U.S. policy goals are met through direct bilateral action and by working with the international community.

First of all, it replaced the principle of collegiality in Union decisions with a greater emphasis on bilateral action between Governments.

"The overriding message sent by these U.S. bilateral actions," the report said, "is that human rights are dispensable in the name of fighting terrorism."

The multilateral dimension supports and complements the bilateral actions and dialogue taking place under the Association Agreements.

He also cited joint efforts to halt the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, as well as bilateral actions on trade and on investment.

Indeed, he and other European officials criticized many members of Congress for eschewing a multilateral approach to trade rules and problems in favor of unilateral and bilateral actions.

Nicholas took British acceptance of Nesselrode's subsequent summary of his London exchanges as tantamount to acquiescence in a policy of bilateral action on Turkey.

I believe this aspect must not lead us to focus solely on bilateral action plans, but should encourage us to create a geographical and political space that is both European and Mediterranean.

Cross-border cooperation is first and foremost bilateral action between the EU and its Member States, on the one hand, and Russia and our other neighbours, on the other hand.

The agreements reached in Barcelona will enable us to make progress in our regional cooperation with our partners in the Mediterranean region and at the same time to push the European neighbourhood policy forward by negotiating additional bilateral action plans.

This provides a framework in which environmental actions can be pursued at regional level in the Balkans. By bringing together the various bilateral donors and the countries in the region, we are providing a focus for the coordination of otherwise disparate and overlapping bilateral actions.

The areas chosen are all areas where the bilateral relationship is strongly apparent, and where the impact of bilateral action upon third parties may provoke a third party response: treaty law, international judicial and arbitral procedure, and responsibility for an international wrong, with particular reference to armed conflict.

There may be no good way out of the mess President Bush created, but until Mr. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain admit that their bilateral action was a mistake, they will never create the conditions required for producing a stable Iraqi society.

He said that the solution to this crisis may be found only by political means and he has emphasised Romania's preparedness to undertake, in cooperation with the partners from EU and following bilateral actions, the diligences necessary to support the political-diplomatic regulation of this crisis.