They outlined a national strategy in which world influence was understood to flow from scientific leadership.

This problem was highlighted as far back as the 1960 s by the Belgian economist Robert Triffin, and, more recently, by the late Italian economist Tommaso Padoa Schioppa.

It got a lot of attention and brought the issue of harassment to light in a way that it never had in Kosovo.

It has also heightened Russia s desire to construct a special, bilateral Russo German relationship heedless of the context of the EU.

The situation has highlighted the ambiguity surrounding the EU budget s role in European integration.

In 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus highlighted the need to prioritize measures to control and treat HIV AIDS.

In its previous report, the Group highlighted the role of Congolese businessman Ozia Mazio in violating the arms embargo.

The United Nations Programme on Youth highlighted the tenth anniversary of World Programme of Action for Youth on International Youth Day, 12 August.

Tech in Asia features Aloxeom, a web based service that allows passengers to search for motorbike taxis in Hanoi, Vietnam.

It highlighted the universality of the phenomenon of corruption and explored some general and specific manifestation of corruption, including cases of corruption in the private sector.

The humanitarian response review is an important undertaking that has spotlighted issues requiring immediate solutions. It has made a number of useful recommendations that require action on our part.

In his email, RMS was more than pleased with such movement taking place in Egypt, but he also highlighted that our post was misleading in some points regarding Free Software.

In the general discussions that followed, participants highlighted why innovative finance is needed, and what types of capacity building initiatives are needed for financing.

Critics have also highlighted the poor living conditions provided for Chinese workers, especially when compared to those offered to Western expatriates.

Participants highlighted that an overarching objective of a strengthened United Nations was to ensure human security, building on the interdependence of human rights, development, peace and security.

The third panelist highlighted the trends and development of FDI inflows and outflows in the Asia Pacific region. In particular, outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from Asia was growing and accounted for the lion's share of outflows from developing economies, with China and India as key emerging investors.

In the light of what has been said and in full recognition of all the international covenants that have dealt with ageing, the Conference set about shedding light on the main contexts of care and concern for the elderly and their participation in development.

While Gauck made clear that he remains decidedly pro Europe, he highlighted the need for closer reflection about Europe s future and especially that of the eurozone.

One of the major problems highlighted in the just published Africa Progress Report, prepared by the African Progress Panel, is the gap between plans and change on the ground.

The problem posed by the proliferation of weapons in Timor Leste was highlighted by an assault on 12 March upon the manager of the Australia New Zealand Bank and his wife outside their residence in Dili.

You can't see light. When it's dark, in a vacuum, if a person shines a beam of light straight across your eyes, you won't see it. Slightly technical, some physicists will disagree with this.

During their deliberations, members of the Council highlighted the connections among the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the internationally agreed development goals and underlined the need for promoting an integrated and coordinated approach to their implementation.

In January 2004, the Department published a booklet, with the assistance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, highlighting the salient features of the 2003 report of the group of governmental experts on the Register.

The country was already shaken by riots and sectarian violence challenging Morsi s presidency, and the border incident placed the spotlight on the messy question of who actually controls the country s national security policy.

As the emphasis of the Convention process has moved towards the implementation of action programmes, the COP, and particularly the CRIC, have highlighted the need for scientific and technological inputs and cooperation.

Nevertheless, the work carried out has also further underlined the urgent need to complement these processes with an international standard that takes a human rights based approach to the protection of indigenous peoples' cultural heritage.

The panelist also highlighted the lack of reliable SME statistics and the existence of an OECD action plan to advance this area.

Despite claims by the Iranian government that the aircraft is patrolling the skies, sharp eyed bloggers noticed that the image was taken from the unveiling ceremony in Tehran and superimposed onto a different background.

Nobody, it seemed, wanted to spoil the party by pointing that the event was immensely futile, that it highlighted a horrible metaphor, or that it caused much higher overall pollution.

It also looked at integrated coastal area and river basin management, which links freshwater and coastal and marine systems, highlighting land based sources of activities affecting the quality and uses of the coastal and marine environment.

The business side of the situation was highlighted by a recent report by Lebanon human rights NGO KAFA, whose name translates to Enough. The report details the lucrative recruitment business which often deceives migrant workers into coming to Lebanon.

The decision also highlighted an important fact Despite its severe limitations, the TRIPS agreement does have some (rarely used) safeguards that give developing countries a certain degree of flexibility to limit patent protection.

The allegations involve the armed forces manipulation of the Mindanao vote underscoring how state failure in the south, a politicized military, and paralysis in the capital reinforce each other in a downward spiral.

The Secretariat ascribed the phenomena highlighted by my team to the number of organisational restructurings that had taken place since the introduction of the performance appraisal system, but noted that a performance appraisal campaign will be adopted in May 2005, and yearly thereafter, to address the problem.

A workshop was held in Khartoum on engendering the peace process, during which a gender mainstreaming strategy was formulated, which highlighted UNMIS priority areas of actions on gender based violence in Darfur.

The import, export, transport and storage of firearms and explosive materials in general is subject to particular security procedures, which can be summarized as follows

NEW YORK When a major highway bridge in California collapsed last month, the impact on the entire southwestern United States once again highlighted the country s serious infrastructure problem. Indeed, in a sense, the world s largest economy is falling apart.

We have heard with concern during these days of debate statements claiming that the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament is obsolete as it is a product of the so called cold war era, while at the same time the adoption of measures for non proliferation of weapons of mass extermination is singled out and highlighted to the detriment of disarmament measures.

But keeping Russia at arm s length from Europe has only strengthened the sense of isolation that many Russians feel, tempting them to define the country s interests in ways that are irreconcilable with those of Europe. It has also heightened Russia s desire to construct a special, bilateral Russo German relationship heedless of the context of the EU.