Violence against women was one of the main obstacles to achieving real equality.

The obstacles to growth are not chiefly macroeconomic.

What actions can be taken to address the impediments to the sustainable development of fisheries?

The Government of PEI implemented a Disability Support Program in 2001 to improve access to disability supports and reduce barriers to participation in the labour market for people with disabilities.

However, thus far, developing countries' participation in and profits from world trade have not been considerable, because of the obstacles and distortions in trade, such as subsidies and internal assistance, that stands in the way of the development of our countries.

It is aimed at removing all the obstacles to women's active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision making.

Bank secrecy has been one of the major obstacles to criminal investigations in money laundering offences.

For many countries, particularly in the developing world, reducing obstacles to trade is insufficient for fuller participate in the global economy, because they also need to build their capacity to trade.

(b) Further actions and initiatives for overcoming obstacles to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda

She wondered what the main obstacle was to appointing women representatives and hoped that, in future, the situation would change.

The removal of legal obstacles to electronic commerce a useful transposition to the international order of UNCITRAL Model Law rules.

All of this leads one to conclude that there are still serious obstacles impeding indigenous children's access to schools.

(b) To intensify efforts aimed at identifying ways and means to overcome obstacles and difficulties in the realization of the right to education

What policy options could help maximize the development impact of OFDI for home countries by enhancing the competitiveness of their enterprises, both larger and smaller ones, through this means of internationalization?

The obstacles to achieving the Copenhagen goals were rooted in the lack of an enabling environment for social development.

There do not exist any kind of legal or cultural obstacles for a woman to receive these health care services, nor does she need anyone's consent.

Also urges all States to take measures to eliminate obstacles and threats to democracy and to ensure that barriers to participation, such as illiteracy, poverty and discrimination, are overcome

Desiring to remove legal obstacles to the use of electronic communications in international contracts, particularly those which are subject to the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

13. Also invites the Working Group to identify obstacles to the realization of the provisions of the Declaration, to recommend ways of overcoming those obstacles and, in this regard, to continue a dialogue with Governments and relevant intergovernmental and non governmental organizations

13. Also invites the Working Group to identify obstacles to the realization of the provisions of the Declaration, to recommend ways of overcoming those obstacles and, in this regard, to continue a dialogue with Governments and relevant intergovernmental and non governmental organizations

Tunisia called on the international community to take urgent measures to secure the lifting of the obstacles to the movement of UNRWA personnel which prevented the delivery of assistance to the Palestinian refugees.

Also urges all States to take measures to eliminate obstacles and threats to democracy and to ensure that barriers to participation, such as illiteracy, poverty and discrimination, are overcome

11. Invites the Working Group to identify obstacles to the realization of the provisions of the Declaration, to recommend ways of overcoming those obstacles and, in this regard, to continue a dialogue with Governments and relevant intergovernmental and non governmental organizations

It has become clear that corruption is one of the main obstacles to peace, stability, sustainable development, democracy, and human rights around the globe.

SMEs in developing countries, however, suffer from numerous obstacles to growth due to their functional isolation from other enterprises and support institutions.

The third panelist addressed the main obstacles to SME development in sub Saharan Africa from the point of view of the private sector.

At its thirteenth session, the Commission should adopt measures to expedite the Plan of Implementation and to remove obstacles that were slowing it down.

The task with which the Working Group was initially entrusted was to explore ways to remove obstacles to the use of electronic communications in all conventions relating to international trade.

Believing that the situation requires a stand that establishes a commitment to the Rights of the Child and confirms the determination to continue the efforts to activate these rights and overcome the obstacles standing in the way of the Ummah

The Constitution Review Group had recommended in its report of 1996 that article 41 should be revised she asked what were the main obstacles to implementation of that recommendation. Did the Supreme Court ruling refer to the provisions of the Convention, because the law had to be compatible with its article 16, paragraph 1 (h)? Was the Irish judiciary familiar with the provisions of the Convention?

(b) To promote the continuation of the upward trend in real contributions to operational activities for development to identify obstacles to the achievement of that goal and to make appropriate recommendations in this regard

And countries which are well governed and respect the human rights of their citizens are better placed to avoid the horrors of conflict and to overcome obstacles to development.

The State is legally required to eliminate obstacles to Nicaraguans' effective participation in the country's political, economic and social life.

A number of obstacles still exist to the import, transport and distribution of relief goods, the entry and freedom of movement of disaster response organizations and their personnel, and the exchange of disaster related information.

We must also overcome the enduring obstacles to development created by the epidemic itself, such as the orphaning of generations of children and the stripping of human and institutional capacity.

I have a feeling that there is an emerging consensus that at least we will have achieved something and that we can cross the other bridges, the other obstacles that are in our way in the next step.

Its main aim was to remove the political, socio economic and cultural obstacles that prevented rural women from participating fully in economic growth and social development and from fully exercising their rights.

The draft convention is designed primarily to remove legal obstacles to electronic commerce that may result from form requirements relating to commercial contracts that were concluded prior to the development of electronic communications.

The IMF was in the process of creating Investor Advisory Councils for African countries (currently in Ghana, Senegal and the United Republic of Tanzania) to identify and assess obstacles to FDI.

We urge policymakers to take action and implement policies aimed at removing the obstacles that block women s participation in the workforce.

UNESCO intensified its efforts and work with its partners and governments to address the barriers impeding girls and women's full participation in order to make the goal of gender parity and equality a reality in 2015.

The main obstacle to women's participation in the foreign service was the domestic burden they faced, particularly since the country was still developing economically.

These include limited financing, limited institutional capacity, legal complexity, and the need for community involvement.

In spite of the trend towards liberalization, however, the motivation to circumvent tariff and non tariff barriers to imports and exports is still present, especially in those host economies that remain relatively closed and regulated.

Some discussants referred to the obstacles in the North to outward FDI from developing countries, and emphasized the role of investment rules at both bilateral and multilateral levels in this regard.