Amar Bhide suggested that commercial banks return to narrow banking.

Narrow, individual interests cannot hinder the efforts of a large majority of countries.

The salvation of the country should have priority over narrow interests and personal ambitions.

The commercial fishing industry is driven principally by foreign interests.

Charities, campaigning groups and commercial interests also seek to influence

Not surprisingly, the political elite became self absorbed and served only its own narrow interests.

When they have asserted themselves, it has been largely in pursuit of narrow national interests.

Accordingly, their positions should not be dictated by the confines of their narrow national interests.

All of us here representatives are national leaders. In today's world, we cannot serve our own interests well unless we rise above narrow national interests.

Therefore, they should not follow the dictates, or remain within the confines, of their narrow national interests.

In the medium and long term important commercial interests will come into play.

Sure, their states need some extra help, but narrow interests should not be permitted to endanger our planet s future.

That partnership is in everyone's interests, because it will narrow the gap that impedes the progress of developing countries.

The ASEAN framework acts as a safety net and mutual commercial interests should ultimately prevail.

We must rise above the dictates of narrow interests and work to benefit from the diverse perspectives of our membership.

Donors should structure aid to ensure that it supports sound national development policies and programs, rather than their own narrow interests.

And all Arab states must coordinate their efforts to realize common ambitions, rather than continuing to pursue only narrow national interests.

Japan appears to be acting not only for commercial reasons, but also according to its strategic interests.

Yet they share a root cause, whereby speculative and often narrow interests have superseded the common interest, common responsibilities, and common sense.

In doing so, we must move beyond narrow national perspectives and interests and treat all issues in a balanced and holistic manner.

In each country, China is nurturing special military and commercial relations intended to promote loyalty to Chinese interests.

The North Koreans believe that China sacrificed them for commercial interests, and bilateral relations have yet to recover.

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Second, no trade agreement should put commercial interests ahead of broader national interests, especially when non trade related issues like financial regulation and intellectual property are at stake.

Both the government and the opposition need to grow up and stop putting narrow personal interests above those of the country and its people.

It was also necessary to go beyond narrow national interests and develop a road map to include a human rights perspective in trade policies.

So narrow minded.

Whether in democracies, dictatorships, or in the international arena, those outcomes reflect the ability of narrow, special interests to achieve results that harm the majority.

We owe it to the international community to act in a spirit of compromise and consolidation and to move beyond narrow national views and interests.

Security Council resolutions should reflect the common will of the international community and not serve the narrow interests of the permanent members and their allies.

It was widely felt that work should focus on security interests in goods involved in a commercial activity, including inventory.

Colonization created quite heterogenous entities resulting from negotiations on the spot that arose from exploration, military expeditions and commercial interests.

30. With development cooperation based on mutual interest, the United Nations should be the natural place where narrow and short sighted national self interests are overcome.

Otherwise, arms will be twisted, and there is a real risk that an agreement will sacrifice basic values to commercial interests.

After the 1969 coup, Muammar Gaddafi closed American and British bases and partly nationalized foreign oil and commercial interests in Libya.

As with many countries, most of the media are owned by businesses with commercial interests in other sectors of the economy.

They are provided to television newsrooms to shape public opinion, promote commercial products and services, publicize individuals, or support other interests.

Like every other State in this Organization, France has its own strategic, commercial and cultural interests which it seeks to preserve.

More than 130 States have interests at stake either as space faring nations or indirectly benefiting from the use of commercial satellites.

The content of disclosure may also raise other concerns, including over legitimate commercial interests of the parties, law enforcement and fair competition.

All types of armed groups, including powerful commercial interests that drive the illicit drug trade, have access to this sophisticated military hardware.

Political and policy narratives are becoming more domestic and narrow, while the international agenda and the pursuit of collective common global interests are having greater difficulty being heard.

Clearly, responses to conflicting political interests are often cast in religious terms, but that is only an expedient disguise used by those pursuing narrow political and national objectives.

Unfortunately, the recalcitrance and narrow interests of certain elements have prolonged unstable and insecure conditions in Mogadishu, seriously hindering UNOSOM apos s efforts to help Somalia towards recovery.

We have seen some in South Africa people who fear that their narrow interests may not be preserved under the new, democratic dispensation threaten to undermine that dispensation.