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

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

And their presidents, despite their undeniable competence, are watching their approval ratings plummet.

I am not undermining their importance ...

Despite this, both sides are building up their forces.

Despite their common geography, history, and economic interests, their strategic trajectories will diverge.

True, Poland s democratic institutions, despite their flaws, function rather well.

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.

Despite all this, they have never known their way to such protests.

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.

And despite their ferocious appearance, Tasmanian devils are actually quite adorable little animals.

Yet, despite these failings, such policies retained enough popularity to insure their continuity.

Despite their similar objectives, establishing linkages between NAPs and PRSPs constitutes a challenge.

Despite their ideological differences, governments throughout the region have delivered rapid economic growth and improved their populations livelihoods.

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.

Both of these characteristics account for their central importance in medicine.

Some sheltered Jews despite their own prejudices simply because they saw it as their religious duty to do so.

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.

Despite all these epochal changes, Russians cannot accept the loss of their imperial role.

Despite the Israeli retreat in year 2000, migrants did not return to their village.

Despite the history of their children, George and Anne's marriage was a strong one.

Voters were able to exercise their franchise freely, despite a tense pre election period.

Despite their declining incomes, households raised their spending in early 2012 at a rapid pace by cutting their saving rate to just 3.7 .

Good leaders realize the importance of providing their people with a vision.

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.

There are barriers, laws and authorities, but despite their power, they cannot block the sun.

they give food , despite their love for it , to the poor and orphans and captives ,

Despite the elusive and complex networks of criminal groups, their activities can be successfully curbed.

Sometimes, intimidators have a vision, belief in their cause, and a reputation for success that attracts others despite their bullying behavior.

Given their importance, the new chairs must have the necessary skills and integrity.

Despite their strength in numbers however, Mousavi and Karroubi s excessive reliance on street protests is misguided.

Despite their commonality, there has been a stark contrast in approaches to resolving these two crises.

That, in the case of the young Aboriginal boys, is true despite their own extreme challenges.

Despite their tireless efforts, African countries, especially in the sub Saharan region, faced numerous development difficulties.

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,

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.

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 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.

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Despite their harsh rhetoric, both sides know that they need to give ground and not just figuratively.

Despite the NPT's shortcomings, the overwhelming majority of non nuclear states fully comply with their Treaty obligations.