The reliance of the global financial system on high technology communication systems makes it vulnerable to attack by those who wish to disrupt it.

There's the solar panels of the cell, some switches that turn your genes on and off, the girders of the cell, motors that move your muscles.

She noted the Minister's comment that the Convention and the Irish Constitution were at variance on some points and that a specific bill incorporating provisions of the Convention had ultimately been struck down, as a result of the country's common law tradition.

So the time may be ripe to move forward with the sort of multilateral framework for regulating cross border investment that has been derailed several times since the 1920 s. In contrast to international trade and monetary relations, no multilateral regime exists to promote and govern cross border investment.