Member States and civil society representatives underlined that when prevention failed, human security must take precedence over State security and States and the United Nations must accept the responsibility to protect .

The interests of States both large and small, taken individually, should not take precedence over collective interests, and it has never been the intention of the Assembly to endorse such precedence.

He emphasized that the implementation of the principles should take precedence over any review or revision exercise.

No single issue took precedence.

We were about to tickle the old Jew into speech but you'll take precedence, being a Saxon knight.

Paraguay had ratified the Convention, however, and its provisions therefore took precedence over national law and must be applied.

It should take precedence over narrow self interest or the potential profit opportunities associated with exploiting an informational advantage.

58. Poland attached great importance to the supremacy of international law in international relations and considered that observance of the law must take precedence over every other consideration, particularly in the case of conflicts.

NOTE Where real data on the substance or mixture is available this data will take precedence over models and predictions.

Therefore it is important that it be explicitly stated that the draft articles do not take precedence over existing agreements.

In our view, the purpose of the exercise should take precedence over procedural constraints relating to organizational and financial arrangements.

27. Pursuant to article 123 of the Constitution, international treaties entered into by Estonia take precedence over conflicting national legislation.

This matter takes precedence over any other.

Must you take those?

Meanwhile, Mathieu Pellerin, a researcher at the French Institute for International Relations, believes that financial incentives take precedence over political interests

Therefore, the executive orders issued by the host country authorities should not take precedence over the Headquarters Agreement and international law.

We give precedence to human over weapons security.

245. International law took precedence over domestic law.

According to the international financial reporting standards conceptual framework, the substance of any economic transaction should take precedence over its legal form.

Delegations have different perceptions of what constitutes a threat to their national security, and which of the core issues should take precedence.

Further, Board discussions should not preclude decisions on the system wide reform, which would take precedence over Board decisions on working methods.

I must take every precaution.

I must take that risk.

It must take enormous concentration...

Nature must take her course!

We must take all precaution.

You must take your time.

Must you take those letters?

I must take that chance.

And I found that there was an historic precedence.

We must take care, my Lady.

I must take you in hand.

Must I take him, Your Highness?

Must mama take you horsyback ride?

Clearly, the Asia Pacific region takes precedence in US calculations.

EU regulatory power has taken precedence over its redistributive powers.

In combating violence against women, tackling domestic violence took precedence.

We must take his youth into account.

Students must take ownership of their education.

You must take her up to bed.

We must take them to our breast.

Must you take that tone with Bruno?

Then you must take it from me.

But in Chen s Taiwan, domestic squabbles took precedence over economic development.