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* Endangered Language Fund, an American non-profit organization which supports endangered language maintenance and documentation projects that aim to preserve the world ’ s languages
Four years later, four nations met in Geneva and formed the organization which has grown into the Red Cross, with a key stated aim of " aid to sick and wounded soldiers in the field ".
This tension emerged when Andreotti revealed the existence of Gladio, a stay-behind organization with the official aim of countering a possible Soviet invasion through sabotage and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
One proposed remedy was the creation of an international organization whose aim was to prevent future war through disarmament, open diplomacy, international co-operation, restrictions on the right to wage war, and penalties that made war unattractive.
The aim of the organization is to facilitate cooperation among all four municipalities of Greenland: Kujalleq, Qaasuitsup, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq.
It can assist an organization to assess any aim, realisable concept or proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making ; or to ascertain the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been undertaken.
Isaac's great aim was to restore the former strict organization of the government, and his reforms, though unpopular with the aristocracy and the clergy, and not understood by the people, certainly contributed to the continued survival of the Byzantine Empire.
In 1972 talks between the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation and the American Association of Handwriting Analysis started, with the aim to form a single organization.
The aim is to either obstruct another political agent or political organization from performing some practice to which the activists object ; or to solve perceived problems which traditional societal institutions ( governments, powerful churches or establishment trade unions ) are not addressing to the satisfaction of the direct action participants.
Using the authorization granted to him by Congress, on 13 November 2001, President Bush issued a Presidential Military Order: " Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism " which allowed " individuals ... to be detained, and, when tried, to be tried for violations of the laws of war and other applicable laws by military tribunals ", where such individuals are a member of the organization known as al Qa ' ida ; or has conspired or committed acts of international terrorism, or have as their aim to cause, injury to or adverse effects on the United States, its citizens, national security, foreign policy, or economy.
Jakob's aim was to establish a copper monopoly by opening foundries in Hohenkirchen and Fuggerau ( named for the family, in Carinthia ) and by expanding the sales organization in Europe, especially the Antwerp agency.
The positive reaction to this statement encouraged Kurtz to invite " as many skeptical researchers as could locate " to the 1976 conference with the aim of establishing a new organization dedicated to examining critically a wide range of paranormal claims.
The aim of the organization was to fight violent Fascist Italianization and to achieve the annexation of Istria, the Slovenian Littoral and Rijeka to Yugoslavia.
In 1877, Stone was asked by Rachel Foster Avery to come assist Colorado activists in the organization of a popular referendum campaign with the aim of gaining suffrage for Coloradan women.
Within an organization, the principles and practices of ethical accountability aim to improve both the internal standard of individual and group conduct as well as external factors, such as sustainable economic and ecologic strategies.
The organization also pursues public policy and seeks to implement legislative changes that aim to provide dignity for patients at the end of their lives.
Minott's desire for independence led him to leave Studio One in 1978 and form his own Black Roots Records label and Youth Promotion organization, the latter with the aim of helping young singers from the same ghetto background as himself.
His basic idea was that of a conspiracy with the aim of overthrowing Christianity -- or more to the point, any and all forms of political and social organization based on conformity to the moral teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ( NORML ) is an American non-profit organization based in Washington, DC whose aim is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the legalization of non-medical marijuana in the United States so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty.
In 1814, a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria was founded with the aim of liberating Greece.
The Bond, on its side, sought to draw closer to Het Volk, the Boer organization in the Transvaal, and similar bodies, and at its 1906 congress, held in March that year at Ceres, a resolution with that aim was passed, the design being to unify, in accordance with the original conception of the Bond, Dutch sentiment and action throughout South Africa.
The ultimate aim of OD practitioners is to " work themselves out of a job " by leaving the client organization with a set of tools, behaviors, attitudes, and an action plan with which to monitor its own state of health and to take corrective steps toward its own renewal and development.
First, he says that ' above all the League, must work for the creation of an independent organization of the workers ' party, both secret and open, and alongside the official democrats, and the League must aim to make every one of its communes a center and nucleus of workers ' associations in which the position and interests of the proletariat can be discussed free from bourgeois influence '.

aim and stated
Accordingly, it is the aim of this essay to advance a new theory of imitation ( which I shall call mimesis in order to distinguish it from earlier theories of imitation ) and a new theory of invention ( which I shall call symbol for reasons to be stated hereafter ).
The Government of Armenia's stated aim is to build a Western-style parliamentary democracy as the basis of its form of government.
The younger Kabila continued with his father's Transitional Parliament, but overhauled his entire cabinet, replacing it with a group of technocrats, with the stated aim of putting the country back on the track of development, and coming to a decisive end of the Second Congo War.
The stated aim is " to create a climate that empowers local people and communities, building a big society that will ' take power away from politicians and give it to people '.
Restoring Central American unity remained the officially stated chief aim of Honduran foreign policy until after World War I.
The White Paper of 1939, stated that with over 450, 000 Jews having now arrived in Palestine, the Balfour Declaration aim of " a national home for the Jewish people " had been achieved.
After the stated aim of the National Convention to export revolution, the guillotining of Louis XVI of France, and the French opening of the Scheldt, a European military coalition was formed and set up against France.
The stated aim of the prizes is to " first make people laugh, and then make them think ".
He has stated that the ultimate aim is to improve the performance of FatKat's A. I.
The LCR abolished itself in 2009 to initiate a broad anti-capitalist party, the New Anticapitalist Party, whose stated aim is to " build a new socialist, democratic perspective for the twenty-first century ".
Scouting ( or the Scout Movement ) has the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society.
During the 2006 Riksdag elections the new Alliance for Sweden ( which subsequently won the election, to form a coalition government ) stated a policy aim to sell its stake in TeliaSonera.
*** 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict – the frequent Hamas Qassam rocket and mortar fire launched from within civilian population centers in Gaza towards the Israeli southern civilian communities led to an Israeli military operation in Gaza, which had the stated aim of reducing the Hamas rocket attacks and stopping the arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip.
The movement's stated aim was Finnish democracy and anti-communism.
The IFC's stated aim is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and achieve better living standards by mobilizing financial resources for private enterprise, promoting accessible and competitive markets, supporting businesses and other private sector entities, and creating jobs and delivering necessary services to those who are poverty-stricken or otherwise vulnerable.
The IDA's stated aim is to assist the poorest nations in growing more quickly, equitably, and sustainably to reduce poverty.
In series such as Celebrity Paranormal Project, the stated aim is investigation, and some series like Scariest Places on Earth challenge participants to survive the investigation ; whereas others such as Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters use a recurring crew of paranormal researchers.
During the al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield with the stated aim of dismantling terrorist infrastructure so as to curb suicide bombings and other militant activities.
Britain was also determined to prevent Nasser from achieving his stated aim of annexing the Sudan.
Microsoft's stated aim for NGSCB is to increase the security and privacy of computer users, but critics assert that the technology will not only fail to solve the majority of contemporary IT security problems, but also result in an increase in vendor lock-in and thus a reduction in competition in the IT marketplace.
Their stated aim was in " finding ways to help people have better, fuller and richer lives.
In 1847, the Band of Hope was founded in Leeds, with the stated aim of saving working class children from the perils of drink.
Hindu nationalists have the stated aim of uniting the Hindu society which is plagued by casteism, regionalism, and passive religion.

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