You see, he's gained the initiative.

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

Even there we do take the initiative.

Those who take the risk must be in control.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

It is admirable, therefore, that South Korea s government has taken the lead in discussions about reforming the IMF s mandate.

In the final match between Thailand and Indonesia, Thailand took a 2 0 lead against hosts Indonesia by the end of the first half.

How do we relate our solidarity with southern Africa to the need to combat racism world wide, especially at a time when it is on the offensive in Europe?

In addition, the European Union has taken the initiative for an important conference to be held in Berlin, Germany, on 5 and 6 September 1994.

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.

Finally, these movements succeeded in creating change because they took their big idea and their commitment to work together and then they took action.

It means that moment or feeling when two people both want to initiate something, but neither wants to be the one to start it.

Is the Italian government really so eager to take the lead on EU foreign policy? If so, where is the plan?

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.