The European Union portrayed mercenaries seeking to undermine Cuba's right to self determination, as human rights defenders.

Normally, economists talk about trade offs weaker intellectual property rights, it is argued, would undermine incentives to innovate.

Some participants emphasized that the new Council should not undermine the valuable work of the Commission on Human Rights.

At the same time, many States are debating the adoption of national measures that could undermine adherence to international human rights standards.

There were are still prejudicial stereotypes particularly the belief that the woman's place is in the home which traditionally undermine women's rights.

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Reaffirming also that political considerations should not undermine the proper functioning of international human rights mechanisms and the effective fulfilment of their mandates in the promotion and protection of human rights,

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Of course, a common EU security strategy is not meant to undermine the rights of individual member states to choose their internal energy policies.

Recognizing that politically motivated and biased country specific resolutions on the situation of human rights severely undermine the principles of objectivity and non selectivity in the consideration of human rights issues and are counterproductive to the cause of promoting human rights,

Calls for abstaining from using the universality of human rights as a pretext to interfere in the states' internal affairs and undermine their national sovereignty.

Moreover, containment would undermine India s energy interests.

2. Expresses its determination to resist such political platforms and activities which can undermine the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and of equality of opportunity

It expressed its determination to resist such political platforms and activities which can undermine the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and of equality of opportunity.

Thus, self protection has assumed increased importance, which carries with it the potential to undermine cooperation on such critical issues as human rights, gender equality and health care.

The Kingdom of Bhutan has always held the view that terrorism in all its manifestation continues to jeopardize and undermine human rights, fundamental freedoms and security in many countries.

At the same time, it should be recognized that acts in violation of the rights of the child such as war and armed conflicts, poverty, diseases, violence, sexual abuse, exploitation and terrorism continued to undermine the rights of the child.

This in turn can undermine public confidence and trust.

Current economic trends threaten to undermine any progress made.

To allow them to use the term in designating an association and create a legal entity and name with that adjective would cause confusion and undermine the rights of others.

To do so would send a negative message to those in the world struggling to combat the culture of impunity and would undermine respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.

Poor 2012 corporate financial results will further undermine credit ratings.

If not, these forces will work to undermine the state.

It plays the same game in Transdniestria to undermine Moldova.

Hard and soft power can reinforce or undermine each other.

Clearly, a self determination movement could also undermine territorial integrity.

Such situations invariably undermine the objective of promoting sustainable security.

Imposing further restrictions on AHD would undermine their military utilities.

The Committee is also concerned that very often residential care programmes are not governed by any specific regulation this may undermine protection of children's rights and these programmes are not well monitored.

To Hamas, however, they appear to undermine its very raison d'etre.

Regulation without redistribution could undermine the EU's legitimacy among the newcomers.

But rising political polarization in the region could undermine Iran s standing.

We believe that model A would seriously undermine those essential goals.

The same kind of unrest, in which the countryside is pitted against the town, with both sides demanding more rights, could undermine the political order in China and other big emerging market economies.

They are the result of a Bush administration that has trampled on human rights and international law, including the Geneva conventions, and tried to undermine basic democratic protections, ever since it took office.

Indeed, as Security Council resolution 1566 (2004) reaffirms, acts of terrorism seriously impair the enjoyment of human rights, threaten the social and economic development of all States and undermine global stability and prosperity.

Even today, Europe s military weakness is working to undermine the transatlantic relationship.

The euro s rapid appreciation against the dollar threatens to undermine this foundation.

International trade and new firms are undesirable, because they undermine associations power.

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An ex post facto correction clause could undermine the stability of contracts.

The proposed text of draft article 3 seemed to undermine that approach.

In the meantime, every drone strike will not only undermine human rights and international humanitarian law, but will also further widen a legal loophole that other governments and armed groups will not hesitate to exploit.

Targeted sanctions such as those proposed by Secretary General Kofi Annan in his report to the Security Council should be imposed on those armed groups that undermine national and international peace and violate human rights.