Prostitutes' interest groups are also represented.

HIV AIDS prevention among the following groups of interest

Works Councils, interest groups, judges and employers may also approach the Commission.

Some of the groups promoting this interest are state historical societies, women's organizations, and groups such as the Girl Scouts of the USA.

His administration is trapped more and more in the paralyzing grip of special interest groups.

Strong economic and ethnic pressure groups fight for their self interested definitions of the national interest.

Why, then, are they maintaining policies that protect the special interest groups that dominate the service sector?

Yet the special interest groups have dominated the process, and Obama has failed to make any headway.

There are interest groups who benefit from the current system and the opportunities for corruption that it provides.

Doubting that there would be shared sacrifice, those same interest groups were unable to negotiate meaningful tax reform.

First, the domestic interest groups that benefit from low borrowing costs have become a barrier to their liberalization.

The Gender Equality Department informs interest groups about various initiatives and participates in dialogue about expectations and impact.

They may please farmers and other interest groups, but overall they simply drive up costs and reduce already minimal benefits.

Otherwise, the country s various interest groups could, like Lebanon s feuding factions, turn to outsiders to negotiate solutions to their problems.

It stands in contrast to authoritarian capitalism by limiting the influence of special interest groups, including corporate lobbyists, on politics.

Noting with interest the respective partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups, and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups, and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups, and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by some Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit,

Noting with interest the respective partnership initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, international organizations and major groups and announced at the Summit,

(c) Collectives, organizations and interest groups The communications procedures of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as well as the European system give standing to specified organizations rather than individuals or groups of individuals.

Christian Democratic parties first emerged in Belgium and Germany toward the end of the nineteenth century as narrowly focused Catholic interest groups.

But, because of political pressure exerted by small, powerful interest groups, windfall profits will inevitably be spent at home in unwise subsidies.

However, both groups will benefit from a management system that enables rangelands to recover sufficiently to support their common interest in sustainability.

A planet composed of nation states that in turn are dominated by special interest groups does not seem capable of solving this problem.

By contrast, interest groups with big stakes in the rules follow corporate governance issues closely, and they lobby politicians to get favorable regulations.

The danger is that such groups could accentuate the divisions of a fractious society, rather than pull everyone together in the collective national interest.

Yet these conclusions need to be reaffirmed in the face of efforts by well funded special interest groups to sow doubt among the public.

Now, with countless private interest groups trying to water it down into irrelevance, the battle will be firmly on the EU s agenda in 2006.

The African Group noted with keen interest the progress made by the Working Groups on Procurement, Arbitration and Conciliation, Transport Law and Security Interests.

They could also remove import and export quotas, some tax exemptions, non targeted subsidies and other policies that grant privileges to special interest groups.

Fortunately, China has developed a method of elaborate consultations that, while not democratic, do give the various interest groups involved a voice in determining policy.

That means facing down the myriad interest groups from industry lobbies to trade unions and entrenched bureaucracies that have (so far) successfully protected their turfs.

Noting with interest the partnership initiatives announced by some Governments, international organizations and major groups at the International Meeting as well as those already undertaken,

Having pledged to destroy the old LDP, Koizumi implemented exemplary reforms that took the spoils away from special interest groups, which merely accelerated the LDP s enfeeblement.

Most economists stress the superiority of the free trade model and point to the power of lobbies and interest groups to explain its unpopularity in practice.

That Office should therefore be actively involved in, and duly contribute to, the Millennium Development Goals review process in the interest of those three vulnerable groups.

Every group with an interest in the country s future including the government, domestic opposition groups, and those in exile should be invited to participate in official talks.

Operators and prostitutes have together formed interest groups and joined, respectively, the MKB (small and medium sized enterprises sector) and the FNV (Federation of Netherlands Trade Unions).

The proposal included declaration of interest forms, a list of interests that should be declared, procedures to be followed prior to nomination and after appointment of members to various groups, a definition of conflict of interest , and the process to be followed should the Secretariat be of the opinion that a conflict of interest could arise or had arisen.

In 1992, as the emerging Russian Federation teetered on the brink of economic and monetary collapse, he opted for radical reform, prompting a backlash from vested interest groups.

If created, the Senate would provide representation for traditional leaders and a variety of geographic districts, as well as special interest groups including the disabled, youth and women.