The Chinese have never been eager to discuss with their US counterparts what the two countries should do in the event of a North Korean implosion.

There are two main aspects first, the cooperation and coordination between the military components in the mission and second, the cooperation and coordination with civilian counterparts.

His Palestinian counterparts are hardly in a better position.

They had also shared information with their counterparts in other countries.

Yet today, universities in the United States easily outperform their European counterparts.

Like its counterparts in other countries, it is a non governmental organization.

Bloggers and activists taking part in the meeting didn't forget their Palestinian counterparts.

UNICEF has initiated measures in the sphere of capacity building with its counterparts.

In some cases, ideas banks can be more humor oriented than their serious counterparts.

In theory, women have same access to health care services as their male counterparts.

As described more fully below, the transition strategy employed during the Mission's final two years involved sharing Mission know how with national counterparts to improve their capacity to promote peace accords implementation in the future.

For poor regions, investment in equipment and training would have to come from wealthier counterparts.

In many cases, these cultures expanded at a later date than their Old World counterparts.

Quite frequently, women's formal education is neglected in favor of that of their male counterparts.

In all other circumstances women employees in government service have identical leave entitlements as their male counterparts.

Their leader outshines his Conservative and Labour counterparts in television debates and on the campaign trail.

But Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya then consulted his counterparts in Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.

In the US, the far right shares many of the characteristics of its populist European counterparts.

First, democratic States now outnumber their non democratic counterparts, establishing a significant precedent in world history.

Besides, three counterparts agree on salary levels Government, employer and union.

In contrast with their developed counterparts, many universities in developing countries lack such mutually beneficial linkages with industry.

African banks, meanwhile, are rock solid compared to their debt heavy counterparts in the US and Europe.

In Warsaw, too, students were protesting, but their cause was not the same as their Western counterparts.

This should embrace the units funded through the support account and their functional counterparts in the missions.

The mechanical counterparts of these properties are, respectively, mass, stiffness and damping.

Local counterparts include the PFESP and the Palestinian Federation of Industries (PFI).

Why do US fiscal conservatives care so little about government debt, relative to their counterparts in other countries?

Many civil society elements in the Muslim world have turned their backs on possible partnerships with Israeli counterparts.

Wherever they live, women face greater obstacles and frustrations than their male counterparts.

Israeli judges, members of Parliament and company directors far outnumbered their Palestinian counterparts.

Urban workers per capita income is more than three times higher than that of their counterparts in the countryside.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he spent more time consulting his Chinese counterparts than those in any other country.

Governments, too, should collaborate with their developing country counterparts to provide much needed leadership in the climate change debate.

McKinsey research suggests that these companies are growing more than twice as quickly as their counterparts in developed economies.

It has been clearly demonstrated that the nuclear matrix composition in a tumor is different from its normal counterparts.

Begun in March 2002, the 30 million pound programme is managed by the British Council, together with national counterparts.

ARC has continued to engage partner agencies, Government counterparts and refugees in identifying and addressing child protection issues in field operations.

The difference between the two principles is most clearly apparent in their implications for the relationship between science and technology. Precautionary policymakers invoke scientific uncertainty to curb technological innovation, whereas their proactionary counterparts encourage innovation as an extension of scientific hypothesis testing.

They were worried about the EU s future certainly more so than their Western counterparts.

In terms of total lifecycle costs, these vehicles are three to six times more energy efficient than their petroleum counterparts.

There was a need for such terms back then, because their crackpot counterparts held much greater sway in general discourse.

Like many others in the African region, but unlike their counterparts in developed countries, Ghanaian young people benefit the least from today's globalization.

Their counterparts working in mines, meanwhile, are handling dangerous tools and are made to work without protective equipment for long hours.

It cooperates with relevant units in the formulation and implementation of technical cooperation programmes involving CSOs as partners, counterparts or beneficiaries.

In India, poor women are learning English faster than their male counterparts in order to staff the new call centers that are growing in India.