The appetite for global solutions has diminished while national politics have taken increasing control of the agenda.

These realizations come with a certainty that demands action to fulfill a new vision of the future, solutions that may include complex systems or universal truths.

He was surely right, but too big to fail is another area in which the initial post crisis enthusiasm for global solutions has failed.

The Working Group will continue its examination of solutions to minorities' problems.

Africa needs concerted international support for the solutions that it has identified.

In terms of assistance, the largest share was for durable solutions (37 per cent).

In line with constitutional solutions in effect, the Entities are responsible for the regulation of rights of disabled persons.

Given the rapidly approaching 2015 deadline to negotiate a new binding international agreement on climate change under the Durban Platform, a US administration that supports institutional solutions to global problems is vital.

But responses can actually make a huge difference in the poor countries. This is a proposal that has been talked about a lot in Europe.

The government can certainly help, but beware of pied pipers touting quick fixes.

In 1987, on the occasion of The International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH), a competition was organised for New Technological Solutions for Social Housing (CINTUS).

After all, none of the Muslim world s problems and conflicts with the West are susceptible to a military solution.

But moral and ethical questions never yield fully to technical solutions they also require an understanding of humanity s social and cultural heritage.

The current crisis might indeed eventually break eurozone leaders inherent resistance to compromise, collaboration, and common action.

Conflicts start to be ripe for diplomatic solutions only when the parties get trapped in an unbearably painful mutual deadlock.

A successor body, the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, has already been identified to replace the Contracts and Monopolies Commission as from 1 January 2006.

This method, which is intended to be pragmatic and open to all, addresses the military, financial and technical dimensions of the solutions available to States.

Secondly, how can we ensure that the very provisions of Charter VIII are actually observed in the first place and implemented in a more orderly manner, not leaving everything to empirical solutions.

In strategic terms, no other country or group of countries has the capacity to replace the US.

It should be remembered, unfortunately, that in the area of disarmament the solutions achieved by some countries cannot always be applied wholesale in another.

What is the legitimacy of diplomacy, of the the solution we devise as diplomats if they cannot be reflected and understood by also these broader forces of societies that we now very loosely call groups?

The Secretary General's report on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (A 59 317) identified three key concepts as a framework for durable solutions (ibid., para.

The Convention Plus initiative was already a success in progress, and the Framework for Durable Solutions held great promise even for protracted refugee situations.

He she carries out specific tasks and projects as requested by the Special Representative and advises him on policy direction and plans of action for immediate and long term solutions to specifically identified problems.

The President The General Assembly will now proceed to the election of five non permanent members of the Security Council to replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 2005.

A concerted and sustained effort should be made to create awareness among decision makers on the potentials of space technology so as to obtain appropriate political support for space based solutions on a sustained basis.

The notion that the ability to mobilize a crowd or attract television cameras to a cause is enough to supplant the results of such elections is inherently dangerous.

25), particularly, the High Commissioner's intention to increase UNHCR involvement in resettlement activities.

As a result, parents resort to local solutions like tying hot water bottles around their babies' bodies, or placing them under light bulbs like the ones you see here methods that are both ineffective and unsafe.

The experience of the Pacific Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands and our experience in Bougainville is that community involvement for example, through women's groups and church groups provides an important avenue for the development of local ownership of the solutions.

Although no currency is as of yet qualified to replace the dollar as the world s reserve and transaction currency, this exorbitant privilege, as Charles de Gaulle put it, has come under stealthy attack.

It strives to convince its partners in CCW that technical solutions exist for the improvement of certain munitions so as to reduce the residual risks in the field, while taking into account the military, financial and technical dimensions of the proposed solutions.

The whole thing about the female trend is not about women being better than men it is actually about women being different from men, bringing different values and different ways to the table.

The National Police Force that Mexico s last three presidents Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox and Calderón have tried to build is still far from ready to replace the Army in drug enforcement tasks.

The Working Group's attention was also drawn to the fact that, with constantly evolving technological solutions and their introduction to procurement processes, it would be difficult to place electronic reverse auctions in a fixed structure and therefore sufficient flexibility in that regard should be retained.

A global financial crisis.

Evaluating the economic, social and environmental costs of inadequate provision of clean water and sanitation and the economic benefits of proposed solutions might help to persuade Governments to mobilize and allocate more resources in support of the water and sanitation goals.

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The message is clear. The current crisis might indeed eventually break eurozone leaders inherent resistance to compromise, collaboration, and common action.

During the past few months, the Department for Disarmament Affairs continued to focus its efforts on identifying ways and means of ensuring the operational sustainability of the Centre, with particular attention given to solutions highlighting efficiency and cost effectiveness, as well as to the demands and needs of the African region.

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