Credible self regulation is a necessity.

Collective strategies, collective institutions and collective action are indispensable.

Collective strategies, collective institutions and collective action are indispensable .

PARIS Controversy is essential to the advancement of science.

Of these three imperatives, sustainability may be the most complex and challenging.

The practical necessities of politics are bound to dilute ideological purity.

Often times, the continent's governments didn't respond with empathy, in spite of moral imperatives.

Among the few certainties in crafting economic policy is the need to adapt to external change.

Those who remain obviously would be well served not to overlook exigencies at home.

Piped water, sewerage, and electricity are seen as essential in the Americas, but not in India.

More stable financing channels and stronger enforcement of operating standards are essential to support rapid urbanization.

Replacing biomass sources by less destructive energy supplies has thus become increasingly urgent.

The euro was created partly in order to bolster internal market efficiency and prevent currency volatility.

It funded the investment imperatives of economic development and boosted the cushion of foreign exchange reserves that has shielded China from external shocks.

Some are linked to the personalities of Obama and Sarkozy others reflect the nature of their political imperatives.

The European Union also encourages both sides to meet under the auspices of the United Nations Mixed Commission as soon as practical.

The ability to refinance government debt and keep costs down is essential to strengthening public finances and boosting GDP growth.

The existing paradigm serves to rigidify decision making at a time when extraordinary flexibility and rapid change are essential.

Essential to this is an understanding that a fair and prosperous society needs young people who are educated to the standards required of a modern workforce.

Moreover, full and unfettered access by international election observers to monitor next year s elections and the referendum in 2011 is essential.

European leaders continued focus on the long run at the expense of short term imperatives may indeed be the death knell for their single currency.

Of course, the World Bank and the regional development banks now recognize such imperatives, and the New Development Bank should not relieve the developed countries of their responsibilities.

These men entice girls with necessities such as food, money or school fees, or luxuries such as expensive gifts, in exchange for sex.

A more sensible approach is to balance America s real and pressing security needs in Afghanistan with a more wholesome policy in Central Asia.

But in the developing world, immediate economic needs often override long term imperatives, and protecting a fragile environment is rarely a priority at the national level.

It is also imperative to promote international efforts in the fields of early warning and information exchange and to use the latest communications and surveillance technologies so that the negative consequences of similar tragedies may be curbed in the future.

The policy is rooted in central planning, which, three decades ago, led to artificially low prices and, in turn, to shortages of basic necessities and key production inputs, such as grain and steel.

While such placements are marginally significant in the overall realm of the exercise, they do provide the flexibility required by the operational imperatives of the organization.

Further in establishing these partnerships for development, it is critical that the parties come as equals to the table, so that conditionalities placed on these partnerships do not benefit only the richer and more powerful.

A massive scaling up of public investments, capacity building, systematic promotion of World Trade Organization compliant trade opportunities, resource mobilization and official development assistance are therefore urgent for low income developing countries.

While one can understand the domestic political imperatives that have led to subsidies and guarantees, developed countries need to recognize the global consequences, and provide compensatory assistance to developing countries.

2. Calls upon all States to ensure that basic social services, notably education, are provided for children in order to divert them from and to address the economic imperatives that lead to involvement in harmful, exploitative and abusive activity

Emergency support from a few friendly governments has so far limited the erosion of Egypt s foreign currency reserves at a time of mediocre tourism earnings and growing imports of food and other basic necessities.

And a mechanism to authorize the new deal such as a grand coalition actually empowered by elections (not just reluctant support by major parties for technocratic leaders like Italy s Mario Monti) is essential.

2. Calls upon all States to ensure that basic social services, notably education, are provided for children in order to divert them from and to address the economic imperatives that lead to involvement in harmful, exploitative and abusive activity

The international debate about how much austerity is appropriate to balance the interests of Greece and its creditors has distracted policymakers for too long. It is time to focus on the real imperative designing and implementing vital structural reforms, at the national and European levels.

This brings us to the need to balance short term imperatives with long term vision. Energy projects and policies today must account for the projected increase in emerging market demand, while ensuring sufficient investment in future generating capacity.

Speaking of imperatives, geoengineering is taboo now, especially in government circles, though I think there was a DARPA meeting on it a couple of weeks ago, but it will be on your plate not this year but pretty soon, because some harsh realizations are coming along.