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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Currently, since property prices in the UK are falling and outflow of capital starts occurring, keeping domestic economy and market system stable has been the top priority of the UK's new government.

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.

This suggests that China s new normal will be the government s top priority this year. But there remains considerable ambiguity as to what exactly the new normal entails or whether it has even been achieved.

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.

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.

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.

The third priority has been identified as training.

So far, neither America nor Europe has made these conflicts a top priority. Resolving these semi dormant wars requires stepped up political involvement, economic engagement, and a willingness to provide Western peacekeeping forces and monitors if and when they are needed.

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.

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.

UNDP has classified the Board's main recommendations as high priority and the remainder as either medium or low priority.

Since 2002, resettlement has been established as a priority.

This has been a strong priority for women workers.

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.

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.

In recent discussions about how to combat the virus, the methodical rigor of science and medicine has given way to hyperbolic politics and public hysteria. To be sure, informed, data driven public policy to manage the current outbreak must remain a top priority.