No, but they had a major impact.

The impact of HIV AIDS is of major concern.

Nevertheless, to have a major impact, they must be extended.

Emergencies have a major impact on income from cash appeals.

It's that it's the first time that it's having major economic impact.

SMEs have a major impact on the social situation of a country.

Checkpoints, closures and curfews had had a major impact on the Palestinian economy.

Trafficking, another pressing problem, had a major impact on both Myanmar and its neighbours.

Traffic accidents have a major economic impact on many families and thus on many national economies.

130. The institutions of civil society had a major impact in the country apos s capital.

ICTs are having a major impact on all aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life.

7. Of course, external factors such as sanctions have had a major impact on the FRY.

All of quality control, which has had a major impact on industrial processing, is underpinned by statistics.

Major emphasis continues to be placed on addressing the negative humanitarian impact of conflicts ravaging several countries in the subregion.

Australia launched a major new initiative to develop and test a gender impact assessment tool in its 2003 2004 budget.

Reduced demand during 1995 from St. Maarten, a major export destination, also had an impact on the fisheries subsector.14

A major Canadian initiative, which would have a significant impact on global resource management, land use and vegetation monitoring, was discussed.

This is not biologically determined but governed by social and cultural factors on which vocational training can have a major impact.

In this connection, the organization and training programmes have had a major impact on community development and the empowerment of women.

(c) Focus increasingly on strategic initiatives that are likely to have a major development impact on a large number of developing countries

The sarin gas attack in the Tokyo underground showed that a major psychological impact was possible even in the absence of mass casualties.

Another major challenge for the Department is to monitor and analyse the impact of its communications campaigns and press coverage of United Nations activities.

Those initiatives, in over 90 countries, have supported expanded coverage of high impact health and nutrition interventions to address major causes of child death.

Market deregulation and trade liberalization policies facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) and have a major impact on accelerating structural changes and concentration of industry.

The conference analysed the impact of the increasing trend of globalization on mega cities and major metropolitan centres, in particular in the developing world.

The form this will take and the degree to which it is successful will have a major impact on the country apos s future.

14. UNIFEM has focused on trade policies because of the major impact on women s livelihoods, and the comparative lack of available information and data.

Impacts from NEOs are now known to have had major effects on terrestrial planet evolution for example, the major impact of a meteor 65 million years ago is believed to have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Weather and the impact of major social or sporting events remain the biggest factors when it comes to sales in the out of home market.

Unsurprisingly, according to a recent report by the Turkish media, the US sanctions did not seem to have a major impact on Iran s oil exports.

I believe these reforms are long overdue and, if done properly, could have a major impact on modernizing the Organization and making it more responsive.

UNRWA states that only the major functional and business changes with Agency wide impact and or of a critical nature would need such a committee.

More than half of the world's population now lived in urban areas and their lifestyles and consumption patterns had a major impact on the environment.

More than half of the world's population now lived in urban areas and their lifestyles and consumption patterns had a major impact on the environment.

Although anti Semitism declined after 1982, there were some new incidents as a result of certain events that had a major impact in the media

Past experience has also shown that additional requirements due to the effects of currency fluctuation and inflation can have a major impact on the budget.

Efforts to strengthen the quality of evaluations are making an impact, as seen in the regional reports on major evaluations presented to to the Executive Board.

As a few countries emerge as major economic superpowers and important trade partners, such as China and India, the impact across developing countries may be uneven.

30. Personnel costs account for a major portion of peacekeeping operation budgets and as such have a significant impact on budget implementation as well as formulation.

1355. The Committee was informed about the current process of restructuring the Centre for Human Rights and its major impact on the servicing of the Committee.

226. The Committee was informed about the current process of restructuring the Centre for Human Rights and of its major impact on the servicing of the Committee.

The inequities of apartheid with regard to race, class and region have a major impact on the quality of law enforcement with regard to violence against women.

The resources available for those purposes were of course very limited, a factor which placed a major constraint on the positive impact of activities at the country level.

The speed of urban growth, coupled with increasing income disparities, has had a major impact on the structure and functions of social institutions, including education and the family.

The major challenge was to manage the unequal impact of globalization and create conditions permitting all nations to benefit from it and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).