But proselytizing means only that one tries to convince others of the truths to which one is committed.

It's hard to persuade Jonathan.

The panel s findings should help to persuade them to do so.

One of the first challenges for the new government will be to convince the international community that it respects previous Palestinian agreements.

I managed to persuade my cousin into accepting my plan.

Here, Germany s leaders, in particular, need convincing.

But something went wrong Putin could not be convinced.

Doing so will also help to convince other countries that the government s agenda is economic, not political.

I managed to convince Dad that we organize the reception at home.

But it will be much more difficult to persuade China that it should stand down.

And Singapore has been persuaded to host four advanced naval ships.

Efforts had also been made to persuade Parliament to strengthen the Act.

Finally, officials everywhere should invest in institutions that help to convince markets of their commitment to public finance sustainability.

After all, an interrogator's effectiveness depends on convincing the detainee of his omnipotence.

This was a result of their inability to convince President Mbeki to reverse his ruling regarding the laws promulgated by President Gbagbo.

Young people widely agree that youth developed, youth friendly educational programmes and policies are effective in convincing young people of the harm caused by substances.

South Korea is trying to persuade the North to make this strategic decision.

Some Liberians therefore have to be persuaded to enter into the process.

The way forward is therefore for the international community to continue to impress upon the parties the need to fully implement the Quartet sponsored road map, which has been endorsed by the Security Council.

Some issues are non negotiable, because they are pillars of the European model that we seek to share with the world.

But it is doing so without addressing the crucial need to bring its citizens along.

I tried to persuade my mother to permit my circumcision, but she refused.

Austria tried to persuade the Italian government to accept Venetia in exchange for non intervention.

GSM phones can be convinced to use the much weaker A5 2 cipher briefly.

The British believed they could convince Italy to abandon Germany through appeasement.

To be sure, persuading the militias to transfer their loyalties to the state will not be easy, especially given the fighters strong, often ideological connections to their individual units.

The group concluded that those countries that had not yet accepted the case for assessed contributions would need to be persuaded that the costs of UNFICYP would be kept to a minimum.

Persuading Channel One to allow him to bring a Hi 8 camera with him, Anderson soon began filming and assembling reports of Vietnamese life and culture that aired on Channel One.

Indeed, official rhetoric has turned once again to trying to persuade markets to ignore reality.

We can t convince people to engage when it s secret, to lead such kind of process.

Keren tried to convince Amit to lead the men out, but Amit preferred to wait until morning.

That way, Kosovo Serbs can be persuaded to participate in the institutions of Kosovo and Metohija.

The challenge was how to convince States of the added value of a rights based approach.

Stressing also the need to convince non State actors to halt immediately and unconditionally new deployments of anti personnel mines,

But it is wishful thinking to believe that they can be persuaded to act otherwise by international declarations that lack enforcement mechanisms.

Given the difficulties of persuading armed groups to participate in negotiations, Myanmar rejected unwarranted criticism of the degree to which its National Convention was inclusive.

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish that his images stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Intense Western pressure has been brought to bear on Yar Adua to re consider the January deadline.

Investors in the coming years will need to be persuaded to hold mountains of new debt.

Rather than convince myself that I have all the answers, I reach out.

Members may consider contacting their Governments in order to encourage them to approach neighbouring States to promote ratification of the Convention

It also helped some ministries to convince colleagues in the relevant ministries to expedite payment of contributions.

The difficulty for Tadic lies in convincing Serbian voters that drawing closer to the EU is infinitely preferable to remaining attached to an outmoded concept of statehood that can only lead to isolation and backwardness.

And that's one of the reasons why Arthur Andersen chose to launch Accenture rather than try to persuade the world that Andersen's could stand for something other than accountancy.

The first purpose is, of course, to persuade the country in question to come around to others views.