Ukraine welcomes the fact that the issue of peacebuilding is becoming increasingly topical for the United Nations.

In fact, the trade imbalance is more complicated than the currency issue per se.

An issue of concern was the fact that 76 per cent of those children had been vaccinated against mumps.

The fact that we are holding this debate in plenary meeting attests to the paramount importance of the issue.

The fact that two black men were with white women became an issue in the court.

This fact raises the issue of confidentiality of the institution's data and the protection of that data from interference by third parties.

An issue of particular concern is the fact that the large majority of the population is in illegal possession of small arms.

The formulation of how that issue is supposed to be handled is reflected here, as a fact, in paragraph 10.

I would refer those who wish to verify that fact to this morning apos s issue of the Washington Post.

Thus, we welcome the fact that the issue of the least developed countries is now a priority of the United Nations agenda.

In fact, QQ.com, which is a popular Chinese website, had 35,000 comments on this issue within hours.

Moreover, an issue of particular concern is the fact that the large majority of the population is in illegal possession of small arms.

A key issue remains the fact that OIOS has had to rely on its auditee for the funding of the audit.

In fact, the issue is not Russia s strength per se , but whether Russia intelligently concentrates and applies it.

The other issue pertains to the fact that work is taking place in many capitals to provide responses.

It is a fact that, in respect of the Palestine issue, the United Nations more specifically, the Security Council has contributed little.

We must all be mindful of the fact that the issue of non compliance applies both to nuclear disarmament and to nuclear non proliferation.

We are gratified at the fact that the two annexes of the Declaration address exclusively the issue of economic cooperation between the two parties.

Some state that there was just one battle in fact, but there is no general agreement on this issue.

We clarified the fact that our interim Government, like all other Governments, is competent to take up this issue.

It is our hope that this will in fact occur, and we reaffirm our readiness to cooperate on the resolution of this issue.

Also, the vestiges of colonialism, which persist in some countries, should be dealt with and liquidated, courageously, by the international community. The question of Palestine, for instance, is an issue of colonialism, overt colonialism. There is no denying this fact and, therefore, any solution devised for the issue must take the fact into account.

Nonetheless, we welcome the fact that, in a spirit of compromise and flexibility, a decision has been taken to address the important issue of impunity.

While members welcomed the fact that the issue of reservations had been addressed in the report, they found the reservations a matter of considerable concern.

The fact that ageing is not a transient issue makes it necessary to respond to the ageing process in time.

This process is, in fact, already in motion, albeit on one issue only, and it should be expanded and intensified.

For instance, the peaceful manner in which the Walvis Bay and offshore islands issue was resolved attests to this fact.

Whatever symbolic value this may have is overshadowed by the fact that the statute of limitations already precludes any legal action on this issue.

Nonetheless, offshoring was often seen as a North South issue despite the fact that almost 70 per cent of this trade was North North.

It has, in fact, opted for a tactic of sensationalizing the issue and exploiting some organizations, without an Iranian presence, to adopt unfounded statements.

At the heart of the issue, though, is the fact that 21 million people believe that they are not represented in the United Nations.

The fact remains, however, that this issue is very much unresolved precisely because the critical element of implementation of the decolonization mandate has been woefully insufficient.

The fact that investment bankers did not go bankrupt last December and are profiting immensely this year is a side issue.

The fact that human migration is a transnational phenomenon makes handling migration for the benefit of both the home and host countries a global issue.

Both Licorne and UNOCI military officers raised the issue of troops availability for the DDR process due to the fact that they were already overstretched.

The issue of whether or not the instrument should be legally binding should not be a wedge issue anymore, taking into account the fact that the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons is already criminalized in many jurisdictions.

By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.

Welcomes also the fact that the World Conference on Disaster Reduction will discuss the issue of a global tsunami early warning system as part of its agenda

In fact, sustained attention is now being given to the issue of what might be termed the emergence of civil society in the search for lasting peace.

This fact is indicative of the Greek Cypriot side apos s two faced approach to the negotiations and its lack of political will to settle the issue.

Mr. Malhotra (India) said that the issue of internally displaced persons belonged firmly to the humanitarian arm of the United Nations system and he welcomed the fact that the Committee had confined its consideration of that issue to the human rights situation of such persons.

The fact that corruption was the subject of the national human development report for 2003 showed the importance that the country's authorities ascribed to that issue.

One issue to consider in this regard is whether the criterion of non duplication of procedures would not, in fact, automatically exclude communications already subject to another procedure.

With regard to the issue of the airport, in answer to your question, this is in fact one of the issues which we have earmarked for further consideration.

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