Sentences with phrase «of local conflicts»

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

When Shanghai - based businessman Jérome Varenne learns that his childhood home in the village of Ambray is at the centre of a local conflict, he heads there to straighten things out and finds himself at the centre of familial and romantic complications.

Not exact matches

After all, the outcome of uprisings in MENA could disrupt the global economy more than the conflicts themselves, especially if the victors move to punish foreign companies with close relationships to the local dictators under attack.

Li personifies some of the conflicts that came from the region's rise: Dubbed «Superman» by local media for his business acumen, he symbolizes inequality in a city with one of the most lopsided wealth demographics on the planet.

Unlike a number of the events at Trump properties that have been featured in this list of Trump's conflicts of interest, the Red Cross Ball, which celebrated the organization's centennial anniversary, appears to have been scheduled before Trump even received the Republican nomination for president; a calendar listing on the website of the Coastal Star, a local newspaper covering events in the Palm Beach area, is recorded as having been placed in April 2016.

The recent surge in regulatory demands to rein in various types of credit creation conflicts with the pressure on banks from local authorities to fund even more nonproductive economic activity.

For one, auto trading has the potential to be in conflict of local regulations.

In order to reduce the need for war and conflict, and to improve conditions in impoverished countries, the USA should be distributing unlimited volumes of the Koran / Quran (as well as the Bible and other popular texts)-- but all the books should be written or translated into the languages of the local population.

«Through the workings of a diplomacy based on the balance of power, a local conflict was transformed into a European war, which itself, through the influence of industry, democracy, and the rough equivalence between the opposing forces, grew into a hyperbolic war.»

Constantly concerned about alienating the southern wing of the Democratic Party, the Kennedys sought to channel the movement away from attacks on state segregation statutes, which, they claimed, were local conflicts in which federal authorities were powerless to intervene, and into voter registration efforts in which the national state could be of assistance.

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

Sociological confirmation of the heterogeneity of congregations within a single denomination is found in the various articles of James D. Davidson listed in chapter 2, n. 22, of this volume; in Donald L. Metz, New Congregations: Security and Mission in Conflict (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1967), 25; and in William H. Anderson, «The Local Congregation as a Subculture,» Social Compass 18 (1971): 287 - 91.

In order for such a resolution to take place, however, the conflicting elements must be situated within a framework of harmony that transcends and, therefore, softens the local clash of contradictory aspects.

One of the major areas of conflict that has occurred as a result of the rapid growth of paid - time religious broadcasting has been the threat it has posed to the established church, particularly in relation to its traditional local organizations.

We may have been delivered from some kinds of tyranny, but we have not been saved from the possibilities of an ant hill existence, on the one hand, or a riot of conflicting interest — local national, international — on the other hand.

CAFOD said it's supporting local civil society in Sri Lanka who are strengthening local communities» understanding of peace and reconciliation, «building their ability to resolve local conflicts peacefully, and resist falling prey to manipulation».

Amid the clamor and negotiations, it would be easy to overlook one new movement, working to heal eastern Congo: Small groups of Congolese church leaders, including influential local women, are volunteering to solve and prevent conflicts one at a time, without fanfare.

Naturally, at this early stage there are conflicting reports over who started the trouble, with some England fans insisting that they were targeted by the locals for no reason after being well behaved in the presence of the French police throughout the day.

His investigation continues, and he expects more claims to be brought against other food service providers over rebates that not only create «an inherent conflict of interest» in the choice of foods children are served at school, but also discourage the use of locally produced goods from smaller suppliers, including local farmers.

One - man governance conflicts with basic Chechen values and destroys the necessary partnership with representatives of local communities.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will not address the «March for Science» protest rally Saturday in downtown Syracuse due to a scheduling conflict, his office said, but a number of prominent local scientists are expected to be on hand.

These four countries shared a classical inheritance and understandings of «democracy» derived from that, but in responding to local experiences and conflicts, they developed sometimes strikingly different understandings and practices, and they differed too in what they arrayed under the banner of democracy as that came to be unfurled.

[2] Rather such practice often masks the extensive human rights abuses committed by the Ugandan army during the war by accentuating only the «local» dynamics of violence and redirects popular understanding of the conflict away from the structural inequalities held up by the Ugandan state and its foreign backers.

Speaking during the programme, the Executive Secretary of NHRC Mr. Tony Ojukwu said, the training programme was aimed at broadening and equipping the security personnel who were directly involved in the ongoing counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in the North East with the fundamental principles of Human Rights as well as Rules of Engagement in line with the acceptable local and international laws and principles of arms conflicts.

They are lone wolf attacks that enjoy some local support, fuelled by mutual hatred between the two sides of the conflict and that are unfortunately condoned in much of the Arab press worldwide.

