They also should not be inhibited in their work on the pretext of combating terrorism.

Processes that move the Organization forward cannot be slowed by the pretext of consensus.

2.3 The judge based his conviction on the report of the experts for the prosecution but did not hear the experts for the defence, citing lack of time.

The most recently agreed deadline, which expired on 30 June 2005, was granted on the pretext that the United States authorities were working with Congress to amend its legislation.

Thirteen houses were demolished on the pretext that a family member participated in, helped carry out or planned operations against Israeli targets.

Iraq rejects the identification of terrorism with any religion, nationality or culture and is of the view that all religions and nationalities must be protected from violations committed on the pretext of combating terrorism.

Mr. Martirosyan (Armenia) Almost one year ago, agenda item 163 was included in the agenda of the General Assembly on the pretext of urgency.

Additionally, 13 houses were demolished in West Bank cities and villages (including East Jerusalem) on the pretext that the owners did not have building permits.

Third country businessmen are, under penalty of sanctions, prohibited from making investments or doing business with Cuba ostensibly because such transactions involve property claimed by the United States of America.

When this information finally became available from the Czech authorities, their claim was rejected under the pretext that the same information could have been obtained from their former estate manager earlier.

Seven others, including Iberia, Alitalia, Air Jamaica, Daewoo and the Bank of China, were fined because of allegations that their subsidiaries in the United States had violated certain provisions of the embargo against Cuba.

One year ago, Khaled Said, a 27 year old Egyptian from the coastal city of Alexandria, was tortured to death at the hands of two policemen who wanted to search him, justifying it under the emergency law.

Mr. Martirosyan (Armenia), recalling that, at the previous session of the General Assembly, a similar attempt had been made to add an item to the agenda under the pretext of urgency without adequate justification, said that the current attempt similarly carried insufficient proof.

Venezuela interpreted the Proliferation Security Initiative, as an escalation of imperialist aggression which would allow ships to be boarded on the pretext of inhibiting maritime trafficking in nuclear material by States or groups classified as terrorist.

(e) The need to prevent acceptance of racism and discrimination as a result of the inclusion of racist and xenophobic political platforms in the programmes of democratic parties under the guise of combating terrorism and illegal immigration or national preference in a context of economic stagnation

At the same time, it is essential for the international community to clearly state that the targeting and deliberate killing of civilians and non combatants cannot be justified or legitimized by any cause or grievance, and to cooperate in concluding the negotiation of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism by June 2006.

In other words, sovereignty cannot be restricted, under the guise of conforming to the needs of the twenty first century, to allow intervention, while at the same time the same sovereignty is expanded to its nineteenth century parameters to relax the restrictions on the use of force and allow pre emption.