But its legitimacy cracks as soon as a crisis erupts.

Second, the government loses legitimacy and the support of its citizens.

They should be established through a participatory process whose legitimacy should be confirmed by the victims.

As their legitimacy and funding diminish, so does their effectiveness.

Third, the G 20 must address its own legitimacy deficit.

Contemporary democracies base their legitimacy on ensuring both political and social rights.

On the surface, the banks remain powerful, yet their legitimacy continues to crumble.

First, Rowhani s victory has delegitimized the policy of resistance that Jalili championed.

In Croatia, we have found that direct elections for local youth councils have been important in strengthening legitimacy.

The Government of Afghanistan, with a full complement of democratically legitimated institutions, is now prepared to assume responsibility for the further reconstruction of the country.

The main problem facing a military operation in Iran is the need to ensure its legitimacy.

Iyad El Baghdadi tweets that this inaction by the UN completely erodes the organisation's legitimacy among Arabs iyad_elbaghdadi The veto also completely demolishes in the Arab mind the idea that the UNSC has any legitimacy or indeed is of any use. Syria

Hence, we cannot leave the African countries at the mercy of market forces, which are devoid of all legitimacy owing to speculation.

A number of States still deny its legitimacy, and do not agree to negotiate peace.

It is a policy that has proved to be ineffective, and that is illegal under international law because it targets Israeli civilians.

Yet, because of that anomaly, Europe suffers from a grave deficit of legitimacy and presence internationally.

Finally, I should like to draw your attention to the efforts being made to ban or suspend the legality of FMLN as a political party

For San Marino, the United Nations must be based upon democracy, which gives it its legitimacy and moral strength.

For without a common political identity on which to base social solidarity, redistribution of wealth by the welfare state loses its legitimacy.

It is, however, clear that coordination efforts are limited by the degree of respect accorded to the Court's independence, the Court's independence being the basis of its legitimacy.

Regarding the formation of a transitional government, the political subcommittee concentrated, inter alia, on its legitimacy, its composition, its responsibilities and authority, and its duration.

We should, furthermore, undertake a careful but necessary restructuring of our Organization with a view to enhancing its legitimacy and effectiveness.

We now have a Palestinian leadership legitimized by elections, one that appears to be opposed to using terrorism as a tool to achieve political aims.

Nevertheless, if targeted sanctions are not properly designed and implemented, their legitimacy can be compromised and their usefulness questioned.

Let us work with imagination and commitment to turn this Organization into an expression of common will, an Organization legitimized by its effectiveness and its universal character.

More transparency and stronger involvement by States will make a significant contribution to the effective implementation of the Council's decisions, as well as to their legitimacy.

The ideal means of guaranteeing the effectiveness of the Council apos s resolutions and ensuring their legitimacy can be found only in expanding the basis of participation by those States that are not members of the Security Council.

Unlike Egypt, however, whoever takes power in Libya will not necessarily inherit poor economic conditions that could threaten their legitimacy and undermine their popularity.

Tunisia shows that no government that has lost its legitimacy and is supported only by bayonets is sustainable in the long term.

To restore the credibility of the human rights machinery and to best combine its efficiency with legitimacy, concrete steps must be taken to reduce selective approaches.

This does not affect solely the credibility and therefore the legitimacy of the United Nations. The credibility of State structures at the national level is equally at stake.

The reaction of Boot, and others of his persuasion, points to a genuine dilemma that always occurs in authoritarian systems that use some semblance of democracy to bolster their legitimacy. What are opposition candidates to do when they are asked to take part in elections that they know they cannot win, or that, even when they can win, will give them only minimal authority?

By contrast, Milosevic has taken advantage of the ICTY s procedures to delay his trial, while challenging its jurisdiction and legitimacy.

Israel needs allies, because its ultimate security depends on its legitimacy nearly as much as on its deterrence capability.

Though political parties have not been legalized, they are nonetheless active in parliament and public life.

When regimes lose legitimacy in the eyes of their citizens, it is not reasonable to derive one s information mainly from that regime s servants and sycophants.

For the next seven years, Solidarity fought for re legalization, building the biggest underground network of resistance Europe had seen since Hitler s war.

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport.

The main danger is that if, owing to a failure to resolve the technical problems, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ceases to be regarded as legitimate, this will taint the entire electoral process.

At the same time, the governance structure of multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund must be reformed, in order to bolster their legitimacy in emerging markets.

Institutions are legitimized in part by their effectiveness, and the EU must recover its authority to defend common interests and harmonize them with national concerns.

Rule 60 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Manual An inmate cannot be permitted to operate a business, no matter how legitimate, while in prison.

It is because the Saudi royal family derives its legitimacy from a strict form of Sunni Islam and doubts the loyalty of its Shia population that the Kingdom has turned on Hezbollah.

The idea of a just war, legitimized by a justa causa (just cause), though scorned for many years, is thus back in vogue.

Despite our divisions and our doubts, the time has come to adapt our Organization to the changes in the world in order to strengthen its legitimacy and allow it to fulfil its political potential.