Affirmative Action in the Civil Service

Civil society should agitate for action and accountability.

A civil society component must be included in every action plan.

A civil emergency action plan was being implemented together with partners.

To that end, action is being coordinated among various Government agencies and civil society.

The Civil Service Commissioner added a segment in tender announcements regarding affirmative action for women.

So civil action is vital, but it's also vital to take people who are at the level of rage and violent action to the next level, which is non violent action.

The Ministry of Women Development is endeavoring to bring more coherence to the Government's affirmative action programmes through the Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP).

Such an action plan should be public and be drawn up in consultation with civil society.

It aims to mobilize broad civil society support for UNCAC and to facilitate strong civil society action at national, regional and international levels in support of UNCAC.

(c) The effect of allowing designated representatives, particularly civil society groups, to bring communications, particularly where individuals or groups of individuals are unable, owing to poverty, to bring communications themselves.

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Indeed, politicians face no electoral pressure to pursue broader action, even if it would bring domestic benefits.

We feel it our duty to bring to your attention and strongly protest the Greek Cypriot deputy's action.

It would often be the only place in which the claimant can bring a single action against both.

It just so happened that the Civil Rights Movement was the perfect thing to help him bring his cause to life.

They show the power of partnerships that bring together the United Nations, governments, development agencies, civil society, foundations, and the private sector.

We filed a civil action against the prosecutor, and the judge imposed a fine for every day the information was withheld.

Civil society is frequently involved in the preparation of national plans of action, but less so in implementation, monitoring and review.

The further analysis and deliberations proposed by some will bring us exactly what some expect more talk and absolutely no action.

Last month, the UN launched a joint action plan with governments, businesses, foundations, and civil society organizations to advance this vital cause.

In 2004, the Annual NGO Conference, entitled Millennium Development Goals Civil Society Takes Action (8 10 September 2004) focused on the Organization's effort to increase partnerships with civil society in support of the Millennium Development Goals.

Under article 77, the port may be the only place in which the claimant can bring an action against the performing party.

We are certain that this one hundredth ratification of the Statute will bring about further action aimed at achieving the Court's universality.

Supporting direct action to protect women and girls from violence, including by ending impunity, in particular in situations of wars and civil strife

They should also mobilize their civil society and private sectors to complement the action of Governments, with a view to accelerating economic growth.

Were the ECB to take aggressive action to bring them down, moral hazard would result countries would face no punishment for delaying reforms.

The same objective could not be achieved by instituting a civil action, which would result only in compensation for damages awarded to the petitioner.

The basis of government action and that of civil society organizations is to consolidate achievements to date in strengthening the specific rights of women.

The 60 representatives from 30 countries confirmed the importance of ICT for socio economic and civil development, highlighting a set of recommendations for action

The lack of a direct relationship with Europe s people deprives these bodies of the pressure required to bring about rapid action and responsive policies.

Victims of UAV attacks, their families, and civil society groups have begun to speak out against America s questionable drone campaign, and to pursue legal action.

The Civil Service Commission, added a segment in tender announcements regarding affirmative action for women, providing special measures for women and establishing educational programs on the issue of affirmative action for women and for members of tender committees.

At present the Ministry of Women Development is in the process of finalizing the Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP), which recommends a more coherent, and well thought out strategy for affirmative action to bring women in government service.

(a) Endorse the national action plan on gender equality, in compliance with the Beijing Platform for Action, and ensure that it is provided with sufficient resources across all sectors and fully implemented in consultation with women's civil society organizations

Uganda had also mainstreamed human rights into the poverty eradication action plan, and civil society was also involved in the promotion and protection of human rights.

Action plans to prevent the commercial exploitation of children and the development of a civil registration and statistics system were in the final stages of preparation.

Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has almost the same language, but the Declaration is more explicit in requiring positive action.

Bring Back Our Girls is the highest profile campaign highlighting discrimination against girls. But it is only part of a growing global movement by young people for civil rights.

As regards the second avenue, the complainant filed no civil action for compensation given that it is standard practice of the State party's courts to suspend civil cases for damages arising out of criminal offences until the completion of the respective criminal proceedings.

Artfully, though shamelessly, he has tried to sell this action as an effort to bring about stability and help fight the war on terror more effectively.

This action marked the commonly agreed upon beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War, which resulted in one and half million deaths over twenty years of conflict.

From the outset of the Syrian conflict, the US and its European allies have lacked a strategy. Is their goal to end the civil war or bring about regime change?

In accordance with the Committee's suggestions, Greece would take all the necessary steps to bring the Committee's concluding observations to the attention of the authorities, legal practitioners and civil society.

My delegation's strong support for giving a role to civil society upholds the provision of the Programme of Action which encourages non governmental organizations and civil society to engage, as appropriate, in all aspects of international, subregional and national efforts to implement the Programme.