Governments have generally not recognized the legitimacy of civil disobedience or viewed political objectives as an excuse for breaking the law.

Governments generally closely control the supply of it and usually require some " reserve " be held by institutions granting credit.

Governments have generally recognized that Jehovah's Witnesses ' full-time appointees qualify as ministers regardless of sex or appointment as an elder or deacon (" ministerial servant "); the religion itself asserts what is sometimes termed " ecclesiastical privilege " only for its appointed elders.

Governments will generally conduct black propaganda operations for two different reasons.

The High Contracting Parties, animated by the purpose of giving conventional form to the postulates of the Resolution approved on December 16, 1933, by all the States represented at the Seventh International Conference of American States, held at Montevideo, which recommended to " the Governments of America which have not yet done so that they sign the ' Roerich Pact ', initiated by the Roerich Museum in the United States, and which has as its object, the universal adoption of a flag, already designed and generally known, in order thereby to preserve in any time of danger all nationally and privately owned immovable monuments which form the cultural treasure of peoples ", have resolved to conclude a treaty with that end in view, and to the effect that the treasures of culture be respected and protected in time of war and in peace, have agreed upon the following articles:

The Institute's well-funded programs ( and more generally the generous funding for elite sporting programs by Australian and State Governments ) have been regarded as a major reason for Australia's recent success in international sporting competition.

Governments in extant monarchies, without calling the legal mechanisms house laws, have generally strengthened their control over the marriages of members of their royal families since the second half of the 20th century.

In August 2001, Ridenour wrote an editorial in the Washington Times, " The U. S. Must Tread Carefully to Avoid Creating More Fundamentalist Islamic Governments ," warning of the dangerous possibility that Malaysia could become a third Iran or Afghanistan, with what she called " ferocious and fanatical hatred aimed against the West generally and the United States in particular " and in the case of Afghanistan sheltering " the world's most notorious-and dangerous-international terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

Governments have been protecting trade names and trademarks used in relation to food products identified with a particular region since at least the end of the nineteenth century, using laws against false trade descriptions or passing off, which generally protect against suggestions that a product has a certain origin, quality or association when it does not.

Politicians in India have generally and across the political spectrum denounced the book and demanded it be banned as being allegedly defamatory, with the Government of Gujarat under Narendra Modi banning the book as " perverse in nature ... hurting the sentiments of those with capacity for sane and logical thinking ," and demanding a " public apology " from Lelyveld, and with Federal Law Minister Veerappa Moily of the Governments of India and Industries Minister Narayan Rane of the Government of Maharashtra promising to ban it.

Governments and bureaucracies often neglect the demands raising by the students and that generally led to desperate moves such as violent outbreaks from the students.

The two Governments shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine such books and records and all other documents, correspondence, memoranda and other records involving transactions relating to agreed projects.

Governments have made efforts since the 1970s to reduce the release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere with positive results.

The particular draft assented to by the War Cabinet and afterwards by the Allied Governments and by the United States ... and finally embodied in the Mandate, happens to have been drafted by Lord Milner.

Governments of states not recognized by the receiving state and of territories that make no claim to be sovereign states may set up offices abroad that do not have official diplomatic status as defined by the Vienna Convention.

Governments often tax and otherwise restrict the sale of goods that have negative externalities and subsidize or otherwise promote the purchase of goods that have positive externalities in an effort to correct the price distortions caused by these externalities.

However, a number of Local Governments in Victoria have taken steps to recognize the cultural heritage value of some examples of graffiti, such as prominent political graffiti.

Rother has a policy of urban expansion in the area immediately north of Bexhill, but this requires infrastructure improvements by central Governments which have been under discussion for decades.

Governments are required to submit reports detailing their compliance with the obligations of the conventions they have ratified.

Governments have widely varying policies and practices towards journalists, which control what they can research and write, and what press organizations can publish.

Bonnet had Havas issued a statement at midnight on 1 September saying :" The French government has today, as have several other Governments, received an Italian proposal looking to the resolution of Europe's difficulties.

The UN Secretary-General commended the African Governments who have contributed to UNMIL, as well as the United States for its support to the regional force.

Governments in Nepal have tended to be highly unstable ; no government has survived for more than two years since 1991, either through internal collapse or parliamentary dissolution by the monarch.

#: The Three Governments have taken note of the discussions which have been proceeding in recent weeks in London between British, United States, Soviet and French representatives with a view to reaching agreement on the methods of trial of those major war criminals whose crimes under the Moscow Declaration of October, 1943 have no particular geographical localization.

#: he three Governments have also charged the Council of Foreign Ministers with the task of preparing peace treaties for Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary and Romania.

#: The Three Governments, having considered the question in all its aspects, recognize that the transfer to Germany of German populations, or elements thereof, remaining in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, will have to be undertaken.

Governments have had the tendency to " bail out " poorly run businesses, often due to the sensitivity of job losses, when economically, it may be better to let the business fold.

Governments have chosen to keep certain companies / industries under public control because of their strategic importance or sensitive nature.

Since Slovenia declared independence in 1991, its Governments have underscored their commitment in improving cooperation with neighbouring countries and to actively contribute to international efforts aimed at bringing stability to Southeast Europe.

The succeeding Governments tried to solve the economic problems by implementing several measures, some of which ( e. g. promoting export and tourism ) have become crucially important for the Thai economy until today.

Governments in many countries have programs to distribute water to the needy at no charge.

In Australia, all levels of Governments, plus even some Councils, such as Yarra, Melbourne and Sydney, now offer " de facto / domestic status " or a " registered or civil partnership " to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.

Governments may respond in a number of ways, some of which are mutually exclusive.

Many of these are independent, charitable organisations, and in some countries the aftercare and rehabilitation services provided by Governments have been inadequate.

After the Concordat of 1801 — itself the most dazzling manifestation of the pope's supreme power — French Governments made some pretence of reviving, in the Organic Articles, the " Ancient Gallican Liberties " and the obligation of teaching the articles of 1682, but ecclesiastical Gallicanism was never again resuscitated except in the form of a vague mistrust of Rome.

After General Charles de Gaulle argued about US-leadership within the NATO Alliance and following the unconditional support entrusted by the US Governments to dubious right-wing military regimes in the name of Communist Containment policy-such as the Spanish Franco and Portuguese Salazar's dictatorships or the Greek Regime of the Colonels, in the wake of the Vietnam War protests, democratic left-wing public opinion in the USA and in Europe raised the controversial question of the MAPs being used as instruments of some form of covert ultra-conservative political US imperialism.

Governments require some used goods to be sold through regulated markets, as in the case of items which have safety and legal issues, such as used firearms or cars ; for these items, government licensing bodies require certification and registration of the sale, to prevent the sale of stolen, unregistered, or unsafe goods.

Governments of some of these countries, concerned with possible abuses by groups they deem cults, have taken restrictive measures against some of their activities.

The Whitlam Labor and Fraser Liberal Governments instigated the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, which, while limited to the Northern Territory, affirmed " inalienable " freehold title to some traditional lands.

Governments around the world have bailed out their nations ' businesses with some frequency since the early 20th century.

Governments also impose a wide range of non-tariff barriers that are similar in effect to quotas, some of which are subject to WTO agreements.