Others have close ties to the government.

UNDP maintains close relations with Governments and commands credibility and acceptability.

As you said, our close ties won't end just because of this.

At the same time, Bermuda maintains very powerful economic and cultural ties with the United States of America.32

While implementing those programmes, the Government maintains close collaboration with the non governmental organizations.

In addition, the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Squad maintains close links with INTERPOL.

17. In the field of transportation, the Territory maintains close collaboration with foreign firms.

Two of the prominent leaders of these tribes are both Shia, with the difference being that one has close ties to Iran while the other has close ties to Saudi Arabia.

In like manner, the Secretary General of OAU maintains close cooperation with other international organizations

UNHCR also maintains close liaison with OAU through its regional liaison office in Addis Ababa.

Singapore still maintains strong security ties with Israel and is one of the biggest buyers of Israeli arms and weapons systems.

Some have pointed to these close ties to the MAS party as somewhat worrisome.

And, despite hosting a huge US military base, Qatar maintains close links to Syria and Iran.

Malaysia maintains a humidity level around ninety percent because of its location close to the equator.

Moreover, it maintains strong and diversified ties with the majority of the European countries, of which the Mediterranean is the main carrier.

Back then, the Communist Party was still powerful, and maintained close ties with the Soviet Union.

Close ties with the Department's broadcast partners are crucial to maintaining continued airing of its material.

Noting with concern the close ties which exist between international terrorism, transnational organized crime and corruption,

Moreover, we welcome the fact that the ICC and the Security Council are developing increasingly close ties.

UNDP maintains very close relations with the Pacific regional institutions, participating as an observer in almost all their meetings.

Such complaints were previously transferred to the police, whose officers often had close professional ties with GSS investigators.

They questioned the neutrality of an institution whose head was known to have close political ties with the President.

Currently, under the moratorium, only people with close Bermudian ties will be able to get discretionary grants of status.

Only this year, the city administration has started to close down some brothels because of their ties to criminal organizations.

But what separates us from Saakashvili is that we understand that history, geography, and economics dictate close ties to Russia.

In considering the environmental implications of industrialization, especially close ties are maintained with UNEP apos s Industry and Environmental Office.

He makes an additional indictment of our strong ties when he says that these people who are so close to us, these strong ties in our lives, actually have a homogenizing effect on us.

Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.

But it reflects a widespread sentiment among many Poles, including those who are staunch supporters of close ties to the US.

But, given Armenia s alliance with Russia and Azerbaijan s close ties with Turkey, an eruption over Karabakh could very well escalate regionally.

At present, complaints of that type were transferred to the police, whose officers often had close professional ties with GSS investigators.

His country and mine maintain friendly diplomatic relations and close links strengthened by the historic ties between Africa and Latin America.

In leading this initiative, IUFRO maintains close collaboration with FAO, the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Forum secretariat and other partners.

The Office of Projects and Development maintains close contact with and cooperates fully with all field offices in the formulation of project proposals.

Calderón, reversing his predecessor s policy of speaking out against the lack of human rights in Cuba, has restored Mexico s traditional close ties.

Current conventional wisdom places the blame squarely on the close ties that developed between policymakers and the financial industry in recent decades.

UNPROFOR maintains close cooperation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) monitor mission there.

Colombia maintains close ties with the US, which has provided 6 billion in aid over the past ten years almost all of it coming in the form of military assistance to strengthen the government s ability to confront the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and drug traffickers.

He continues to have close ties to Cornell University, where he is Adjunct Professor of Physics and of Mechanicaland Aerospace Engineering (since 2005).

Nor can we defend any other approach when we consider the geographical proximity and close historical ties that unite Portugal and North Africa.

The Government of Venezuela, in keeping with the country apos s peace loving tradition, urges the parties involved in this process to make every effort to continue the negotiations aimed at reaching agreements that would bring a comprehensive peace to the Middle East, a region consisting of friendly countries with which Venezuela maintains close ties.

The joint UNHCR UNDP follow up unit in Costa Rica continues to assist in the implementation of CIREFCA and maintains close contact with all interested parties.

ASEAN also maintains close working relations with the United States and anticipates the convening of an ASEAN United States conference on drugs in the near future.

In a 1976 referendum Guamanians decided to maintain close ties with the United States, but also to begin negotiations to improve the Territory's status.

Mr. Malielegaoi informed the Mission that Samoa maintained very close ties with Tokelau and that it would continue with its assistance to the Territory.