Examples of using Was devoting in English and their translations into Spanish
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My impression was that I was devoting all of my time to the translation.
While the cost of individual projects varied greatly,the fact that the 34 projects had been executed by 18 professional staff members did give an idea of how much working capacity each professional was devoting to technical assistance.
In any event, the Government was devoting significant sums to environmental protection every year.
As part of its efforts to build an increasingly efficient and rational State,the Peruvian Government was devoting considerable resources to social development.
The day that the Commission was devoting to the situation in Burundi had given rise to two messages: vigilance and hope.
The Government was making efforts to guarantee the land rights of peasants andresidents of poor neighbourhoods, and was devoting increasing resources to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
Her Government was devoting increased attention to women, children and the family in its development programme.
The last thing he told me before he left… was that he was devoting his life… to He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Austria was devoting particular attention to the possibility for prisoners to work and reported about 50 different categories of work in its prisons.
The Jewry, activates already in the 13th century,it was important; since he was devoting himself basically to the usury, it was assaulted in 1391.
The fact that the Commission was devoting 50 per cent of its budget to servicing meetings probably meant that it was holding too many of them.
Mr. PINHEIRO(Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burundi), introducing his report(E/CN.4/1996/16 and Add.1),said that the special day which the Commission was devoting to the question of Burundi constituted tangible proof of the attention paid by the international community to the situation in that country.
The Government was devoting considerable resources to meeting the needs of the refugees and provide them with the same food ration as Iraqi citizens.
He said that his country was reducing subsidies on oil products and was devoting 20 per cent of the tax on oil producers to environmental protection.
The Bolivian Government was devoting 5 per cent of GDP to education and had decided, with the concurrence of the teachers, to reduce their salaries so as to create more teaching posts.
Finally, with regard to technical assistance and in particular training and human resource development as tools of development policy,he said that UNCTAD was devoting special attention to the reinforcement of management training capacity and regional cooperation through the TRAINMAR programme.
His Government was devoting substantial resources to agricultural and rural development projects, providing employment, food security and income for residents of rural areas.
With regard to the measures taken to assist Saami families,the Government was devoting considerable resources to the fulfilment of the commitments that it had made and would continue to make.
His country was devoting a substantial portion of its budget to completing the infrastructure needed for the sustainable and comprehensive development that would ensure the economic and social well-being of the Yemeni people.
While no large-scale information campaigns had been undertaken since the referendum, his Government was devoting considerable attention to advancing towards self-determination through the territory's active participation in regional integration structures.
To its credit,the World Bank was devoting resources and attention to the issue of HIV/AIDS, and he hoped that the countries shaping the policies of the World Bank would incorporate their human rights responsibilities into that work, to help ensure that World Bank policies on HIV/AIDS were inclusive, participatory, and reached the poor.
In the face of the crisis,UNICEF was devoting resources to supporting education and preventing school dropout.
The Committee against Torture was devoting an increasing portion of its time to the consideration of communications from individuals and to efforts related to the inquiry procedure established under article 20 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
In order to maximize the spin-off benefits of space technology,his Government was devoting enormous resources to capacity-building in the areas of meteorology, remote sensing, geodesic studies, photogrammetry and cartography.
The Department was devoting considerable resources, including from its operational budget, to strengthen security in the field; but security was costly, and there had also been a decline in the level of voluntary government contributions which had had a marked impact, especially in cases where such contributions funded the salaries of information centre staff.
The state of Al-Jazeera,for example, was devoting considerable resources to providing housing for the large number of displaced persons it received.
The Government of Senegal was devoting considerable effort to information campaigns in that regard in collaboration with non-governmental organizations, the media and civil society.
Second, ACABQ had concluded that the Unit was devoting too much of its resources to research rather than its primary functions of inspection and evaluation.
On the question of hate speech, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, he stressed that the Department was devoting great attention to promoting the Charter principles of coexistence and tolerance and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and would continue the successful programmes relating to the Dialogue among Civilizations.
Mr. BARARUNYERETSE(Permanent Observer of the International Organization of la Francophonie)said that the Organization he represented was devoting a great deal of attention to protecting and promoting human rights, and for that reason in particular he was interested in attending the meetings at which the Committee planned to consider the situation in two member States of the Organization-- Seychelles and Saint Lucia.