Others opted to maintain the existing system.

His Government had unconditionally opted to remain non nuclear.

These thematic groups have opted for a participatory approach.

Bangladesh has consciously and unconditionally opted to remain non nuclear.

We have consciously and unconditionally opted to remain non nuclear.

To achieve this, it opted for a mixture of policy instruments.

I opted in for three surgeries, and one of them was experimental.

Qatar has opted for promoting multilateralism and has lived by this choice.

Many independence movements throughout the world had opted to take up arms.

Her Government requested the international community to assist those who opted for repatriation.

At least two written submissions by Member States opted for the latter formulation.

Therefore, the Special Rapporteur has opted for the term arrangement instead of agreement .

3 Two of the experts who did not pass opted to retake the examination.

It has thus opted for a single truth commission combining elements of both commissions.

However, several key dissident factions and their leaders opted to remain outside the process altogether.

It is evident that the Greek Cypriot side has opted for confrontation rather than accommodation.

I couldn't walk as much as I used to, so I opted for five inch heels.

The majority opted for resettlement in the United States where there is a strong Montagnard community.

Also, some civilian police opted for repatriation by privately owned vehicles, which reduced their repatriation costs.

Various jurisdictions have opted for specialized courts and tribunals to handle competition cases to avoid such delays.

As a result, large numbers of girls have opted for the subject combination entitled Science and Health'.

In its decision, the Board opted to maintain existing TRAC line 1.1.1 earmarkings for 2006 and 2007.

The truth is that a country s past failures do not influence investors if its current institutions and economic policies are sound. That was clearly the case when Osborne and his colleagues opted for austerity.

It may thus be stated that women opt for occupations and jobs providing them with a less promising economic future than if they opted for courses which have not traditionally been regarded as female.

The analysis also found that many individuals who participated in these interventions had opted to further their education.

Indonesia and Timor Leste have opted to seek truth and promote friendship as a new and unique mechanism.

By focusing on education, Algeria opted for a gradual transformation of society and of sociocultural modes of behaviour.

To that end, we have opted to maintain credible minimum nuclear deterrence, with flexible and sufficient delivery means.

The Board notes that UNOPS has opted not to collaborate with UNDP and has prepared its own fraud policy.

It was a lifestyle issue for many women, who often opted for part time work or job share arrangements.

An opinion was expressed that Armenia, which had allegedly opted out of regional cooperation, was now complaining about its isolation .

To promote women's advancement, Gabon had finally opted to set up various joint institutional mechanisms, including at the ministerial level.

By going to the polls, millions of women and men in Afghanistan have proved that they have opted for democracy.

By coming out in favour of a total ban, we have opted for negotiations on an entirely new disarmament treaty.

He was a broken branch grafted onto a different family tree, adopted, not because his parents opted for a different destiny.

As for transit goods, in the aftermath of the events of October 2002 operators opted for a wait and see policy.

We must, however, recognize that the parties do not seem to have resolutely opted for peace and reconciliation far from it.

Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil) said that his country had opted for a multisectoral approach to tackle the challenges of children's hunger and poverty.

Unable to agree on coordinated reflationary action, governments opted to move unilaterally. One after another, they abandoned the gold standard, depreciating their currencies.

Instead, Santos opted for the path of least expedience. After all, war, in Colombia and elsewhere, frequently unites nations, while peace divides them.

So, some health care units have opted to work on abortions to reduce death and infection risks, sterility, and to reduce internment time.

As these submunitions are known to be unreliable, the French armed forces have opted for the use of rockets with a single explosive charge.

In sub Saharan Africa, some 35 countries have opted to integrate the goals of the special session on children into their poverty reduction strategies.

4. According to the preliminary results of a recent social survey of Montserrat, two thirds of the islanders have opted for evacuation since 1995.

Several experts have opted to study the courses this way, and to make separate arrangements to take the examinations under the supervision of the secretariat.