Under the new rule, the city will not be relieved of fundamental obligations.

"To do nothing in the face of serious problems demonstrates an absolute failure to recognize fundamental obligations."

But we must not abandon our fundamental obligations to the people who need Medicare and Medicaid.

American policymakers were deeply skeptical that the Soviet Union, with its centrally planned economy, could meet fundamental obligations of the group.

Lord Wright held there were "fundamental obligations of a contract of employment... for which employers are absolutely responsible".

Meeting minimum labour standards in international conventions is one of the fundamental obligations of the developed countries in the European Union.

Births, deaths, marriages - the fashions of these passages change, but the fundamental obligations of witness and remembrance remain.

In part, that is because advocating unpopular causes, defending individual rights, opposing demands of the sometimes-insistent, often-exasperated majority are lawyers' fundamental obligations.

"We can save more," he said in a typically balanced passage, "but we cannot abandon our fundamental obligations to the people who need Medicare and Medicaid.

Sunni Islam requires of the faithful five fundamental obligations that constitute the Five Pillars of Islam.

The proposal for a draft Framework Decision establishes fundamental obligations based on the European Convention on Human Rights and European Court case law.

The European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 12 and 13 December 1997 underlined the need for the Turkish Government to meet its fundamental obligations in the field of human rights and democracy.

With every day that passes it becomes increasingly difficult to understand why some social democratic governments oppose merging the Communities and the Union, yet this is absolutely necessary in order to clarify the fundamental obligations and rights.

The three fundamental obligations traditionally imposed on tacksmen were grassum (a premium payable on entering into a lease), rental (either in kind, or in money, which was designated "tack-duty"), and the rendering of military service.

Another situation that needs to be remedied is the poor quality of the data submitted by the flag countries which, apart from being one of the most fundamental obligations of the flag country, makes any assessment of stocks less reliable.

"The industry needs to emphasize honesty and integrity as a part of its fundamental obligations, to say 'We recognize our obligations to shareholders, and those include an obligation to be honest and act with integrity in all of our ways.'

This Directive and even the Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis do not lay down the fundamental obligations of service providers and therefore I welcome the report by Mr Lehtinen on this issue.

"In the days ahead, I will ask the Republican majority to work with me to fulfill these fundamental obligations we have to our children and to our future," Mr. Clinton said before vetoing the tax bill at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden.

We have fundamental obligations to defend, control and monitor our external borders and we have fundamental obligations to be much more efficient through the use of common visas, groups of experts, security forces, working groups, special forces.

These cuts are real - they will require sacrifice from everyone - but these cuts do not undermine our fundamental obligations to our parents, our children and our future by endangering Medicare or Medicaid or education or the environment or by raising taxes on working families.

The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties are sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the State to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State.

Greece issued a statement condemning its northern neighbor for "confirming that it is not interested in a solution", adding that "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has itself flagrantly violated a series of fundamental obligations expressly foreseen by the Accord, including the fundamental principle of good neighbourly relations."