Indeed, the Court represents a formidable instrument for combating impunity and a powerful deterrent against the future commission of atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

And some Israeli leaders Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, for example are convinced that joining NATO would act as a vital deterrent against Iran.

Its very existence, and the threat of random investigations, would serve as an effective deterrent against malpractice just as random audits deter tax evaders.

At the request of the Armenian government, Russia maintains a military base in the northwestern Armenian city of Gyumri as a deterrent against Turkey.

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

And there came to them news containing a deterrent .

And there came to them news containing a deterrent .

Moreover, abolitionists assail the deterrent effect of the death penalty.

A deterrent that is too dangerous to invoke would lack credibility.

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent

And assuredly there hath come Unto them tidings wherein is a deterrent .

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent

And assuredly there hath come Unto them tidings wherein is a deterrent .

According to Iranian authorities, NATO s system is designed to neutralize Iran s deterrent capacity vis à vis Israel, thereby increasing the likelihood of an Israeli or US strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

We hope that that investigation creates a precedent for holding accountable perpetrators responsible for war crimes against children, and we believe that this will serve as effective deterrent for future violations.

Yet some states view such weapons as a status symbol, and some view them as offering the ultimate deterrent against nuclear attack, which largely accounts for the estimated 26,000 that still exist.

Its role as a deterrent against the commission of atrocities and war crimes broadly supplements the Council's work to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and to promote the rule of law.

After all, the current strategy has not really worked either as a deterrent against conventional attacks (which persisted throughout the years that Israel supposedly developed its nuclear arsenal) or as a warning to rivals (such as Iran) against developing a nuclear weapon.

The CFAS is one of the two pillars of the French nuclear deterrent.

The primary purpose of sanctions in the cartel context is as a deterrent.

In any case, pillorying the clients is both a just punishment and an effective deterrent.

The presence of these forces is an increasingly important deterrent to the resumption of hostilities.

Its detection capabilities already represent a significant deterrent to any would be testers of nuclear weapons.

Indeed, many in Russia worry that a US attack against Russia s nuclear deterrent and other defense assets that relies on America s growing stock of long range, precision guided conventional weapons would be as devastating as a nuclear strike.

They can serve both as an incentive to forego the acquisition of WMD and as a deterrent.

While Japan s security treaty with the US serves as a deterrent, there is always a danger of miscalculation.

A gold standard rule would have produced higher rates for the southern European borrowers, which would have attracted funds to where capital might be productively used, and at the same time acted as a deterrent against purely speculative capital flows.

Mr. Lauber (Switzerland) said that his delegation strongly condemned all acts of violence directed against United Nations and associated personnel. It hoped that measures would be taken to establish a legal protection system that would have the maximum deterrent effect.

From now on, the danger of a military comeback will no longer be present to act as a deterrent.

Some subsequent studies have sometimes found a much weaker deterrent effect, while others have found a much stronger effect.

Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation , and for subsequent generations , and a lesson for the righteous .

Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation , and for subsequent generations , and a lesson for the righteous .

As long as some countries placed strategic reliance on nuclear weapons as a deterrent, other countries would emulate them.

Real or perceived political instability has represented the principal deterrent to foreign and regional investment in plants and equipment.

United Nations inspections combined with sanctions may have been a deterrent to Iraq in continuing its biological weapons programme.

Thus, the Senegalese delegation is of the view that rigorous application of such sanctions would act as a real deterrent.

As long as such a hostile policy continues, the self defensive nuclear deterrent means will likewise continue to be strengthened.

First, rigid rules that wipe out shareholders and penalize long term creditors are a clear deterrent from bankers point of view.

It presumes that the United States will sustain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist.

Although experts have disputed the capacity of America s BMDS, Russian leaders remain convinced that it could seriously undermine Russia s nuclear deterrent.

Too many observers forget that China s nuclear force is a deterrent only far too small to be a first strike force.

Such progress will not only bring to justice perpetrators of heinous crimes but also serve as a deterrent to future atrocities.

The European Union fully subscribes to the views and recommendations of the Secretary General with respect to the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC), because of its deterrent effect and the possibilities it offers for the prosecution of war crimes, including crimes against children.

Above all, they want the US to sign a legally binding agreement affirming that US BMD will never threaten Russia s strategic deterrent.