Migration and remittances constituted another area of growing importance on the global agenda.

Outer space was of growing importance to improvement of the quality of life.

Stressing the growing importance of the symbiotic relationship between disarmament and development in current international relations,

Noting the growing socio economic importance of tourism all over the world, especially in developing countries,

The Council reiterates the importance of curbing the growing risks of instability along some border areas.

Declining confidence in the institution is matched by a growing belief in the importance of effective multilateralism.

There is a growing international consensus on the importance of post conflict peacebuilding and the need for its consolidation.

The growing importance of the regional dimension of humanitarian crises has also affected the Security Council in its conduct of work.

This issue is of growing importance for the region, particularly through its effects in relation to outsourcing and global supply chains.

This issue is assuming growing importance within the UNCCD process, especially since several countries have reached the stage of implementing their NAPs.

There is clearly a growing awareness among Singapore enterprises of the importance of competing in the global economy through direct presence in host countries.

Our main reasons are the following firstly, outer space is the common heritage of mankind, and its importance is growing with every passing day.

In the light of the growing risks to the personnel concerned, Japan attached great importance to the expanded legal protection that a protocol would offer.

Changes in the geographical patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI) show the growing importance of developing countries as both host countries and home countries for FDI.

Given Southeast Asia s growing economic importance, the implications of this trend could not be weightier. The ASEAN countries combined annual GDP is already 2.4 trillion and growing fast, owing to their rapidly expanding middle class, highly skilled workers, and increasingly upscale markets.

Over the last two decades, the services economy in all countries has gained in importance and contributed a growing share to gross domestic product (GDP) and employment.

Agro based industries are of prime importance to developing countries in general, and LDCs in particular, as a means of providing their fast growing populations with sustainable livelihoods.

But this is, at best, a partial view that obscures as much as it reveals. In particular, it misses the crucial and growing importance of regional politics and institutions.

It is also an encouraging indication of a growing recognition of the importance of youth participation in the implementation and evaluation of the World Programme of Action for Youth.

79. Welcomes the growing importance of South South cooperation and its adoption as a driver of development effectiveness within the multi year funding framework of the United Nations Development Programme

With the growing importance of businesses as the principal agents of trade and investment, their role in demonstrating corporate social responsibility is only just beginning to emerge within the region.

The global reach of the Internet, the growing sophistication of the banking sector and other advances in technology have dramatically reduced the importance to organized criminal groups of physical boundaries.

Grant based contributions originating from the private sector and civil society (including charitable foundations, corporations, specialized research institutions and other types of non governmental organizations) are acquiring a growing importance.

In the light of the growing threat posed by terrorists, the efforts to curb the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of their delivery systems have acquired particular importance.

As is shown by the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, there is a growing awareness of the importance of the oceans and the seas for land based ecosystems.

Cat bonds have been growing in importance in recent years. According to estimates by Lane Financial, there were 1.8 billion worth of cat bonds issued in the year April 2004 March 2005.

Fifth, the Youth Unit could be strengthened and possibly expanding, to give due attention to the growing importance of issues related to youth and their participation in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

The human population is growing very rapidly and is growing exponentially.

The second Achilles' heel is complexity a growing fragility, a growing brittleness.

In spite of the growing importance of foreign private flows to the developing countries, official development assistance continues to retain critical importance as a source of development finance for many of them, especially the countries of sub Saharan Africa, the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries and the small island developing States.

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With its large populations and fast growing economies, it is difficult to exaggerate the region s economic importance. American companies export more than 300 billion in goods and services to countries in the region each year.

The same is true of Turkey, with its robust banking sector, thriving domestic market, growing importance to Middle East and energy politics, NATO membership, European Union membership bid, and ties to ethnic cousins across Central Asia.

Ominous examples of the rising importance of the military in Latin American political affairs include the reinforcement of Plan Colombia and implementation of the Merida Initiative in Mexico and Central America, the reestablishment of the American Navy s IV Fleet (deactivated in 1950), and the growing importance of the Southern Military Command in US foreign policy in the region.

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China s Growing Growth Risks

The population is growing.

Industry was growing quickly.

That role is growing.

With China s growing importance in the world order, it needs to be given space to forge its own approach to global economic leadership. Frankly, a relatively small infrastructure bank seems as good a place as any to start.

Despite the emergence of increasing numbers of migrant women workers and the growing importance of remittances for the economies of many families in developing countries, very little systematic research has been conducted on the gender dimensions of remittances.

Recognizing the growing importance of information technologies for the promotion of socio economic development and the provision of essential goods and services, the conduct of business and the exchange of information for Governments, businesses, other organizations and individual users,

But to point to Asia s growing importance says nothing about its character. There can be two, very different Asian centuries, and the one that emerges will have profound consequences for the region s peoples and governments and for the world.