We must address its weak democracy and its lack of representativeness.

In his classic work Considerations on Representative Government, he denounced the shibboleth of the party.

One of the main topics at the moment is to help facilitate the election of more women into representative bodies.

The Israeli Palestinian conflict continues to be the diplomatic charade that it has been for many years now.

Representative government, and its logical outgrowth, the democratic principle, became part of the classic model of good debt management.

With no representative institutions and the military in control of the country, street mobilization has become the main tool of Egyptian politics.

Indeed, the principle of not reneging on public debt is deeply intertwined with the development of legal security, representative government, and modern democracy.

The phrase machinery of government is thought to have originated with John Stuart Mill in Considerations on Representative Government (1861).

They are not against representative democracy as such they just want different representatives people whom they consider morally pure.

And one cop would 'kill' (well, you know, pew pew pew) one of the protesters, who would then revolt, and chase after the cop kids.

Although a number of women had held Government portfolios, their participation in representative bodies lagged far behind that of men.

(c) To perform such representational functions as may be required and necessary at relevant meetings of the African Union held at Addis Ababa.

The financial revolution that swept the world over the last two decades seemed to sever the link between representative government and public finance.

The adoption of amendments to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Constitution and the Entity constitutions has for the first time created opportunity for representatives of constitutive peoples and minorities to be delegated to representative bodies.

The subject of representational ranges and their use as criteria for recruitment has traditionally been dealt with as a matter of policy by the General Assembly.

During the years of Putin s leadership, the Kremlin has steadily pushed citizens farther and farther from decision making by virtually dismantling representative institutions.

In that case, one could imagine the replacement of representative democracy with political regimes that limit citizen control to the executive.

The hidden rules of the game came closest to being officially acknowledged during two uninterrupted weeks of simulated interrogations towards the end of the training course.

At Vietnamese representative missions abroad, the equal rights of woman staff regarding work, tenure, titles and salary have been fully ensured.

But there is a more fundamental issue at play that stems from the accumulated imperfections of representative democracy in countries where social and economic conditions are less than ideal.

These representative bodies (and not their constituent estates) in turn were represented in the assembly that came to be known as Staten generaal (a plurale tantum), or Algemene Staten (General States).

A member of Punjab Bar Council has a considerable large constituency, comprising 4 5 Districts, and in his representative capacity he actively participates in the affairs of welfare of lawyers of the province.

This is why we feel obligated to call on the highest levels of the international community including the UN Security Council to address the question of Burma, for we must show that we are serious about peace, democracy, and human rights.

In reviewing the progress made towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, we must have the courage to go beyond the mere posturing that is characterized by name calling, finger pointing and false accusations.

She drew the Committee's attention to the Inter American Democratic Charter, which promotes representative democracy as a necessary condition for the full social, economic and political development of the peoples of the Americas and in this regard commended the Charter as required reading for those who sought to promote, strengthen and preserve democracy and democratic institutions.

10. Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations to explore with the Fund possible innovative representational arrangements, including through the use of seconded staff, project offices and other means

All eurozone members, then, have an interest in concentrating in a smaller number of constituencies, with the EFSF representing their collective interests within the IMF.

Because their accountability to national electorates is indirect and uncertain, they do not generate the political allegiance and hence legitimacy that truly representative institutions require.

For now, however, those representative elements that have been added incrementally are not powerful enough to overcome the growing corruption and excessive influence of vested interests.

A governing body that is not representative fuels uncertainty and frustration among those subject to its decisions, undermining the legitimacy and thus the effectiveness of its actions.

Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations to explore with the Fund possible innovative representational arrangements, including through the use of seconded staff, project offices and other means

In addition, the Government thought that political parties, which are usually associated with list based systems, were not yet sufficiently developed to sustain proportional representation systems.

She observed that the OAS had a long tradition of supporting and promoting democracy and noted that the OAS Charter, signed in 1948, identified the promotion and consolidation of representative democracy as one of the Organization's primary principles.

Progress in promoting the participation of women in representational positions, such as in the National Assembly and on delegations to international meetings, had been modest, and she wondered what mechanisms had been put in place to facilitate such participation.

Participation of farmers is vital through representative professional organizations which must play an essential role in decision making, design and implementation in respect of actions related to climate change strategies.

The participatory process will include input from workers' and employers' organizations, in addition to broad consultations with representative indigenous organizations, ensuring equal opportunities for participation of indigenous men and women.

(p) Create, develop or expand, and maintain networks of protected forest areas, taking into account the importance of conserving representative forests, by means of a range of conservation mechanisms, applied within and outside protected forest areas

Equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council are universally supported by Member States, which advocate enhancing the organ's representativeness and improving its working methods for responding to crises that threaten world peace and security.

Erhard failed to gain support for this controversial idea. But, given rising inequality and growing disenchantment with politics and political parties, it addresses questions that remain relevant for representative democracy today.

Indeed, these governments promote constitutional reforms that seek to authorize perpetual re election and supposedly new forms of participation that, in fact, hollow out representative democracy from within.

Shia have an interest in supporting the central government because they believe that their demographic weight (60 of Iraq s population) means that representative democracy will guarantee them the right to rule and protect them from Sunni demands and attacks.

In conclusion, the Commonwealth recognizes that sustainable peace, gender equality and development are mutually reinforcing and can only be achieved when women and men adhere to the principles of representative democracy, which allow for dialogue and collective action from all citizens and address their concerns.

Once we have reached consensus on new permanent members, we should consider some expansion of the non permanent membership that maintains representativeness, but without making the Council so large that it becomes ineffective.

Voters who support populist movements do so because they believe that current elites fail truly to represent them. They are not against representative democracy as such they just want different representatives people whom they consider morally pure.

Noting with satisfaction that increasing numbers of Member States are using elections as a peaceful means of discerning the will of the people, which builds confidence in representational governance and contributes to greater national peace and stability,