By cultural evolution we mean the evolution of ideas.

The Republic... is still weak from 20 years of civil strife.

The end of apartheid represents progress on the part of mankind in its history of civilization.

That legislation reflects the cultural and attitudinal bias prevalent in many societies.

Affirming the civilisational and historic role of the Islamic Ummah and in contributing to the international efforts on human rights,

Otherwise, we would only compound a new phase of undesired cultural conflicts and tensions.

Cultural evolution is a dangerous child for any species to let loose on its planet.

Because out of the urban devastation in Port au Prince came a torrent of SMS texts people crying for help, beseeching us for assistance, sharing data, offering support,

This is the kind of civilizational choice that sovereign countries are entitled to make for themselves.

We call that approach Islam Hadari or civilizational Islam , which has been promoted by the Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2004.

The learned, cultured, and radiant traditions of earlier centuries seem to have vanished.

This is notionally the year 320 AD, the peak of Rome's urban development, certainly in terms of public architecture for the simple reason that the Emperor at this time was Constantine the Great and shortly after this year he moved the capital from Rome to his city of Constantinople.

Herein lies the nexus between peacemaking, human rights, pluralism, cultural heritage and business ethics.

The family, no matter how it may be viewed culturally, is a constant of social organization, an enduring institutional reality and a productive economic unit.

The peoples of small countries will eagerly accept civilizational integration if it is not to the detriment of the individual quality of their State, culture and economy.

What's the process that's having the same effect in cultural evolution as sex is having in biological evolution?

The great disadvantage of it is that the Han have a very weak conception of cultural difference.

And mostly, I want to persuade you that we have to do better if we're going to continue the project of civilization in America.

This book is entitled Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man A Philosophy of History and Civilisational Triumph (Berlin LIT Verlag, 2009).

95. The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, developed under UNESCO, also contributes to the conservation of biological diversity.

Because of its profound understanding of the significance of a clean environment for human life, my country attaches great importance to the question of the environment.

Simonds, supra note 113, at 196 97 (citing UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, supra note 209).

Unlike the traditional agricultural tasks, these new activities could free women from culturally imposed impediments.

Recognition of the importance of a common cultural heritage helped inspire efforts to preserve sites such as Abu Simbel, the Acropolis and Angkor Wat.

A study by Sorin Matei in 2005 used mental maps to reveal the role of media in shaping urban space in Los Angeles.

Okay Brian and Monica, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a very crowded afternoon standing before one of the heroic vases as you enter into the

In addition to causing terrible human suffering, these attacks are destroying Yemen s unique cultural heritage, which is the repository of people s identity, history and memory and an exceptional testimony to the achievements of the Islamic Civilization...I call on all parties to refrain from any military use or targeting of cultural heritage sites and monuments, in respect of their obligations under international treaties

Tunisia will continue to make an effective contribution to strengthening the culture of dialogue and the values of tolerance and cultural communication among civilizations and among all the world's countries and peoples, and to work against fanaticism and isolationism.

Subsequently, Ishmael tells his student that the subject for this learning experience will be captivity, primarily the captivity of man under a distorted civilizational system.

We call this approach Islam Hadhari, literally civilizational Islam, which is an approach towards a progressive and humanistic civilization that is consistent with the objective of creating a stable international world order.

It is not only the human suffering in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is at stake here but also the universality of the civilized norms which form the basis of our dealings with each other.

I have the honour of briefing the Assembly on a number of the accomplishments my Government has achieved despite the obstacles it has faced owing to its adherence to the cultural choice of the Sudanese people.

Only such safeguarding of national individuality within civilizational integration can produce sound foundations for functional multilateralism in the new international order.

But then at some point, one of these multicellular organisms does something completely amazing with this stuff, which is it launches a whole second kind of evolution cultural evolution.

From there, they are swept up again by winds to recirculate. Japan's urbanization has also eliminated many of the farms and windbreaks that had once helped keep much of the pollen from reaching the city.

Only their complete security and equality can make them equal factors of civilizational and functional integration in specific areas and within the global order as a whole.

Because out of the urban devastation in Port au Prince came a torrent of SMS texts people crying for help, beseeching us for assistance, sharing data, offering support, looking for their loved ones.

We feel that as the results stand we should support the candidate who will be able to serve the legal culture which Ghana, Kenya and Zambia fully support.

Stressing the importance of promoting education and raising public awareness in order to foster respect for national cultures, the cultural heritage of the world and civilizational diversity, which is essential for strengthening global peace and implementing international cooperation,

The supposedly civilizing influence of being a Western partner chairing a G 8 summit in Saint Petersburg for example seems to have been lost on Putin s Kremlin cabal.

In the area of development and progress, the Kingdom of Bahrain has followed a policy of openness, reform and participation and democracy enhancement, moving towards social, cultural and civil modernization that goes hand in hand with our culture, deep rooted traditions and values.

Women miners who belong to this category believe that the difficulties they face in developing their business are related not to gender, but to culture, and these cultural impediments are the toughest to overcome.

Emphasizing that a common humanity unites all civilizations and allows for the celebration of the variegated splendour of the highest attainments of this civilizational diversity, and reaffirming that the civilizational achievements constitute the collective heritage of humankind,

In addition to the political and economic reforms there is the onerous task of dealing with spiritual renewal. During the years of the socialist experiment, we Mongols were forced to abandon our centuries old traditions and cultural heritage.

The United States also accuses the Government of Iraq of draining the marshes in the southern part of the country in pursuit of a political programme aimed against the population of the area.