He drew attention to UNDP support to the UXO Lao programme, underscoring the need to raise awareness of the UXO problem among the donor community.

With the Fed underscoring its strong anti inflation bias, it is harder to argue that investors need gold as a hedge against high inflation.

It also responds to lessons learned from the implementation of the two earlier frameworks as well as from the trends mentioned above, underscoring the need to

37. The number of poor in Africa was likely to increase during the current decade, underscoring the need to stimulate growth with investments in health and education.

By underscoring the need to avoid trade protectionism and other beggar thy neighbor policies, it also put some pressure on governments concerning what not to do.

He pointed out that cities were increasingly becoming home to larger numbers of the population in developing countries, underscoring the need to address the needs of new city dwellers.

Underscoring the importance of technical assistance and capacity building for the countries, which are in need of such assistance, particularly in the field of drafting and implementing of legislation.

But the scale of the price spike exceeds normal demand and supply factors, pointing to the role of speculation and underscoring the need for policy action to clean up the oil market.

Underscoring the need for universal application of the IAEA safeguards regime, he urged all States parties which had not yet done so to accede, as quickly as possible, to the relevant agreements.

Underscoring the need to further strengthen political will so as to ensure the financial and technical support required for the effective implementation of the recommendations included in the reports of the Secretary General,

Europe and Asia must jointly commit to an agenda underscoring global resources and sustainability.

Underscoring the need to strengthen further the political will to ensure the required political, financial and technical support critical for the effective implementation of the recommendations in all the areas included in the report of the Secretary General,

It also highlights the value of invoking the participatory process at the project preparation stage and concludes by underscoring the need for the issue of sustainability to be considered at the outset of the project or programme design.

Underscoring the importance of simplification and harmonization and increased coordination, delegations welcomed the common country programme for Cape Verde.

The presenter of the theme Improving the lives of slum dwellers pointed out that cities were increasingly becoming home to larger numbers of the population in developing countries, underscoring the need to address the needs of new city dwellers.

Underscoring also the need to strengthen further the political will to ensure the required political, financial and technical support critical for the effective implementation of the recommendations in all of the areas included in the report of the Secretary General,

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development, and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

The document was an important statement condemning impunity and underscoring the importance of righting legal wrongs, and it therefore merited support.

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

Mindful of the effects that shortfalls in resources can have on the preparedness for and response to natural disasters, and underscoring, in this regard, the need to gain a more precise understanding of the impact of levels of funding on natural disaster response,

The tragic consequences of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 had dispelled any lingering doubts about the common destiny of the peoples and countries of the region, as well as underscoring the urgent need to forge a strategic partnership in the region.

With the expected decline in the potential support ratio from 10.9 per cent in 2000 to 3.8 per cent by 2050, the poverty aspects of ageing could become worse in the next few decades, underscoring the need for formal social support and elder care.

And yet this shift will be accompanied by very substantial global economic challenges and uncertainties, underscoring the importance of Sino US cooperation.

Let me conclude by underscoring the fact that disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, is a key factor in enhancing international peace and security.

Noting that the global demand for energy continues to rise, while recognizing that the share of energy derived from new and renewable resources remains considerably below its significant potential, and underscoring in this regard the need to tap new and renewable sources of energy,

Underscoring the need for flexibility in utilizing resources to respond to emergency humanitarian crises, she noted that 1 million had not been sufficient to meet the needs of the tsunami affected countries and she had had to in effect authorize use of additional resources.

Constitutional provisions underscoring equal rights and equal treatment of all citizens including women have been given in Chapter II, para 3.

Let me conclude by underscoring our belief that never before has humankind's destiny has been so interconnected as in our time.

Underscoring the importance of public administration as a tool to support progress on development and human rights in line with the United Nations Millennium Declaration,

The relevant preparatory work should be concluded well before that date, underscoring the direct linkage between the United Nations and members of the Antarctic Treaty consultative process.

While that halted much speculative activity, house prices have remained at elevated levels underscoring lingering affordability issues for China s emerging middle class.

It is worth underscoring that as nothing that is human is perfect, so political parties are not perfect, nor are political actors.

It was encouraging, especially among small and medium enterprises, that the United Nations has declared 2005 Year of Microcredit, thus underscoring the importance of that practice.

It was all the more noteworthy by its underscoring of the possibilities of international cooperation based on a frank and constructive dialogue that harmonized distinct perspectives.

My delegation wishes to draw the attention of the General Assembly to the importance of underscoring the need to refrain from politicizing humanitarian assistance operations and from embroiling such operations into conflicts between States as they have to do with the lives of innocent people who need help. These are points that have been stressed time and again by the General Assembly in many of its resolutions.

24. While underscoring the Summit apos s importance as a starting point, the follow up to the Summit was stressed as being as important as the Summit itself.

This may be particularly relevant today, with China s rising wages and appreciating exchange rate underscoring rapid change in global comparative and competitive advantage.

Such dialogues have focused on the fundamentals of human existence and have addressed crucial issues, thereby underscoring the common goals, principles and interests of the community of nations.

In conclusion, she cited paragraph 75 of document A 60 287, underscoring the importance of synergy and coordination in easing the development challenges facing the landlocked developing countries.

Underscoring the importance of Member State designations pursuant to relevant resolutions and robust implementation of existing measures as a significant preventive measure in combating terrorist activity,

It is also worth underscoring the Secretary General's view that the notion of larger freedom also encapsulates the idea that development, security and human rights go hand in hand.

It was suggested that the paragraph be redrafted to read quot Underscoring further the importance of the respect for sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence of States quot .