Achieving permanence with accountability

Continuity was not important in those days.

The origin of the signal varies, depending on the continuity and medium.

It provided continuity throughout the dark period of the cold war.

There should be some continuity over time in the composition of the Committee.

In the interests of continuity, all the professional staff hired by the previous administration had been retained.

In many other areas, continuity can be expected to trump change.

But that continuity is more reminiscent of the zastoi, or stagnation, of the Brezhnev era.

For example, Japanese elites tend to favor continuity over change.

Also of vital importance was the need to ensure continuity.

The system allowed continuity, rotation of topics and the movement of some items in and out of the agenda.

You also mentioned the question of the need for greater continuity in the action of the presidency.

France wants the illusion of change, but is continuity what she truly desires?.

More importantly, continuity on the political front is likely to extend to strategy and policy.

It is set in the present day and introduces different main characters, therefore belonging to a different continuity.

Even milestone documents such as the Single European Act and the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Nice, were never envisaged as achieving the kind of permanence (or even semi permanence) that we normally associate with a constitution.

OIOS appreciates that UNHCR is acutely aware that the success of an operation depends on having appropriate staffing levels and expertise deployed on a timely basis, as well as ensuring a manageable level of continuity of staff.

STANFORD Political leadership transitions typically signal either a change in direction or continuity.

Even today Russia shares many continuities of political culture and social structure with its tsarist and Soviet past.

A third term would provide continuity during the first period in office of the newly elected Director General.

(b) To keep in mind the need to ensure universality, a balanced representation, as well as the benefits of continuity and the importance of renewal

Why favor change, when continuity works so well for you?

For instance, the Bureau elected on the first day could keep several members from the current Bureau so as to ensure continuity.

In the later stages of the revision process, it became increasingly clear that continuity was an important element for many countries.

Her Government had shown continuity and good will, and had taken specific measures to fulfil Croatia's commitments regarding the return process.

The loss of continuity in political parties, parliamentary procedures, and judicial processes encourages short term calculation and spawns illiberal practices.

Water supply service quality has many dimensions continuity water quality pressure and the degree of responsiveness of service providers to customer complaints.

Members of the Committee shall serve for a period of two years, renewable once, with the renewal period phased so as to provide continuity.

Accordingly, I think that work in close coordination with the next President can introduce that systematic factor of continuity in practice.

But you lose that contract for a major brand name, that's the difference between staying in business or going bankrupt.

Some unifying characters such as an Arab Israeli girl who explains each side to the other would create a measure of continuity.

But such a lack of continuity and training may put at risk the cost effectiveness and consistency of deliveries.

Mr. Meyer (Canada) introduced the working paper contained in document NPT CONF.2005 WP.39 on achieving permanence with accountability.

One thing to be said for monarchs is that they provide people with a sense of continuity, which can be useful in times of crisis or radical change.

It deals with concepts such as continuity, limits, differentiation and integration, thus providing a rigorous foundation for the calculus of infinitesimals introduced by Newton and Leibniz in the 17th century.

Achieving permanence with accountability, the concept that underlay the indefinite extension of the treaty, is also a key goal.

The aim of cooperation must be the formulation of medium and long term industrial development policies, with a view to ensuring their continuity through changes of government.

The modularity of evacuated tubes can be advantageous in terms of extensibility and maintenance, for example if the vacuum in one tube diminishes.

He urged the Organization to resume the sterling work initiated by its June 2004 mission to Lesotho with a further mission to ensure continuity.

In view of the recent change of Government, she wished to know how the Bureau had achieved continuity in terms of, inter alia, human resources and leadership during the transition period.

In the current circumstances, which are difficult for the Conference's credibility, it is vital to confer greater continuity on the rationality and impetus of the President in the search for a consensus solution.

For all his semi encouraging talk, Medvedev has stressed continuity over change, and his references to Putin s presidency have been as reverential as he has been obedient.

The talk, titled Contours of World Order Continuities and Changes, was mostly about two dominant threats facing humanity nuclear wars and environmental degradation.

Viet Nam, Uruguay and Qatar mentioned the lack of continuity in gender mainstreaming capacity and commitment related to staff turnover or change of government.

5. Welcomes also the decisions taken so far by the Secretary General to ensure continuity in the management of the Institute and to consider the proper grade for the post of Executive Director