None of this is to condone the abuse of power by Islamist leaders.

And who , I hope , will condone my faults on the Day of Judgement .

The laws of war condone targeted killings only of combatants who directly participate in hostilities.

It will be a tragedy especially for the Palestinians if they promote or condone terrorism.

CAEO Racism is found all around, unfortunately, and I ve never been one to condone generalizations.

(b) To strive to change attitudes that condone or normalize any form of violence against children

The fact that religious leaders condone and sanction it in many societies owes more to custom and tradition than doctrine.

But what about technological innovation, which, like trade, often leaves some people worse off. Here, few students would condone blocking technological progress.

When circumstances become dire enough, they will even condone debt restructuring if the alternative is chaos and the prospect of a greater loss.

But the extent of intervention they condone differs, reflecting their different views concerning how dysfunctional the prevailing approach to supervision and prudential regulation is.

To criticize Israel s strategy as flawed is not to condone the acts of Hamas or Hezbollah or to deny Israel s right to self defense.

Yet the Lebanese Government continues to condone Hizbullah operations launched from its territory, even those that show a complete disregard for the Blue Line.

While his country valued dialogue and cooperation, it could not condone any attempts to infringe its sovereignty and neither would any other Member State.

There should be no uncertainty on this matter it is unacceptable for any community to condone the kidnapping, binding, gagging and murder of innocent civilians.

Here, few students would condone blocking technological progress. Banning the light bulb because candle makers would lose their jobs strikes almost everyone as a silly idea.

If we do not condone redistribution that violates widely shared moral codes at home, why should we accept it just because it involves transactions across political borders?

Societal attitudes which condone the loose behaviour of males and see it as depicting males' sexual prowess places both sexes in increasing danger of contracting and spreading STIs.

Last summer, I took an informal poll at a meeting of Wall Street investors to find out whether they would condone the use of torture to prevent a terrorist attack.

How can the US Treasury, on the one hand, periodically flirt with labeling China a currency manipulator and, on the other hand, condone a similar strategy in oil exporting countries?

The USA has in recent years significantly increased its military support to the Georgian armed forces but has stated that it would not condone any moves towards peace enforcement in Abkhazia.

By pronouncing ourselves clearly and positively in that regard, Member States would send a message of their resolve not to encourage or condone the diversion of those weapons to illicit networks.

(i) To strive to change attitudes that condone or normalize any form of violence against children, including cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of discipline, harmful traditional practices and all forms of sexual violence

Grave statements by political leaders prominent people that express support for affirmation of superiority of a race or an ethnic group, dehumanize and demonize minorities, or condone or justify violence against a minority.

The UN successfully resisted the powerful pressures of the US to condone a war with Iraq despite repeated US claims, now known to be false, that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

But once they've gone from being transgressive people whose behaviors we don't want to condone to being AIDS victims, we come over all compassionate and buy them incredibly expensive drugs for the rest of their lives.

Instead, there is the temptation to regard Osama bin Laden as a type of violent Robin Hood, whose actions, while impossible to condone officially, have helped them to recover a sense of Arab pride and dignity.

It goes beyond abdication of legal and moral responsibility in the border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to create a dangerous precedent to condone the violation of the rule of law and the integrity of arbitration processes.

When assessing the reliability of diplomatic assurances, an essential criteria must be that the receiving state does not practice or condone torture or ill treatment, and that it exercises effective control over the acts of non state agents.

According to Gallup, only 7 of Muslims are politically radical and condone the use of violence, and their motives are not so much religious as inspired by the demeaning political and social treatment that Muslims are perceived to suffer.

NEW YORK The selection of the American nominee Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank, over Nigeria s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, who was overwhelmingly regarded as a vastly superior candidate, is impossible to condone but easy to explain.

More importantly, it is imperative for US policies to be consistent across regions. How can the US Treasury, on the one hand, periodically flirt with labeling China a currency manipulator and, on the other hand, condone a similar strategy in oil exporting countries?

In essence, the advice was along these lines efforts should be made to integrate leaders of the militia in the Government of National Unity there should be provisional immunity extended to the various rebel groups so as to ensure immediate peace, and this is not to condone impunity.