The Secretary General believes that the seven point road map towards democracy announced by the Myanmar authorities in 2003 has the potential to generate positive change.

To make a positive change in these attitudes, it is necessary to ensure that public information campaigns send out an unequivocal but balanced, factual and non moralistic message about the effects of drug abuse.

Changing social perceptions is a long process. However, efforts are underway to bring about a positive attitudinal change regarding women

Hopefully, we could make a difference as Leila hoped on Twitter

Grenada fully supports the proposal to effect positive change within the Secretariat and within all organs of this body.

A significant change in these areas will require sustained long term efforts.

He called on the Committee to dismiss the draft resolution in its current form, as well as any future resolution that did not contain the right to self determination of the Falkland Islands as its principal reference, and to reject Argentina's clear attempts to bring about a change in sovereignty.

A significant change in these areas requires sustained long term efforts.

When Brazil did move in that direction, it was too late to make any difference.

And here, Obama, in particular, will soon understand that Hollande has no intention of bringing sweeping change.

Media communication can be a very powerful tool in affecting change whether it is political or social.

Each innovation can create the opportunity for a series of innovations leading to a favourable environment for positive change.

His priority was to set up a quick impact programme aimed at bringing about tangible economic change for the Palestinian people.

Given economic stagnation, the political system s weaknesses, the aging of the population, and resistance to immigration, fundamental change will not be easy.

He campaigned on the theme that he is different from other politicians and will deliver real change.

UNIFEM and many other partners are supporting wide ranging initiatives which contribute to change at the national and local levels.

These reviews helped bring about a significant change in the awareness and behaviour of agencies of all levels with regard to woman personnel work, which is an important part of the personnel strategy.

So the potential of consumers to make a real difference when it comes to fighting climate change should not be wasted.

(d) Outcome 4 (micro level). Change to be brought about in harmful and discriminatory attitudes and practices so as to promote and protect rights of women and girls

Sufficient funding, combined with enhanced results based planning and management, would have a positive impact, and the Republic of Korea hoped to increase its financial contribution in future years.

That delegation was of the view that a higher visibility for the Office for Outer Space Affairs in those member States would certainly contribute to a positive change in that perception.

Expand the range of feasible strategies (which is what good policy design and leadership do), and you radically change behavior and outcomes.

Europe must develop a long term strategy tied to programs and monitoring mechanisms that will deliver real change on the ground.

Let us make a collective commitment to ensure that all our efforts lead to real change in the lives of people affected by crisis everywhere.

By moving in that manner, we hope we can make the United Nations a key player in driving real change at this important time.

The idea of reforming or adapting the old system without decisive change must be rejected before the process begins.

When the US intervened militarily in Iraq in 1991, the intention was to effect fundamental change in the entire region.

The strong focus of the goals of the Millennium Declaration on children has created a positive synergy with the goals of A world fit for children and convergence of national planning processes around a common set of goals.

The American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA), founded in 1969, promotes excellence in and appreciation of nephrology nursing to make a positive difference for patients with kidney disease.

Where properly integrated into wider community initiatives, school based programmes also promote positive change in communities as a whole.

The WTO is supposed to prevent these trade diversionary agreements, but so far no case has been successfully brought.

Because this work mattered and because these bodies were usually chaired by elected members, this was where new members could most readily make a difference.

The world today is constantly changing, and this requires dynamic changes in the structure, decision making and working methods of the United Nations so it can cope with new world realities and meet its obligations.

The election fraud in Iran has caused a mass movement in the country s cities, which this much is clear even now will fundamentally change the country.

Advocacy, given to an activist or group that has used online tools to promote free expression or encourage political change

My country has suffered from the scourge of war for so long, and we are determined, through the Government of National Unity, to bring about a real change on the ground so as to realize our reconstruction goals, development and unity.

Rather than taking isolated measures at the ministry or department level, there needs to be an overall vision on how various organs of the state can be used to effect a positive change in societal attitudes towards women.

After years of promotion and reviews of documentaries devoted to social change, the site Films for Action released a list of what they consider to be the 100 most influencial and provocative.

It would be advisable to effect a change in the policy of that body that would lead it soundly and constructively to promote and stimulate cooperation with Member States that request it in that regard.

The mission came away with the strong impression of overwhelming popular support and of high expectations for the elections, which will be the first in 40 years and are largely perceived by the Congolese people as a means of bringing about positive change.

The policy decisions of recent months offer little more hope for a fundamental change in US foreign policy direction.

With prizes including US 5,000 grants for citizen media projects, if making a difference through media is what you're about, we want to hear from you.

During the four year period of this medium term strategic plan (MTSP), UNICEF aims to make a difference for children around the world by putting at the centre of its work

The ongoing opening in Myanmar (Burma) shows that potentially significant political change does not need to be accompanied by regional instability.

But one might conclude from the bizarre debates we engage in about climate change that what the world needs is a change in its political and psychological mood, rather than a profound social and economic transformation.