It is at the same time convinced that, if the commission is to have a temporal jurisdiction spanning more than four decades, its nature as a judicial commission of inquiry must change.

over the period spanning January 1999 through January 2004

This will be a long and arduous task, spanning months and years.

The process of Security Council reform has been long and arduous, spanning some 12 plus years.

The landmark Agreement aimed to complete 141,000 km of standardized roadways spanning 32 Asian countries with linkages to Europe.

So you had social complexity spanning the whole continent, even if no polity did similarly. Today, you've got nation states.

The achievements of those zones should contribute towards the ultimate goal of NPT a nuclear weapon free zone spanning the entire globe.

Such a project would represent a paradigm shift in vaccine development. The current process is long (often spanning decades from concept to licensure), has a low probability of success (because of the limitations of animal models in predicting immune response and efficacy in humans), and is costly (often requiring hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a single vaccine).

So we assembled a team of experts, spanning Harvard, MIT, The American Heritage Dictionary, The Encyclopedia Britannica and even our proud sponsors, the Google.

Noting that the Babri Mosque with its history spanning five Centuries was the object of veneration and respect of Muslims all over the world

A bridge spanning the Indian Ocean, connecting the continents of Asia and Africa, is now being built through the New Asia Africa Strategic Partnership (NAASP).

Two Decades from Warsaw

For 56 years, more than 4 million Palestinian refugees, spanning at least three generations, had suffered the destruction of their homes, their land and their livelihoods.

At the same time, many commissions and committees anticipated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, spanning areas like human rights and the civil service, remain to be created.

UNEP is engaged in a number of activities aimed at accelerating the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy, spanning the areas of policy, finance and capacity building.

It was felt among the mission's Haitian interlocutors that, for such a dialogue to be successful, deep and inclusive participation spanning the political landscape was an essential requirement.

The project s activities increased the professionalism of local human resources, allowing for a local pool of qualified technical personnel which is capable of spanning the periods of government.

The Chief Inspector General of the Haitian National Police, Me Eucher Luc Joseph has since submitted an evaluation of operations spanning the period from November 1995 to December 1997.

And it went on for decades.

The illicit drug trade, spanning the borders of consumer, producer and transit countries, exposes local populations to illicit drugs all along the production chain throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Again, Bandura recognized this years ago, decades ago.

In recent decades, cooperatives have demonstrated great vigour.

It served the world well for many decades.

The United Nations six decades later must change.

Again, Bandura recognized this years ago, decades ago.

It's been known for decades what causes this malignancy.

Chileans have been building with confined masonry for decades.

Syria has suffered the scourge of terrorism for decades.

Alas, Israel ignored that resolution for over two decades.

These emissions may be significant when summed over decades.

The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network came into force in July 2005, setting standards for a 141,000 kilometre network of roads spanning 32 countries and stretching from Asia's Pacific coasts to Europe.

The satellite is box shaped with the dimensions 163 cm x 132 cm x 99 cm with solar arrays spanning 15.45 m and a reflector with a diameter of 1.52 m x 1.83 m.

Tencent Financial News on January 18, the USD to RMB middle prices is registered at 6.4401, a depreciation of 66 basis points compared with the last trading day, ending the rise spanning five consecutive days.

As detailed in Canada's Fourth Report on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, housing in Canada is governed by an extensive framework of legislation, policy and practice spanning all levels of government.

Liberia had been torn apart by civil strife for decades.

Look a decade ago, look two decades ago markedly different.

But in the last few decades that has totally changed.

These figures have fallen dramatically over the past several decades.

Poverty alleviation efforts were undertaken for more than three decades.

The reform agenda has been with us for decades now.

A solution to this decades old conflict has proved elusive.

The banning of anti personnel mines cannot wait for decades.

Several business organizations have been in existence for many decades.

This has been particularly true during periods of elections or referenda, when the media assume a crucial role in providing fair and balanced information on the issues at stake and the views spanning the entire political spectrum.

This is a typewriter, a staple of every desktop for decades.