First priority has to be accorded to setting up local democratic governments.

For the former, the eradication of illiteracy and skill development are central.

Implementation of decisions and commitments made should be balanced, with priority being accorded to development.

38. We recognize the need to prioritise affordable and environmentally sustainable infrastructure that targets the needs of the poor.

What is to be done? First, targeted investment should be given priority.

We still need modern medical equipment, though, and we ask our donors to give priority attention to this area.

In this context, priority will continue to be given to the SME cluster development programme.

With the Arab Spring, regional public opinion has shifted toward prioritizing civil rights and democratic reform over foreign policy.

Education at all levels should be the subject of priority attention in any long term development strategy.

The delay was regrettable, and the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) should give the matter the priority it deserved.

Putting education first is urgent in view of the scale of wasted talent and potential worldwide.

Commitments to provide ODA and transfer technology should be honoured and priority should be given to building capacity in developing countries.

Instead, priority should be given to the prevention of discharges generally recognized as the most harmful to the marine environment.

The GoE also identified the need for a good communication pattern to be established in order to prepare materials for the donors and to agree on proposal formats. It was felt that more integration work and fine tuning was needed in order to prioritize the proposals for producing concrete results.

A balanced outcome should be sought, giving priority to development concerns and issues related to SDT and implementation.

(e) Promoting international cooperation to assist vulnerable countries in enhancing their resilience and managing climate risks, giving priority to the most vulnerable countries.

Give priority to capacity development requests, including training support for mid career professionals in key sectors.

Human rights protection is not amenable to diplomacy, with its tendency to untransparent process and to view the State to State relationship as the primary consideration.

Traffic can be prioritised with Classes of Service, coupled with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that underpin quality of service performance guarantees.

A speaker welcomed the focus of the CPD on the Millennium Development Goals and UNICEF efforts to influence the Government to prioritize social sectors.

But donors all too often feel obliged to make their contributions visible to their constituencies and stakeholders, rather than prioritizing local perspectives and participation.

In times of crisis, consumers are likely to prioritize high quality products that will last a long time and won t go out of style.

Their politicians cite budget constraints and the need to prioritize domestic programs over fighting diseases that disproportionately kill the world s poorest.

The Committee urges the State party, as a matter of priority, to strengthen its efforts to effectively enforce its legislation prohibiting unlawful employment of children.

We believe that OCHA should continue to give priority attention to the fundamental principles for the provision of humanitarian assistance that is, humanity, neutrality and impartiality, as well as independence.

It was crucial to put into effect policies and programmes favouring gender equality as a way of consolidating economic and social development, which in turn would have a positive impact on the situation of women.

Preference should be given to sites in areas affected by oil spills from the invasion that have been shown by tests to be suitable for the establishment of such preserves.

The Syrian Arab Republic believes that the efforts to achieve development in the South will be complete only if priority is accorded to African concerns.

15. Invites international organizations, including international financial institutions, to continue to give priority to supporting the objectives of human resources development and to integrating them into their policies, projects and operations

Of critical importance is making sure pollution is included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which look at how to achieve future development sustainably after the current Millennium Development Goals expire this year.

The plight of women in rural areas, conflict situations and territories under foreign occupation, and the situation of migrant and trafficked women must be given top priority.

Environmentally unsustainable water use has a disproportionate impact on women and children, whose needs must be accorded the highest priority.

The outcome document stresses that priority attention should also be given to formulating a comprehensive counter terrorism strategy, which should become one of the main building blocks of the collective security system.

Now that we have seen the costs of giving absolute priority to safety, we know that this is not only a technical question.

22. Reaffirms the need for priority allocation of scarce grant resources to programmes and projects in low income countries, in particular the least developed countries

Prioritize the prevention of unwanted pregnancy through family planning and sex education and reduce maternal mortality rates through safe motherhood services and prenatal assistance.

(d) Assigning priority to developing and implementing activities and programmes aimed at treating and preventing addictions, in particular addiction to alcohol and tobacco, and the abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and inhalants

A key benefit of prioritizing broad based quality education is that it also helps to solve the income distribution problem.

Some States may think that we should give priority to one of those purposes over the others and, within each of them, many States will have their particular preferences.

But the lessons of the past seem to be too distant in policymakers minds these days, whereas domestic political pressure to put national economies first appears overwhelming.

With regard to the international response, we welcome and support the according of priority to Africa's needs on the international development agenda and the reaffirmation of our commitments in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60 1).

These measures involve the screening of candidates at the initial recruitment stage, including of short term staff, to ensure that, between equally qualified candidates, priority is given to candidates from such countries.

The Commission represents an important instrument to discuss and propose public policies for equality of opportunity and treatment, and to combat all forms of discrimination at work, giving priority to gender, racial and ethnic issues.

This strategy included the continued prioritization of protection concerns separation sexual exploitation, abuse and violence military recruitment education and the specific concerns of adolescents.

While giving first consideration to the use of SSC may not yet be universal, in practice, the United Nations system has increased its use of Southern expertise for practical reasons.