Because of a supposed ‘ fundamentally broken system of governance that contributed to 23 years of conflict in Liberia ’, and failures of the Transitional Government in curbing corruption, the Liberian government and the International Contact Group on Liberia signed onto the anti-corruption program GEMAP, starting September 2005.

In 2006, the United States took the lead in establishing the International Somalia Contact Group.

Ahtisaari briefed Contact Group foreign ministers on 20 September 2006, in New York City at a meeting chaired by U. S. Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.

At that meeting, the Contact Group released a press statement that reaffirmed its desire to work towards a negotiated settlement in the course of 2006 and also endorsed Ahtisaari's plans to develop a comprehensive proposal for a status settlement.

The Contact Group said that, regardless of the outcome of the present negotiations, a new International Civilian Office ( ICO ) will be established in Kosovo to take up the civil administration provided for under UNSCR 1244, supervise the implementation of any status settlement and safeguard minority rights.

European Union foreign policy chief proposed new talks between Belgrade and Kosovo Albanians if this final draft failed, lasting for a period of four months and under the guidance of the Contact Group of leading nations.

Kosovo newspaper Zeri suggested, Reuters reported, that Contact Group nations might be considering an international conference on Kosovo in September in Paris.

To add to the farce, the NATO Contact Group countries were desperate to avoid having to make good on their threat of force — Greece and Italy were strongly opposed to the whole idea, and there was vigorous opposition to military action in every NATO country.

* Turner Contact Group Ireland-TCGI-is a charity supporting those affected by Turner Syndrome in Ireland.

In 1977, the Western Contact Group ( WCG ) was formed including Canada, France, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The settlement proposal, as it became known, was worked out after lengthy consultations with South Africa, the front-line states ( Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe ), SWAPO, UN officials, and the Western Contact Group.

Nevertheless discussions proceeded with UN Commissioner for Namibia N ° 2 Martti Ahtisaari who played a key role in getting the Constitutional Principles agreed in 1982 by the front-line states, SWAPO, and the Western Contact Group.

During September and October 1995, many of the world powers ( especially the USA and Russia ), gathered in the Contact Group, applied intense pressure to the leaders of the three sides to attend the negotiations in Dayton, Ohio.

On January 22, the Contact Group of countries with an interest in Yugoslavia ( Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States ) issued a joint statement condemning " the massacre of Kosovo Albanians in Račak on 15 January.

The Contact Group also condemns the decisions by the FRY authorities to refuse entry into Kosovo by ICTY Chief Prosecutor Judge Arbour.

" The Contact Group also called for the Yugoslav authorities to " work with the International Tribunal to ensure that those responsible for Račak are brought to justice suspend those VJ and MUP officers operating in Račak on 15 January pending the results of this investigation becoming available ".

The Contact Group sponsored UN Resolution 435 in 1978 on which Namibia moved to independence twelve years later.

They both helped the Contact Group of the US / UK / France / Germany and Russia to present its plan in the summer of 1994.

Prior to his election, he worked in the voluntary sector from 1986 to 1997 for Outreach, Contact Community Care Group and as Chief Executive of the Manchester Jewish Federation.

The Contact Group countries have said publicly that KFOR will remain in Kosovo to provide the security necessary to support the provisions of a final settlement of Kosovo's status.

* Contact Group Islam ( CGI )

He is a former chairman and the current W3C Staff Contact of the CSS Working Group.

At the end of July, a blueprint was designed by the Contact Group, consisting of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia, which was accepted by the Croat, Serb and Bosnian parties.

Contact between two units of the lithostratigraphy of South England: the Chalk Group ( left, white, upper unit ) and the Greensand formation | Greensand Formation ( right, green, lower unit ).

Worf continued to appear in TNG films which is explained in various ways such as rescue ( Star Trek: First Contact ) and leave ( Star Trek: Insurrection ).

The primary cast for First Contact is from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series, to which the film's producers added Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard.

First Contact is the first film in the Star Trek film series in which none of the Star Trek: The Original Series main characters appear, instead, the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation fill the main roles.

" Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: First Contact and Dr. Phlox from Star Trek: Enterprise all use variations of the line, which has also made its way into many other shows such as Stargate Atlantis, Robot Chicken, Terra Nova, and Friends.

Contact was limited before the 1830s which is when English missionaries and traders began arriving.

In Star Trek: First Contact, when the Vulcans first meet Zefram Cochrane, he serves them alcoholic beverages, which they take in lieu of dancing.

The later prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise describes the warp engine technology as a ' Gravimetric Field Displacement Manifold ' ( Commander Tucker's tour, " Cold Front "), and describes the device as being powered by an anti-matter / matter reaction which powers the two separate nacelles ( one on each side of the ship ) to create a displacement field ( the aforementioned " bubble ") The episode also firmly establishes that many other civilizations had warp drive before humans ; First Contact co-writer Ronald D. Moore suggested that Cochrane's drive was in some way superior to forms that existed beforehand, and was gradually adopted by the galaxy at large.

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Dark Frontier ," Tom Paris describes it as the " New World Economy ," which began in the late 22nd century and eventually made money obsolete, as does Jean-Luc Picard while explaining the timeline to Lily Sloane in Star Trek: First Contact.

Other variants include M8 through M16, which are encrypted by various degrees, and are typically used by the Contact Section.

In 1944 he became chairman of the Contact Commissie van de Illegaliteit and a member of the College van Vertrouwensmannen which the London government in exile charged with the preparation of steps to be taken at the time of liberation.

Contact of the foil closes an electrical circuit that engages a solenoid which mechanically shifts the tape head to the level of the next track.

Contact checks or knight checks, which force the king to move as opposed to dropping pieces, are especially important.

In the summer of 1990, John P. Miller ( now better known by his pen-name, James Ernest ), wrote and published the first edition of the book Contact Juggling, which covers all of the basic contact juggling techniques and methods for learning them.

In 2000, Liam Steel directed Vurt: The Theatre Remix, which ran for three weeks at Contact Theatre in Manchester.

Bryher entered a marriage of convenience in 1921 with Robert McAlmon, which allowed him to fund his publishing ventures in Paris by utilising some of her personal wealth for his Contact Press.

Special Circumstances is part of a larger fictional Culture organisation called Contact, which coordinates Culture interactions with ( and in ) other civilisations.

Housed within the college is Contact North, which offers Kenora residents local access to university and college programs not directly offered by the college campus.

Contact between moving surfaces also wears away those parts, which could lead to lower efficiency and degradation of the engine.

Her other Invictus albums were Contact ( 1971 ), The Best of Freda Payne ( 1972, a compilation which included four new, unissued songs ), and her last Invictus album Reaching Out ( 1973 ).

* Georg Friedrich alias " Schorsch " says in Michael Glawogger's film " Contact High " from 2009 as he drives backwards because of seeing a Polish police car that " Bulln san Bulln san Bulln ", which means that " Cops are cops are cops ".

On 9 August 2006, The Stream Contact Centre in Derry, Northern Ireland, which had a contract with Raytheon at the time, was attacked by protesters.

Contact was also made with the 75th Soviet division which was sent as reinforcements.

* Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects