A conviction is a settled belief that brooks no argument.

The Army's hostility to reform is deeply ingrained.

The position of the Chinese Government on the question of Taiwan is firm and clear.

Without a viable legal system, foreign investment will remain elusive.

If humanity heeds the call of its primordial nature with firm resolve, justice will follow.

Action relating to terrorism must be firmly based in existing law.

The liberalization of the Indian economy, and of the Indian political mind, has proved irreversible.

The principle of equal remuneration of men and women for equal work is established in the Wages Act.

Society has always retained a basic faith in the power of education to change human behaviour.

It is not a democracy, and there is no established routine for changing governments.

What this requires is a sustainable consensus that includes all the parties involved.

My delegation strongly believes that more should be done by way of an in depth review of the working methods of the Council.

Similarly no firm basis has been given as to the projection of the number of sessions required or their duration.

Measures to improve security must be accompanied by an unequivocal commitment to the development component.

His legacy will include a World Bank that is firmly committed to a world free of poverty.

The Committee recommends to the State party that it work towards the inclusion of an entrenched guarantee against racial discrimination in its domestic law.

The right to equal conditions and selection criteria in employing men and women is established in the Gender Equality Act.

We are firmly convinced that the issue of missiles should, and probably will, be addressed within the United Nations system.

In terms of soft power, India has an established democracy, and a vibrant popular culture with transnational influence.

Yet not even this will suffice if we are to build on rock and not on sand.

Only by recruiting new blood and reorganizing itself with a solid ideological platform will an LDP comeback be possible.

A deep craving for the favor of foreign lenders usually derives from some deeply engrained form of misgoverance.

They are a homegrown challenge to an entrenched political order, and they are riding a powerful historical current.

It is important that the members of the Council have a firm grasp of the situation on the ground, if and when Kosovo's final status is taken up.

My Government strongly believes that the cessation of violations of the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus could be a significant step in the right direction.

It is Brazil's firm belief that the promotion of a culture of peace, to which we are all committed, must contain all the elements I have mentioned.

But they are liable to being overturned suddenly in the face of passing bad news, because there is no firm basis of conviction to hold them steady.

We firmly believe that women should play a unique role, helping the region to take advantage of this new era of hope.

Indeed, human rights cannot be separated from development and security they are intrinsically interconnected and mutually reinforcing.

It must be avoided that a number of countries perceive Security Council sanctions to be less than firmly founded on the principles of due process.

Under Wolfensohn, the World Bank followed through on this comprehensive and coordinated approach in a concrete fashion, making significant inroads into global poverty.

VIENNA For most people, a promise is a reason to expect something, a well founded hope without hype.

Small states are better at public policy adjustments, freeing up labor markets, establishing a solid framework for competition, and facilitating cross border takeovers and mergers.

Success would be guaranteed if the international community, especially the United States, clearly understands and admits its necessity, and supports it firmly and completely.

It is our firm conviction that the United Nations is best positioned to take up the responsibility to meet the challenges of our times because of its universal character and widespread reach.

Both National Oilwell and Varco have subsidiaries in Norway, and were well established in the supply of drilling equipment and services for the Norwegian Continental Shelf before the merger.

Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) said that his country's commitment to human rights was part of a historic, religious and economic context, the terms of which were respected and supported by the Syrian people.

We are equally of the strong conviction that the authority of the General Assembly should be reasserted, to ensure that its resolutions and decisions are binding and enforceable.

We need a firm commitment from all sides private businesses, academia, civil society, and international organizations and NGOs.

In a few sentences of his victory speech the space of a magic moment Obama celebrated the mystery of democracy in a very concrete, but also nearly religious manner.

Moscow's leadership in Russia was now firmly based and by the middle of the 14th century its territory had greatly expanded through purchase, war, and marriage.

His celebrated course on the theory is epoch making, and it may be asserted that he was the first to place it on a firm and unquestionable foundation.

In the United States, a country of huge immigration, communities can bring together a strong cultural identity and a deeply engrained patriotism.

That withdrawal was based on the conviction that the gaps between the Israeli and Palestinian positions are too wide to enable meaningful negotiations.

While things have not yet degenerated that far in the national legislature, the practice of disrupting the house has become an established substitute for parliamentary procedure.