Kenya is still ranked as one of the world's corrupt countries by international watchdogs.

"It reassured people that there was some international watchdog out there," observed Lawrence Kudlow, Bear Stearns's chief economist.

South Korea on Saturday reacted cautiously to North Korea's renewed brinkmanship in the nuclear standoff, withholding official comment pending further word from an international watchdog on the dispute.

Laney said that Washington would open high-level talks with Pyongyang only after getting it to allow the international nuclear watchdog to inspect the discharge of fuel rods at its reactor in Yongbyon.

When we do get more resources, the international watchdogs want it allocated differently, pushing for things we can't afford.

Since Viktor Yanukovych was elected President of Ukraine in February 2010 Ukrainian journalists and international journalistic watchdogs have complained about a deterioration of press freedom in Ukraine.

With the Presidential election a month away, time is running short to call in the international watchdogs so we can be sure that voting in New York will be at least up to the standards of Sarajevo and Gaza.

The European Union, the United States and international watchdogs have criticised many of the government's recent moves.

Though most families are undoubtedly unaware of the practices here, foreign governments and international watchdogs, like Unicef, have long been scrutinizing Guatemala's adoption system.

The reduction of extreme poverty in India is primarily a responsibility of the Indian federal government (and possibly overseen by international watchdogs).