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

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

Against such a backdrop we can wait no longer.

A constant backdrop has been the situation in Iraq.

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

Seen often in photographs as a backdrop to the Gateway of India, it is a heritage building, and has seen several world famous figures occupy its rooms.

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

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

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

In December 2003 she released a novel, Ticket to Paradise , based on the backdrop of 9 11.

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

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.

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

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

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

America's recovery from unpopular policies in the past, such as the Vietnam War, took place against the backdrop of the Cold War, in which allied countries feared the Soviet Union as a greater evil.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The backdrop was a modern glass façade that alternated between a bank headquarters (with the word Profit in flashing lights) and a temple of consumer fashion.

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

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

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

Current initiativesAgainst a backdrop of conventional interventions through the state or markets, alternative initiatives have been pioneered to address the problem of food security.

NEW DELHI German Chancellor Angela Merkel s second visit to China in a year comes against the backdrop of dire forecasts of a difficult September for the eurozone.

If the couple sizzled for cameras with Luxor and Petra as the backdrop, just imagine how hot things could get at the most romantic spot on Earth, the Taj Mahal.

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

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

TUNIS Like a long dormant volcano that suddenly erupts, the revolutions that have swept across North Africa against a backdrop of strong economic performance took all by surprise.

According to UNAMA AIHRC reports,5 there is a broad perception that the electoral process is taking place against a backdrop of intimidation and violations of political rights.

Against the backdrop of increased internal challenges and disorder, violence between Palestinians and Israelis continued over the past month to pose a serious threat to the safety and security of both peoples as well as to the viability of the overall process of moving forward.

These needs seem manageable, but, as recent events in Europe and recent US data have reminded us, the recovery and confidence remain fragile, especially against the backdrop of high public debt.

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.

Against the backdrop of the momentous socio economic changes taking place worldwide, the report highlights the challenges confronting public administration systems as they implement different types of innovative and capacity strengthening measures.

3.2 The complainant submits that the allegations of violations of the Convention should be interpreted against a backdrop of systematic police brutality to which the Roma and others in the State party are subjected, as well as the generally poor human rights situation in the State party.

The backdrop was Prague, impossibly beautiful, impossibly romantic, the city of a hundred spires, tawny ochre houses and churches, shifting late afternoon light, moonlight on the Vltava.

Photo by Ezra Acayan, Copyright Demotix (7 14 2013)A fisherman at work on the polluted waters of Manila Bay against the backdrop of the Manila skyline.

In this respect, the news that the US and Russia have agreed on a follow up treaty to START that will substantially cut both countries nuclear arsenals provides a good backdrop.