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

A number of areas requiring further action have also been identified.

Speakers called for increased attention and support to be given to Africa.

Biofuels were recommended as one of the technology options that required further investigation.

The Board draws the attention of the Secretary General to this issue, which calls for further review.

Nuclear power is another area requiring attention.

Key areas requiring further attention

The fact that labour legislation did not cover domestic or agricultural workers, and most of the latter were women, meant that there was serious discrimination against rural women.

New technologies continue to emerge requiring further detailed assessment of their potential application to this field.

All these require greater resources if Africa is to achieve the MDGs.

Several NGO representatives highlighted certain thematic areas which they considered required further attention by treaty bodies, such as violations relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, and the impact of trade policies on the enjoyment of human rights.

There are, however, areas that still require attention.

The chapter will also flag key issues that require further attention to strengthen the global policy response.

With the focus on full system benefits, the Department is paying more attention to the end results and overall performance.

The success of future initiatives of the Spaceguard Foundation depends upon greater interest being shown by and support being provided by national Governments.

As a result of the increased attention paid to technical subjects at primary schools, girls are now taking more interest in them.

The legacy of the Tribunal with respect to strengthening the Rwandan judiciary also requires attention.

No further resources are required for the study, although there is a requirement to continue the General Service post for the 2006 2007 biennium.

Another social group which required attention was the elderly.

The Working Group and the Secretariat are looking at several other issues that require more discussion and potential action in the coming year.

Official Records of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, First session, New York, 3 10 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.V.2 and corrigendum), part II.A.

The adoption of a results based approach and the common services initiative were steps in the right direction, but greater harmonization and simplification were required.

He hoped that in 2005 the item would be accompanied by a sub item other than the one that had been proposed, one that would prompt greater interest.

The global phenomenon of migration required greater attention and measures to promote and protect the human rights of migrants.

There was a strong feeling that the outcome document should give greater attention to disarmament and call for a new legal instrument to control the arms trade.

9. Notes that the consolidation of the peace building process remains a significant challenge which will require greater political will, the involvement of all sectors of society and the continued engagement of the international community

In recent years, the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations has engendered progressively greater interest from Member States, academic institutions, non governmental organizations and international and regional institutions.

It was encouraging that both developed and developing countries were giving greater attention to environmental protection when undertaking their economic activities.

The current situation and stark realities in the region demand greater attention and support from the international community in order to assist countries in the region in pursuing the various initiatives toward achieving peace, security and stability.

Welcoming also the fact that the report stresses that the Regional Centre has placed more emphasis on the inclusion of a gender perspective in its planned activities and the relationship between disarmament and development,

But the collective action problem is no less daunting, and it requires urgent attention if the world s growth aspirations are to be achieved.

Cooperation from member states and the relationship between peace and justice are just two vital issues that require sustained attention at Kampala and beyond.

The sustainability of business operations increasingly required attention to the long term outcomes of these operations and to the relationship between the corporation and the communities in which it operated.

It was felt that the outcome document should give greater attention to the need to enhance democracy and accountability in international decision making, including through increasing participation of developing countries.

Moreover, we should devote greater attention to gender mainstreaming in the work of United Nations programmes and funds aimed at overcoming poverty in post conflict situations.

Municipalities authorities are to provide more direction.

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

I believe that the present state of affairs represents more than just an alarming situation it constitutes a crisis that requires the full attention of, and urgent and specific action by, the international community.

He added, If you look at all the areas and all the ways that we have to store and handle these weapons in order to perform the mission, it just requires, we believe, more resources and more attention than they're getting.

Mr. Stavrakakis (Greece) said that greater attention was being paid to hygienic conditions in existing detention centres for aliens awaiting deportation, and a new detention facility was nearing completion in the sensitive Attica region.

He was laid off until there was more work to do.

There is also a regional dimension that has gained greater prominence.

We hope to see more States accede to it.

She had made clear her personal commitment to accord equal attention to economic, social and cultural rights alongside civil and political rights, although world events often drew more attention to the last two rights.

We note with satisfaction that the range of issues under discussion today are being given greater attention not only in the Security Council, but also within the framework of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions, particularly the Commission on the Status of Women.