Others opted to maintain the existing system.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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'.

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

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.

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

In Belize, a QIP continues to be implemented to facilitate the local integration of several thousand Central American refugees who have not opted to repatriate.

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.

Some outlets have opted to close, such as the newspaper El Norte, in the northern border state of Chihuahua, after the killing of correspondent Miroslava Breach in March.

In order to clarify that the formation can consist not only of rock in common usage but also of other materials, the term geological formation is opted for.

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.

In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly formally opted to use the term South South instead of ECDC TCDC in describing cooperation among developing countries (A RES 58 220).

Having opted for a liberal economy, the Republic of Guinea has also adopted competence as a selection criterion for recruitment in the civil service and in the private sector.

5. The majority of the country s original population has opted for evacuation to neighbouring islands in the Caribbean, with a small proportion having been offered residence in the United Kingdom.

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

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.

In 1987, Tunisia had opted for a market economy, and it had been one of the first countries to conclude partnership and free trade agreements with the European Union.