Given those differing cultural perceptions, the reform proposals were extremely ambitious.

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It also notes with concern the persistence of cultural and traditional perceptions of girls that limit their access to education.

This cultural fragmentation is also reflected within the United Nations. The Members of the Organization have differing perceptions of those issues.

To approve them, the majority of Member States would have had to share the same cultural perceptions of international security, development, the State and human rights.

It is the ideology of fear that incites fear and conflictive perceptions of other peoples, with the very harmful effects with which we are familiar, in relations among political, cultural and religious communities and which takes advantage of that fear and erroneous perceptions to achieve its ends.

Troubling perceptions of climate change

The report is expected to recommend a practicable and implementable plan of action to counter the alarming rise in extremist attitudes in many societies, which have caused dangerously hostile perceptions across cultural lines.

In many developing countries, women were still a long way from achieving equal opportunities and traditional biases, poverty, cultural perceptions, social attitudes and women's health needs continued to limit their access to basic rights.

Both perceptions would be false, both reactions dangerous.

The fairness of the competition improves perceptions of legitimacy.

Politics is not just about facts, but also about perceptions.

Such perceptions are often mediated by ideas and previous experiences.

Most of these hallucinations consist of basic perceptions (shapes, colors).

From now on, we must think of the Charter as, politically, the lowest common denominator uniting us in a world that is globalizing but culturally fragmenting a world where there are no common strategic, political, economic or cultural perceptions.

Both perceptions distort reality, though both contain a kernel of truth.

The power of culture resides in its ability to transform perceptions.

Europeans should remember that perceptions of strength and weakness change fast.

Likewise, US perceptions of France and of Europe are only slowly improving.

(ii) To promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness towards persons with disabilities

Contrary to some perceptions, Europeans have not remained inactive over the last year.

Our perceptions of self interest are always filtered through the lens of ideas.

Bad perceptions only complicate future peace efforts, making a breakthrough even less likely.

(b) The growing importance of achieving intellectual and cultural unanimity in combating racism and xenophobia and the need to draw up an intellectual strategy for the fight against racism to be applied in the area of ideas, concepts, images, representations, perceptions and value systems

Theories of cultural hegemony or cultural assimilation via cultural imperialism.

By promoting a shift in public perceptions, such programs can catalyze fundamental behavioral changes.

Today s anxieties, too, are fed by perceptions and fears, by real and imagined concerns.

This clash of perceptions has caught the world s policy experts and analysts off guard.

Lack of accountability has both encouraged corruption and fed perceptions that abuse remains unpunished.

We must make conscientious efforts to do away with wrong perceptions, misunderstandings and ignorance.

The problem is rooted in divergent perceptions among the various players in the labor market.

Transparency International, for example, has since ranked Indonesia below 100 in its Corruption Perceptions Index.

In the 2007 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Armenia ranked 99 of 179 countries.

These perceptions in turn are the foundation of our specific learning strengths, or learning styles.

These perceptions of insecurity also prevent many displaced Kosovo Serbs from returning to their homes.

Perceptions, threats and challenges obviously change over time, and they will continue to do so.

Such false perceptions make it even more difficult to have a reasonable debate about the issues.

Yeboah rode 380 kilometers across his country to raise awareness and change perceptions of the disabled.

Furthermore, indigenous communities from around the world share similar perceptions about the nature of these challenges.

I want to end by applying the idea of Middle World to our perceptions of each other.

These findings, while running contrary to popular perceptions of Saudi culture, are less startling than they appear.

No one knows how Greece s problems will affect market perceptions of government debt in other eurozone countries.

Public perceptions of the risk of violence associated with mental illness are at odds with the facts.

Meanwhile, Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals that corruption is still a severe and worldwide problem.

Enhancement of respect for cultural diversity and cultural heritage.