Unfortunately, this issue was not included in the 2000 outcome documents, despite its overwhelming importance to Indigenous women.

Despite their importance, the informal sector and informal employment are poorly covered, if at all, by official statistics.

Despite the increasing importance of remittances from Italy, Spain, and the United States, the largest share in absolute terms still originates from France.

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

Difficult economic times will make it hard to generate support for trade pacts, despite the current importance of export oriented firms for the American economy.

In fact, they have no legislative status in Ireland whatsoever, despite our importance for the species and also the historical context within which basking sharks reside.

That is further proof of the importance of the mission entrusted to the Tribunal of ensuring that those crimes do not go unpunished, despite the difficulties faced.

Despite these concerns, a number of speakers stressed the importance of the work of the subsidiary bodies, which tended to be both under reported and under appreciated.

Despite the importance of social media in fomenting revolution, and even in deposing deeply unpopular leaders, governing in the real world is not as easy as governing online.

Despite the need to use new technologies in outreach activities, the importance of traditional means of communication, such as radio, for millions of people was not in doubt.

When, despite an improved macroeconomic environment and progress towards more open policies, growth impulses remain weak or lethargic, the national development strategy and productive sector policies assume particular importance.

Expressing regret that, despite the importance of humanitarian operations for contributing to peace and stability, donor response to both the 1999 and the 2000 consolidated inter agency appeals has been insufficient,

In that connection, her delegation was concerned that despite the acknowledged importance of the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, it had not received universal acceptance.

Despite the importance of remittances in some economies in the developing regions, there has been a dearth of systematic efforts to utilize those resources for development purposes and to generate investments.

Despite the tremendous effort behind the Disarmament Commission, we were unable to agree on an agenda that would have enabled us to bring that body of utmost importance out of stalemate.

Europe still exists in the US, though probably more among the Washington administrative and political elite than within the world of New York finance and business, despite the fundamental importance of transatlantic trade for both economies.

After all, despite Burma s strategic importance vis à vis China and Aung San Suu Kyi s release from house detention, the US continues to enforce stringent sanctions against that country, with the aim of toppling its government.

(h) Despite the increasing importance of statistics and the push towards evidence based decision making for assessing the effectiveness of programmes, the statistical activities of several regional commissions have been downgraded since the initiation of the MDG initiative.

Expressing regret that, despite the widely recognized importance of humanitarian assistance in maintaining and consolidating the achievements of the peace building efforts, the donor response to the 2001 consolidated inter agency appeal has not yet reached its target,

Despite the emergence of increasing numbers of migrant women workers and the growing importance of remittances for the economies of many families in developing countries, very little systematic research has been conducted on the gender dimensions of remittances.

Today, given the importance of exports to China s economy, its government is reluctant to permit a major revaluation, despite strong pressure by foreign governments to allow the renminbi to appreciate in line with the country s huge trade surplus.

Moreover, the recent debate on the relevance of the role of the United Nations had highlighted the importance of a more vigorous information policy and, despite the difficulties it entailed, a strong communication strategy must be developed and constantly reviewed.

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration, and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

She said that, for serious human rights violations, confidential proceedings were not appropriate and gave the example of the European Court of Human Rights decision to continue with a case, despite the applicant's disapproval, because of the importance of the issue raised.

Tremendous patriotism, despite divisions

The press fought back tenaciously, despite casualties.

Despite the promises, aid continued to decline.

Despite the heavy rain, they marched along.

Well deserved, despite the disappointing referendum result.

Despite the emotion, the worries and the temptation.

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

However, despite the great importance our State attaches to this topic, we will not be co sponsoring the current draft resolutions, because we have reservations on the thirteenth preambular paragraph of A 60 L.5 and the fourth preambular paragraph of A 60 L.6.

But despite that, and despite the Group of Eight's important debt relief initiative, there is an urgent need to do more.

We therefore consider it of cardinal importance that, despite the differences among them, Ivorian leaders are at least united behind the three fundamental propositions we have mentioned, without which it would be impossible to arrive at a peaceful and negotiated solution of the Ivorian crisis.

That reflects the great importance of this debate importance clearly shown by the strong participation in it.

Despite being veiled, Ms Bahrain clinched the title.

Despite positive developments, the road ahead is bumpy.

Yet, despite these measures, the situation remains worrying.

Despite the stressful situation, Moussa maintains her humour

Despite this , you deny the Day of Judgment ,

Despite this , you deny the Day of Judgment ,

However, despite Lomé, the country plunged into war.

The importance of outcomes that are good for the community outweigh the importance of individual pleasure and pain.

The Importance of Being Boring