Since World War II France has been a leading member in the UN, the European Union and NATO, and remains a strong economic, cultural, military and political influence in the 21st century.

Since the end of the war, Jordan has largely restored its relations with Western countries through its participation in the Middle East peace process and enforcement of UN sanctions against Iraq.

Since its beginning, the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Campaign have provided grants in order to support the UN goals worldwide.

Since the end of the 2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict, Iran has assisted Hizballah in rearming, in direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

Since the UN has no standing force or supplies, it must form ad hoc coalitions for every task undertaken.

Since 2010, Branson has served as a Commissioner on the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, a UN initiative which promotes universal access to broadband services.

Since 1974, Greek Cypriots submitted a number of proposals within the context of bicommunal discussions for the return of Varosha to UN administration, allowing the return of its lawful inhabitants, requesting also the opening of Famagusta harbour for use by both communities.

" Since that time, no one has even approached his record of seven years as ambassador to the UN.

Since neither the UN nor the troika had asked him to continue mediations in the face of Russia's persistent refusal to support independence for Kosovo, he said he would nonetheless be willing to take on " a role as consultant ", if requested.

Since the end of Liberia's civil war in 2003, the United States has contributed over $ 750 million toward Liberia's reconstruction and development and more than $ 750 million to support the UN Mission in Liberia ( UNMIL ).

Since 1945, the UN Security Council determines the legal status of blockades and by article 42 of the UN Charter, the Council can also apply blockades.

Since 1992 he has represented the Government of Romania to the UN COPUOS sessions.

Since the Soviet Union was a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, it had the power to veto any binding UN resolution.

Since 1991 the United States has been the world's dominant military, economic, social, and political power ( not to mention hosting the UN Headquarters itself in New York City ); the United Nations was not designed for such a unipolar world with a single superpower, and conflict between an ascendant U. S. and other UN members has increased.

But the most significant refusal in recent times has been that of the U. S. Since 1985 the U. S. Congress has refused to authorize payment of the U. S. dues, in order to force UN compliance with U. S. wishes, as well as a reduction in the U. S. assessment.

Since 1995, however, Canadian direct participation in UN peacekeeping efforts has greatly declined.

Since then he has spoken on spam and security at government hearings, the European Parliament and the UN.

Since its creation, the UN often condemned racial discrimination, including some 58 resolutions and decisions condemning Nazism, but resolution A / RES / 53 / 133 ( December 1998 ) was the first time the General Assembly included antisemitism among the forms of racism it wished to eliminate.

Since its creation, the UN hosted many conferences against racism and discrimination but the first conference on antisemitism was held in 2004.

Since the VF-1's thermonuclear turbofans were not ready for mass production, UN Spacy commanders gave the go ahead to produce a conventionally powered VF in limited numbers as a stop-gap measure to counter the growing Anti-UN Alliance threat.

Since Bo's time in office, Dalian became known as one of the cleanest cities in China, having won the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award in 1999.

( D ) Since the shape of the drop conforms to the force field, it does not appreciably affect the distribution of forces in the fluid.

Since the time of Catherine II the ranks of Abbot and Archimandrite have been given as honorary titles in the Russian Church, and may be given to any monastic, even if he does not in fact serve as the superior of a monastery.

Since this process does not involve any heat transfer or work, the First Law of Thermodynamics then implies that the net internal energy change of the system is zero.

Since many AI problems have no formalisation yet, conventional complexity theory does not allow the definition of AI-completeness.

Since its introduction at games by the " Roar from 34 ", led by Wild Bill Hagy and others, in the late 1970s, it has been a tradition at Orioles games for fans to yell out the " Oh " in the line " Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave " in " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

Since virtually every calculation in quantum mechanics involves vectors and linear operators, it can involve, and often does involve, bra-ket notation.

Since the movie omits the religious and mythical elements of Dick's original novel ( e. g. empathy boxes and Wilbur Mercer ), it falls more strictly within the cyberpunk genre than the novel does.

Since it reflects spoken language, it does not use the positional system as in Arabic numerals, in the same way that spelling out numbers in English does not.

" Since he does not understand Chinese, Searle argues, we must infer that the computer does not understand Chinese either.

Since it does not think, it does not have a " mind " in anything like the normal sense of the word, according to Searle.

Since a witness called by the opposing party is presumed to be hostile, cross-examination does permit leading questions.

Since dextromethorphan is an optical isomer of the Schedule II opiate levomethorphan ( but does not act like an opiate ), an exemption was necessary to keep it a non-controlled substance.

Since mathematics is related to logic, he cites an example from mathematics: If we have a formula like ( a + b )( a-b )= a²-b² it does not tell us how to think mathematically.

Since E. histolytica does not form cysts in the absence of bacteria, E. invadens has become used as a model for encystation studies as it will form cysts under axenic growth conditions, which simplifies analysis.

Since E. histolytica does not form cysts in vitro in the absence of bacteria, it is not possible to study the differentiation process in detail in that species.

Since the underlying behaviour doesn't violate local causality, it follows that neither does the additional effect of wavefunction collapse, whether real or apparent.

Since does not coincide with as a category, and similarly for, is distinguished from.

Since He owns everything, He does not need the actions of anyone.

Since LimeWire is free software, nothing prevents people from making additional forks of LimeWire, unaffected by the shut down, if they wished, as long as it does not use LimeWire trademarks.

This rule goes beyond that and says, " Since the firearm might fire, assume that it will and make sure no harm occurs when it does.

Since FIDE titles are for life, a GM or IM does not count for the purposes of this requirement if he had not had a GM or IM result in the five years prior to the tournament.

Since Java does not allow errors to be compared as logic elements, as under Icon, the lengthy syntax must be used instead.