You see, he's gained the initiative.

The European Community has, with our support, seized the initiative.

Basing cooperation projects on user requirements, promoting full participation of the main stakeholders, and taking account of local circumstances and the stage of statistical development

Even there we do take the initiative.

For the Convention to bear fruit, it is crucial that affected countries assume leadership.

In addition, it would help if the US could take a strong lead by ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Obama needs to make the US a leader in reducing emissions.

Eventually, the garrison regained the initiative and managed, after heavy fighting, to drive out the infiltrators.

In doing so, they are passing up an historic opportunity to take the lead on nuclear disarmament.

Europe needs to take the lead, as it did in Mali and Libya.

At the same time, he was careful to let Kohl and others take the lead.

A focus on these processes would ensure that fragile states take the lead and the responsibility.

The Department of Public Information agreed to take the lead in drafting these guidelines.

In the meantime, the Fed should take the initiative by re establishing swap lines with advanced and emerging economies alike.

President Bill Clinton s administration ignored the overtures and allowed the US Congress to take the initiative.

It's up to us as individuals to take control and responsibility for the type of lives that we want to lead.

So try and learn as best you can what that impact is and then take the first step to minimize it.

It is thus time to make real use of the UN, to call upon the General Assembly to take the lead.

As in Libya, France had to take the initiative in Mali.

But progress can be achieved only if countries themselves take the lead for their own development.

Equally, it has been our active foreign policy that has placed us in the lead with regard to Iran, especially on the nuclear dossier.

We well understand that this process began in Russia and was initiated by its leadership.

Although Gorbachev took the initiative, Reagan was well prepared by the State Department to adopt a policy of negotiations.

Israel had taken the initiative to withdraw from Gaza and evacuate Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

It was also felt that the United States, the European Communities and Japan needed to provide leadership at this critical stage of the Round.

But that was enough to make change because those supporters took action.

Recently, CARICOM has taken the initiative in the promotion of the Association of Caribbean States, which brings together other States and territories of the wider Caribbean.

The counts and large monasteries took the lead in these efforts, building the first heavy emergency dikes to bolster critical points.

Bosnia and Herzegovina law enforcement agencies increasingly are taking the lead in proposing and planning such operations.

The Government needed to be proactive, conduct research into the problem and ask women and NGOs about their experience and awareness.

One of the universally recognized practices is that a belligerent party takes the initiative to terminate belligerency.

She suggested that the Committee consider entrusting an expert, or experts, to take the lead in studying each report.

We hope that you will take the lead in partnering your innovative spirit and expertise with that of innovative educators in your community.

While the community based organization loan programme was initiated by the women's programme centres, the programme has expanded and, during the past year, three community based rehabilitation centres issued credit to persons with disabilities in Jordan.

Caputo and the UN team then convinced Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to take up the initiative and to promote it with several of his colleagues.

Once again, Turkey has taken the lead in both Egypt and Pakistan, the men in uniform have returned to their barracks, but they have not lost influence over public policy.

ACC will normally expect one of its subsidiary bodies to take the lead in preparing for the discussion of each specific item.

We should take the initiative by helping these areas solve energy problems with methane production technology and a more distributed infrastructure.

Mr. Duclos (France) (spoke in French) I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to hold this debate today.

Similarly, with regard to the development of missiles, it was India that took the lead and initiated the process of the development of the missiles that threaten Pakistani cities today.

Later that year, the 18th Army became part of the 1st Ukrainian Front, as the Red Army regained the initiative and advanced westward through Ukraine.

If you help people in mass or one by one, that's how history gets changed, when you take action.

Specifically, proactive measures must be taken with several strategies.

Indeed, he took the lead in adding a growth pact to the stability pact that had been negotiated under Merkel s leadership.

We congratulate the Romanian mission, led by your dynamic self, Mr. President, on its initiative in developing the theme of our debate.