The United States and others are substituting high rhetoric and symbolic punitive action for real action on Syria.

When some in the world called for sanctions and punitive action, South Korea pushed for dialogue.

These punitive policies are self defeating.

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We commend Israel's decision to halt punitive house demolitions.

Therefore, the current arrangements were highly punitive to staff.

Most of them start off trying to be punitive.

Resistance to sanctions from Russia, China, and France has persuaded US officials to allow more time for diplomacy before pushing for punitive action in the Security Council.

Referring to teenage pregnancy, she wanted to know what measures the Government was taking to prohibit punitive action against teenage mothers and their families at the village level.

Where economic sanctions are invoked as a tool of punitive action, let us ensure that the humanitarian needs of the people of the country involved are fully protected.

The punitive measures for prostitution related offences have increased in severity.

They should not be used in a vexatious or punitive manner.

We in Bangladesh therefore have stringent, punitive sentences for drug trafficking.

But most of it is about more punitive sentencing, harsher sentencing.

For, as China s growth accelerates, trade imbalances heighten US frustrations, and elections loom, lawmakers of both US political parties will threaten punitive action against China on a variety of subjects.

Specific preventive and punitive measures are necessary to overcome trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Subparagraph (c) introduced a punitive element into the otherwise civil forms of reparation.

Does she seriously believe that the euro and the EU would survive such punitive action? Instead of ideas for strengthening the solidarity and stability of the eurozone, absurd proposals are floated in Berlin.

At common law, damages are categorized into compensatory (or actual) damages, and punitive damages.

Legal and punitive measures cannot be totally successful unless the attitudes of society change.

A recent Congressional bill has called for imposing a 27.5 punitive tariff on Chinese imports.

Turkey is already enforcing a punitive economic embargo on Armenia, including closure of its border.

The reason for this is that it appears as a provision of a punitive character.

On 28 February, the Serbian police undertook two large punitive expeditions in the district of Skenderaj.

By Tuesday he had to reverse himself and provide an 85billion loan to AIG on punitive terms.

Those extensions were based not on objective but on military criteria and were both punitive and discriminatory.

Punitive economic actions on such an untenable scale have inflicted immense hardship on the people of Cuba.

When possible, legislation criminalizing abortion could be amended to remove punitive provisions imposed on women who undergo abortion.

Public perception of and reactions to urban crime and youth violence tend to demand rapid and punitive responses.

Most of the States responding reported on both preventive and punitive measures taken by their Governments against terrorism.

We have noted that the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of Serbia have disassociated themselves from the actions of the Bosnian Serbs and that punitive action by the United Nations is contemplated against the Bosnian Serbs.

Again the Security Council failed to take action, and in particular, to invoke Chapter VII to take punitive measures against Ethiopia as provided for by article 4 of the Algiers Agreement and general principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

February 17 Sino Vietnamese War, China launches a punitive attack on North Vietnam to punish it for invading Cambodia.

They stress that most current juvenile justice systems are more punitive rather than corrective, which is detrimental to rehabilitation.

The Committee deplored the punitive nature of the demolition of homes and called on Israel to cease the practice.

It should be mentioned finally that a few States referred in their replies to the punitive nature of confiscation.

As the largest creditor, Germany could dictate the terms of assistance, which were punitive and pushed debtor countries towards insolvency.

Of course, exemplary and punitive damages in order to discourage conduct inimical to society do exist in the statute books.

The Ordinance provides for social and economic measures to prevent prostitution and punitive measures against customers, procurers and prostitution organizers.

Such a strategy should not be restricted to punitive measures, but, rather, also properly tackle the root causes of terrorism.

(e) To review the mandate and restructure the Commission on Minors' Affairs with a view to removing its punitive functions

The State party should ensure that the length of alternative service to military service does not have a punitive character.

We believe also that if UNITA continues to flout Security Council resolutions, additional forms of punitive sanctions should be imposed.

Punitive economic measures have profoundly affected the living conditions of the people of Cuba and severely impeded their development efforts.

Protectionists in the United States and Europe, itching to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, have been caught flat footed.