Before the international community established the ICC, there were two ad hoc tribunals one for the former Yugoslavia and one for Rwanda. Their work paved the way for the ICC.

The diversity of options allowed widespread adoption, paving the way for the digital revolution.

This paved the way for British colonies on Vancouver Island (1849) and in British Columbia (1858).

Its work has paved the way for the establishment of local courts in Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia that have supplemented its work.

Mendes was the key that opened the door for the remainder of the fight and it would be unfair to abandon this cause.

In March 2009 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev staged a constitutional referendum that opened the way for his lifetime presidency.

That, in turn, paved the way for the people of El Salvador to forge a society that now lives in peace and democracy and fights for its well being and development.

Meanwhile, the global distribution of economic and political power has undergone a radical reconfiguration, setting the stage for the emergence of a multipolar international order.

Globalization has resulted in a lasting change in the distribution of power and opportunities, laying the groundwork for a new world order for the twenty first century.

He had to flee his country, paving the way for the democratic transition that resulted in the recent election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

He's one of those artists that when you go past one of his paintings, you instantly know it's a Rei Blinky.

In the Finnish War the fortress surrendered to Russia on May 3, 1808, paving the way for the occupation of Finland by Russian forces in 1809.

In 1917, Russian Emperor Nicholas II had to abdicate in the wake of mass street protests, clearing the way for the Bolshevik Revolution.

The participation from 1998 to 2002 in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo set the stage for this deterioration by draining the country of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The peaceful election in January 2005 of President Yasser Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, paved the way for renewed contact between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

After all, Hungary still holds the world record for hyperinflation, with the currency debased by 1027 in the 1940 s, paving the way for the imposition of Communist dictatorship.

For Jews, given the absence of a homeland, development occurred among the diaspora, with civil emancipation in Europe giving rise to reformist movements aimed at reconciling faith and modernity.

We wish also to recognize the work done by his predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, who ably steered the last session so as to set the stage for change in the year 2005.

As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam at places like Al Azhar University that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.

He also introduced a de Baathification law, which evicted members of the Baath Party from official positions without legal recourse, paving the way for sectarianism and, ultimately, communal violence and unrest.

Intrinsic vulnerability made for heightened exposure to political shocks, and disputes about a Central European customs union and about war reparations was enough to topple a house of cards.

This is proof that Colombia is the cradle of Magical Realism.

It also paved the way for a parliament in which over a quarter of the members are women this in a country where, just five years ago, women were not even allowed to leave the house without a male relative.

The finding forms the basis of genetics and has opened up promising new research areas, such as synthetic biology, in which biological systems are created or modified to perform specific functions.

Einaudi was Governor of the Bank of Italy from January 5, 1945 until May 11, 1948, and was also a founding member of the Consulta Nazionale which opened the way to the new Parliament of the Italian Republic after World War II.

He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

He made a way to his anger he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence

It has been used in Eastern as well as Western cultures, for instance, in Hindu nationalism ( In Search of the Cradle of Civilization 1995), and Taiwanese nationalism ( Taiwan The Cradle of Civilization 2002).

In 2003, Mexico successfully issued new bonds which included CACs without incurring an increase in spreads, thus paving the way for a more frequent inclusion of CACs in emerging market bond issues.

As a result, the G 8, which excludes the most important emerging market countries, has lost its significance for good. Globalization has resulted in a lasting change in the distribution of power and opportunities, laying the groundwork for a new world order for the twenty first century.

The European Union made capital controls illegal in 1992, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development enforced free finance on its new members, paving the way for financial crises in Mexico and South Korea in 1994 and 1997, respectively.

Europe, in particular ancient Greece, is the birthplace of Western culture.

The combination of economic growth (now in reverse because of the global crisis) and atrocious levels of inequality and social segmentation will continue to breed the same unmet expectations and social resentment that cleared Chávez s path to power.

For some developing countries, this has opened new avenues to link up with global innovation networks.

Congressional action in America was the last act of a long drama, and it cleared the way for US companies to bid for Indian nuclear contracts, an area in which they will face stiff competition from France and Russia.

In December 2004, the Papua New Guinea Government approved the Bougainville Constitution, laying the ground for elections.

Human rights organizations knew that Obama had prepared the way, in public relations terms, for some criminal trials talking up the supermax security of some US prisons, and noting that other terrorists have successfully been tried by America s justice system.

Concrete made possible the paved, durable Roman roads, many of which were still in use a thousand years after the fall of Rome.

Today the fires reached the ancient city of Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympics and home of the Olympia Museum, which houses one of Greece's greatest archaeological collections.

French insistence on harsh reparations payments after World War I clearly prepared the ground for the rise of Hitler.

It was not the US that was gripped by this wave of racist paranoia, but France, the cradle of liberté, egalité et fraternité.

And, as the cradle of the world s first democracy, Greece needs other symbols of national renewal than scepters and robes.

Geneva is the birthplace of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the Geneva Conventions and, since 2006, hosts the United Nations Human Rights Council.