Against this backdrop, the US government shutdown looks a little different.

Against this backdrop, Israel and the Palestinian territories are relatively stable places.

All of this is happening against the backdrop of increasing experimentation with drugs.

President Urusemal We gather this year against the backdrop of many recent natural disasters.

Against this backdrop, institutional investors self insured quite rationally against a eurozone breakup by withdrawing behind safer borders.

It is against this backdrop that the latest contest between India and China must be assessed.

Against such a backdrop we can wait no longer.

Against this backdrop, the full, immediate and unconditional implementation of article VI of the Treaty is fundamental.

Against this backdrop, the time has come to reconsider the basic sources of happiness in our economic life.

Against that backdrop, I have two questions for the Minister.

Against that backdrop, I should like to focus here on three issues.

It is against this bitter backdrop that a new Afghan president will be elected and the withdrawal of forces carried out.

These developments, albeit positive, should be considered against the backdrop of lesser accomplishments.

Against that backdrop, the least developed countries are prepared to make their contribution.

Against this backdrop and with a view to bring the refugee and the egyptian communities together, the idea of a film festival took birth.

Against this backdrop, the issue of promoting longer term development in countries emerging from conflict, particularly in Africa, needs to be given serious consideration.

For Obama, Africa so far chiefly remains a backdrop against which he defines his American identity.

Against the backdrop of Russia's completely ambiguous policy in the Caucasus, this will give Rogozin an opportunity to remain at the top of public opinion polls.

Against a backdrop of generally tighter migration regulation during the reporting period, more encouraging developments were noted.

This is the backdrop of the challenges we as an organization face.

Set against the backdrop of the Indian Army in Kashmir, the film tells the story of an agent and his fight against terrorism.

Against this backdrop, physical infrastructure in Africa is in need of rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion in order to compensate for many years of neglect and poor maintenance.

Against the backdrop of rapid globalization, the individual risks and costs of moving internationally will continue to fall.

Solomon Islands is making this statement against the backdrop of its experience with the Security Council and as a beneficiary of the regional assistance mission to Solomon Islands.

It is against this backdrop that I find welcome this weekend s announcement by a group of major economies acknowledging their shared responsibility for the orderly resolution of global imbalances while sustaining robust growth.

But instead we see a landscape of widespread poverty set against a backdrop of endemic corruption and official mismanagement.

Restorative justice generally operates against the backdrop and as a complement to a capable, fair and efficient justice system.

It is against this backdrop that we, as world leaders, are meeting here to find the best strategy for enhancing domestic capacity to address issues such as good governance.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

Morales election in Bolivia where indigenous groups are estimated to comprise around 55 of the population and mixed race people account for another 30 should be viewed against this historical backdrop.

The agreement will be hotly debated in large measure because it comes against a backdrop of unprecedented partisan tension in Washington.

It would also provide a backdrop against which wages in Germany could rise without necessarily having to fall in the periphery.

These case studies will examine country specific productivity experience and provide an interpretation against the backdrop of these countries' overall growth performance.

He said that there was an urgent need to promote respect for cultural diversity and different religions against the backdrop of globalization.

The Doha negotiations have been taking place against the backdrop of trade's increasing role in and contribution to economic growth and development.

It is against this backdrop that African leaders will arrive in Cannes for the France Africa summit, an event that in many respects will be a stage for Chirac to bid them farewell.

It is against this backdrop of repeated violations by Ethiopia of the Algiers Peace Agreement and deplorable abdication of responsibility by the Security Council that resolution 1640 (2005) must be seen and gauged.

Against this backdrop, the World Coal Association (WCA) is meeting this week, also in Warsaw in fact, just across the river from where negotiators are trying to forge the building blocks of a global climate agreement by 2015.

Japan s unilateral revision of Article 9, viewed against the backdrop of its new nationalism, would isolate Japan from virtually the whole of Asia.

It is hard to imagine that a free and fair election can take place against the backdrop of such intense and systemic violence.

The air strike also occurred against the backdrop of negotiations between the FARC and Colombian government that have been ongoing since September 2012.

Against this backdrop of programmatic unity, the difference of opinion among leading Democrats concerning Wall Street both the specifics of the 2010 Dodd Frank financial reforms and more broadly stands out in bold relief.

This would be a difficult challenge under any circumstances and is all the more daunting against the backdrop of the Arab Spring s destabilization of the economic systems across the Middle East and North Africa.

Against this backdrop, India has consistently supported proposals in the United Nations to convert into grants all remaining official bilateral debt of the poorest African countries and has supported the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative.

It is against that grim backdrop, therefore, that we must consider the recommendations contained in the Secretary General's report and undertake a vigorous process of assessment.