Other explanations exclude perceived distance.

It is located in the center of the oblast.

The first piece of the puzzle is remoteness and the quality of education.

The proximity of Idinthakarai, and nearby villages to the Koodankulam nuclear power plant at the Indian Ocean.

Telecommunications represents an important tool in overcoming the disadvantage of remoteness that characterizes most SIDS.

16. Despite its remoteness, Antarctica is not immune from the atmospheric pollution of industrialization.

Despite its remoteness, Antarctica is not immune from the atmospheric pollution of industrialization.

One reason for early leaving of school is the distance of some rural locations from schools.

Some theorists include in this formulation the perceived distance of the moon (how far it appears to be from an observer).

38. In the modern interdependent world, the geographical remoteness of a State was no safeguard.

The eurozone s flaws reflect its conceptual distance from the US, which is the only model of a well functioning monetary union.

One of the reasons for the girls' failure to complete primary education is the distance of the schools from certain rural places.

The distance from municipality centers, centers for social work, health care institutions, and employment institutes, presents an additional problem.

(b) The geographic separation between known centres of major mine pollution (the north west, central and southern regions)

This may be due to the geographical distance between Arusha and Rwanda, coupled with the failure to establish an effective and proactive outreach programme.

The smallness or remoteness of a Territory should not be used as a pretext to prevent its right to self determination.

One modification allows perceived distance to be evoked simultaneously by different behavioral responses.

Territorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources should not affect the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to self determination.

Distance and isolation have resulted in relatively high transport costs, including high transport insurance costs, for many small island developing States.

The Port of Portland is the third largest export tonnage port on the west coast of the U.S., and being located about upriver, it is the largest fresh water port.

For the electoral staff of major missions, however, organizational and geographical distance complicate the sharing of past experience.

Until the 1980s, physical distances and the time required to transmit documentation, meant that United Nations libraries operated to some degree in isolation.

Advances in ICTs, combined with the rise in globalization, have made it possible for countries to provide products and services unconstrained by location or distance to potential clients.

We are hopeful that our smallness and remoteness will not hinder us from receiving the benefits that this Organization provides to small island States like mine.

Lack of territorial access to the sea, remoteness from world markets and higher transaction costs hampered the competitiveness of landlocked developing countries.

Lack of territorial access to the sea, remoteness and isolation from world markets result in substantially higher transportation costs for LLDCs and reduce their competitiveness in international trade.

Barriers to access can be interpreted as physical (e.g. distance to school), financial (e.g. school fees not even primary education is free in 91 countries, Tomaševski 2004 23 see also the list of these countries in ibid., para 23 or the labour of girls being needed in the home), administrative (e.g. requirements of birth registration or residence certificate for school enrolment, ibid. para 4b or , e.g. school schedules, 2001 12) or legal.

Obstacles are numerous and complex and include, among others, distance to schools, differences in lifestyles, for example, nomadic and semi nomadic communities, discrimination, violence, extreme poverty and exclusion

In addition, the relative remoteness of some regions, and traditional restrictions against public activities for women in some places, may also have reduced the number of people taking part in the referendum.

96. The Mission noted that the people of Tokelau are fully aware of the unique characteristics of their Territory and the serious handicaps that could arise from such factors as size, remoteness and vulnerability to natural disaster.

Although violence against women is a cause of death in both rural and urban areas, rural women are affected by additional factors such as poverty, malnutrition, lack of education and geographical inaccessibility of health services.

Fiji and, I am certain, our region welcomes this UNESCO initiative, not only to keep us informed but also to reduce to manageable proportions our often referred to tyranny of distance.

Lack of access to the sea and remoteness from world markets significantly increase transit transportation expenditures, make it harder for the country to participate in world trade and directly affect the poverty rate in the country.

Other challenges, such as insecurity, the distance children have to go to get to schools, poverty, lack of female teachers, negative attitudes to girls' education and early marriages remain.

Moreover, rural populations are isolated because of the remoteness of agrarian zones from decision making centres and judicial organs, which impedes the realization of human rights throughout the territory of Mexico.

The reaffirmation of the principle of the common heritage of mankind, as enshrined in the draft resolution, is of particular interest to all land locked countries, which include Uganda, inasmuch as their distance from the sea increases their reliance on its being free and accessible.