It concluded with a call for action to manage climate risk and capture opportunities.

Opportunities for citizens to be engaged through voluntary action at the local level and have their action recorded and recognized are steadily expanding.

Equalization of opportunities for all is the central theme of both the World Programme of Action and the Standard Rules.

The next 18 months hold important opportunities for concerted action against the easy availability and misuse of small arms.

Next year, the 2006 Review and Preparatory Conferences will provide us with opportunities to further strengthen the Programme of Action.

In 2004 2005, the Affirmative Action Casual Inventory, which provided members of the designated affirmative action groups with entry level casual public service opportunities, was renamed the Diversity Talent Pool.

The national action plans of Sri Lanka have focused on enhancing the quality of education and on providing equal opportunities for employment.

Heads of State and Government must therefore agree on the nature of the threats and opportunities before us and take decisive action.

In the Community Initiative EQUAL, axis 4 with the general goal Equal opportunities for both women and men contributes to the promotion of Pillar 4 of the National Action Plan for Employment Reinforcing the equality of opportunities between men and women .

The Department for Equal Opportunities in the Slovak Republic, set up in 1999, carries out annual evaluations of the National Action Plan for Women and the Concept of Equal Opportunities Between Women and Men, in collaboration with other line ministries.

International cooperation for building national capacity to respond to challenges and opportunities of ageing is essential for implementation of the recommendations of the Madrid Plan of Action.

The donor conference held in Washington represents a new source of opportunities and hope for Haiti, and we urge that it be translated into concrete action.

The catalytic ingredient to transform all those challenges from threats into opportunities lies in the readiness to take collective action across the board.

In terms of strategic perspectives, the Review action plan pointed to the cotton and food processing sectors and the port of Cotonou as providing high potential investing opportunities.

As a potential model to be followed, Europe should look at the so called affirmative action policies that America enacted to provide opportunities to blacks.

Opportunities

(a) Expansion of employment opportunities

Procurement opportunities

Equal opportunities

We fully share the Secretary General's view of a world grounded in collective action where problems, threats and opportunities transcend national boundaries and where the reality of our global interdependence is fully recognized.

5. Invites Governments to make available to the Secretary General, on a voluntary basis, information and expertise on humanitarian problems of concern to them, in order to identify opportunities for future action

Never have opportunities for the expansion and diversification of volunteerism been greater, while the need for action in this area by Governments and the United Nations system has never been more pressing.

Lack of information on market opportunities.

The Review action plan recommended that action be taken to review and update the current investment legislation, to reform land access, to strengthen the local investment promotion agency, to promote good governance and to devise proactive policies dedicated to the promotion of national and regional investment opportunities.

The following section reviews measures that were implemented to further the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities in the period since the fourth five year review and appraisal of the World Programme of Action.

Most important, they have chosen to inscribe their action peacefully within a national framework and in the common interest, with all the concomitant responsibilities and opportunities that that entails.

A taskforce having a broad cross sectoral membership has been set up to ensure the implementation of the plan of action. The National Plan of Action is aimed at addressing the root causes of criminal acts in trafficking, which are poverty, lack of education, skills, employment opportunities, and access to social services.

challenges and opportunities

Opportunities in ICTs

Opportunities in biotechnology

Opportunities and challenges

Opportunities perceived included

challenges and opportunities

Current Financing Opportunities

Opportunities for effective enhancement of criminal justice

2. Urges Governments, intergovernmental organizations and non governmental organizations to take practical action to create greater awareness and support for the further implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

Recognizing that women of all ages, in particular older women, continue to suffer from discrimination and lack of opportunities, including educational opportunities,

So are the opportunities.

Tourism impacts and opportunities

New opportunities and challenges

Opportunities and promising strategies

Opportunities for, and challenges of, internationalization for SMEs

The Programme of Action notes that, to ensure the economic well being of growing populations, investment in human resource development must be given priority, by increasing access to, inter alia, information, education, skill development and employment opportunities (para.

Patriotism could generate business opportunities.

The lost opportunities are enormous.