The Primacy of NATO

American Hegemony or American Primacy?

We must remember the primacy of religion.

States parties should respect the primacy of parents, mothers and fathers.

Indeed, there has been an increasing awareness among nations that international society must embrace the value and the goal of establishing and maintaining the primacy of international law.

Based in the primacy of the Constitutional rules, all other norms should be non discriminatory.

Against this background, primacy seems like a more accurate description of a country s disproportionate (and measurable) share of all three kinds of power resources military, economic, and soft. The question now is whether the era of US primacy is coming to an end.

So far, the goal of global realignment away from the advanced countries has catalyzed these five very disparate countries efforts to forge their own bloc. But the primacy given to advancing national interests has always precluded real concerted action, at least until now.

The national security agencies have continued to acquit themselves satisfactorily since UNAMSIL transferred security primacy to them last year.

Effective demobilization and reconciliation in El Salvador, for example, ensured the consolidation of peace after that country s brutal civil war of the 1980 s. Elsewhere, however, disregarding the primacy of politics in a transition to peace has had tragic consequences.

MELBOURNE The Western Pacific is currently facing a difficult problem how to accommodate China s rising aspirations in a region where the United States has held primacy since the Cold War s end. Is the US determined to maintain dominance in the Asia Pacific region?

But everyone that I knew had an interest in the primacy of the written word in terms of nurturing a democracy, nurturing an enlightened life.

Syria underlines the agreement of world leaders at the September summit concerning the importance of the primacy of law within States and in international relations.

By strengthening democracy, popular participation and the primacy of law, his Government had given a prominent place to human rights and to the individual in society.

La primazia del Tribunale penale internazionale per l'ex Iugoslavia (The Primacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), in Rivista di diritto internazionale, 1996.

Of course, diplomacy needs to be backed by strength, but the US has plenty without militarizing the Asia Pacific region more than it already has. Peaceful resolution of these conflicts requires giving China a role in the decision making process, which implies that the US and China alike relinquish any desire for regional primacy.

At first glance, it seems plausible. Indeed, traditional balance of power theory suggests that US primacy in power resources should be offset by a Sino Russian partnership.

The creation of the Council would accord human rights a more authoritative position, corresponding to the primacy of human rights in the Charter of the United Nations.

Underlining the primacy of political will, international cooperation and adequate funding at the national, regional and international levels for the successful implementation of the Durban Programme of Action,

The Code of the Child, which includes all international legal provisions dealing with the rights of children and gives primacy to the interest of the child, including girls.

It featured the theme National Human Rights Institutions and the primacy of the rule of law in countering terrorism , which was considered by the Forum's Advisory Council of Jurists.

To reject the so called Syria Accountability Act, deeming that it oversteps the principles of international law and United Nations resolutions and gives United States law primacy over international law

The adoption of both conventions by the General Assembly would reaffirm the primacy of the rule of law in international relations and ensure respect for human dignity and human rights.

Erdoğan s ambition to restore Turkey s primacy in the Sunni world is driving him to collude with this challenge to the Western devised regional order. Indeed, Turkey has been offering logistical support to the Islamic State, even as it has enabled the group s murderous members to massacre thousands of civilian Kurds and Yazidis in the Syrian town of Kobani on Turkey s doorstep.

PARIS Negotiations over Iran s nuclear program have been stalled for more than three years. For six years, the voices of reason have largely been drowned out, with passions and delusions claiming primacy.

Through its governmental structures, Constitution, religious and cultural laws and values, and a neutral and totally independent justice system, Egypt strived to affirm the rule of justice and the primacy of law.

The primacy of the country programming approach means that the implementation strategies are not intended to serve as a blueprint for UNICEF supported programmes and projects in the health and nutrition sectors.

The Tribunal's primacy in this matter was recognised by the Argentine authorities but those authorities wish to dispose of the extradition request of Serbia and Montenegro before they transfer Lukić to the Tribunal.

In short, while the era of US primacy is not over, it is set to change in important ways. Whether or not these changes will bolster global security and prosperity remains to be seen.

He emphasized the primacy of government sector plans, noting the challenges involved in mainstreaming gender within the FTI, and emphasized that lessons learned from small scale initiatives were being harnessed for work in scaling up.

Syria commits itself to make all necessary efforts and to cooperate with Member States that believe in the primacy of the law in order to strengthen the Court's role in all its areas of competence.

But perhaps the purest reversion to interwar nationalist ideology is occurring just beyond Europe s borders in Israel, of all places. There, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu s government has proposed a law enshrining the collective primacy of the country s Jews legislation that destroys in spirit and form what little is left of Israel s founding commitment to equality under the law.

In many rich OECD countries, the financial crisis and recession have made government intervention popular again. Governments bail out banks, rush to the aid of manufacturers, and claim primacy in averting national catastrophe and personal hardship.

We therefore attach particular importance not only to good governance, but especially to the primacy of law and the consolidation of democracy, and also to the restoration of the State's capabilities in performing its basic functions.

In the case of Syria, America s regional allies also told President Barack Obama s administration to move on Assad. Saudi Arabia wanted Assad gone to weaken a client state of Iran, the kingdom s main rival for regional primacy.

It is a fact that in Nigeria, in the rest of Africa and, indeed, in all parts of the world and in all cultures, the primacy, sanctity and dignity of human life are not taken for granted.

Certain discussants repeated their concern about an excessive focus on positive corporate contributions and stressed the need for balanced approaches based on the primacy of development concerns and not merely the concerns of economic growth as such.

The Committee notes that under article 6 of the Constitution, the State party recognizes the primacy of generally recognized norms of international law, but is concerned that the status of the Convention in domestic law remains unclear.

Countries which have shaped a constructive, mutually supportive relationship between the public and private sectors have been more successful than those which have opted either for the primacy of the market or the predominance of the state.

A number of delegations emphasized the importance of costing and scaling up initiatives of applying lessons learned from experience within broader national education systems and of mainstreaming gender in major sectoral initiatives, highlighting the primacy of country led strategies.

The Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress gave primacy to the principle of market competition but, as a senior Chinese banker commented in a related context some years back It s quite hard to compete when you re playing against the referee.

But they are anti liberal they accept democracy s demand for the popular legitimacy, but reject its demand for constitutionalism (the separation of powers). They do not believe that constitutional norms and representative democracy have primacy over values and legitimate popular grievances.

In conclusion, she said that a comprehensive strategy to establish global security must be based on respect for human rights and reinforced by upholding the primacy of the rule of law, fostering social justice and enhancing democracy and international cooperation.

However, while many senior military officers acknowledge the primacy of the Sierra Leone police in maintaining law and order throughout the country, fundamental misconceptions about the role of the police still persist in some segments of the army and the society.

That means that if there are five cars waiting, you have to wait till they all go, then you go. It lacks the notion of alternating, or taking turns, and it's always on the minor road, allowing the major one to have primacy.