As a long term strategy, energy embargoes have always proven to be futile. Saudi Arabia saw its share of world oil exports drop sharply in the 12 years after the 1973 1974 embargo.

The crime prevention instruments have proved useful in feeding discussion about general standards developed in other parts of the United Nations system.

A final reason for the West to change course is that Western sanctions are proving increasingly useless.

For thirty five years, it has proven its effectiveness, above all in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

Brazil has demonstrated the ability to be a technological export power.

But even a joint expert level mechanism set up in 2007 merely for interaction and cooperation on hydrological data has proven of little value.

Factors that impede the optimal effectiveness of such resources include the failure of programmes to target those who need them the most, the failure to implement interventions with proven scientific effectiveness and bureaucratic obstacles to the rapid disbursement and use of available funds.

Visiting missions had proved useful in that regard and she hoped they would continue in the same spirit of cooperation.

The benefits of internationalization for increasing enterprise competitiveness are demonstrated by the evidence in UNCTAD's country case studies.

Initial perception based data gathered by the Forum is pointing toward the importance of leadership ability, transparency, efficiency, and good relationships between public and private sector stakeholders.

A variety of tools such as gender disaggregated data, gender analysis, gender responsive budgeting, gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation systems and gender sensitive indicators have proven useful.

7. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to prepare a handbook, for use by competent authorities, of proven and promising practices in the fight against kidnapping, including

For example, in the face of investor pressure, pharmaceutical companies have cut their research activities dramatically, relying instead on acquisition strategies. The aim is to de risk by buying up firms that have already carried out all of the costly blue skies research and have developed proven drugs.

Part of the requirements for passing the driving test in some countries is demonstrated ability to understand parking signs.

They then operationalized shared leadership as the number of members who performed leadership behaviors, as well as the amount of leadership behavior exhibited by the team (calculated by aggregating the leadership ratings for each team member to the team level).

Shared leadership is leadership that is broadly distributed, such that people within a team and organization lead each other.

does not mean that you're a good leader, because the essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic.

In case a woman fails, she should not get a driving license. There should be equality in this matter. Capability should be the only criterion, regardless of the citizen's gender.

Why should they change systems that proved so resilient?

Additional technical parameters applied in the course of ongoing monitoring and verification, that could be practicably verified with a minimal degree of ambiguity, have proven to be effective tools that prevented Iraq from developing proscribed missiles in the presence of international inspectors.

Moreover, he appears to believe that confrontations between the state and civil society are counterproductive.

Its inclusiveness and open ended nature were highlighted by many delegations as indicators of its relevance and success.

The 1990 s concept of a European Defense Identity within NATO proved to be unviable and since then expansion of the alliance and proliferation of NATO partners has made the idea of a special collective role for EU members all the more improbable.

Israel is engaging in a serious effort to renew the peace process, and has proved ready to live up to its own obligations, but it expects the Palestinian leadership to be more active in fully eradicating terrorist activity.

They put money into unproven policy initiatives.

These recommendations have proven to be useful in providing guidance to countries conducting economic enquiries to meet data requirements for national planning and policy purposes.

And the same challenge hides behind the formula of inclusion of the Taliban in any settlement for Afghanistan, because the Taliban have no bargaining power without Pakistan, as recent events have shown.

The first strategy is problematic because it is unsustainable.

Mr. Magariños had been able to build up a vibrant organization that was seeking ways of remaining relevant in the context of increasing globalization and liberalization worldwide.

Satisfied that the current working methods of the Commission have proved their efficiency,

Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive.

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The drive up to Nikko from the Tokyo region is fantastic.

In the years since it regained its independence, Ukraine has proved that it can play an important and constructive role in the region.

For example, the financial crisis that began in 2008 demonstrated the need for adequate regulation.

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China's new leadership often evinces a new judiciousness and moderation in its diplomacy.

Leadership and Skill Training Workshops.

Now the Fukushima tragedy is being used to justify continuing these economically dubious programs.

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It has shown that it can defeat Georgia s army.

You should focus on the road when you drive.

Servant leadership is both a leadership philosophy and set of leadership practices.

Although the integration of the two independent forces has been complete, a small degree of autonomy exists at the operational command level, with the Western Air Command being headquartered in Abu Dhabi and the Central Air Command in Dubai.

Power is the ability to get the outcomes one wants.