But there are significant gaps in our capacity in several critical areas.

Other areas of critical concern include the cultivation of and trade in narcotics.

It will also serve as a critical underpinning to the other MTSP focus areas.

The budget deficits could continue to prevent any meaningful action in areas of critical need.

R D in critical areas such as agriculture, health and environmental management, are under funded.

It will also provide the tools for progress in a number of critical management areas including

Six working groups were established to discuss critical areas relevant to the objectives of the Workshop.

The Beijing Platform for Action outlined 12 Critical Areas required for women's empowerment and fulfilment of their rights.

Scientific networking is an important instrument in scaling up research in areas of critical importance to developing countries.

The Commission considered critical areas of concern in respect of women and poverty and women and the environment.

Numerous countries use Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect critical breeding grounds and migration routes for marine life.

The countries that neighbour areas of conflict will often play a critical role in affording protection to civilians, and their support is critical in ensuring effective humanitarian assistance and protection services.

In Central Equatoria, international non governmental organization staff withdrew and critical health programmes in rural areas have been curtailed.

True, spending in these two critical areas is to rise dramatically (by 20 for education and 15 for health care).

We also attach critical importance to the five additional areas identified in the 2003 World Youth Report (A 58 79).

Similar linkages exist between other provisions of the Convention and the critical areas of concern in the Platform for Action.

In 1996 a Government NGO workshop was held to develop action plans to address the 12 critical areas of concern.

Assessments of desertification might be of critical use to those undertaking work in the areas of biodiversity and climate change.

It attempts to link the data gathered to the twelve critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action.

I have spoken thus far on development issues. But these are closely related to other critical areas of the international agenda.

Critical gaps remained in the Organization's peacekeeping capacity, including in the areas of strategic lift, tactical air support, and field medical facilities.

This process culminated with the consensus of 189 countries on 12 critical areas of concern at the 4th Women's World Conference in Beijing.

UNICEF agrees to review the guidance on emergency preparedness and response planning to ensure that critical areas have been covered in sufficient detail.

In fact, when comparing the 12 Critical Areas of the Beijing Platform for Action with the MDGs, the overlap on the issues is staggering.

Resolution 1325 (2000) calls for the full inclusion of women in international peace and security processes and for action in four critical areas. We note that progress has been made in a number of those areas.

The Committee recalls that the 12 critical areas of concern of the Platform for Action and the provisions of the Convention mutually reinforce each other.

9.84 The Department focuses its knowledge, expertise and professionalism on critical substantive areas that are essential to the successful implementation of national programmes and policies.

In the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, specific references are made to a number of areas in which broad international support, in particular funding, will be critical.

Second, it can focus new resources in critical areas such as education, malaria, agriculture, and infrastructure, and ensure that most funding goes to well governed countries.

In addition, space technologies are particularly important for developing countries, impacting on critical areas, such as communications, education, health and environment, food security and disaster management.

To fill vacancies in emergency operations as rapidly as possible, Fast Track announcements were issued for posts in critical areas such as Burundi, Chad and Sudan.

The first meeting of the Conference of Parties of the Convention was a critical step in allowing States parties to both debate and determine priority areas for reviewing compliance with the Convention and consequently identify areas for technical assistance.

Thus, the budget supports critical areas of market reform and growth promotion, including measures aimed at deepening the financial sector, promoting exports, and liberalizing foreign direct investment.

The strategic objectives and specific actions under all 12 critical areas of concern contribute to building an enabling environment for gender equality and the advancement of women.

It also requires that you and the president converge on a multi prong, multi year policy initiative that, at a minimum, makes simultaneous advances in six critical areas

Scientific networking through centres of excellence is an important instrument for building scientific and technological capabilities and scaling up research in areas of critical importance to developing countries.

It is through progress in these critical areas that the population, which has been deprived by a brutal conflict, can begin to see and feel tangible peace dividends.

The freedom of movement afforded him, and the willingness of persons from all the areas visited to engage in discussions and offer ideas were critical in fulfilling his mission.

The situation of older women was considered in the context of the analysis of critical areas such as women and poverty, women and the economy and women and health.

Critical Mass.

At the critical Mach number, local airflow in some areas near the airframe reaches the speed of sound, even though the aircraft itself has an airspeed lower than Mach 1.0.

The Secretary General is therefore taking additional actions where it is within his authority to do so, particularly in the critical areas of the accountability framework, oversight, ethics and transparency.

One of the Platform for Action's critical areas of concern is specifically devoted to the realization of the human rights of women, including through the full implementation of the Convention.

Thus, following the Beijing conference in 1995, Government and NGOs developed the Vanuatu strategy in 1996 to progress the 13 Critical Areas of Concern of the Beijing Platform for Action.

The Court's determinations will undoubtedly make an important contribution to the development of international legal principles in those critical areas and will also contribute to the enrichment of the law.