Elections are a top priority but not a panacea.

The Sudan remains a top priority for the United States.

This is a top priority issue for another 17 regions.

Building the Iraqi security force remains a work in progress and a top priority.

Combating the illegal drug economy should be a top priority for us all.

Improving safety on our roads became a top priority for the Government of Oman.

Both parties must continue to make efforts to ensure that agricultural exports remain a top priority.

Economic empowerment of women, especially those in rural areas, remained a top priority for her Government.

Unsustainable exploitation of fish and other living resources is a top priority concern in 17 regions.

Maintaining those socio economic achievements was a top priority for the people of the Cayman Islands.

At the national level, the Chinese Government regarded the issue of human settlements as a top priority.

It was the common interest of all to ensure that development was at the top of multilateral efforts and that economic collective security was a top priority of multilateralism.

The GIWA regional teams determined that transboundary pollution was a top priority concern in 20 of the 66 subregions.

When we address issues in which moderation is given top priority, we achieve positive results.

Access to quality health care services must be a top priority in order to improve the global situation of young people.

Cuba is cooperating with Haiti in various sectors, placing top priority on the health care sector.

Unsustainable use of freshwater is the top priority transboundary concern for the largest number of regions.

She noted that the top priority area of the SCCF is adaptation, followed by technology transfer.

Further promotion and implementation of the Convention and all other international normative instruments that promote women's human rights remain a top priority.

INSTRAW stated that it considers coordination with the United Nations system on gender equality and the empowerment of women a top priority.

The Chief of Police announced that a top priority for the year of 2004 would be combating organized crime including trafficking in persons.

Everyone in this Chamber knows that making counter terrorism the top priority is an unpleasant necessity, but they know it is a necessity.

Two years ago, the CEO, Lee Scott, believed that green is the next big thing, and so Wal Mart made going green a top priority.

The resulting Nairobi Action Plan for 2005 2009 set as its top priority meeting the deadlines for clearing mined areas.

Secondly, we really must make counter terrorism the top priority it is not enough to pay lip service to it.

Combating overfishing is a top priority for Canada and for our Prime Minister, who has spoken about the issue repeatedly at international conferences and bilateral meetings.

They feel that because hard core cartels cause the greatest harm to consumers, finding and prosecuting these agreements should be a top priority of competition officials.

Table 1 Listing of top three priority needs provided by countries for each region to satisfy obligations under the Stockholm Convention.

Rural women have been a top priority in the activities of the Nicaraguan Institute for Women since its inception, and this has not changed in recent years.

Yet, currently the top priority of Taiwan authorities is to carry out sound official communication and interactions , in a push to maintain the existing mechanism across the Straits.

The Government accorded top priority to education and health nevertheless, poverty remained a major challenge and development initiatives were being realigned in order to reduce socio economic disparities.

Defining and coordinating national level and workplace level actions to implement sustainable development has been a top priority for trade unions since the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Steps 1 and 2) Achieving the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty remains a top priority for this regime.

Within this global design, the United States believes that the development of an Indian Ocean part of the global warning system should be a top near term priority.

For both men, the goal of clinging to power was a top priority. Changing the system and easing their grip on power was a risky move that could undermine their authority.

Such critical communities are part of a zone to which State authorities pay special attention and where the resources necessary for implementing protective measures are primarily channelled as a top priority.

The US made Pakistan a top priority Cold War ally. As a result, many unsavory aspects of Pakistan s conduct went unchallenged by America, while its military and intelligence services were handsomely resourced.

The conservation of biological diversity remained a top priority for Malaysia as a member of the Group of Like Minded Megadiverse Countries, it was deeply concerned by the destruction of that diversity.

(b) International recognition that the adoption of the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a top priority of the United Nations agencies, Member States and indigenous peoples.

Several delegations also paid tribute to the courage and dedication of staff living and working in difficult situations in the field, and urged that their security must remain a top priority.

Several delegations also paid tribute to the courage and dedication of staff living and working in difficult situations in the Field, and urged that their security must remain a top priority.

since security in Europe is linked to security in the Mediterranean, giving top priority to implementation of the nuclear non proliferation regime in that region

The new Coalition Government formed following the parliamentary elections held in June 2004 had attached top priority to its fight against poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

Anti money laundering legislation was currently being drafted law enforcement agencies were targeting organized crime, smuggling, economic crimes and gangs and fighting crime was a top priority of its anti corruption agencies.

Further promotion and implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and all other international normative instruments that promote women's human rights remain a top priority.