Chile's preference is for an effort leading to compromise and agreement which has always been its policy when confronted with divergent views.

Instead, Obama has energetically confronted the issue from the start.

A harsh security situation in Iraq has confronted the new Iraqi Government.

In Egypt, however, she confronted the fact that British occupation had never been popular.

Since then, the United Nations has been confronted with several world problems conflicts of varying kinds related to humanitarian disasters, natural disasters and, of course, terrorism.

This is an issue with which a number of United Nations offices have been confronted.

One thing is certain enlargement has confronted Western Europe with extremely stiff wage competition.

One thing is certain enlargement has confronted Western Europe with extremely stiff wage competition.

Sami confronted Layla.

When surveyed, over 40 of Dutch women and men claim to have been confronted with domestic violence.

Japan, for example, has confronted only a 157 billion decline in its annualized trade balance.

Factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention The Committee acknowledges that Georgia has been confronted with ethnic and political conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia since independence.

Concerning countries with economies in transition, the Division has been confronted with unprecedented demand for new technical cooperation approaches tailor made to the specific needs of economies in transition.

Sami later confronted Layla.

The Minister was briefed by the police authorities on the strategic challenges that the police had been confronted with.

Until you confronted the graves .

Until you confronted the graves .

Sami confronted Layla about the pregnancy.

The moderator observed that, since the early 1990s, the Security Council had been confronted with a growing and more nuanced workload.

So perhaps the real issue that is being overlooked is this confronted by the growing realization that humanity has become a significant driver of changes to our planet, the IPCC, since its inception, has been in a race against time.

It is encouraging to see that the international community has confronted this catastrophe in a true spirit of cooperation.

When they are confronted by what they have been promised , they will realize who is weaker in helpers and fewer in numbers .

Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.

Moreover, Obama has been confronted with significant constraints, including the global economic crisis, domestic political polarization, a hostile Congress, and the rise of emerging powers that need the US but are unwilling to accept its dominance.

The Middle East has long confronted the US with formidable challenges, which ultimately exceeded America s imperial capacities and sapped public support.

In many countries people are confronted with guns.

Once confronted, the Communists almost ran from power.

Guinea Bissau is still confronted with tremendous challenges.

But we are confronted with an unforgivable sham.

Confronted with an awkward problem, he responded with reason.

But chronic stalemate has confronted many Asian democracies with the threat of being discredited, a potential for violence, and the prospect of economic decline.

As for the West, it is confronted with a dilemma.

More than half of them (52 ) are under 18. However, countless Syrian children have been confronted with the anguish of losing their home, their belongings, and parents.

The contrast is remarkable. In the past 17 months, the Morales government has been confronted with two protest marches by indigenous peoples defending their right to be consulted on the construction of a highway that will join the cities of Cochabamba and Trinidad.

Australia, Canada and New Zealand are confronted with significant over representation of indigenous persons in the prison population. One recent response to that problem has been to direct judges to make greater effort to avoid prison sentencing when dealing with aboriginal defendants.

Tax evasion is usually confronted in two ways audits and harsh sanctions.

Tax evasion is usually confronted in two ways audits and harsh sanctions.

Accursed , they will be seized wherever they are confronted and slain violently

None of these penalties can be inflicted until an investigation has been carried out and the prisoner has been confronted with the charges against him and given an opportunity to make a statement in his defence. An explanation must be given for any decision to inflict a punishment on a prisoner and the prison officer or his deputy must keep a written record of the investigation.

The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have ever confronted.

Confronted by a revolutionary situation, however, that approach could be hard to maintain.

And, when the evidence is confronted, it points to speculation as a culprit.

With the Soviet Union s collapse in 1991, the transatlantic alliance confronted new realities.

But they are growing increasingly brazen, all the more so when not confronted.

Since terrorism is a social phenomenon, it must be confronted with international participation.