As observed in previous reports, the overwhelming majority of the victims are civilians.

The overwhelming majority of citizens detained in Haitian prisons have not been accorded due process.

But it is the firm belief of our delegation that the overwhelming majority of Ivorians do.

What is important is that we find a common denominator among the overwhelming majority of Member countries.

Civilizations end. The overwhelming majority of all species and all civilizations that have ever existed are now history.

The overwhelming majority of scientists now agree that human activity is having a significant impact on the climate.

The fact finding mission concluded that the overwhelming majority of settlers are displaced persons from various parts of Azerbaijan.

The overwhelming majority had been killed while sleeping in their homes, playing in the street or sitting in their classrooms.

The position of Bulgaria and of the overwhelming majority of the members of the Eastern European regional Group is well known.

The major contributory factor in achieving its objective was that the overwhelming majority of primary and secondary schools provided free education.

They constitute an overwhelming majority in this House. They represent not just the voice that too but the aspirations of teeming billions.

Indeed, during the general debate, an overwhelming majority of States referred to their frustration over the untenable stagnation at the Conference on Disarmament.

Thus, the overwhelming majority has come to Lachin from various parts of Azerbaijan, mostly after years of living in temporary shelters in Armenia.

I know that the overwhelming majority of countries represented in this historic room are as impatient as the Canadian delegation to resume important work.

For quite some time now an overwhelming majority of Member States if not all have supported General Assembly resolutions on the convening of SSOD IV.

The overwhelming majority of the people in Côte d'Ivoire want peace and want to continue their lives without constant fear of what tomorrow may bring.

The FFM has concluded that the overwhelming majority of settlers are displaced persons from various parts of Azerbaijan, notably from Goranboy, Chaikent, Sumgayit and Baku.

As we have all witnessed at the current session of the General Assembly, an overwhelming majority shares a sense of urgency for reforming the Security Council.

Because developing countries are home to the overwhelming majority of sea turtle populations, for example, these countries have the most to gain from protecting the species.

Until that happens, the children the overwhelming majority of them Palestinian will continue to suffer. How long will the rest of the world look the other way?

Asia, in particular China and South East Asian countries, accounted for the overwhelming majority of manufacturing, commerce and real estate investments from Singapore in 1996 (figure 1).

Although renewed registrations in the overwhelming majority of such camps and gatherings have been conducted without incident, the situation in and around Geneina (West Darfur) remains unresolved.

They do, however, provide a certain degree of financial flexibility. However, the overwhelming majority of women do not have access to bank loans because they cannot provide collateral.

The overwhelming majority of houses are destroyed, and throughout the area on average no more than ten percent of the houses and lots have been reconstructed for current use.

The overwhelming majority of reporting States acknowledges the value of the Consolidated List as the basis of the sanctions, and all claim to have incorporated it into their legal systems.

I believe negotiations should resume on the basis of the detailed language developed in the lead up to the summit, which enjoyed the support of the overwhelming majority of Member States.

While the overwhelming majority of non nuclear weapon States complied with their obligations under the Treaty, there had been alarming cases of proliferation and non compliance, and progress in disarmament remained elusive.

On the contrary, what we have seen is a dangerous process in which oligarchies are being built, where a small group of countries usurp the right to take decisions without taking into account the vast majority of countries that ultimately represent the overwhelming majority of the global population.

14. Reaffirms that agriculture remains a fundamental and key sector for the overwhelming majority of developing countries, and stresses the importance of a successful conclusion of the Doha work programme in this regard

Israel has traditionally strived to forge alliances with the region s minorities Kurds, Persians, Maronites, and others. Now is the time for a major shift to an alliance with the region s overwhelming Sunni majority.

The evidence established that the overwhelming majority of persons affected i.e. whose benefits have been terminated are women, and most of those are single mothers, one of the most disadvantaged groups in Canada.

The legal instruments for cultural diversity have just been enriched today by UNESCO's adoption, by an overwhelming majority, of the Convention on Cultural Diversity, which removes culture from the rules of international trade.

Doing so would make the Organization truly responsive to the repeatedly articulated demands of the overwhelming majority of our peoples across the world, who have time and again rejected war, intervention and imposition.

It seems overwhelming.

Despite the NPT's shortcomings, the overwhelming majority of non nuclear states fully comply with their Treaty obligations. This constrains the number of nuclear weapon states, thus fulfilling one of the NPT's most important goals.

In May 2005 the Russian Federation offered to prepay at par 15 billion of its debt an overwhelming majority of creditors have indicated their acceptance, and payments are expected to end in August 2005.

The reporting period (July 2004 to June 2005) was dominated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, which accounted for the overwhelming majority of recorded deaths, although for only a small percentage of the persons affected.

While the overwhelming majority of citizens are convinced that further armed conflict in the region is unlikely, the public s mood with the exception of Kosovars and Albanians is pessimistic. The future promises peace without development.

The fact that an overwhelming majority of Member States 166 countries in all called for Security Council reform during the previous session of the General Assembly is a testament to the urgent need for reform.

Back then, Mao s Cultural Revolution had forced large numbers of his revolutionary comrades onto a reformist path. In today s China, the overwhelming majority of bureaucrats like the status quo and have enough resources to protect themselves.

While the non proliferation regime had been strictly observed by the overwhelming majority of the more than 180 non nuclear weapon States, disarmament had not received the same level of emphasis by the nuclear weapon States.

The aggregate numbers are overwhelming.

The response has been overwhelming.

It is essential to bear in mind that the vast majority of the populations in the developing countries, in fact an overwhelming proportion of them in the poorest countries, depend on the agricultural sector for their livelihood.

In the First Committee, the overwhelming majority of speakers supported the strengthening of existing multilateral agreements the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention and their universalization.