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In preparation, he has replaced senior generals in the Pakistani army with officers considered more beholden to him, evidently hoping that this will ensure the military’s loyalty even after he removes himself from the chain of command.
Africa’s Immunity ControversyNEW YORK – The decision by the African Union (AU), after more than five years of preparation, to confer jurisdiction over international crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, on the African Court of Justice and Human Rights has inspired considerable controversy.
The world’s governments asked the UN Secretary-General to coordinate the
preparation
of these goals by the year 2015, in order to ensure a seamless transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire that year.
Denmark’s social democrats are a step ahead of their Austrian counterparts: in
preparation
for next year’s elections, they have adopted a new position paper on immigration titled “Just and Realistic.”
Diarrhea is a major killer of young children, and counseling mothers to improve breastfeeding, food preparation, and hand-washing can cost less than $20 per mother reached, transforming babies’ entire life trajectories and promising higher productivity and greater prosperity.
But this requires careful preparation, adjustment and management.
Lt. Gen. Alexander Rukshin, chief of the General Staff's main operative directorate, spoke of the need for modernization of command and control systems in
preparation
for such a war.
The small proportion of students from poorer backgrounds who manage to gain admission and secure scholarships to top institutions often have lower grades, especially toward the beginning of their university education, owing to their inferior
preparation.
Its mission of disaster planning and
preparation
was dropped entirely, and its focus was altered to fight terrorists.
Such a move would alleviate anxiety in the short term, thereby giving Europeans the opportunity to regroup in
preparation
for future steps toward a more integrated Europe and a more resilient euro.
But with appropriate preparation, a regional solution is possible, and, of all the parties involved, Syria is uniquely positioned to help bring it about.
Instead, these will be entrusted to the Union, presumably with formal Commission powers of initiative in their
preparation.
In between meetings, the council’s special project-management office assists in the
preparation
and implementation of key reforms by ministries.
Twenty years ago, in 1998, exchange rates among many countries in the European Union became irrevocably fixed in
preparation
for the introduction of the euro.
The report showed that the level of violence fell markedly when OSCE monitors were placed in Kosovo following the Holbrooke-Milosevic agreement of September 23, 1998; and that it was only after the monitors were withdrawn on March 20, 1999, in
preparation
for the bombing that general and systematic violation of human rights began.
A decade ago, I oversaw
preparation
of the US Pentagon’s East Asian Strategy Report , which has guided American policy under the Clinton and Bush administrations.
Even the
preparation
for our visit, which was confirmed less than 24 hours before it began, was somewhat Orwellian.
My team will conduct a careful forensic review of contracts already signed in
preparation
for the Games, with our purpose being to put the interests of Tokyo’s citizens and the athletes who will compete here first.
That might not sound like the most auspicious time for the European Council to give final approval for the
preparation
of a long-awaited new “global foreign and security strategy” for the EU.
Making matters worse was that the war was undertaken without sufficient planning and
preparation
for what would come after.
Clearly, FDR’s framing of the threat posed by Hitler, and his
preparation
for taking advantage of an event like Pearl Harbor, were crucial factors.
Indeed, they emerged in the early 1990s to enable Shanghai and Guangdong to upgrade their infrastructure in
preparation
for their industrialization drive.
For example, in
preparation
for its next congress, the French Socialist Party has succumbed to this reality.
But it also reflected poor preparation, a lack of coordination, and insufficient investment.
In
preparation
for a possible future without Assad, the Kremlin is now trying to gain influence in opposition groups.
Aside from the focus on price and the need to absorb US farms’ excess output, school lunches reflect a broader trend toward turning food
preparation
into industrial production.
International relations today are at their most volatile since Joseph Stalin’s final months in power, when he created a three-part strategy to restore his authority:
preparation
for a third world war, liquidation of the Communist Party hierarchy, and exterminationist anti-Semitism.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that among the most rapidly growing occupational categories over the next ten years will be “healthcare support occupations” (nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants) and “food
preparation
and serving workers” – that is, overwhelmingly low-wage jobs.
While we in Poland do not perceive an immediate military threat from Russia, most of the world’s active tactical or sub-strategic nuclear weapons today seem to be deployed just east of Poland’s borders, in speculative
preparation
for conflict in Europe.
In
preparation
for the 2010 elections, the Sunnis set aside their internal differences and united under a single political party called Iraqiyya (the Iraqi National Movement).
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