Consistency is key

There is a continuing need to improve consistency and systemic coherence among trade, debt and finance.

But here s the rub financial regulation is enormously complicated, all the more so given that there must be some degree of international consistency.

Serge Moscovici and Nemeth (1974) argued that minority influence is effective as long as there is consistency over time and agreement among the members of the minority.

This consistency has paid off.

In the absence of a standard framework, there is an opportunity for enhanced international cooperation in developing and implementing needs assessments to enhance consistency and reduce duplication.

Nor can it achieve consistency between different standard setters approaches, or, indeed, consistency of implementation by different national regulators.

This is a question of consistency for the Council and for the international community.

(c) Consistency with the United Nations reform

Consistency alone would be a big boost for confidence.

The use of ICTs enables consistency, accountability and transparency.

However, there was a clear need for a central coordinating mechanism to serve as an informational and policy clearing house aimed primarily at ensuring consistency.

The drive for transparency must become a drive for consistency.

(i) Going concern, consistency and accrual are fundamental accounting assumptions.

There is overlap and duplication in these chemicals activities and a need for enhanced coherence, consistency and cooperation to ensure efficient and effective use of available resources at the national, regional, and international levels.

The result of this is that there exist a large number of laws and by laws in education, which creates an illusion of a well structured educational system, while what this really does is bring into question its consistency.

In each state, the consistency and behavior of a soil is different and consequently so are its engineering properties.

In this context, it is essential to ensure greater consistency among the various, international monetary, financial and commercial systems.

It is therefore particularly important to ensure methodological consistency and financial comparability between the initial calculation and the midterm recalculation.

This would ensure better information exchange and, ultimately, consistency in decision making.

The issue of consistency with United Nations goals was taken very seriously.

Although the information is based on testimony and thus is solely circumstantial, the amount and consistency of testimony leaves little doubt that recruitment is going on.

Donors as well as recipients must ensure consistency between financing and absorptive capacity.

It was pointed out that the concern for maintaining consistency of jurisprudence among the various treaty bodies could not be used as an argument to oppose the establishment of a separate mechanism, as there were already many bodies that had overlapping mandates in the area of torture, for example without that giving rise to any problems of consistency.

There is also the question of consistency. One cannot credibly thump the table about human rights in one country, but keep one s opinions to oneself in another an all too common occurrence when, say, a trade deal might suffer.

When the Prestige sank off the coast of Spain, there were big, floating cushions the size of sofa cushions of emulsified oil, with the consistency, or the viscosity, of chewing gum.

It was to ensure the quality, consistency and timely distribution of protection related information.

Furthermore, earlier adopted Technical Guidelines and Definitions were tested on their efficiency and consistency.

In line with the emphasis provided by the Monterrey Consensus, achieving coherence and consistency between policies is a central focus of the study.

Rule 206.3, Sick leave, subparagraph (e), is amended to ensure consistency with rule 206.7, as amended, by deleting a reference to paternity leave.

Consistent with objectives of the Monterrey Consensus at the regional level, there is a need for regional initiatives and cooperation to increase the coherence and consistency of monetary, financial and trading systems and to reduce the vulnerability in the event of financial crisis.

There is active coordination among members of the Executive Committee of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), and with the members of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), to ensure consistency and coherence in the handling of JIU reports for maximum benefit.

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(c) Looking for the consistency of the patterns of information and comparing them with new information

This notable success might be attributed to the consistency of the national approach to gender equality.

As noted above, the text appears under headings and sub headings, but these could be removed for consistency of style when the Guide is produced.

Interregional cooperation has promoted South South partnerships that reinforce the consistency of approaches under the UNCCD process.

The Committee encourages continued improvement and greater consistency in the presentation of the results based budget framework.

There is also considerable scope for increasing interregional cooperation, through the regional commissions, to exchange experiences and good practices in free trade areas, domestic resource mobilization, innovative sources of financing as well as to promote coherence and consistency between trade, financial and monetary policies with development.

A steering group, consisting of representatives of the ITL administrator, the operator and the developer, is to provide for the coordination, cooperation and consistency between these parties.

Rule 109.10, Last day for pay purposes, subparagraph (a) (i), is amended to ensure consistency with rule 106.3, as amended, by including a reference to paternity leave.

If those agreements have widespread acceptance and mutual consistency, the result will be a stable international monetary system.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to implement procedures ensuring the consistency and quality of public protection information.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to implement procedures ensuring the consistency and quality of public protection information.

Moreover, admitting Turkey would demonstrate the EU s political consistency, while representing a qualitative step forward in the European project.