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Cultural affinities and geographical proximity facilitate the movement of health personnel abroad.

In this regard, cultural and linguistic affinities and geographical proximity played a very important role.

Other factors, such as language, cultural affinities and geographical proximity, also play a significant role.

Brazil and the Arab world are renewing their ties of friendship, inspired by strong historical and cultural affinities.

These comparative advantages are reinforced by other factors such as geographical proximity, cultural and linguistic affinities, natural endowments, and the ability to market advantages effectively.

4.2 The State party reaffirms that Ms. Laureano was detained because of her terrorist activities or affinities and that she was handed over to the competent judicial authorities.

Citizens may freely associate, either spontaneously or in an organized manner, depending on their concerns, interests and affinities, in political parties, groups, trade unions, clubs or other forms of association for periods of varying length.

Compared with the small Jewish state, Turkey has an expanding population and a deep awareness of its historical, religious, and cultural affinities with its neighbors. These important assets make Turkey an indispensable nation in the region.

Meetup, a service founded so that users could find people in their local area who share their interests and affinities and actually have a real world meeting offline in a cafe or a pub or what have you.

Not only are human groups indispensable for dialogue, a fundamental element in a genuine democracy, but they also provide irreplaceable psychological support for individuals, who find in them sustenance and comfort based on jointly devised projects, affinities or interests.

Both countries are his neighbors, and in theory at least, their leaders are his ideological soul mates. But the differences between the modern and archaic left, and the three countries contradictory national interests, seem to be trumping more superficial political affinities.

He is the man whom many American presidents would like to emulate, not because of any racial affinities, but because of his allure as a wartime leader. The US is the strongest military power in the world, just as Britain was in Churchill s youth.

This group of asylum seekers pose challenges for Governments of the region and for UNHCR in terms of protection, assistance, andthe identification and implementation of durable solutions due to certain problems, such as their lack of personal documentation, and the absence of linguistic and cultural affinities.

Constitutional patriotism, a concept developed by two German philosophers, Dolf Sternberger and Karl Jaspers, was intended to replace the nationalism that had been discredited in Germany by the country s Nazi past. Similarly, as the EU evolved into a federal state, its loyal citizens would reject nationalism based on ethnic affinities and instead identify with the democratic principles of the federation s constitution.

First, France is an indispensable link between southern and northern Europe at a time of growing economic and financial division between creditors and debtors (a fissure that has begun to assume a cultural dimension). An active France can play a bridging role, leveraging its strong relationship with Germany (a friendship that is a pillar of the EU) and its proximity and cultural affinities to the Mediterranean.

Linguistic and cultural affinities between my country and the countries of Latin America are an essential element in the long standing good relations between us. That is why we follow with interest economic and political developments in the region, along with the role played by the Latin American Economic System (SELA) in promoting such developments. We welcome the report of the Secretary General on the item before us and consider that it provides a good basis for discussion.