Systems of institutionalized violence only intensify and entrench the human and environmental woes plaguing us.

We must do more to improve opportunity, pursue good governance and entrench universal human rights.

The Kibaki administration used this year to entrench power in the hands of a small ethnic Kikuyu clique.

Their big corporations helped entrench racist regimes with notorious contract labor systems that amounted to little more than slavery.

The presidential and parliamentary elections of 2000 did not resolve the crisis but, arguably, served to further entrench it.

Regional institutions can entrench themselves only if their members promote adherence to the spirit and letter of their legal frameworks.

A smaller human rights body would reinforce that notion and entrench the credibility crisis that the current Commission suffers from.

Rather, it is the conflict between these practices and traditional or domestic social relations and practices that entrench vested interests opposed to change.

Myopic actions on both sides have helped entrench a longer term pattern of behavior that only makes it harder to move away from today s unsustainable equilibrium.

The control of power and authority by a non cohesive transitional Government has served to further entrench the processes of exploitation and erosion of the natural resource base.

In this regard, Israel continues to confiscate land in Occupied East Jerusalem and to enact other unlawful measures in its drive to entrench its illegal annexation of the city.

The main role of the Forum is to establish mechanisms to entrench racial equality and to contribute to the institutional strengthening of the institutions that are similar to SEPPIR.

The measures adopted within and across countries to entrench the principles of merit, professionalism, accountability, customer care and citizen responsiveness complement efforts at mainstreaming high ethical standards in public administration systems.

Indeed, they have announced their intentions to move forward with conducting a national referendum scheduled for Saturday to approve a new constitution, which they hope will entrench their power for decades to come.

It is precisely this ambition that sets Iran apart from North Korea whereas North Korea seeks nuclear weapons capability in order to entrench its own isolation, Iran is aiming for regional dominance and more.

(a) To promote the role of sport and physical education for all when furthering their development programmes and policies, to advance health awareness, the spirit of achievement and cultural bridging and to entrench collective values

(a) To promote the role of sport and physical education for all when furthering their development programmes and policies, to advance health awareness, the spirit of achievement and cultural bridging and to entrench collective values

As I explain in my book The Price of Inequality, much of the rise in US economic inequality is attributable to a government in which the rich have disproportionate influence and use that influence to entrench themselves.

And, if the BoE s Andrew Haldane is right that rising pressures in Asia threaten future turmoil, the West will regret its failure to entrench global capital adequacy and liquidity standards and a more transparent early warning system.

These conflicts have taught Africa that, in order to contain the centrifugal pressures that encourage fragmentation within our relatively new states, a conscious effort must be made to nurture and entrench national unity, which must include democratic practices.

On the other hand, poorly conceived and negotiated contracts not only prevent countries from enjoying the full long term benefits of their natural resources, but also help to entrench poverty, corruption, and even conflict, particularly when governance systems are inadequate.

It is still not too late not quite to start couching the broader discussion of nuclear energy in language that will inform rather than alarm, and in terms that will nurture well balanced judgments rather than entrench long held biases.

After all, what if the enemies of freedom use elections to entrench their anti democratic agendas? What if elements of the old regime, or the cadres of militant minorities, only pretend to embrace democratic norms in order to hijack the new democracy?

These actions are part and parcel of a continuous land grab by Israel intended to impose facts on the ground and entrench its occupation, in grave breach of international law and further complicating and undermining efforts for a peaceful resolution of this conflict.

Furthermore, and perhaps because of that failure, it is far from certain that the prescriptions presented by the report would, or even could, enhance the capacity of the international community to address the very threats that have been identified, or whether they would rectify the present shortcomings of the United Nations machinery or further entrench them.