The main challenge is not infrastructure and urban facilities, however important they are.

These polls, though vitally important, are not the only challenges that Sudan and its people face.

The yuan s value, while important, is not the central question facing the world economy today.

The European Parliament has power, but it deals with issues that, while important to voters, do not top their list of concerns.

Yet, despite its undeniable importance and its contribution to the EU s development, the Lisbon treaty is far from being the key to everything.

Recommendation 3, on reassessment of the intergovernmental machinery to streamline processes and avoid duplication, for example, was very important but in certain cases it appeared not to have received adequate consideration.

What is the significance?

But there is another reason for the lack of interest in the EU elections. The European Parliament has power, but it deals with issues that, while important to voters, do not top their list of concerns.

The importance of these statements cannot be overestimated.

Significant as they were, however, the efforts of the Quartet and various regional and international parties had regrettably failed to halt the Israeli Government's obdurate pursuit of its policy and its refusal to conduct itself in a civilized and reasonable manner.

Such a capacity will always be necessary, and few doubt its importance.

In these circumstances, the post Baker Hamilton debate in Washington is largely irrelevant to the future of Iraq though it continues to be crucial to the future of US power, prestige, and standing in the world.

They need a way to remain relevant this could be it.

Though Mexico s election saga may continue to make headlines, its true significance is that it reveals just how politically sturdy a place Mexico has become.

And, indeed, within two years of taking power, Sadat expelled the Soviets from Egypt and began to build a friendship with the US that, despite challenges and periodic differences, has proven important and valuable ever since.

Blogs still remain a valuable place but are losing the ground to the newcomers.

While the international community has given the issue significant attention, it is not enough.

Statistics on individual social media sites are also important when analyzing their role in a protest movement.

The participation of international financial institutions is vital.

Although President George W. Bush says he believes in markets, in this case he has called for voluntary action. But it makes far more sense to use the force of markets the power of incentives than to rely on goodwill, especially when it comes to oil companies that regard their sole objective as maximizing profits, regardless of the cost to others.

On the contrary, its importance stems from the fact that China holds the key to global adjustment.

This is where the Marshall Plan of American support became crucial.

This underlines their large significance as risk factors from the environment for chemical, biological, parasite or some other contaminations.

We are of the view that the traditional mechanisms of non proliferation, important as they are, have proven to be insufficient to deal with current challenges.

Elections do occur in the Arab world, and they vary in frequency and significance.

That is why right to know laws are so important.

As important as they are, international covenants do not represent an end in itself.

National development strategies were also crucial.

Specifically, respondents rate 12 issues in terms of their importance to the corresponding dilemma and then rank the four most important issues.

Ethics management is important to the promotion of good business practices, transparency and risk reduction.

Let me stress that our fourth courtroom, funded by voluntary contributions, has proven to be absolutely vital in order to ensure progress.

Tourism planning needs to reflect recent moves towards more integrated and consultative spatial and community planning, including processes like integrated coastal zone management.

Reductions in nuclear weapons, though significant, fell short of the New Agenda's expectations.

NEW YORK Now that it is clear that the United States is in recession, the debate has moved on to whether it will be short and shallow or long and deep a question that is as important for the rest of the world as it is for the US.

He is rich but he is not happy.

There are exceptions, though.

Austen continued to work in spite of her illness.

The first ones were found in Ethiopia in 1992, but it took 17 years to assess their significance.

The Review Conference should reaffirm its significance, and all States should accede to it as early as possible.

As a result, at times the military received unfiltered and unprioritized requests without having had the capacity to evaluate their relative importance.

The round table discussions on young people called it making commitments that matter .

Other observers for States stressed the importance of continuing to discuss issues already dealt with by the mechanism so as to stress their importance and the need for action to be taken at the national level.

This was despite the fact that during World War I the forts had proved ineffective despite strong support from artillery and infantry.

However, direct controls on credit growth, while necessary, are often leaky and not very binding in practice.

But progress is nonetheless being made.