In short, this represents an increasing and ever more dangerous curtailment of the exercise of democracy in the General Assembly, which is the essential precondition for the actual empowerment that the General Assembly should enjoy.