Recent events had given special urgency to the draft Convention.

Those are considerable achievements, given the realities of the recent past.

(l) The recent shelter given by the Sudan to new groups of refugees

The recent shortage of coffee has given rise to a lot of problems.

The most recent comprehensive data for ETS VI are also given in the annex.

Given recent technological developments, the possibility that space weapons could be deployed looms ever closer.

Examples of recent progress made and future directions in specific activities are given below.

Given recent developments, it is particularly appropriate to take stock of the road we Iraqis have traversed.

The timing of a project to develop such guidelines is ripe given the recent completion of the Legislative Guide.

The impact of armed conflict on children has, fortunately, been given greater attention by the international community in recent years.

38. Two public lectures were given by visiting experts one on the recent revolution in Thai criminal justice and the other on recent Canadian experience with a legislative initiative on gun control.

To some extent, the recent prominence given to those operations is donor driven the responsibility on the donors is subsequently heavy.

Burundi had recently emerged from a protracted period of civil war, but recent elections had given the country democratic institutions.

Mr. Artucio Rodríguez (Uruguay) said that his Government had given increasing attention to the country's indigenous population in recent years.

The recent prominence given to microcredit owes much to the success of a relatively few microcredit programmes and their increasing scale.

The prominence given to the matter reflects the recent success of small scale lending programmes such as the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh.

Recent events on the political scene there have given fresh hope to the people of that country that peace will be restored.

Rightly, special attention has also been given to this issue in the recent report of the Secretary General entitled In Larger Freedom .

Given the recent succession of major disasters, his country wished to share its long experience in disaster management with other countries.

Such lessons remained as relevant today as they had ever been, given the many examples of international terrorism in recent years.

In recent years the tendency is to encourage citizens to choose freely their doctors and dentists within a given medical establishment.

It is grateful to it for having given shelter to several hundreds of thousands of refugees in recent years.

The Commission was given a recent example of well organized patterns and practices involving fraud and identity theft, through the abuse of the Internet, to fraudulently divert donations given in good faith for humanitarian assistance.

We also welcome the encouraging statements by the Presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation given at their recent meeting in Helsinki.

It was also emphasized that the recent financial crisis should be given priority attention in subprogramme 15.2, Development research and policy analysis.

In more recent times, however, traditional political systems have gone into decline, and this has given rise to divisive behaviour.

The example was given of the recent agreement among the heads of Governments of Pacific Forum countries to achieve harmonization of extradition laws within the region.

The international community has given much attention to recent cases of proliferation concern, sometimes seeking new approaches, and always devoting significant resources to the task.

In fact, given the quantum leap worsening in the epidemic in recent years, the gap between need and action remains enormously wide and may even grow.

Given the recent date of my election, this report primarily represents the achievements and progress of the Tribunal under the leadership of my predecessor, Judge Theodor Meron.

Nothing could be more relevant given that we have witnessed in recent months the devastating effects of these phenomena, which are increasingly difficult to mitigate.

Given my recent election, on 16 November, this report primarily reflects the achievements and progress of the Tribunal under the leadership of my predecessor, Judge Theodor Meron.

Given the recent trend towards dialogue and cooperation, Israel should reconsider its 37 year policy of denying members of the Special Committee access to the occupied territories.

Those concerns explain the attention given in recent years to measures aimed at enhancing the policymaking capacity and the service delivery capacities of public administration systems worldwide.

Given the conclusions made by the Secretary General after a review of all the recent developments, Timor Leste has not yet reached the critical threshold of self sufficiency.

With regard to UNCTAD apos s work, a recent important activity relates to the support given to the newly independent Central Asian republics, also with UNDP funding.

And given the experience we have had in the recent past, the CD can handle effectively one ad hoc committee at a time and perhaps two at most.

Mr. Nsanze (Burundi) said that, given recent developments, the human rights situation in Burundi was more favourable than its portrayal in the Independent Expert's report (A 60 354).

Recent history has given us graphic evidence of what would happen if we do. But any solution in Afghanistan depends on eliminating its opium.

Even registration exercises have given rise in recent months to conflictual situations, putting staff and other humanitarian workers' safety at risk and necessitating the evacuation of staff.

International policies in recent years had given rise to certain types of terrorist acts, including the events of 11 September 2001 and those in Beslan, in the Russian Federation.

In efforts to address the adverse social effects of economic reforms, special consideration must be given to the programmes of action adopted in recent years by United Nations conferences.

Ms. Šimonović said that, given Gabon's recent ratification of the Optional Protocol, women in Gabon would have an additional tool to challenge the implementation of the Convention at the national level.

9. Rail traffic. In recent years, greater attention has been given to rehabilitating the rail network and to purchasing additional rolling stock and equipment in the various regions and subregions.

4. Rail traffic Greater attention has been given to rehabilitating the rail network and to purchasing additional rolling stock and equipment in the various regions and subregions in recent years.