The Portuguese formed a defensive square.

The homeland war was a defensive, just and legitimate war.

Selective memory is a defense mechanism with which we are all familiar.

At the same time, the forces were modernized and reoriented towards a defensive posture.

The Framework also lists a total of 1,622 defense organizations.

Bilateral efforts should also be launched to develop other defense technologies.

India and Japan should, for example, jointly develop new defense capacities.

He decided upon a full scholarship from the University of Miami to play defensive tackle.

In response, a new Japanese defense review identified China as a threat.

Europe is preoccupied with its attempt to save the eurozone, and has no common foreign or defense policy.

Firstly, the concealment of the MOTAPM, as a major defensive weapon, has important military significance.

Response of the international community

At the same time, though, there is no hesitation about waging a tough defensive war against Palestinian terrorism.

Such contributions had to ensure that assistance programmes responded fully to the needs of beneficiary countries.

Organizational response to the changing environment

II Response of the international community

One potential mechanism for advancing these objectives is a South American Defense College, now under consideration.

The main elevation is articulated by four turrets with a central clock tower (a gift from Sir Paul Chater in 1930).

... To many in the media CAMERA is ... an advocacy group trying to impose its pro Israeli views on mainstream journalism.

As a defensive weapon, MOTAPM should mainly be used by countries within their own territory against foreign invasion.

The African media s response to the massacres and rapes in Darfur has been equally muted.

The seizure of the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974 by Chinese forces was another example of offense as defense.

As the economy struggled, optimism gave way to a more defensive and insular view that values self reliance.

When they do bring it up to employers, for example they use apologetic, self defeating language.

Yet, in the absence of a European government, there can be no common defense policy, let alone a common army.

The Austrian Army did develop a defense plan in 1938 against Germany, but politics prevented it from being implemented.

These consequences would be even more serious than the possible destabilizing effect of the introduction of strategic missile defence systems.

MOTAPM with anti handling devices (AHD) are a defensive weapon permissible according to international humanitarian law.

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Positive responses from national leaders

Positive responses from some religious authorities

International terrorism requires an international response.

This situation requires an urgent response.

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

As for climate change, the positions of the emerging economies were until mid 2009 negative or defensive.

The Ethiopian Armed Forces maintained the dispositions that I described in my last report, which they continue to characterize as purely defensive.

Developing countries should also have defensive preoccupations to consolidate domestic markets through support or protection of essential sectors.

In response, China s government acted almost instantly.

The response from the communities is encouraging.

The present note is in response to that request.

The response of the international community was prompt and generous.

Information submitted in response to General Recommendation 17.

This is a timely initiative to give an integrated response to conflicts, a response in which the concept of peacebuilding complements the traditional idea of peacekeeping.

These are peace talks, not a defense treaty, and Syria would not abruptly disengage from its Iranian friends.

With this network in place, the Council is able to implement nationwide advocacy campaigns dealing with vital global health issues.