Violence against women and girls was another challenge requiring the Committee's immediate attention.

Key areas requiring further attention

Nuclear power is another area requiring attention.

Nevertheless, some issues requiring urgent attention were postponed in this exercise.

Effective stockpile management is an issue requiring serious attention in many countries.

The groups requiring extra attention include women from ethnic minorities and single women.

Another area requiring special attention is that of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa.

The Commission reports to the Council on matters concerning the promotion of women's rights in the political, economic, social and educational fields and makes recommendations to the Council on problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women's rights.

The issue demands the immediate attention of all members of the Security Council.

It was also noted that the report also drew attention to areas requiring further efforts by the international community.

The other area requiring attention would be the Indian High Commission in Islamabad which could become the target of attack.

Her case has garnered international attention, with political leaders and rights groups calling for her immediate release.

Indeed, the value of attention can be monetized, and a contract requiring someone to pay attention (by, say, giving a speech or appearing at a photo opportunity) can be bought and sold.

4.14 Under the Comprehensive Reform Programme violence against women was identified by Government as requiring immediate action and as a result, the Family Protection Bill was initiated.

The humanitarian response review is an important undertaking that has spotlighted issues requiring immediate solutions. It has made a number of useful recommendations that require action on our part.

(b) Take immediate and effective steps to eliminate the practice in State institutions, in particular in educational institutions, of requiring children to work for the profit of these institutions.

An issue identified by the working group requiring particular attention is how the operation of an optional protocol might affect domestic decisions on resource allocation.

The informal sector is a critical area that requires immediate policy attention, which would have direct impact on poverty reduction.

A wide range of social integration issues requiring action had been highlighted, and he welcomed the attention devoted to migrants in the 2005 World Summit Outcome.

We have already identified areas such as capacity building, sustainable funding for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and the involvement of the Haitian diaspora as requiring particular attention.

To achieve full and equal participation in society, extra emphasis will have to be placed on the needs of individuals and groups requiring extra attention, including women.

The conclusions of the seminar refer to areas requiring additional attention by authorities as well as commitments from the NHRIs to address irregular migration, smuggling and trafficking.

OIOS believes that the issues of skills alignment among subregional office staff and the promotion of their operational expertise require immediate attention.

A greater human rights field presence during times of crisis would provide timely information to United Nations bodies and, when necessary, draw urgent attention to situations requiring action.

There was little information about concrete steps to address the issues requiring attention or any assessment of the potential impact of implementation of the recommendations on programme delivery.

The Human Rights Council could benefit from the timely participation of special procedures, including through interactive dialogue addressing follow up and drawing attention to situations requiring urgent action.

These are needs that know no geographic, linguistic or gender barriers or any other distinctions, and therefore require our immediate attention and resolution.

Issues requiring examination include

Immediate problems require immediate responses.

(c) Proposals of subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council requiring attention and or action by the Council (E 2005 MISC.1) (English only) (also under agenda item 14).

Not a single day passed without requiring continuous and concerted attention to economic crises, political and military conflicts, social upheavals, cultural clashes, or environmental problems in some corner of the world.

But it will take some time before the new migrants gain decisive political influence, and the problems of Iran and Russia for Europe require immediate attention.

Requiring personal financial liability of staff

Table 2 Staff requiring office space

Like the Special Rapporteur's preceding report to the General Assembly (A 59 258), it underscores certain issues of concern which, in his view, require urgent and immediate attention.

The Committee will also continue to monitor the situation on the ground and draw the attention of the international community to urgent developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, requiring international action.

Labour, by contrast, argues that immediate spending cuts would wreck the recovery that the hole in the economy, not the government budget deficit, is the problem needing most attention.

For voluntarily funded organizations such as UNHCR, unfunded post retirement benefits could mean enormous termination costs, with the ensuing risk of serious financial jeopardy this issue thus requires immediate attention.

The Committee would be addressing several other issues requiring special attention, including external debt and debt problems of countries which did not belong to the HIPC group, financing for development, globalization and interdependence and international migration.

The human rights issues which were identified as requiring priority attention include the weak institutional base for the rule of law, poor detention conditions, sexual and gender based violence and denial of economic, social and cultural rights.

OIOS is also proposing additional resources to bolster current resources in the regional hubs in order to ensure that those areas with the biggest risk receive adequate resources for immediate attention.

Donor assistance continued to be channelled towards immediate emergency and humanitarian priorities, although towards the end of 2004 attention was increasingly centred on requirements for economic recovery over the medium term.

Laws requiring the wearing of seatbelts save many lives.

We face a daunting task requiring a vast effort.

The Bureau also noted the request of the Council, in the same resolution, for the Chairpersons of the functional commissions to communicate to the President of the Council the issues requiring special attention or action by the Council.