Such activities have proven to be successful.

The G 20 has shown leadership in providing the political and financial backing for these changes, and the IMF has responded swiftly.

The crisis proved that this was inadequate.

That has proved very beneficial and will be continued.

The studies have validated the ECW measures and identified numerous good practices.

Past tragedies have shown that the world's attention span is, unfortunately, relatively short.

Material evidence had later proved that those confessions had been based on false testimony.

These meetings have proven a rich breeding ground for ideas and collaborations across borders.

The Organization had the means to enforce its resolutions, as it had demonstrated on other occasions.

Non governmental organizations had shown themselves to be useful in helping CEDAW to be more effective.

The G 20 has shown leadership in providing the political and financial backing for these changes, and the IMF has responded swiftly. There is, however, a genuine risk that the political momentum will dissipate as the world economy slowly recovers.

India s Supreme Court has shown that it is independent, interprets the law faithfully, and does not easily succumb to global corporate interests.

The Assembly of Kosovo has lately shown itself to be a more transparent and democratic place for debate according to the established rules.

These efforts proved successful a standard was complete by 1974, and was approved, on September 15, 1977, as ANSI standard, X11.1 1977.

It may not be good economics, but the strategy proved to be good politics, for a time.

The benefits of internationalization for increasing enterprise competitiveness are demonstrated by the evidence in UNCTAD's country case studies.

The United Nations, along with several key international partners, has developed a set of practices over the years that have proved to be effective.

Experience has shown that it is of little use to involve them only at the final stages where there is very little room for compromise.

The contact network, currently operating in about 40 countries, had proved to be effective in cases involving computer related crime.

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Such procedures have proved to be arbitrary and capricious, with no systemic way to reconcile incompatible rulings issued by different panels.

We are not weak, Mona, and the Arab revolutions have proved to us that we are stronger than we thought, and the heroines of the Arab revolutions don t need to be pointed out.

The crime prevention instruments have proved useful in feeding discussion about general standards developed in other parts of the United Nations system.

But America s strategy has failed.

Evidence showed that persons knowingly enter into common law relationships by choice and as a result do not wish to be submitted to the marital regime and the obligations that flow from it.

Those endeavours demonstrated the collective resolve of the international community to begin the millennium with a fresh approach to global interactions and the determination to build a better tomorrow for future generations.

Illicit networks supplying WMD related materials and technologies have proved to pose a far greater threat than we ever expected before.

Sadly, his prediction proved correct.

Skinner used the operant chamber, or Skinner box, to observe the behavior of small organisms in a controlled situation and proved that organisms' behaviors are impacted on the environment.

The seminar of governmental experts which was held in Bonn, Germany, in May 2005 had shown that it was possible to maintain a creative and open dialogue about the future.

This and other experiments on the electrical properties of materials and on the electrical effects of chemical transformations demonstrated Priestley's early and ongoing interest in the relationship between chemical substances and electricity.

Space data has proved its potential to provide vital information inputs to all phases of the disaster cycle, covering preparedness, mitigation, response and reconstruction.

The public finances of Spain and Portugal are somewhat sounder, but those countries face huge problems in increasing their competitiveness within the eurozone.

One approach to these problems can be reforming public utilities to improve efficiency in line with modern management practices, including strengthening of their financial capacities.

The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, supported by the International Military Advisory and Training Team, led by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, have continued to build their operational capabilities.

The facts have shown the opposite to be true.

Events are showing that to be so.

Russia s government has also sought to showcase its growing military potential.

It will continue to offer logistical support, within its operational capabilities.

Subsequent experience had shown that very few instances existed where staff resources were surplus to all subprogrammes within a particular programme and were therefore available for redeployment to another programme.

Israel is engaging in a serious effort to renew the peace process, and has proved ready to live up to its own obligations, but it expects the Palestinian leadership to be more active in fully eradicating terrorist activity.

That initiative displayed a unique hands on approach by the Council in dealing with conflict situations and fostering closer relations with regional organizations, and it is worthy of appropriate replication.

The United States has demonstrated its commitment to the post conflict peacebuilding process, and we are working to further strengthen our capacity to contribute to international efforts in this area.

3.4 The Kingdom's borders are defended by the armed forces who, over the years, have shown themselves to be extremely competent in preventing the transport of persons or weapons through the Kingdom to neighbouring countries or from those countries to the Kingdom.

A maritime dispute with China has forced the Philippines to review its defense capabilities.