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One of the main purposes of pursuing transitional justice is to reestablish legitimacy and the rule of law in the present.
But official encouragement of production of bio-fuels on land that would have been used for other purposes must stop.
Nationalist forces within individual EU member states have used migration in Europe for their own partisan purposes.
The Idle FiremanWASHINGTON, DC – One of the IMF’s main purposes is to “give confidence to members by making [its] general resources temporarily available to them.”
They can listen for many purposes – from figuring out what products or services to offer and understanding which customer wants what, to repairing the damage done when something goes wrong.
Even though companies do it for business purposes, they have to do it with human sincerity.
It was also a violation of the UN Charter, which includes the statement: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
In 1998, Russia first proposed a UN treaty to ban electronic and information weapons (including for propaganda purposes).
For example, China and the US reached a bilateral agreement restricting cyber espionage for commercial purposes.
What if the technology was used for military purposes, or a big multinational corporation had a large role?
The relatively few professional economists who warned of the current crisis were people, it seems, who not only read the scholarly economics literature, but also brought into play more personal judgment: intuitive comparisons with past historical episodes; conclusions about speculative trading, price bubbles, and the stability of confidence; evaluations of the moral purposes of economic actors; and impressions that complacency had set in, lulling watchdogs to sleep.
They can grant a great deal of autonomy to various federations (as in the US and Great Britain); devote significant public resources to sports for political purposes (as in Russia and other dictatorships); or insulate publicly financed sports institutions from partisan politics in order to ensure continuity (as in Italy and France).
That means creating a system in which public funds are consistently targeted at the right areas, and for the right purposes.
But the vast majority of young people use the Internet for social media, rather than for economic or educational purposes.
The border between Syria and Iraq is for all intents and purposes gone.
But Chernobyl opened my eyes like nothing else: it showed the horrible consequences of nuclear power, even when it is used for non-military purposes.
The European members of NATO, it may be interesting to note, spend two-thirds of what the United States spends for military purposes.
The greater flexibility of non-governmental organizations in using networks has given rise to what some call “the new public diplomacy,” which is no longer confined to messaging, promotion campaigns, or even direct governmental contacts with foreign publics serving foreign-policy purposes.
In China, for example, the manufacturers of pharmaceutical ingredients can dodge drug regulation by claiming that their products will be used for non-medical purposes.
The US naively continues to view the Middle East as an object of manipulation, whether for oil or for other purposes.
Communities and individuals should be educated and empowered to master technologies for truly productive purposes, rather than being mastered by them for someone else’s ends.
The global powers should openly acknowledge that – whether one likes it or not, and whether it is good policy or not – the legally correct position under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is that Iran does have a right to enrich uranium for purely civilian purposes.
Iran claims that as a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
In December, 1995, French foreign minister Hervé de Charette announced a "reorientation" of relations with NATO, from which France under General Charles de Gaulle had, for all practical purposes, withdrawn 30 years before.
Worse, for all practical purposes, the promises that have been made have had no impact on global CO2 emissions.
As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has the right to develop its nuclear capacity, but only for peaceful purposes.
But if a country decides to introduce nuclear power, we work to help ensure that it is done in a safe and secure manner – and exclusively for peaceful purposes.
Obama steers clear both of interventions for humanitarian purposes and of attempting to export democracy by force.
Increasingly, the divisiveness of democratic polities reflects a combination of undecided voters, motivated by ephemeral sentiments, and the emergence of political activists, often focused on narrow issues, who exploit electoral volatility for their purposes.
We support Iran’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
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