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[...] isolation of the outback, with its dazzling [...]

Then there's the barren outback, which fades into the Northern Territory.

[...] empty stretch of outback: along with the [...] [...]

[...] is, in sections sparsely settled by Jews.

[...] [...] for most States, not least because it encompasses thousands of islands, many of which are sparsely inhabited.

[...] flat, barren and sparsely populated.

Even if we have around 500,000 refugees and internally displaced persons from these territories and most of those territories are virtually devoid of people, we do not want any of our remaining citizens there to be left behind by development plans.

[...] [...] measures, to reduce the number of children who smoke, and protect children [...]

It doesn’t matter how much people preach to you about stopping smoking, you won’t quit until you decide for yourself.

Changing demographics and poor technological and socio-economic conditions, unplanned urbanization, development within high-risk zones, underdevelopment and poor infrastructure, weak adaptive capacity, environmental degradation, climate variability, climate change, exposure to geological hazards, competition for scarce resources, [...] [...]

[...] action to reduce the number of smokers, it is important [...] [...]

However, the Committee regrets that there was sparse and inadequate information on training programmes for security and intelligence personnel, as well as for judges, prosecutors, forensic doctors and medical personnel dealing with detained persons, on the provisions of the Convention and on how to detect and document physical and psychological sequelae of torture.

[...] [...] the water cycle; manage water as a scarce resource in relation to human requirements; [...] [...]

[...] the demand reduction measures set out in the Convention (which provides the overarching global policy framework for tobacco control) and introduced by WHO, with nearly 400 million people covered by at least one complete measure during 2008, data show that less than 10 per [...] [...]

Stewardship of this resource is, however, often compromised by geographic isolation, small populations and lack of technical expertise.

[...] islands with small population, the Administration [...] [...]

[...] [...] competition over scarce resources, poor governance and insufficient respect for human rights remain, [...] [...]

The Commission noted that the structural challenges faced by the Pacific island developing countries had heightened their vulnerability to environmental and economic shocks, such as high production, transport and service delivery costs, as well as the challenges of isolation, size and small populations, all of which had made establishing strong economic bases and economies of scale very challenging.

[...] [...] developmental impact of scarce human and financial [...]

[...] [...] substantially reducing tobacco consumption is an important contribution to reducing non-communicable diseases and can have considerable health benefits for individuals and countries and that price and tax measures are an effective and important means of reducing tobacco consumption

[...] [...] from having a cigarette compared to US and Australian [...]

On the other hand, in telecommunications in particular, high-speed Internet access for remote and thinly populated areas can avoid the digital divide, providing an increase in speed between urban and rural areas that will not be available using fibre optics for a long time.