"They are in a conflict with Turkey and the UK and US, the other countries that should be pro-Greek Cypriot, have stronger interests in Turkey so they are not really trusted to prevent any hostile developments in the Security Council".
It was apparently in recognition of his efforts to lower tensions after a series of hostile developments over the preceding years, like the Pakistan-India war of 1971 that led to the secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan, and India's 1974 nuclear tests.
In the latter scenario, environmental conditions could be so hostile that development goes into reverse, leading to rising poverty and social conflict.
Developers reinvented the idea in the free-market 1980s, but the Tories of the shires were more hostile to development than they were keen on market forces.
"The relentless sprawl of the 90's, and the resulting congestion, has made the outer areas more hostile to development," said James W. Hughes, the dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
Clearly if we fail to manage climate change we create an environment so hostile that development will be undermined – leading to hundreds of millions having to move because their environment has been devastated.
Last year, the Hawaii Supreme Court essentially ruled privatisation unconstitutional by finding that the state's civil-service act forbids moving to the private sector any jobs that have "traditionally and historically" been performed by public workers.Hawaii's powerful environmental groups are sceptical, if not hostile, to growth and development.
It has created a more hostile environment for development.
Martin Ginsburg, an architect and co-principal with his brother Samuel of the 30-year-old Westchester-based company, said Litchfield "is the only community where we are experiencing what seems to be a hostile environment for development".
