Elections are a top priority but not a panacea.

4 (b)), UNDP management will give top priority to ensuring the performance of monthly bank reconciliations at the country offices and headquarters in the new biennium.

The Sudan remains a top priority for the United States.

This is a top priority issue for another 17 regions.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A top priority is to get the Peacebuilding Commission established by the end of the year, so that the international community is able to give those African States emerging from conflict the support they deserve.

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.

It would also give priority to strengthening of health systems.

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

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.

In addressing these issues, the intersecretariat working group will give priority to

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

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

So, let me just give you, very quickly, 10 top targets for wireless medicine.

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.

any other matter to which the Conference of the Parties may give special priority.

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.

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.

Give priority to capacity development requests, including training support for mid career professionals in key sectors.

The international community must give priority to implementing the Almaty Programme of Action adopted in 2003.

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.

At the same time, the Committee will continue to give priority to work in the following areas

Negotiators at the Hong Kong meeting should give the problems imposed by accession the priority they deserved.

The plight of women in rural areas, conflict situations and territories under foreign occupation, and the situation of migrant and trafficked women must be given top priority.

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.

Since security in Europe is linked to security in the Mediterranean, the Conference gives top priority to implementation of the nuclear non proliferation regime in that region.

We have, however, given top priority to combating the pandemic, as well as other communicable diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis, that are decimating our productive populations.

Transboundary pollution issues are among the top priority concerns in 20 of the subregions, the most prevalent sources of pollution are agricultural runoff and industrial and municipal discharges, while unsustainable use of freshwater and living resources also score high on the priority list.