They also said women's groups, which have long condemned traditional family-planning programs as coercive and demeaning to women, had an unprecedented voice in the conference.

Iran has long condemned the American military presence, calling it destabilizing meddling along the Iranian coastline.

Seven Nations Singled Out Amnesty, an organization that monitors human rights, has long condemned torture and the death penalty throughout the world.

Dukakis Pressed by Jackson Mr. Dukakis has long condemned South Africa's racist regime, but Mr. Jackson called upon him to outline more specific proposals.

While he did not specify the developments, he appeared to be referring to a shift in tone by Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, whom China has long condemned as a hardened advocate of independence.

He said that charging interest on bank loans, long condemned as usury, or riba, was in fact ribh, or just gaining profit, which was allowable.

Iraq has long condemned the inspectors as tools of American intelligence.

But the invasion also put the the P.L.O. in the difficult position of supporting an action it has long condemned.

The worst-case scenario of terrorist air attacks on nuclear power stations, long condemned by the Greens and anti-nuclear citizens, is becoming, through force of circumstance, a valid hypothesis.

The European Union and the European Parliament in particular have long condemned the enforcement of the death penalty all over the world.