The Mission had experienced high attrition rates and difficulties in attracting staff, and the recruitment of staff on temporary contracts, as recommended by the Advisory Committee, would only exacerbate that situation.

The issue of spousal employment remains one of the key factors still posing problems to the United Nations system organizations in attracting and retaining the right calibre of staff.

If the Institute can count on a sound and reliable financial base, securing the funding of its core Professional staff, it can be more attuned to attracting technical cooperation and working partnerships with other donor agencies.

LONDON Central Africa has lately been attracting some unfamiliar attention.

Joint high level session with WAIPA Attracting FDI in service clusters

But countries have so far had mixed success in attracting skilled immigrants.

Sweden carried out a technical programme aimed at attracting girls to engineering.

Meanwhile, political trials in Egypt are attracting international attention and deterring foreign investment.

Already, some are making a notable difference on the ground, attracting widespread admiration.

Experts also discussed the role of incentives in attracting R D related FDI.

They do so partly in the hope of attracting much needed services FDI.

Now it is attracting attention as an example of United Nations led nation building.

Ankara has become a hub of higher education, attracting students from Africa and Asia.

The main concern was not attracting readers, listeners, and viewers, but avoiding political mistakes.

Attracting neighbors has long been a noble aspiration and something of a European specialty.

Tourism has become a significant industry, attracting millions of visitors to England each year.

An international match can fill 100,000 seat stadiums, while attracting TV audiences of 350 million.

Proximity to the US should, of course, be an advantage for exports and attracting investment.

This has made the central government very powerful, attracting the best brains into its service.

The Guam Visitors Bureau has set the goal of attracting 1.3 million visitors in 2005.29

The drugs undergo a drying process and are packaged and concealed to avoid attracting attention.

Effective leadership from the middle often requires attracting and persuading those above, below, and beside you.

But soft power will play a crucial role in attracting moderates and denying the extremists new recruits.

A wide variety of oriental medicine are available, attracting people all over Korea to visit the city.

This share, however, remained concentrated in a handful of countries, with many others attracting only small amounts.

The Agency has also been actively engaged in attracting new participants to its nuclear security cooperation programme.

General purpose funds also finance priority areas not attracting special purpose (earmarked) contributions, thus providing programme flexibility.

Attracting development assistance is in some respects as competitive as encouraging foreign direct investment by developing countries.

These issues require cooperation in the provision of global public goods and the soft power of attracting support.

Playing for time thus might enable them gradually to recapitalize themselves by retaining profits or attracting outside capital.

Unlike the dollar and the pound, the yen and the Deutschemark did not depend on attracting foreign inflows.

Harry Truman was a modest orator, but compensated by attracting and ably managing a stellar set of advisers.

More than just a matter of necessity, making Singapore clean was a strategy for attracting business and tourists.

Uribe has also proven to be a strong economic administrator, attracting increasing flows of foreign direct investment to Colombia.

Soft power is the ability to get what one wants by attracting others rather than threatening or paying them.

It draws scant media attention or celebrity firepower, which are often crucial to attracting charitable donations to a cause.

English service is provided since August, and attracting users from the US, Japan, China, Vietnam, Brazil and many more.

Meanwhile on Facebook, several groups calling for an end to the series have been formed, attracting a few thousand followers.

One week in July 1984, the American evangelist Billy Graham preached at Anfield, attracting crowds of over 30,000 each night.

Assistance is required to support national investment related institutions and policy advice to create regulatory frameworks conducive to attracting FDI.

The Minister of Investment of Egypt set out the Government's objectives and policies with regard to attracting foreign direct investment.

Responsible for overall administration of personnel programme, including staff planning, staffing, classification, staff relations, appointments, promotions, separations, assignments, staff development and travel of all staff.

Knowhow resides in brains, and emerging and developing countries should focus on attracting them, instead of erecting barriers to skilled immigration.

The question How Should Middle Eastern Women Dress in Public posed by the University of Michigan is attracting hilarious spoofs online.

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