This year provides an especially important opportunity to use this potential for action.

The 2005 World Summit had provided an opportunity, and clear guidance, for action.

This situation presents an opportunity for implementing the provisions set out in the Programme of Action.

We will have an unprecedented opportunity for united action for improvement if the international community can unite its strengths.

Both National Action Plans promoted equal opportunity as a main objective.

(c) Self evaluation should be seen as providing an opportunity for lesson learning and corrective action initiated by programme managers.

One reason is that the corruption scandals have provided an opportunity for investors to see Brazilian freedom of speech and democracy in action.

Orwell had been looking for the opportunity throughout the war, but his failed medical reports prevented him from being allowed anywhere near action.

Platform for Action (BPFA), the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) takes this opportunity to express its unequivocal support for the Platform and its full implementation.

There was a need for additional affirmative action programmes in various areas, and in particular in the field of education, in order to increase opportunity for women.

The upcoming presidential appointment of Supreme Court judges, which should take place following the inauguration of the Parliament, offers an opportunity for corrective action.

With the approaching end of the Bush presidency and uncertainty about his successor s policy, the window of opportunity for Israeli action is seen as potentially closing.

Thirdly, the NGO is working towards mobilizing youth for action by creating partnerships and trying to ensure that young people are given a responsibility and opportunity.

The International Decade for Action Water for Life 2005 2015 represents a significant opportunity to promote new partnerships, attract funds and accelerate efforts towards the achievement of the sector target.

The first was held during the second session of the Forum and provided member States with the opportunity to highlight country goals and strategies for implementing the proposals for action.

I kindly request that you arrange for the consideration of and action on decision 2005 116 by the Economic and Social Council at the earliest possible opportunity.

Because in town this is the bustling squatter city of Kibera, near Nairobi they see action. They see opportunity.

We shall take this opportunity to share some of our experiences with implementation of the World Programme of Action.

A Breakthrough Opportunity for Global Health

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.

The G 20, which comprises the world s largest economies, offers the natural setting for global policy coordination. The next G 20 meeting in London in early April is a crucial opportunity for timely action.

In addition, the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, under the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999, works with employers to assist them to achieve equal opportunity for female employees.

The rational for affirmative action in those early years was the fact that, after a long history of systemic injustice, merely outlawing discrimination based on race or gender would not ensure equal opportunity for all.

There is an opportunity here for leadership.

I thank members for this opportunity today.

Mr. Rock (Canada) (spoke in French) Canada welcomes this open debate on children and armed conflict, which provides an important opportunity to advance the normative framework for action and its effective implementation.

Mr. Serio (Italy) said the Ministry for Equal Opportunity was committed to ensuring equal opportunity throughout the country.

The opportunity in Copenhagen is to begin shaping some of the new collective action models upon which we can build the post carbon economy.

Freedom of choice describes an individual's opportunity and autonomy to perform an action selected from at least two available options, unconstrained by external parties.

I would also like to thank him for providing us this opportunity to review the progress made at the plenary level in implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond.

This crisis offers a tremendous opportunity for Europe.

Moreover, don't wait for opportunity, make it happen.

The real value in preparing reports was the opportunity it provided to assess the status of women, reflect on their situation and prepare future action.

Let me take this opportunity to briefly highlight the major steps taken under NEPAD at the regional level in accordance with its programme of action.

The Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World, held last October, was an opportunity to review progress in implementing the mine ban treaty and pave the way for action in the coming five years.

Thus, we would expect less opportunity for transformational leadership.

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999

With the impending establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission, we believe that the opportunity has arisen for the Council to find ways to contribute to strengthening the linkages between humanitarian action and integration, rehabilitation and peacebuilding.

Mr. Singh (Observer for the World Conservation Union (IUCN)) said that the 2005 World Summit Outcome had missed an opportunity to substantially enhance the international community's understanding of sustainable development issues and catalyse collective action.

Proposals for action

Recommendations for action

Recommendations for Action

(h) Welcome the convening of the Second Intergovernmental Review of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land based Activities as an opportunity to discuss marine debris in relation to the source categories of the Global Programme of Action and urge broad high level participation.

Building the institutions necessary for achieving inclusiveness and equal opportunity

Building the institutions necessary for achieving inclusiveness and equal opportunity