If there is any light in this bleak picture, it is that Venezuela's neighbors are edging toward more assertive action to stem a crisis that, with the massive flow of refugees, threatens to destabilize several other countries.
Britain and other allies have urged more assertive action to monitor Albanian insurgents in a border zone in Serbia from which NATO has excluded the Yugoslav Army.
David Cameron, the prime minister, also backed a call by Matteo Renzi, his Italian counterpart, for more assertive action against the people-smugglers.
"In the absence of a comprehensive energy and climate policy you really have to take assertive action on smaller practical measures that you can take and implement now because if you're going to wait five or 10 years the curve to meet what science tells us to do becomes ever more steep".
An opportunity to make a strong statement against bigotry was met with meaningless words rather than assertive action.
It would constitute the Council's most assertive action to deal with the crisis in Mali.
Checklists, guidelines, inventories, and questionnaires are included to help the therapist take assertive action and be effective.
He defended the board, saying: "I think the board, when it became apparent there were problems, took assertive action".
The crime of genocide must trigger much more assertive action at the political level, including at the security council".
It's a "great start," said Representative Paul Kanjorski, Democrat of Pennsylvania, the subcommittee's chairman, but the S.E.C. "must continue to take bold and assertive action".
Unless some remedial measures are taken by Google promptly, I shall have to consider escalating the situation and resort to more assertive action".
