By paying attention to what we are paying attention to.

This is a matter to which we want to draw special attention.

This is ample proof of the importance that we attach to the particular problems of small islands.

I would like to stress that it is of high priority to ensure proper follow up to those visits.

My presence here today is a reflection of that relationship and the importance we attribute to this forum for our own work.

All of the foregoing emphasizes the great importance we attach to the global partnership for development.

We attribute no less importance to the issue of technical assistance and cooperation with the IAEA.

The number of delegations on the list of speakers demonstrates the importance attached to the issue of illegal narcotic substances.

This is a phenomenon whose effects in the area of international migration must be given the attention they deserve.

This conviction is not in contradiction of the importance we attach to international cooperation rather, it gives cooperation a new life.

In this perspective, I would like to underline the importance we attach to cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations and mechanisms.

Nevertheless, since the resolution concerns the activities of the IAEA as a whole, to which we attach great value, we went along with it.

At the same time, these items lead into the third phase, because the draft resolutions reflect the items to which we pay greater attention.

In conclusion, let me reaffirm the importance we attach to establishing mutual accountability as we await the pledged increases in aid to Africa.

In this respect, the delegation of Egypt wishes to stress the importance of facing up to non military threats with the same vigour and determination we show in confronting military threats.

Norway was the first country to ratify the Agreement a tangible demonstration of the priority we attach to the effective operation of the Court and to the promotion of its purposes.

There are other regions of the world in which conflicts also demand our attention and call for further efforts on our part to come up with adequate solutions.

In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm the great importance that we attach to the lofty cause and work of the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

There are still serious conflicts that require our full attention and that of the United Nations the main institution the international community has for the solution of such conflicts.

We wish to highlight the particular importance that we attach to the Security Council's decision, adopted in its resolution 1593 (2005), to refer the situation in Darfur to the ICC Prosecutor.

Thus, donor countries could make a special contribution to establish the initial resources of the diversification fund for African commodities, given the urgency we attach to the problem.

We wish to stress the importance we attach to the promotion in military matters of a non discriminatory and universally recognized transparency able to gain the support of the greatest possible number of Member States.

I take this opportunity to underscore the importance we attach to the presence here in New York, at the appropriate time, of those who have institutional responsibilities in the implementation of the main disarmament and non proliferation agreements.

Consistent with the broader agenda of the debates, we wish to reiterate the great importance that we attach to the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to be held in Tunisia in November.

There are many topical aspects of the law of the sea and international fisheries that are worthy of our close attention, but their prominence is only obscured by our collective insistence on repeating the same things year after year.

Our constant interest in and tireless efforts towards maintaining international peace and security and the settling of conflicts by peaceful means will be futile so long as the socioeconomic imbalance between the developed and developing countries continues to increase daily.

The drastic increase in the number of Members over the last four years, something that had not been seen since the days of decolonization, underscores this characteristic and is also proof of the confidence that we States place in the United Nations.

PARIS In difficult economic times like these, one principle should be given the same prominence as the headline grabbing issues of high deficits and austerity packages.

Mr. Hoscheit (Luxembourg) (spoke in French) Mr. President, your presence at today's debate, convened in such a timely manner by the Danish presidency of the Security Council, stresses the importance that we must attach to the subject that we are discussing today.

The admission of these new countries is further proof of the importance we place on embracing all peoples within our Organization the principle of universality of representing all the nations of the world is one that has been at the very centre of the United Nation apos s existence, since our establishment in 1945.

We have noted in the past the importance we attach to the principle adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 58 318 that the costs of any assistance or services provided by the United Nations to the Court must be fully reimbursed to the United Nations.

In this connection, we wish to reiterate the importance that we attach to the labour of the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression, open on equal conditions to all States, as well as to the possibility of holding their meetings be held at the United Nations Headquarters, as indicated by resolution 58 79.

The European Union has noted the importance that we attach to disarmament in general and the European Union contributed, I believe, to securing agreement on a programme of work in New York, in particular by proposing the establishment of a subsidiary body to deal in particular with the issue of withdrawal from the NPT treaty.

However, following consultations, and taking into account the importance attached to the issue under discussion, it is proposed that the General Assembly take a decision to hear the Observer of the Holy See in the course of the debate in plenary meeting on this important issue.

We would like to propose the deletion of the words important issue because they are of a subjective character, and I think the importance we attach to it, and whether it is really a crucial element in improving our working methods or whether there are other factors at play here, will be clear in the discussions on this issue.

Another aspect of the agenda for peace which we would like to underline is the particular importance we attach to Article 50, which enjoins the Security Council to find solutions to the special economic problems faced by third States on account of the implementation of sanctions imposed by the Security Council.