Disability was accorded special importance.

This would reflect the importance accorded to the body.

Women are accorded equal status and rights as men.

First priority has to be accorded to setting up local democratic governments.

The Government accorded high priority to continuing its efforts in that area.

The law should provide that the priority accorded to a security right

The Government's vision of development accorded high priority to education and health.

Organizations and other entities accorded permanent observer status by the General Assembly

There is continued concern over the lack of due process accorded to suspects.

Article 17, entitled Immunities and facilities accorded to all officials , states as follows

The factor of members' contributions to organizations' regular budgets has been accorded preference.

Dominica is appreciative of the recognition accorded to indigenous people in the outcome document.

When interviewed, they have been accorded the rights that suspects enjoy under Lebanese law.

However, vocational institutes, polytechnics and universities in developing countries are often accorded low priority.

Nauru welcomes the high priority accorded to the development agenda at the world summit.

This need for operational independence is why privileges and immunities are accorded to international organizations.

Implementation of decisions and commitments made should be balanced, with priority being accorded to development.

The overwhelming majority of citizens detained in Haitian prisons have not been accorded due process.

Equally, people living with HIV have to be accorded their rightful leadership role at every level.

Under the Constitution, all citizens were accorded equal rights and responsibilities, and torture was a crime.

Together with the Non Aligned Movement, Cuba has always accorded the highest priority to nuclear disarmament.

The results based management and performance management systems will reflect the priority accorded to these issues.

It accorded great importance to the early entry into force of CTBT and its universal application.

Attention must also be drawn to the importance which all delegations accorded to the issue of commodities.

It is thus essential that the special procedures be accorded full and free access to all countries.

Flexibilities in binding coverage commensurate with the ACP countries' development levels should be accorded to these countries.

He adds that the pardon accorded to the torturers encourages the practice of torture within the Civil Guard.

It is time for the Assembly to be more assertive within the mandate accorded it by the Charter.

Instead, the evaluation assessed the attention accorded to gender relations in country level policies, programmes, and institutional measures.

Fulfilling that task, which our esteemed leaders have accorded to us, requires the determined will of all Member States.

Together with the two other objectives of security and respect for human rights, it should be accorded priority status.

The autonomy accorded to the Aland Islands could be considered as a conflict solving mechanism for a territorially compact minority.

Several speakers stressed that high priority should be accorded to addressing the root socio economic causes of smuggling of migrants.

Environmentally unsustainable water use has a disproportionate impact on women and children, whose needs must be accorded the highest priority.

2. The present Convention is without prejudice to privileges and immunities accorded under international law to Heads of State ratione personae.

Emphasizing that further reductions of non strategic nuclear weapons should be accorded priority and be carried out in a comprehensive manner,

Mr. Lobach (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) The discussion of maritime issues is traditionally accorded considerable importance by the General Assembly.

The protocol would define specifically, the operations covered by the Convention and the categories of personnel to be accorded legal protection.

The importance accorded to State practice was a step towards enabling progress to be made in the study of the topic.

Permission to speak on the motion shall be accorded only to two representatives in favour of and to two opposing the division.

UNESCO has accorded special attention to South Eastern Europe in respect of promoting concrete dialogue related activities at the highest political levels.

In order to meet short term needs, early availability and certain technical skills had been accorded primary importance in the selection process.

It remains for the Commission to decide on the question of whether this class of treaty should be accorded a special status.

Sri Lanka accorded high priority to the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals, including target 7 on environmental sustainability.

Egypt accorded particular importance to crime prevention within the framework of its national policy to enhance stability and peace for all its people.