The positive discourse on development had to be translated into positive action and policies in documents.

Budget Percentage for Positive Action Measures of the Operational Programmes

Taking note of positive results emanating from the implementation of the Programme of Action,

Taking note of the positive results emanating from the implementation of the Programme of Action,

Affirmative action, or positive discrimination, as some have called these policies, began with university admissions.

Ireland's three pronged approach to gender equality consisted of legislation, gender mainstreaming and positive action.

The third prong, positive action, had been developed on the basis of the Committee's 1999 recommendation.

Without positive action, it would take 227 years to achieve gender parity in the Turkish Parliament.

This is a framework for action to promote the positive development of all children living in Australia.

(c) An increase in positive results of the implementation of the Framework for Action for transport and communications.

We'll be celebrating the positive initiatives of individuals and organizations with short portraits that could inspire action elsewhere.

On the positive side, the Government and SPLM have signed an agreement on a national mine action strategy.

The Programme of Action also acknowledges that international migration can have significant positive impacts on development, especially through remittances.

So hopefully everything has been positive, positive, positive, more positive.

She hoped that the positive spirit that had prevailed during the development of the Guidelines by the Intergovernmental Expert Group would be followed up by positive action by the Commission to adopt them.

Encourages the Global Compact Office to promote the sharing of best practices and positive action through learning, dialogue and partnerships

What needs to also be considered is extending this positive action to include children whose parents or guardians are disabled.

Positive results in Kenya in particular demonstrated the value of affirmative action for girls' education and involvement in sports activities.

Clearly, omissions are wrongful when an international organization is required to take some positive action and fails to do so.

9. Further encourages the Global Compact Office to promote the sharing of best practices and positive action through learning, dialogue and partnerships

A cardiac stimulant is a substance which acts as a stimulant of the heart for example, via positive chronotropic or inotropic action.

The elimination of the clause on collective countermeasures was a positive development since it constituted a kind of legitimization of collective action.

On a positive note however, in some of the operations where OIOS had identified this function as weak immediate action has been taken.

The measures of positive action have been taken in the areas where such intervention is necessary to improve the position of women in BiH.

As well as providing positive action and empowerment over an incident, the reported information helps by going to a data base where administrators study it.

Further action is needed to promote sustainable forest management, clarifying the positive role of forests for socio economic development of countries, especially for forest dependent people.

Prompt action by sanctions committees and increased transparency in their work can have a positive impact on the level of preparedness of States to implement sanctions.

Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has almost the same language, but the Declaration is more explicit in requiring positive action.

While many of the findings were translated into positive action, there did not appear to be a structured manner in which those workshop findings are taken forward.

The second factor is the classic French Republican rejection of, and legal norms against, any form of affirmative action, or positive discrimination, even of the most inoffensive kind.

Despite some positive trends, there remains a need for continued action to combat deforestation and forest degradation in many countries. Underlying causes of deforestation are complex and varied.

Relevant Government agencies are drawing up a longer term action plan that specifies objectives, links to positive ageing goals, measures for achievement and key actions and time frames.

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Positive aspects

The Netherlandsa and Habassi v. Denmark,b in which it was established that States parties have a positive obligation to take effective action against reported incidents of racial discrimination.

The participation has also made it possible for Brazil to take action, in a positive manner, on the agenda and direction of the policies advanced by the global systems.

But if everyone gets positive, I will get the energy to stay positive.

Despite the laudable efforts of President Mbeki, on behalf of AU, and the positive impact of the proposals defined in the AU plan of action, the country remains effectively divided.

In many countries, positive action measures, such as quotas for women in elections, have resulted in increases in women's participation and these good practice examples should be disseminated and replicated.

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Some Positive Initiatives

(g) Positive action through international agencies. We ask the Commission at its fourteenth session to recognize that trade unions, employers and communities have been able to act together through international agencies, particularly where such agencies have provided a supportive international framework for joint action.

The European Union welcomes the recent positive developments on the ground but notes that further action is required to improve the overall security situation in the country, which remains of concern.

In this context, the Committee noted with interest that the Ministry of Education has taken certain positive action measures to promote the participation of female trainees in vocational and technical schools.

Studies show that the act of communicating positive events was associated with increased positive affect and well being (beyond the impact of the positive event itself).