However the number is estimated to be very low.

Only a very small number of juveniles are sentenced to imprisonment and chiefly for extremely serious crimes.

It doesn't take much.

There are very, very few people who don't know now about what is happening in the Arctic.

It's a language very few are permitted to speak.

In global terms, it's a little bit of money.

Bandrika is one of Europe's few undiscovered corners.

You're one of the few people in a position to really swing the debate.

There is a very small, very rich class (frequently described as feudal) from which most of the political elite come, and a large majority of very poor people, with a relatively small middle class in between.

Most of the sites are simple, primitive sites with few if any environmental safeguards.

It seemed that a small number of States were very active in the field, while most implemented their legislation with respect to extradition much less frequently.

With very few exceptions, little has been done by countries to introduce early warning systems.

7. There are few medical professionals in Afghanistan and a very small number of female professionals.

Reductions in breeding populations of three seabird species in one Subantarctic island were recorded.

First, the amount of genetic material found in a sample might be minute.

However, as decision making was primarily based on majority rule, minorities would only have a slight chance of having their needs met.

The rare exceptions are requests from the Commission that have been left in abeyance.

The Secretary General The past quarter century has seen a most dramatic reduction in extreme poverty.

Out of the total number of medical and educational workers, a negligibly small portion are men.

The issue appears to be a serious problem for a very limited number of States.

The active participation of minorities in political debate and decision making is vital to avoid a situation in which democracy degenerates into a tyranny of the majority.

Few countries have given the training of bilingual indigenous teachers the priority it merits.

So far, investigations have been carried out in very few cases of reported human rights violations.

The reduced number of detained persons represents, for the first time, a positive development in the detention situation.

The continuing growth in the number of non governmental organizations, including associations of minorities, is also viewed positively.

Very few Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits luxury carriages still exist.

Our traditional societal heroes are wrong, because they are the exceptions.

237. Great concern is expressed regarding the situation of the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo.

The social structure of the Danish minority very much resembles the German community apos s structure.

The number of militant rightist extremists, at approximately 5,400, was down slightly on the 1993 figure of 5,600.

Indeed, liberalization had created untold wealth, although it had concentrated that wealth in a very few hands.

The participation of minorities in State administration has followed a positive trend, more than tripling in the last seven years.

With a few exceptions, clusters so far tend to be underdeveloped in developing countries.

For a numerically rather small national minority or ethnic group in the national population the preconditions for life with an independent culture, language and identity must be secured with the help of the State.

With reference to the letters recently addressed to you by Chad and a very few other countries (A 60 192, A 60 193), I have been instructed to solemnly state China's position, as follows

The total number of children that currently attend pre school institutions has been significantly lower, which according to the available data indicates that pre school education covers a very small population of pre school children.

On rare occasions, they crash.

The States actively making use of such tools were mostly in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, and a few in Asia and Africa.

Young people reiterate the point to Governments and the public at large that the great majority of young people are not engaged in crime.

With these few exceptions, traditional authorities and courts continue to be dominated by men.

The Working Group has suggested the reorganization of the debate under this agenda item as follows

A positive factor is that the number of TB patients who avoid treatment has declined in recent years.

It also means taking positive action to make sure that the special needs of minority groups are met.

The experience of Minority Rights Group in training members of minority groups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania, with the full participation of minorities and majorities in all stages of the training programme, had proved very positive.

Very few men are.