(a) damage means significant damage caused to persons, property or the environment and includes

No significant damage or injury has been reported.

Costs and economic damage

This has often led to significant cargo losses and damage.

For the purpose of the draft principles, damage had to be significant .

Thus 900,000 people either have died or have significant damage to their heart muscle.

To impose strict liability in respect of all significant damage therefore seemed very sweeping.

The violence resulted in a significant number of deaths, arson and damage to property.

The economic and physical damage was also immense.

The determination of significant damage would involve factual and objective criteria and a value determination.

Significant damage could be interpreted to mean damage wherein repairs amount to 10 per cent or more of the generic fair market value of the equipment item.

But they will do global economic damage, because they don't have to hit, necessarily, to do this kind of damage.

But they will do global economic damage, because they don't have to hit, necessarily, to do this kind of damage.

Visible, near infrared and short wave infrared images had shown significant environmental damage as a result of deforestation.

Palestinian water networks in the occupied Palestinian territory sustained significant damage due to the Israeli army's military activities.

Late last year we experienced devastation from a series of earthquakes which inflicted significant damage on our fragile infrastructure.

Economic participation allowing full and significant economic participation, offering economic opportunities to a maximum number of people

In the light of such factors, one speaker suggested that economic and financial crimes constituted a global challenge that was as significant as any other, including terrorism, and that such crimes might cause even greater damage.

In economic terms, environmental damage in Serbia and Montenegro cost as much as 2 billion annually and required intensified efforts to offset the damage.

(b) With the intent to cause substantial damage to property where such damage results in or is likely to result in major economic loss.

The view was also expressed that the definition of significant damage should be elaborated further to take into account the differences in political, social economic and security realities among States and regions which might connote that what is significant in one State or region might not necessarily be so in another.

Some delegations noted that the threshold of significant in the definition of damage was unnecessary and not consistent with several liability regimes.

The intensification of rice production with inefficient application of pesticides has caused significant damage to agro biodiversity and resulted in environmental pollution.

A number of instruments had also referred to significant , serious or substantial harm or damage as the threshold for a legal claim.

6. In Iraq, over 4 million citizens, mostly children under the age of five, were suffering from significant mental and physical damage.

Growth in mobile telephony can have significant implications for economic development.

204. Significant differences exist between geographic areas and socio economic groups.

Objects of intermediate size can cause significant damage when they hit the Earth at random intervals of tens, hundreds or thousands of years.

Yemen viewed the issue with particular concern, for it had suffered significant loss of life and material damage as a result of terrorism.

Economic and infrastructure development was also significant, with an upsurge in tourism.

According to Iraq, even in areas of significant damage, complete recovery could be expected within five years, if the pressure of overgrazing was removed.

Bearing in mind that landmines cause death, maiming and psychological damage and have economic and environmental effects,

China's sustained economic development has also brought significant developments in its road construction.

Significant disparities in socio economic indicators evidencing a pattern of serious racial discrimination.

The United Nations reported three significant socio economic trends that emerged in 2005.

(a) The significant impact of economic and financial crimes, particularly in developing countries

A threat to kill, causing health damage or causing significant damage to or destroying property, if there is reason to fear the realisation of such a threat, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to one year of imprisonment.

Not only did the smaller rural hospitals suffer damage to property and equipment, but also the Federation apos s main hospital, the Joseph N. France General, lost a significant portion of its roof, and damage to equipment and stocks is considerable.

70. The objective of the terrorist groups is to cause the greatest possible economic damage in order to paralyse the country apos s economic activities.

Then, on 11 May, a Katyusha rocket fired from the vicinity of Naqoura in Lebanon landed in the Israeli town of Shelomi, causing significant property damage.

Despite the significant achievements and economic development, the polarisation of society continues in Latvia.

The year before, significant progress had been made in implementing its economic reform programme.

This approach requires energy and economic data sufficient to perform a statistically significant regression.

Of those 195 townships, 51 sustained partial damage, 30 sustained considerable damage, 17 sustained major damage and a further 17 sustained catastrophic damage.

Obviously, natural disasters have done great damage to socio economic development, as well as to infrastructure and the environment.