(Karimov and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev are perennial rivals.)

Similarly, Chávez is clearly supporting Daniel Ortega, the perennial Sandinista presidential candidate in Nicaragua, and Shafick Handal, the equally perennial FMLN candidate in El Salvador.

is a perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America.

The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds.

Now lets look at a perennial conflict in the region.

The area is also home to many perennial and migratory bird species.

Several other SIDS also suffer from frequent droughts and perennial water scarcity.

They have become perennial so is the United Nations mission to mitigate them.

It's a perennial pastime, especially around election time, but the world is complex.

The perennial problems of declining investment, capital flight and fall in commodity prices remain.

Over the last year, the international community has witnessed the intensification of some perennial conflicts.

The perennial Russian order the dominant state and a powerless, fragmented society remains largely in place.

There are some perennial issues that have been the subject of endless repetition for many years.

Happily, some perennial points of antagonism, such as South Africa and Palestine, have witnessed extraordinary developments.

The outcome is far from certain, but even isolationism, a perennial American malady, seems to be making a comeback.

Yemen, for its part, has no perennial surface water its citizens depend entirely on rainfall, groundwater, and flash flooding.

The mandate of the Special Representative falls under the category of activities considered to be of a perennial nature.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur fell under the category of activities considered to be of a perennial nature.

Add to this the perennial crisis on the Korean peninsula and the Taiwan conflict, which could flare up again anytime.

The ministry s forecast answers the perennial who is to blame question very clearly the slowdown reflects Russia s own internal problems.

It is a perennial that is found throughout Alaska, from Hyder to the Arctic Coast, and west to the Aleutians.

Ocimum centraliafricanum, the copper flower or copper plant, is a perennial herb found in central Africa (Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe).

Also, a perennial shortage of funds and staff for the secretariat for the Year can only negatively affect the process.

When will you decide to give me a less fleeting appointment, far from everything, in your realm of perennial certainty?

They will enter perennial gardens with streams of water and all they wish . Thus will the pious and devout be rewarded .

But roses only bloom in summer whereas the fine carnation of their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens.

But, given the perennial allure of a longer, youthful, and healthy life, I suspect that this situation will soon begin to change.

He trusted that it would support the efforts to resolve the perennial conflicts in the Great Lakes region with the same generosity.

Yet, the wider global political conditions now prevailing cannot be more propitious for a major, concerted effort in resolving this perennial problem.

In light of America s current difficulties, its new proposal for addressing the perennial problem of global imbalances should be seen as a constructive gesture.

Similarly, threatening North Korea with isolation, the hardy perennial of diplomatic pressuring, does not work, because isolation is exactly what the North Koreans want.

If this perennial question is not quickly resolved, the consequences could be disastrous to the aspirations of the international community to peace and development.

Evolution has been a perennial topic here at the TED Conference, but I want to give you today one doctor's take on the subject.

Then, of course, there is Tibet, perhaps China s greatest domestic security concern, and also a perennial source of tension with India, owing to territorial disputes.

Over the years, our resolution has indeed acquired the character of a hardy perennial , in the wise words of Dag Hammarskjöld, thus establishing important norms.

One of the perennial challenges internationally and nationally, is ascertaining and identifying refugee status such status provides international protection in the absence of national protection.

The increased number of accreditations and the subsequent requirements for facilities has added to the perennial problem of office space and related services at Headquarters.

He pleaded with the Organization to continue to adapt and equip itself to deal with the perennial problems and new manifestations of human insecurity and underdevelopment.

It is also imperative that the three committees study jointly and carefully the root causes of the perennial problems of non reporting and of reporting fatigue.

If this perennial financial crisis is not quickly resolved, the consequences could be catastrophic for the international community and all its aspirations to peace and development.

The issue now before us has become a perennial one that has continued to defy all attempts to resolve the financial crisis of the United Nations.

Life cycle and structure Perennial plants can be short lived (only a few years) or they can be long lived, as are some woody plants like trees.

He noted that the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to food fell into the category of perennial activities.

In this connection, the perennial problems that plague the economies of the South must now be fully tackled as part of the energetic search for world peace.

A durable solution to the perennial debt question can only be secured through a development oriented strategy formulated within the framework of shared responsibility and genuine partnership.