| Chen also said the collision underlined the dire need for military confidence-building measures in the Taiwan Strait. |
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| Confidence-building between diplomats is not worth a crumpet in comparison with confidence-building between military staffs. |
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| Mind you, we are not only dealing with a systemic crisis in the sector but with the need for confidence-building measures in favour of consumers. |
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| The outputs of this work should be used as a basis for further transparency and confidence-building measures. |
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| We hope that this year the draft resolution on transparency and confidence-building measures will again be adopted by consensus. |
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| A number of tools related to transparency and confidence-building measures are already at our disposal. |
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| It is a method of accounting for nuclear forces and was designed as a confidence-building measure in the waning days of the Cold War. |
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| Legally binding instruments, transparency and confidence-building measures must be combined to achieve security in outer space. |
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| Adventurers, as well as adrenaline junkies, will love the challenge and confidence-building of skiing the famous Taos steeps. |
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| From England's point of view these were quite useful, confidence-building preparations for the much anticipated Ashes series later this summer. |
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| The adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe in November 1999 was symptomatic of the American tendency to prefer the retention of a rapid force-projection capability over confidence-building. |
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| So rather than allowing this stalemate to continue, efforts should instead be focused on areas such as transparency and confidence-building to allow us all to move forward. |
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| Our delegation is prepared to work on the basis of his revised non-paper so that we can make good progress next year and arrive at an agreement on practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons. |
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| We would like to believe that this is a sign of recognition on the part of the provisional authorities of the importance of this issue, both on its own merits and as a confidence-building measure. |
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| The U.S. says Iran should suspend the 20 percent enrichment as a confidence-building measure before sanctions begin to be unwound. |
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| And maybe the assertiveness training and confidence-building exercises we women have been going in for down the years is just as much of a waste of time. |
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| Not a particularly confidence-building tip. |
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| It has also undertaken confidence-building programmes. |
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| As a result of the implementation of a series of confidence-building measures both governments are taking steps with a view to a gradual and balanced reduction of military expenses. |
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| It would seem to be more important to convey a realistic picture of the specific threat through public relations work and confidence-building measures. |
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| The confirmation of a medium-term commitment to the implementation of reforms in France and Europe, in keeping with the Lisbon objectives, is also an important confidence-building factor. |
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| It promotes peace and security in the Hemisphere, fosters confidence-building through military cooperation ties, and strengthens relations between civilians and the military. |
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| One graduate says she simply found it to be a confidence-building spur to action in pursuit of newly-recognized personal objectives. |
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| While on the subject of confidence-building measures, I would like to focus on the second substantive item on the agenda. |
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| This has to be confidence-building information. |
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| This was not a confidence-building speech. |
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| An observation exercise normally provides some degree of legitimisation, contributes something to confidence-building and always acts as a deterrent to fraud. |
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| In this context, a good starting block would seem to be confidence-building through increased information-sharing and transparency, as pointed out by several delegations throughout the week. |
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| Alan, who was diagnosed with dyspraxia when he was young, attended job action groups where Remploy's advisors helped him with job searches and confidence-building techniques. |
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