Since international law has no established compulsory judicial system for the settlement of disputes or a coercive penal system, it is not as straightforward as managing breaches within a domestic legal system.

Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterized by a focus on Africa as a Regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence ; Capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of disputes ; nonalignment and nonintentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations ; and regional economic cooperation and development.

Since the establishment of the United Arab Emirates in 2 December 1971, UAE adopted a balanced foreign policy based on adoption of dialogue, respect of international conventions, commitment to the United Nations Charter and non-interference of other country's internal affairs, and the settlement of disputes by peaceful means.

Since the essential requirements for cave life were probably already present prior to the settlement of these habitats, this may be described as exaptation.

Since human settlement many placental mammals have been introduced to Australia and are now feral.

Since August 1746 talks had been ongoing at the Congress of Breda to try and agree a peace settlement, but up to this point they had met with little success.

Since the settlement is a heavy tax on the profits of the tobacco industry in the US, regressive against smokers, and further settlements being made only add to the financial burden of these companies, it is debatable if the industry has a money-producing long term outlook.

Since Vaceti is another name for the Vascones, this reference is evidence of Basque ( Gascon ) settlement or control of the islands by that date.

Since European settlement, Baton Rouge has been governed by France, Britain, Spain, Louisiana, the Florida Republic, the Confederate States, and the United States.

Since the first settlement by the British in 1625, through history the economy of Barbados was primarily dependent on agriculture.

Since elm wood had few uses before the 20th century, many elms were left standing, and continued to grow, as forestland in its range was cleared for farming or settlement.

Since 1997 it has received cuts in its grant-in-aid settlement, resulting in a real terms reduction of £ 130m.

Since January 2003, each Akhiok shareholder received $ 200, 000 from sales of a $ 36 million trust fund provided in the Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement.

Since an insurance settlement was a long time coming, the group was forced to cancel the rest of its tour.

Since the city was the oldest and most widely known settlement in the territory, Bellevue residents were optimistic.

Since Rankin was the nearest settlement on a rail line, it became the center for the oil services industry for the nearby oil fields.

Since World War II, the territory of Anagni has become an important industrial settlement, enriching the local economy at the expense of damage to local environment and Anagni's culture and tradition.

Since Portuguese settlement in Macau-dating from 1557-included a strong Catholic presence, a number of Chinese converted to Catholicism.

Since then, the town has absorbed the original settlement of Yorktown, which is now regarded as part of Camberley.

Since European settlement of Australia in 1788, people of Anglo-Celtic ancestral origins have comprised the majority of the Australian population.

Since the beginning of settlement in the mid nineteenth century, British honours were awarded in New Zealand.

Since the earliest days of settlement, the majority of Utah's population has chosen to settle along the range's western front, where numerous river drainages exit the mountains.

Since European settlement its numbers have increased, especially around coastal towns and cities where it can scavenge from urban waste.

Since the settlement of Miles City, at the mouth of the Tongue, and the related settlement of Sheridan, Wyoming, located approximately 125 air miles to the south there has been much discussion of a north-south railroad connecting the cities and corridored along the Tongue River valley.

Since copper metallurgy was already known to have existed in Europe since 7000 BC, with heavy axes of natural bronze produced in bulk since 5500 BC, and since true bronze, made by deliberately alloying copper with tin had already been used in parts of east-central Europe since 3700 BC, Ötzi's axe came as no surprise to archaeologists.

Since it is difficult to imagine a typesetter working without a manuscript, unless the typesetter was writing the document as it was printed, we must assume that a manuscript existed.

Since the Korean Armistice Agreement ended the armed conflict that existed during the active part of the Korean War in 1953, leaving a de-facto truce in place ever since, the North Korean government has been largely isolationist, becoming one of the world's most authoritarian societies.

Since the Temple was an enclosed place with no natural light, some means of illumination must have existed.

Since prehistoric times, long before the concept of national borders existed, the Sami people of Arctic Europe lived and worked in an area that stretches over the regions now known as Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola Peninsula.

Since no formal software development methodologies existed at the time, this hardware-oriented model was simply adapted for software development.

Since it was specifically an apa for writing and drawing funny animals as a genre and discussing the new fandom that was forming about them, it is a handy landmark to say that ' furry fandom existed at this time.

Since no athletes ' village existed from the previous Games, the athletes and officials were housed in hotels around the city.

Since the early medieval era an additional communal role, the Hazzan ( cantor ) has existed as well.

Since 1938, conspiratorial groups planning an overthrow of some kind had existed in the German Army ( Wehrmacht Heer ) and in the German Military Intelligence Organization ( Abwehr ).

Since 1814, the Royal Norwegian Army has again existed as a separate navy.

Since no bridges existed, creeks and streams presented a major difficulty.

Since Bluff City could not be shown to have existed, Anthony was designated as the temporary county seat.

Since there is no honor amongst thieves, over 5 million acres had been granted where only a half million actually existed.

Since Camden no longer existed after an earlier collapse of the corporation, and the post office was named Penn, this caused confusion and more and more the town was called Pennville.

Since 1940, a sizable Amish farming community has existed nearby along with a farmers market and large flea market complex on busy Maryland Route 5, which is also the site of numerous strip-mall businesses continuing into the adjacent community of Mechanicsville.

Since an Athens already existed in the state, Nebraska Senator Phineas W. Hitchcock suggested the name St. Paul in honor of the Paul brothers who founded it.

Since another community named Fairview already existed on the Oregon Coast, the community's first post office was named Cleone until the coastal post office closed and the name was transferred to Fairview.

Since no computer small enough to fit through a submarine's hatch existed ( in 1958 ), a new computer was designed, named the AN / UYK-1.

Since the reform, the following distinctions have existed:

Since that date a number of legislatures have existed on the island.

Since the view that Jesus never existed is a minority view even among non-Christian and atheist biblical scholars, Doherty's work and thesis received harsh criticism.

Since film producers could not show penetration, they sought other ways to depict sex acts without violating Japanese law and since semen did not need to be censored, a loophole existed for harder sex scenes.

Since Finnish classical music has only existed for a little over a century, many important original composers are still alive.