Hu added that all separatist forces are doomed to failure, and said the central government would support social and ethnic development, CCTV reported.

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The delegation included experts on labor rights and economic development, rule of law and political reform, ethnic conflict and reconciliation, land-mine removal, and criminal justice.

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The composition of our ethnic population and also the difficulties presented by our geographical terrain make communication and development difficult.

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The new, non-statutory, body is provisionally called the police, crime and response development forum and would be made up of representatives from business organisations, charities, ethnic minority and young people's groups and other "watch" groups such as Pubwatch.

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In his principal address, Professor Devetak said that problems of co-operation and development in the Mediterranean are intermingled with religious fundamentalism and cultural misperceptions: "ethnic or religious connotation is given to problems that have nothing to do with ethnicity or religion".

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These four principles illustrate that the concept of sustainable development in the Earth Charter embraces the view that the problems of poverty, environmental degradation, ethnic and religious conflict, and social injustice are all interdependent, and that policies that address one problem can impact and improve other issues.

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