Cat bonds have been growing in importance in recent years.

As national economies and multinational companies compete for market share, global standards of market behavior become increasingly important.

Tourism is increasingly important, especially along the Adriatic coastline and the cities of art.

Developing countries had acquired greater leverage in WTO negotiations and increasingly used WTO rules to defend their interests.

At first, Laodicea was not a place of much importance, but it soon acquired a high degree of prosperity.

For infantry, the breastplate gained renewed importance with the development of shrapnel in the late 18th century.

The Meeting highlighted the importance of the interaction of the CTC with regional organizations, which have gained valuable and broad experience in combating terrorism.

People must be brought closer together, along with all stakeholders and sectors, as the report of the Secretary General makes clear. We must avoid the politicization of the dialogue among peoples and civilizations.

Thus, the question of information security gains in strategic importance as digital penetration increases.

The debate in the 1970 s the period of the last general inflationary surge has become relevant again.

Economic resources are increasingly important in this century, but it would be a mistake to write off the role of military power.

Reputation has always mattered in world politics, but credibility has become crucial because of a paradox of plenty.

In the light of the growing threat posed by terrorists, the efforts to curb the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of their delivery systems have acquired particular importance.

Bronze production began in the Middle Mumun and became increasingly important in ceremonial and political society after 700 BC.

Overview The wild relatives of crop plants constitute an increasingly important resource for improving agricultural production and for maintaining sustainable agro ecosystems.

Stability, equity, and sustainability challenges have become crucially important, and the role of the state in relation to markets may need re thinking as a result.

Perhaps the most important is that technological progress in the US requires the labor force to have ever greater skills.

Noting with satisfaction that the Standard Rules on the Equalization of the Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities play an increasingly important role in the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities,

And, while the international dimensions and sources of systemic risk are increasingly important, thus far we have only limited demonstrated capacity, if any, for dealing with them.

For companies, it is important, in their own interest, to support the development effort, as developing countries are increasingly important future markets.

The significance of the Moscow Treaty lies not just in its quantitative reductions but also in its ushering in of a more cooperative arms control relationship between the United States of America and the Russian Federation.

For the moment, politics has claimed paramount status.

Taiwan has earned its place among the community of nations.

Increasing importance is being attached by Governments, international organizations, including multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, and the private sector to improvement of the legal framework for international trade and investment.

Brazil strongly supported the establishment of nuclear weapon free zones, which should play an increasingly important role in building mutual confidence.

Their profession has become so important in recent years that there is now a special Day of the Political Consultant in Russia every February 25.

I am pleased to note that the Appeals Chamber, which is shared by the two Tribunals, has continued to operate at full capacity, because, as progress is made on the completion strategies, the Appeals Chamber will be of increasing importance.

This is because t he web of contracts has developed serious inconsistencies.

Precisely because of this, forbidden music was politicized.

Relations with the EU have gained significant momentum.

NEW YORK Food systems have gone global.

Togo gained its independence from France in 1960.

To compensate this, Heinola gained a city status in 1839.

The list was to be amended as experience was gained.

Women were forced out by men from what were traditionally women's sectors that, under the new conditions, have turned out to be strategically important and high paying, such as the financial and credit system.

Ireland attaches great importance to the work performed by human rights defenders who have become increasingly effective in ensuring greater protection to victims of human rights violations.

Australia gave women the right to vote in 1902.

And, while traditional fiscal policy (government spending and tax cuts) will be pursued aggressively, non traditional fiscal policy (expenditures to bail out financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers) will also become increasingly important.

As a result, Paris has acquired a reputation as the City of Art .

The opening up and use of outer space is acquiring ever greater significance in the life of humanity. The benefits of the use of space assets are becoming an ever greater part of the heritage of every country, every people and every individual.

Grant based contributions originating from the private sector and civil society (including charitable foundations, corporations, specialized research institutions and other types of non governmental organizations) are acquiring a growing importance.

The question achieved real practical importance as human rights bodies, particularly those dealing with individual complaints, had to address alleged violations which had occurred in situations of conflict and which were directly related to the conflict.

Turkish soap operas are also increasingly popular.

It is likely too that organized criminal groups engaged in migrant smuggling will use increasingly more sophisticated approaches, underscoring the importance of understanding more clearly the nature and role of organized criminal groups in this area.

While global funds are an increasingly important source of funding for some agencies of the system, they constitute supplementary contributions and should not be seen as a substitute for the basic flow of core or regular resources.