41.   Tomson said getting the overall plan and its financing in place and making key decisions on the memorial are his three immediate priorities.

42.   Zen-Ruffinen said his immediate priority was the successful staging of the World Cup, on which he has worked for the past six years.

43.   He said his immediate priority would be to create a climate of confidence in both local and overseas markets.

44.   He said that in line with the decree, to be signed in about a week, the payments would be gradual, with older people getting immediate priority.

45.   It said the immediate priority was providing humanitarian relief, stressing that this must be done under the umbrellas of international organizations.

46.   Among the immediate priorities is the formulation of national legislations against people-smuggling.

47.   An example of an area of immediate priority is the second and third elections, as in South Africa.

48.   But a European Union official poured cold water on the idea of an Afghan army, arguing the shattered country had more immediate priorities.

49.   Defense officials have said acquisition of multi-role fighter jets, air-defense radar and missile-armed patrol boats are their immediate priority.

50.   Toubon said conservation was an immediate priority and that research would last for many years to come.