During the past year, United Nations reform has been high on my agenda.

Asia in the World

It has diplomatic status in Sweden.

Status and identity of public administration

As such, they stand in a better position than courts to determine the balance of convenience necessary in granting an order.

The army has a special place in its society.

As a result of his policies, Colombia s diplomatic stature has grown.

Reaffirming Europe

US politicians take this for granted as a special privilege bestowed by the dollar s position as the world s major reserve currency.

For the moment, politics has claimed paramount status.

This gives us considerable standing.

Such an indication has no taxonomic standing.

These cities have equal status to the provinces.

Today, the Saudi regime uses Mecca s status among Muslims in a calculated way designed to reassert the Kingdom s paramount status as the Islamic world s leading state.

The belt also preserves Hiawatha s status as the confederation s forefather.

The role of this committee will be to support the experts and facilitate coordination between them throughout the year and to promote the standing of the special procedures system within the broader framework of the United Nations and its human rights programmes.

He also wants to restore Egypt s position as a major regional force.

Particular attention should be paid to signatory States.

They've overtaken the U.S. as the world's biggest car market, they've overtaken Germany as the largest exporter, and they've started doing DNA tests on kids to choose their careers.

Has the United States transcended the laws of economics? As the New Year begins, the US continues to race ahead of its rich country counterparts.

More would not accept the king s assertion of supremacy over the church.

America s Great Power status has always been tied to its level of debt. Indeed, it was the absence of debt that marked the United States emergence as a world power between 1914 and 1917.

But the dollar s status as an international currency has not fallen uniformly.

For both, early death elevated their stature in the alchemy of history.

In the beginning of 1993 the status of the Academy was raised to university level.

Upon the 9 11 Attacks, it regained the status of the tallest downtown building.

He also highlighted the importance of education as a tool for empowering women.

Desertification monitoring and assessment is given priority ranking in the organizations' programmes.

Mexico reiterates its support in ensuring the consolidation of the Court by the earliest possible date.

The West is well placed to play its part in global renewal.

Rather, the issue was their place in Indian society.

The EU s position as a climate change champion is in danger.

Among these threats, ozone depletion is high on the agenda.

Few women occupy important positions in civil society or in politics.

For example, after Britain lost its American colonies at the end of the eighteenth century, Horace Walpole lamented Britain s reduction to as insignificant a country as Denmark or Sardinia.

Membership is also important for Russia s international standing.

Her status as an inspiration for coming generations of Indian writers is indisputable.

Haiti has a special place in the history of the international community, in particular of Latin America.

Mr. Osmane (Algeria) said that human rights and fundamental freedoms had become increasingly important in international relations developments in that area had given the cause of human rights pride of place in the United Nations system.

The fact remains that a centuries old tradition of master slave relations whereby the dominant white Moors (or Arabs) exist in superior positions to the Black Africans who lived in intergenerational slavery bolstered by undereducation and economic disenfranchisement.

Trade has doubled in each of the last three years, to an estimated 40 billion this year China has now overtaken the US as India s largest single trading partner.

But it is nowhere near the truly international organization that its name implies. The IEA was established by and for a small number of wealthy oil importing countries, under the aegis of the OECD.

Egypt's status as a regional power under Mubarak has similarly weakened steadily.

Cricketers occupy a place in India s pantheon rivaled only by gods and Bollywood stars.

Engineering programs are in high demand, and engineers enjoy a status comparable to lawyers and doctors in the West.