This project aims to inform such a strategy, and through fieldwork and interviews across Colombia's most troubled regions, the research has provided a better understanding of how local people are affected by the conflict, and their visions of a sustainable peace.

Cuomo and criminal justice reform advocates said that local district attorneys have a natural conflict of interest when it comes to investigating the police because the two agencies work so closely together to gain convictions.

For the past four months the Guardian has joined English Defence League demonstrations, witnessing its growing popularity, from protests attracting just a few hundred hardcore activists at the end of last year to rallies and marches which are bringing thousands of people on to the street — and into direct conflict with the police and local Muslim communities.

«Local district attorneys work with local law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conferLocal district attorneys work with local law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conferlocal law enforcement and I think it makes sense, in most cases and certainly these types of cases, that there is concern that there can be a conflict and even a perception of a conflict of interest,» Stewart - Cousins said, flanked by other senior and newly elected members of the conference.

John W. Bailey, Abelove's attorney, said their case focused on the fact that Cuomo, when he signed the executive order two years ago, stated that while he believed district attorneys would appropriately handle fatal police incidents, he wanted to alleviate «public concerns... that such incidents can not be prosecuted at the local level without conflict or bias, or the public perception of conflict or bias.»

Eight days into his administration, he got a letter from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, the agency overseeing ethical conduct for local elected officials.

The Eastern Regional Security Council is considering a revival of «Operation Cow Leg» to address conflicts between mostly local farmers and nomadic Fulani herdsmen.

Given the public debate about «facility time» and «pilgrims» in local government, it's vital that conflicts of interest are avoided.

He said they are intervening in order to complement efforts of the federal government, and said they hoped to adopt local - conflict resolution mechanism to bring back trust and understanding among all the people of the region.

We reached out to the remaining members of The Mount Vernon City Council, Council President Roberta Apuzzo (D), Acting President Pro Tem, Marcus A. Griffith (D), and Deborah Reynolds (D) as well as The Commissioner of the Westchester Board of Election and Westchester Democratic Chairman, Reggie Lafayette (who I believe is also Mt. Vernon Democratic Chairman as well - sound like a conflict of interest to me, but I digress) and other local elected officials who have yet to respond to our request for a comment.

Cowin said he sees no conflict in heading a committee whose goal of cutting overtime would lower pensions, because his pension was earned with the approval of local and state authorities.

«We remain committed to demanding an executive order for a special prosecutor for all police killings, because establishing prosecution that is independent and external of local DAs is the only way to resolve the conflict of interest that has systemically failed to provide justice in these cases within our state and across the nation,» the group said in a joint statement.

Mr. Feerick, who is dean of the Fordham Law School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election law.

This training also seeks to support the FOISECON in order to build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective electoral cycle.

The protocol for purchasing property also would requires disclosure of any brokers who helped arrange meetings for the deal and determining «whether recent prior owners had any connections to local development authorities or government officials or other political figures present possible conflicts of interest or other ethical issues.»

The ability to purchase up to three years of potentially valuable pension credit time is available to all state and local workers honorably discharged from the military from World War II through 1975, and to veterans of specific combat theaters including Grenada, Panama, and the Middle East, but not yet to veterans of Somalia, the Balkans or Afghanistan, among other more recent conflicts.

A reform group studied votes taken by local governments across the state on whether to allow hydrofracking, and found numerous potential conflicts of interest that they say could have tainted the outcome of the votes.

Frederick Ippolito, former Town of Oyster Bay commissioner, was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison in a tax evasion case, and the judge admonished local officials for not recognizing that Ippolito's dealings with a paving contractor were a clear conflict of interest.

Kogi based Human Rights Activist and Director, Centre For Human Right and Conflict Resolution (CHCR) Idris Miliki has challenged Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to come out and tell the world how he spent the N10billion collected on behalf of Local Government from the Federal Government.

His definition of conflict in such cases, he told a local paper, would mean «money in my pocket.»

«The theory of the perceived or actual conflict is that a local district attorney is working with that police department intimately on a day - in, day - out basis,» the Democratic governor said.

Schneiderman also said local district attorneys who would prefer to recuse themselves in such cases, so as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, can not currently do so.

They also called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the conflict among the Bini kingdom, its monarch, the Okomu - Apoi kingdom and other Ijaw kingdoms in the Ovia South - West Local Government area of Edo State.

James, a lawyer, said the grand jury decisions in Missouri and Staten Island illustrate an inherent «conflict of interest» for local district attorneys.

Dennis C. Vacco, a former state attorney general, said that state law empowers a governor to appoint a special prosecutor at their discretion when there may be a potential conflict of interest involving a local district attorney.