Those who voted affirmatively were only a tiny minority. Many were uncertain.

In a minority of these, UNHCR determined status only for resettlement purposes.

As a result, the resolution enjoys the support of only a minority of Member States.

That might produce an Organization in which only a minority of States could vote.

During the decade, women have been involved in this type of organization only on a minority basis.

But let us not mislead ourselves this is a challenge for all of Kosovo, and not only for a minority.

(a) Jewish minority

He only works for a minority group and does not possess strong roots with the people of East Timor.

He explained that the existence of the minority was not denied, but rather that it was misleading to identify the Muslim minority as being only Turkish.

If social protections are available only to the urban minority, and lack of access overall translates into a practical lack of rights, development can only be a relative term.

Some of those minorities have started to realize their educational rights only recently (the German minority in 1991, after the ratification of The Good Neighbourhood and Friendly Cooperation Treaty with Germany the Romany minority, as a pilot experiment, since 1992 the Jewish minority since 1994).

In the period 1975 1985, the global economy grew by 40 per cent but only a minority of countries benefited.

As a result, it had enjoyed the support of only a minority of Member States, casting doubt on its value as a political declaration.

As those figures indicated, Croatia was the only areas of the former Yugoslavia that received a significant number of minority returnees.

Only a minority of the allegations that were communicated to the Special Rapporteur met basic standards of accuracy and good faith.

However, honeybees are a minority.

It's not a minority theory.

The minority groups in Paraguay needed not only individuals to represent them but also increased autonomy.

Covered wagons were not cheap. Even in the first post WWII generation, only a minority of Americans a largely white, male minority found well paying stable jobs at large, unionized, capital intensive manufacturing companies like GM, GE, or AT T.

A parallel event on Minority Rights and NHRIs was organized by the NI and Minority Units, including minority fellows, during the sixteenth session of ICC.

If this is an ocean planet and we only have a small minority of this planet, it just interferes with a lot of what humanity thinks.

Minority group identity requires not only tolerance but a positive attitude towards cultural pluralism on the part of the State and the larger society.

Yet the economic and social progress of the past half century had been lopsided and exclusionary, with only a minority of countries attaining affluence.

It's a minority report, but very welcome.

Recommends the continued operation of the Minority Fellowship Programme and the further preparation of a minority profile and matrix

The policy sought to promote OFDI only in the form of joint ventures (JVs) with minority Indian ownership participation.

That means that us terrestrials occupy a minority.

Children belonging to a minority or indigenous group

On the other hand, a strong minority favoured the adoption of a selective approach which would permit States to accept obligations only in relation to a specified range of rights.

Minority prisoners

Minority party

Minority rights

In his opinion, that was rather an extreme view, and he was gratified to know that only a tiny minority of States appeared to share it.

But Europe still has a long way to go, which is apparent from the fact that only a minority of European citizens followed the campaign. A supra national political space can develop only if European politics gains visibility, influence, and credibility.

While imposing no conditions on the design of the minority flags or their use at private occasions, the laws hold that minority flags must be smaller in size than the State flag of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and may be displayed only on national holidays at local self governed municipalities where a national minority makes up a majority of the municipal population.

Others apparently a minority have ruled to the contrary.

Only one minority community member is licensed to certify vehicular roadworthiness, making it very difficult for minorities to renew car registrations.

45. Religious extremism, although existing only in small minority groups in Germany, must be treated with appropriate vigilance by the authorities.

Those who hold militant views are a small minority, and those who act on those militant views are an even smaller minority.

Europe s Squandered Minority

Libya s Jihadist Minority

National minority languages

VI. MINORITY RIGHTS

(b) Muslim minority

Also relevant will be whether it is a long established minority or a new minority composed of recent immigrants, whether or not they have obtained citizenship.