Lastly, the intent is to prepare the basis for eventual future diplomatic or legal counteraction .

A distorted view of the present is the worst way to prepare for the challenges of the future.

Shell traditionally uses its scenarios to prepare for the future without expressing a preference for one over another.

The survey found that 83.1 per cent of local residents had taken steps to prepare for a future earthquake and tsunami.

But what astonishes me even more is the apparent failure of academic economics to take steps to prepare itself for the future.

The secretariat was requested to prepare revised draft provisions, based on the discussion in the Working Group, for consideration at a future session.

The secretariat was requested to prepare revised draft provisions, based on the discussion in the Working Group, for consideration at a future session.

We believe that the Conference will succeed in establishing the necessary framework for our future action to prevent and prepare for natural disasters.

The Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP) is a program of robotic spacecraft missions which NASA will use to prepare for future Moon landings.

Apart from these measures, the Government has also initiated a pre marriage programme to prepare the future couples for married life and child raising.

Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare the proposed budget in the programme and budget documents for future COPs in full accordance with Financial Rule 3

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.

The Working Group supported future work being undertaken on all these topics and requested the Secretariat to prepare, for a future session of the Working Group, preliminary studies and proposals (A CN.9 485, paras. 104 106).

The Working Group supported future work being undertaken on all these topics and requested the Secretariat to prepare, for a future session of the Working Group, preliminary studies and proposals (A CN.9 485, paras. 104 106).

If we prepare societies for more ferocious hurricanes in the future, for example, we are also helping them to cope better with today s extreme weather.

Because, any future planning, if 2048 is when we want to get there, unless the arts are put with the scientists, with the economists, with all those who prepare for the future, badly, we're not going to get there.

The DynaRig technology was first developed in the 1960s in Germany by as a propulsion alternative for commercial ships to prepare for a possible future energy crisis.

Allow me to wish all of us present today and yesterday well in our future undertakings to achieve the MDGs and to prepare for the September summit.

For this reason, the future shape of the International Monetary Fund is rapidly moving to the top of the agenda for world leaders as they prepare to meet in Washington in mid November to discuss the future of the global financial system.

Prepare yourself.

Rather than try to repel the advance of the machine, which is all that the Luddites could imagine, we should prepare for a future of more leisure, which automation makes possible.

Rather than try to repel the advance of the machine, which is all that the Luddites could imagine, we should prepare for a future of more leisure, which automation makes possible.

We stand ready to help the region take forward efforts to prepare for, mitigate against and respond to future disasters, and we look forward to continuing our cooperation with other delegations.

8. Requests the Secretary General to prepare a report containing proposals on the modalities of the future work of the Commission, taking into account the decisions contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Prepare effective advocacy strategies.

This would allow the Implementation Committee to prepare a draft decision thanking the specific number of Parties that had submitted Article 9 reports and urging all Parties to submit such reports in the future.

In addition to serving as a building block for future Dutch emancipation policy, it was also used to prepare the Dutch contribution to the Special Session of the UN General Assembly in June 2000.

We need to prepare for the worst.

She indicated that the working group would welcome any suggestions relating to what issues required further research and analysis, particularly as experts in the working group planned to prepare papers on transitional justice in the future.

It would meet annually to prepare an evaluation of the work carried out by the entity, an assessment of the work for each biennium and recommendations on future steps, and would submit its report to the Committee.

In this context, it should be noted that international, regional and national statistical agencies should be encouraged to prepare and maintain detailed correspondence tables for the various existing and future revisions of classifications of economic activities.

On the proposal of the President, the COP decided to establish a contact group on this item, chaired by Hernán Carlino (Argentina), to prepare draft conclusions or a draft decision for consideration by the COP at a future meeting.

BRUSSELS What should the G 20 do to prepare us to confront food crises, now and in the future? World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently listed nine measures that the G 20 should adopt under its current French presidency.

Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish thou shalt prepare it every morning.

Ringer had one month to prepare for the film.

One had to prepare for any eventuality.

He trains twice a day to prepare for the games.

Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

This method is used to prepare sodium perchlorate.

The most recent initiative regarding the establishment of the Kosovo Forum, meant to consolidate the Kosovo and Metohija Albanian leadership and to provide a framework within which they should prepare themselves for negotiations on future status, speaks volumes in favour of my claim.

The recent earthquake and tsunami triggered a debate on the need for the establishment of regional early warning mechanisms for disaster prevention, development and the strengthening of response preparedness, mitigation and contingency planning, as well as measures to prepare communities for future disasters.

You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily morning by morning you shall prepare it.

The intent was to prepare the ground for a military takeover.

The demand refused, the peasants began to prepare for a revolt.

To facilitate the discussions, the UNCTAD secretariat will prepare an issues note drawing on selected experiences of positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries, and providing elements for an analytical framework for future work in this area.