The problem was a serious one, since the issue had wide political ramifications.

But this logic failed to account for the political ramifications, which threaten to undermine European unity further.

According to Williamson, NIE is primarily concerned with the economic and political ramifications of formal rules and governance structures.

The ramifications will be enormous.

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That would entail discussing the actual scope of the protection, the circumstances in which it would be available, the responsibilities it would involve and its legal and political ramifications.

To turn our backs on these countries would have serious economic ramifications.

More recently, they have been intra State, with subregional and regional ramifications.

So she remained ignorant, as did her physicians with possible ramifications for her clinical care.

It was difficult, however, to follow the ramifications of certain acts over a long period.

In Afghanistan, war continued under different circumstances, with serious ramifications for the region and, indeed, the world.

It nevertheless has legal ramifications, particularly with regard to the relationship between the displaced population and a receiving State.

An intern attended the World Youth Summit on Globalization in Brussels, exploring the North South ramifications of globalization (December).

He said that the draft resolution, as orally revised, was aimed at addressing the ramifications of globalization for humanity.

Done properly, the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers could have further positive ramifications by contributing to lasting changes in Cambodia's ordinary courts.

Those requirements have ramifications for protecting the global climate, ensuring sustainability of energy resources and restraining the escalating spiral of fuel prices.

Given the broad ramifications of police brutality, the disciplinary measures indicated in the annexes to the report did not seem to be appropriate.

Two fundamental considerations come to mind, and their ramifications in up for grab countries in Latin America, such as El Salvador, are particularly significant.

At stake is the soul of an emerging Thailand, with far reaching ramifications for developing democracies elsewhere as well as the broader international community.

Indeed, the conflict in Mali is taking place geographically in Africa, but in many ways its causes and ramifications lie in the Middle East.

In our view, those issues, together with the recommendations being proposed, require careful study by Member States, considering their far reaching implications and ramifications.

I lean slightly toward the optimistic scenario, but investors and policymakers alike need to understand the ramifications of a return to more normal volatility levels.

The manner in which internal developments in one State have wider ramifications is only one illustration of how narrow notions of sovereignty no longer hold today.

In Nigeria's view, unless the question of Palestine is confronted in all its ramifications, the well considered efforts of the international community will come to naught.

To our north, Europe is at a crossroads, undergoing a process of creative destruction, with potentially far reaching ramifications well beyond the confines of the European Union.

LONDON Following weeks of financial and economic turmoil, public debate has finally turned to the horrific potential human ramifications of the collapse of the global financial system.

In paragraphs 25 and 26 and what follows in that chapter, the report examined the structure of Syrian Lebanese relations and their ramifications on the Lebanese arena.

Among Sunnis, the decline in support for an Islamic state is most dramatic, and may have significant ramifications for the ability of religious extremists to recruit among them.

What are the possible ramifications for such a policy on sectarian violence in Pakistan? Is it likely to exacerbate and make more deadly sectarian cleavages or the opposite?

The longer this unusual environment persists, the greater the risk that the disruptive ramifications of the 2008 crisis will continue to reach far and wide, including to future generations.

The twenty first century has brought important changes to the balance of power which had been in place until then, with obvious ramifications for the international economy and politics.

The Executive Director participated in the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation Experts Meeting at The Hague, Theological, Ethical and Psychological Ramifications for Victims of Genocide and War Crimes (September).

The ramifications of such sexual misconduct, both for the victims and the international community at large, will be extensive and long term, and will require disproportionate efforts to counteract.

So, to win, Libya s Colonel Muammar el Qaddafi has deliberately and successfully turned a civil resistance campaign into an armed conflict. That will have ramifications in the post authoritarian context.

In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan.

Climate evangelism is an apt description of what the IPCC has been up to, for it has exaggerated some of the ramifications of climate change in order to make politicians take note.

The chapter will stress the difficulties in identifying and assessing all the possible consequences of violence perpetrated against girls and women, including the psychological ramifications of such violence and their potential long term impact.

And one of the sad parts of this is that indeed, among the many other ramifications of crack cocaine is that the most talented individuals in these communities this is what they were striving for.

These attacks have had very grave ramifications on our tourism industry and other economic activities, since some ships that were originally destined for the port of Mombasa have opted to divert to other destinations for fear of attacks.

But it is also true that parties to the NPT have a sovereign right to consider the ramifications upon their individual and collective security of such a withdrawal, including by States that have breached their obligations prior to withdrawal.

Legal ramifications , arguments about the death row phenomenon have never been successful in avoiding the death penalty for any person in the US, but the US Supreme Court has been aware of the theory and has mentioned it in its decisions.

Comprehensive approach of the OSCE to security through activities in all three dimensions of its work politico military, economic and human, as also characteristic for addressing the threat of terrorism, both at the preventive stage and combating its specific ramifications.

There is an important lesson in this for the EU at a time when it is seeking to become a global actor we must reach an internal consensus while always bearing in mind what the external ramifications of our decision might be.

Israel takes this opportunity to once again advise the international community of its firm belief that the Palestinian Authority's failure to live up to its obligations to act against terrorism could carry ramifications for the future of the peace process in the region.

the investigation of such a terrorist act with multifaceted international dimensions and their ramifications normally needs months (if not years) to be completed so as to be able to establish firm ground for a potential trial of any accused individuals . (Ibid., para.