A backdrop!

Wouldn't a wellcrafted backdrop have been better?

Against such a backdrop we can wait no longer.

A constant backdrop has been the situation in Iraq.

Against that backdrop, I have two questions for the Minister.

Against that backdrop, I should like to focus here on three issues.

This is the backdrop of the challenges we as an organization face.

These developments, albeit positive, should be considered against the backdrop of lesser accomplishments.

Against that backdrop, the least developed countries are prepared to make their contribution.

All of this is happening against the backdrop of increasing experimentation with drugs.

President Urusemal We gather this year against the backdrop of many recent natural disasters.

1. With a firm national commitment against a backdrop of powerful worldwide trends towards globalization.

Bitawi s sermon was held against the backdrop of heavy border police and police force deployment.

This is a picture of Titan, backlit by the Sun, with the rings as a beautiful backdrop.

Against a backdrop of generally tighter migration regulation during the reporting period, more encouraging developments were noted.

Against this backdrop, the full, immediate and unconditional implementation of article VI of the Treaty is fundamental.

26. Against the backdrop of increasing globalization, economic success was closely linked to industrial and technological competitiveness.

A pattern of ill tratment and arbitrary arrest occurs against a backdrop of systematic discrimination against Aborigines.

This was also the backdrop for the large scale massacres committed in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

Industry insiders believe that against the general backdrop of consumption upgrading, more Hema type stores will be opened in 2018.

And all of this is played out against the backdrop of transient pack ice that moves with wind and tide.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

This fifty second session of the General Assembly takes place against the backdrop of transition and transformation in the world.

This progressive trend has been taking place against the backdrop of explosive growth in world trade and private investment flows.

The light enclosure can be lifted separate to the acoustic enclosure, so you can do Beckett with Dallas as the backdrop.

Against that backdrop, we in the Gambia are unreservedly committed to the realization of a peaceful, stable and conflict free Africa.

Against such a horrifying backdrop, apprehending and trying those three senior level accused is the very least that we can do.

Against this dismal backdrop, the urgency of consolidating the requisite conditions for durable peace and development throughout Africa cannot be overemphasized.

The dialogue started in a climate of mistrust and scepticism among the participants, against a backdrop of protests in the streets.

These case studies will examine country specific productivity experience and provide an interpretation against the backdrop of these countries' overall growth performance.

He said that there was an urgent need to promote respect for cultural diversity and different religions against the backdrop of globalization.

The Doha negotiations have been taking place against the backdrop of trade's increasing role in and contribution to economic growth and development.

So they're either just truly monster El Ninos, or they're just very strong El Ninos that occurred against a backdrop of global warming.

But you also have the ability to allow the audience to see Dallas, to perform with Dallas as the backdrop of your performance.

Without prejudice to the results of the investigation, it is obvious that this atmosphere provided the backdrop for the assassination of Mr. Hariri.

This ability of nomads to adapt to nature's whims has a heightened validity today against the backdrop of current environmental threats and challenges.

Against this backdrop, the issue of promoting longer term development in countries emerging from conflict, particularly in Africa, needs to be given serious consideration.

Against the backdrop of recent economic and financial developments in Africa, the report analyses the trends in resource flows, as well as the prospects.

Against this backdrop we need to forge strategic partnerships within the United Nations system that build on complementarities while reducing overlaps between the different actors.

Against that backdrop, my delegation considers it nothing short of preposterous for the North Korean delegation to question the human rights situation of another State.

84. Against that backdrop, the international community needed to assess the role it expected the United Nations to play under the prevailing international economic conditions.

It is against that grim backdrop, therefore, that we must consider the recommendations contained in the Secretary General's report and undertake a vigorous process of assessment.

We are discussing the issue of nuclear weapons today against the backdrop of our successive failures over the past couple of years, and particularly in 2005.

Against this backdrop, physical infrastructure in Africa is in need of rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion in order to compensate for many years of neglect and poor maintenance.

Against the backdrop of the challenges and difficulties in obtaining information in the field, the Monitoring Group adapted its standards of evidence to suit the Somali context.