External debt posed a pressing problem and restricted the Government's ability to implement poverty reduction programmes.

Illegal international traffic in hazardous substances and dangerous products is a pressing problem for many countries.

But dismissing inflation as yesterday s problem could undermine central banks efforts to address today s most pressing issues and, ultimately, facilitate inflation s resurgence.

Two years ago, during the debate about the Dodd Frank financial reform legislation, few people thought that global megabanks represented a pressing problem.

It is also instructive to note that, other than financial support, the most pressing problem in implementing public information campaigns seems to be coordination and multisectoral cooperation.

The problem is all the more pressing because countries can achieve gains in market share not only through higher private sector competitiveness, but also by means of protectionist measures.

These are pressing, unsolved questions.

We must continue pressing forward.

It makes little sense for the world to impoverish itself by embracing a poor solution to one problem when there are more pressing challenges that can be resolved at smaller expense.

Judicial reform is another pressing issue.

This objective is pressing and substantial.

We heard over the last couple days what an urgent problem cancer still is in our society, what a pressing need it is for us to not have one person die every minute.

But these are not the most pressing issues.

The financial problems are pressing and monopolizing politicians attention.

In a number of cases, it has been shown that asking the population to be involved in the solution of a pressing problem from the beginning and making it part of the solution has brought about impressive results.

Now China, India, and Japan are pressing to get in.

Given all your other pressing concerns, that is particularly appreciated.

Pressing risk related questions require deliberate action on an international scale.

And there are pressing issues that need the new ambassador s attention.

I urge them to cooperate closely to address this pressing issue.

Preventing WMD proliferation is a pressing task facing the international community.

Energy lies at the heart of the world s most pressing global challenges.

For the world s poorest countries, such questions are not the most pressing.

Just as pressing are the time constraints under which it is operating.

The European Parliament is pressing for Turkish recognition of the Armenian genocide.

The families of the disappeared aren't only pressing the government for action.

There is a pressing need for better coordination among those international actors.

That's him pressing my buttons back there, which he does all the time.

Clearly, the US is also pressing ahead with preparations for an air strike.

Finally, there is a challenge that seems to be pressing, but is not.

The most pressing threats to the GMR come from overfishing and illegal fishing.

There still remains a pressing need for continued international security assistance in Afghanistan.

Canada would respectfully suggest that Haiti currently faces three fundamental and pressing challenges.

Never has the international community been faced with such pressing and serious threats.

Most Kuwaitis see this very technical issue as a way of pressing for reform.

Depending on wealth, geography and power, we perceive different threats as the most pressing.

UNIDO had enormous potential for helping address the pressing problems facing the Belarusian economy.

One of the most pressing needs is to deal with the human capacity crisis.

On the other hand, Afghanistan is still facing quite a number of pressing problems.

The threat of organized crime is no less pressing than the menace of terrorism.

Everyday people come with ideas to demobilize the fighters and integrate them into society, notes an official in the Labor Ministry, referring to the most pressing problem facing the NTC. But, with no one to make a decision, all of these plans just sit on our desks.

That is the most pressing immediate question, but America s leaders should also be thinking ahead.

Only then will a common approach to pressing issues, such as energy supplies, be possible.

With each day, questions about the fallout for the region become more pressing. Civil war?

Pressing problems, such as the economic crisis, nuclear proliferation, and climate change, will not wait.