Last but certainly not least there is evident and decisive Afghan ownership.

There was an obvious demonstrable link between respect for indigenous characteristics and respect for indigenous institutions and a clear link between article 21 and article 8.

The experience of perestroika underscores the importance of this question.

The importance of the 1988 Convention was prominently featured in media outreach activities and interviews with Board members.

This is an indication of the importance of agriculture to this region.

It proved the importance of water as a globally irreplaceable resource.

The significant growth that has taken place in inter firm alliances is particularly notable in the area of information technology (IT).

The importance of telecommunications to trade is becoming more evident as the various trade related services come to rely more and more on this means of communication.

This is clear evidence of the great importance of the issue.

For both males and females life expectancy has increased appreciably.

Stressing also the importance of a sound enabling environment for effective debt management,

Spirulina was important in terms of food safety, and had a tangible economic impact.

That situation underscores the importance and urgency of ensuring security and ending violence.

As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it's ever been before.

Recent events in eastern Zaire further underscored the extent of the problem.

This brief historical overview shows the importance of agriculture in Haiti.

The percentage of overweight respondents, particularly those who were obese, shows a statistically significant increase over the years.

The importance of preservation of indigenous languages should be better reflected in the guidelines.

The report indicates significant progress on major rehabilitation schemes and reconstruction, in which now more than 20 countries and a score of international organizations participate.

We believe that these meetings represent important opportunities to advance, in a tangible manner, the aims of those key agreements.

Distinguishing?

That conclusion underscored the importance of the work of the Special Committee.

18. In Rwanda, the rapid and massive return of people has increased dramatically the reintegration and rehabilitation needs of the country.

This has been most visible in the series of world summits and conferences held in the first half of the 1990s.

The term was understood to refer to something more than detectable , but did not need to be serious or substantial .

33. The observer for Indigenous Initiative for Peace also reiterated the importance of adopting the draft without changes.

CBD contains a number of provisions of particular importance to indigenous peoples.

Importantly it should also be recognised that marked improvements in reliability cannot be delivered from improved production processes alone, but would necessarily have to come from significant changes in the base technologies used in EO.

Eminently intersectoral (cutting across conventional sectional boundaries) and

Core resources now need to be significantly increased given the focus on implementation and accountability emerging from the 10 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

We recognize the importance of multilateralism and in particular the notable role played by the United Nations in the area of nuclear disarmament and nuclear non proliferation and we reiterate our commitment to adopting measures to strengthen that role.

3. The signal strength and fundamental characteristics of operational activities for development, which were reaffirmed by Member States as recently as December 1997 in General Assembly resolution 52 203, are their universal, voluntary and grant nature, their neutrality and their multilateralism.

The respective shares of households headed by women and those headed by men did not vary significantly between 1998 and 2001, according to official figures.

The importance of promoting physical education and sport among indigenous youth has been noted on many occasions.

Obviously experimentation is very important.

Some of them show greater variability.

There had been a considerable narrowing of differences and the number of controversial points significantly reduced.

Recognizing the importance of involving indigenous people and their organizations in the consideration of the possible establishment of a permanent forum, and acknowledging the important role of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in this respect,

Highly significant relationship.

Issues for consideration of the Committee

Most notably, the Iraqi people met another critical milestone by submitting a draft Constitution for referendum.

An important development was the successive important decreases in interest rates, which in the short term (six to nine months) should have an effect on stimulating the economy, particularly the productive sectors.

And then you get that wonderful effect when we got female literacy one generation later.

Government efforts to eliminate female illiteracy and to reduce the school dropout rate have had some notable successes.

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