There are reasons to worry whether the needed transitions will, in fact, occur smoothly.

May I ask NAM whether in fact it still holds to that view?

Whether US foreign policy will come to reflect this fact, only the future will tell.

There were, for example, those who questioned whether the Cold War was in fact necessary and whether the Soviet Union and Communism constituted a threat.

In fact, the issue is not Russia s strength per se , but whether Russia intelligently concentrates and applies it.

Some commentators have questioned whether the effect of armed conflict on treaties is, in fact, a distinct legal problem.

They fail to ask whether there is, in fact, a close correspondence between historical circumstances and current facts.

The Nigerian Civil War led some to question whether Nigeria was in fact a unified nation with a national history.

In some cases, however, it is difficult to ascertain whether or not executions have in fact been carried out.

This latter construal is sometimes expressed by saying there is no fact of the matter as to whether or not P .

Early in my career, this reaction troubled me it made me wonder whether I had, in fact, overlooked something obvious.

Whether or not their relationship is in fact neighborly, rather than tense and confrontational, is of critical importance to both.

One thing is sure. Israel is now a fact. It s a fait accompli whether its enemies like it or not.

During the claim development process, the claimant is asked to explain whether the equity interest is in fact a claim for other assets.

It was also questioned whether the provision of special protection for shareholders would not in fact protect the investment rather than the national.

I wanted to start with the fact that each man, whether murderer or victim, has a mother, sister, lover is somebody's son.

It is not known whether this was just an inference by the writer, based on the fact that also Nicholas was an Englishman.

But the test of the trials will be whether they are and are seen to be fact driven, impartial, and consistent with international standards.

It's not clear whether this fabricated news was written as a joke or with vicious intention, but many people accepted the news as fact.

It is not clear from the report (S 2002 882, page 5) whether the expression juristic person covers, in fact, the intermediaries outside the financial sector.

Mr. Flinterman noted that students who were single mothers were subject to summary dismissal from their school and asked whether the rights of pregnant students were protected under the Labour Code, whether women were generally aware of that fact and whether other measures were in place to protect such women.

A number of cases has been reported in association with particular conditions and situations it is uncertain whether these were in fact causative.

Of more pressing immediate concern is the fact that capital is currently flowing to many countries regardless of whether they are ready to receive it.

It would be up to the monitoring body to determine whether that was in fact the case and to find ways around to circumvent theat problem.

In their hostility to Islam, they like to talk about defending Enlightenment values, whereas in fact they lament the collapse of faith, whether religious or secular.

In each case, it is a matter of proof whether the purported signor did in fact sign in that manner and intended thereby to sign the document.

Another issue to consider would be the fact that different regional procedures apply to different treaties and take different forms the question thus arises whether it might be difficult to assess the extent to which regional remedies have in fact been exhausted.

We think it vital that in the work of the CTC we consider not only whether we are meeting our responsibilities to process reports but whether we are in fact meeting our greater responsibility to help States tackle terrorism nationally and internationally.

It nonetheless believes unlike many women's organisations that this instrument is essential, in order to establish whether the stated objective of residence is in fact being pursued.

One issue to consider in this regard is whether the criterion of non duplication of procedures would not, in fact, automatically exclude communications already subject to another procedure.

So, we're going to understand positive social emotion like empathy and compassion, and we're going to understand the factors that encourage it whether they're genetic, whether they're how people talk to one another, whether they're economic systems, and insofar as we begin to shine light on that we are inevitably going to converge on that fact space.

BERLIN Russia and the European Union are geopolitical neighbors. Whether or not their relationship is in fact neighborly, rather than tense and confrontational, is of critical importance to both.

At this point we should ask ourselves whether we can in fact use this part of our work to discuss my proposal or the NAM proposal or whether we should admit that there seems to be no consensus, and see what we can do in that regard.

That way, shareholders and investors could properly judge whether the advice given and the investments made were in fact sound in the long run rather than just reflecting the enthusiasm of the moment.

A country with such influence over a military superpower cannot be considered weak. In fact, the issue is not Russia s strength per se , but whether Russia intelligently concentrates and applies it.

It is a fact that, for whatever reason, in certain parts of the country, too many Iraqis would not or could not participate in the elections, whether as voters or as candidates.

It is time to face the fact that Europe s peripheral countries have to shrink their nominal GDP to regain competitiveness. The only question is whether they will take the euro down as well.

Behind issues of security and safety, which have always been the arguments for social control, in fact what is going on is that these institutions are trying to decide who, in fact, has a right to self determine their attention, to decide, whether they should, or not, be isolated.

In fact, the US has probably been lured into serving these countries own narrower interests, whether it be Israel s unconvincing vision of its own security or the Sunni countries opposition to Shia Iran.

Mr. Flinterman welcomed the constitutional guarantees of equal access to education and the fact that primary education was provided to all, including girls, although he wondered whether that also applied to minority groups.

More information would also be welcome on whether the Occupational Health and Safety Bill of 2001 mentioned in the written report (CEDAW C WSM 1 3, p. 67) had in fact been adopted.

KA Whether it's arts, whether it's housing, whether it's what amount of shopping?

Even reputable fact checkers disagree on the origin of the famous admonition to journalists Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable! (They even disagree on whether it was first directed at preachers or at newsmen).

One participant underlined the fact that visits could not be imposed on States as it was the sovereign prerogative of each State to whether to issue such invitations rather, the best way forward wasthrough cooperation.

Ms. Gnacadja said that she would appreciate more information regarding the Childhood and Adolescence Code, and wished to know whether it had in fact been introduced into law, as indicated in the fifth periodic report.