Officials acknowledge that the aim is race-conscious but that the mechanism is race-neutral.
This acknowledges that the aim of migration policies is not only to affect the volume of migration (the usual focus of public debates) but also their origin, direction and/or composition.
"Thus, acknowledging that the aims of the voluntary moratorium have been met in some countries and are close to being met in others, we declare an end to the voluntary moratorium on avian-flu transmission studies," they write.
Abbas acknowledges that the aims of the lawsuit's various plaintiffs "collide at times".
But he acknowledged that the overall aim was to produce 2% of the country's electricity by 2020 – much less than the 6% campaigners say is realistic.
At the same time, Collins acknowledged that the vitriol aimed at Perez could affect him, and it was discussed in the meeting.
Sitting in his kitchen recently, he acknowledged that the outcry aimed at Mr. Rowland for receiving free or deeply discounted work on his vacation home from state contractors had changed the climate.
Senior Czech officials organising yesterday's summit openly acknowledged that the eastern partnership was aimed at countering Russia's influence in its backyard.
A senior Israeli official acknowledged that the building stoppage was also aimed at the Obama administration, which had demanded a settlement freeze last spring.
His early medical career enabled him to bring a clinician's point of view to his research, acknowledging that the ultimate aim of age research must be the interpretation of the ageing process to the human subject.
