Improving safety on our roads became a top priority for the Government of Oman.

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 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.

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.

Combating the illegal drug economy should be a top priority for us all.

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.

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.

Education must also become our priority.

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

Children, however, must be our ultimate priority.

It is our hope that Member States will make that objective their top priority so that the necessary balance in the methods of work of the various bodies of the United Nations system can be undertaken.

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.

If we are not unanimous and united in that fighting terrorism is a top priority and that bearing the costs and overcoming practical and political obstacles are our shared burden, then we all shall face a much longer struggle to protect our citizens against terrorism.

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 we were up on top of our bunk beds.

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 problem is that hunger still persists on a vast scale so, our focus must now shift to ensuring universal access to adequate food. This should be a top priority for governments and a goal embraced by citizens everywhere.

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.

In our area, in furnishings, they're sort of way at the top.

We are literally going to sleep our way to the top, literally.

That should be our main priority I doubt if it is.

A priority concern for us is our close identity with Africa.

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.

We can see our way now, clear to the top of that mountain.

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.

For us the rescue of human life is and will be our top priority, so we are very sorry we will not be able to operate in the search and rescue zone at the moment, the organisation said in a statement on social media.

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.