But divisions among the 28 EU nations have hampered action against Moscow, and a draft of the final statement indicated that they will merely ask the bloc's executive arm "urgently" to prepare more options for sanctions.
Yes, there must be systems of accountability, but when they hamper action on everything from courageous diplomacy for peace to streamlining management, as they do now, they become counterproductive.
He said: "The evidence shows how serious the problem of fuel poverty is, increasing health risks and hardship for millions of people and hampering urgent action to reduce energy waste and carbon emissions.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have both spoken out against the violence in recent days, and both have blamed Russia for hampering international action against the Assad government.
78, 79 Furthermore, SOX2 negatively regulates the CDX2 promoter by hampering the action of other transcription factors.
This maintains the high burden of infectious diseases prevalent in the rural population [ 6] while hampering effective action against the emerging epidemics of non-communicable diseases.
In this situation, the fixation of beneficial mutations can be delayed not only by the coexistence of several lines carrying different mutations but also because at high error rate beneficial mutations arise in deleterious backgrounds, thus hampering the action of selection [ 14- 16].
Shaky coalition cabinets succeeded one another, and the lack of a clear-cut majority hampered coherent action.
One reason is that the United States military depends heavily on satellites for missile guidance, navigation and communications, and any widespread damage to this infrastructure could hamper military action overseas.
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