Germany has long standing ties with Afghanistan.

Egyptian judges have a long standing tradition of discretion and propriety.

This debate between realists and idealists is intense and long standing.

Flouting international law was a long standing practice of the Israeli leadership.

Under his leadership, the long standing and painful Aceh conflict was peacefully resolved.

Christianity in Kosovo has a long standing tradition dating to the Roman Empire.

This regulation constitutes a long standing demand on the part of social movements.

In truth, this is not socialism, but an extension of long standing corporate welfarism.

Iran s long standing opposition to relations with the US is a bit more complex.

The last few years have highlighted the declining potency of long standing growth models.

The paragraphs in question undermined long standing agreement concerning the financing of peacekeeping operations.

We must avoid one long standing myth and stop equating multilateralism with absolute consensus.

The disagreement over the International Criminal Court (ICC) is long standing and well known.

Moreover, Congress will resist rolling back any of the long standing economic sanctions against Cuba.

And two particularly violent, long standing ethnic conflicts remain far from any resolution at all.

Even with these increases, there is a long way to go to improve America s standing.

Trichet is a tough guy with a long history of standing up to the French politicians.

What is needed is more intense bilateral diplomacy among Asian governments to settle long standing disputes.

Power conversion translating power resources into effective influence is a long standing problem for the US.

Regional organizations, such as the African Union, have shown their commitment to resolving long standing conflicts.

Concern was also expressed about the long standing provisional status of the Council's rules of procedure.

At first glance, this vision seems entirely reasonable after all, most countries prefer to manage domestic and regional affairs without the meddling of outside powers. But Xi s statement marked a significant departure from China s long standing position on America s presence in the Asia Pacific region.

As a result, many long standing promises will come under pressure over the next 3 5 years.

There is a long standing presumption of sovereign immunity states can be sued only under limited circumstances.

The long standing Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations seems to have been put on indefinite hold.

The long standing UNOPS partnership with IFAD, and services for GFATM and GAIN, will continue in 2005.

Among the reforms that have enjoyed Slovakia's long standing support is the reform of the Security Council.

What McCain was referring to was a peaceable presence of US forces in the country for a long period, rather like their continued presence in Japan since 1945.

Because for so long I've been standing on the sidelines content to be a witness, just taking photographs.

Many long standing Islamic themed Vkontakte pages have transformed themselves into 24 7 pro Rohingya advocacy channels overnight.

This is a long standing Interpol policy, one that is shared by all the international law enforcement community.

The political will to remove long standing trade barriers would be the most critical element in this respect.

21. Recognizes the difficulty of achieving the results of complex and long standing political activities within specific time frames

The prize is higher living standards for Russia s long suffering people and a recovery in the country s international standing.

The relationship between age and the ability to learn languages has also been a subject of long standing debate.

The issue of the full costs of delivering programmes is one of long standing concern to the Advisory Committee.

And most certainly We will settle you in the land after them this is for him who fears standing in My presence and who fears My threat .

And most certainly We will settle you in the land after them this is for him who fears standing in My presence and who fears My threat .

Other recent examples include threats vis à vis Chad, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Bolivia, Uganda, and long standing sanctions against Myanmar.

It has supported Iraqi Shiite groups since the early 1980 s and has an equally long standing alliance with Syria.

There has been a recent reversal in the long standing tendency to place all protected areas under highly centralized management.

He maintains that the long standing precedent of the Constitutional Court is to deny applications for amparo, rendering it ineffective.

The legalization of prostitution in October 2000 merely codified a long standing Dutch tradition of tolerance towards buying and selling sex.

Mortgage lending, however, is a long standing activity for commercial and savings banks, mostly unaffected by Glass Steagall or its repeal.

Turkish Northern Cyprus accepted UN Secretary General Kofi Annan s plan (massively supported by the EU) to resolve the long standing conflict.