the capacity to upgrade technologies the capacity to acquire, adapt, effectively use and modify imported technologies the capacity to undertake R amp D and diffuse new technologies

The response capacity deals with a group of indicators referring to the main natural resources and their use with the present food production capacity.

Sylvia has said we must use every capacity we have in order to know the oceans.

Use would be made of information exchange mechanisms on capacity building in order to ensure coordination.

Print, radio and video production should be geared to make optimum use of its multimedia capacity.

To achieve the objective, the Division will aim to promote access to and capacity to use information and knowledge.

There is a need to strengthen capacity in the production and use of quality evidence to support policymaking.

(e) To continue to strengthen the Organization s capacity to use the latest information technologies to reach audiences around the globe

Little use was made of planned frequency assignments, which represented frozen capacity that countries held in reserve for future use.

This right is essentially the right of the emitters to occupy, use and benefit from environmental capacity resources.

Use of natural resources is insufficient due to slow reconstruction of war destroyed capacity and lack of economic power.

UNIFEM gave high priority to supporting countries in their efforts to produce, use and build sustainable capacity in sex disaggregated data.

56. The real question is not perhaps how to strengthen the already strong capacity of the United Nations system for conflict prevention, but how to put that capacity into actual and effective use.

It is also correct that if OPEC had excess capacity, it would have already used it to flush out speculators to bring oil prices down. OPEC can regain control in one of two ways use its claimed excess capacity to flush out speculators, or use its financial surpluses to overtake them.

The use of GIS should be increased, and capacity at the local level should be increased to implement the guidelines.

(f) Enhanced capacity building to increase the use of space based technology by developing countries in the area of applications.

The Board focused on ways to enhance the capacity of countries to make the most effective use of resources allocated to population programmes.

Information exchange needs included capacity building for expanded use of the Internet and alternative training methods.

Capacity building for the effective use of ESTs should form an important aspect of technology transfer.

The initiatives aimed to build capacity, identify new sources of funding and promote the use of local knowledge and scientific management.

We must strengthen the multilateral verification mechanisms and enable the International Atomic Energy Agency to make best use of its capacity.

Community involvement in land use management is essential because the capacity of authorities to enforce the regulations will always be limited.

It is sometimes more cost effective to use research capacity in developing countries to undertake health system research related to their needs and priorities.

The Group welcomed the increased use of national staff in MONUC, which contributed to capacity building and to the transfer of know how.

It has been designed for use in capacity building workshops, distance learning courses and other outreach activities.

In addition, greater use should be made of in house printing, given the existing capacity in Vienna.

He also referred to the challenges that ICT presented to developing economies, mainly in respect of the capacity of individuals and enterprises to use ICT.

Priority needs to be given to policies, regulations, education and training and technology assessment programmes that enhance the capacity to design and use ICTs creatively.

Ramp up support to Haiti over the long term as there will be an increasing capacity to absorb and use aid to build more sustainable development.

The use of the shortest possible distribution channels is vital for increasing capacity and retaining more value added.

use ODA as a leverage for investments from private sources secure ODA for human and institutional capacity building

The use of criteria as tools for capacity assessment permits consideration of this concept in a practical way.

Such presence can only contribute to better coordination, strengthening our capacity, a more effective use of resources and an effective delivery of assistance.

To achieve this purpose of assessing governance and public administration capacity, there is an alternative approach, namely, the use of criteria based assessment.

The Technical Secretariat's capacity to offer and coordinate assistance in case of an emergency involving the use of chemical weapons demands serious preparation.

Further strengthening of our capacity to safely negotiate insecure environments is required, including through the improved use of information technology in the field.

(i) Increase the capacity to cover a number of issues within a fixed time frame and permit a more efficient use of resources

(b) Intensifying their efforts to prevent the proliferation of notifications that reserve capacity without actual use, which could hinder equitable access to and efficient use of the geostationary satellite orbit radio frequency spectrum resources for all States,

47. In the 1980s, large multinationals have been quick to use the new telecommunication technologies to strengthen their capacity to compete on costs, innovation and product differentiation.

It was important to strengthen capacity building in SMEs to enable them to improve their ability to analyse and make use of data from the globalized business world.

Such cooperation could consolidate a partnership of institutions committed to helping individual countries build capacity, raise awareness and use satellite imagery for emergency response.

In this context, it was often more appropriate to use the concept of purchasing power capacity (PPC) instead of the gross national product (GNP).

In order to phase out older nuclear units, Slovakia is increasing its nuclear generating capacity with the corresponding decrease in use of fossil fuels.

Moreover, modalities should be flexible in order to enable poor countries to use loans to implement projects that are of great benefit to their national economies and that have the capacity to generate high domestic revenue while not affecting their repayment capacity and macroeconomic development.

Courts could use them to balance the legitimate interests of States acting in their sovereign capacity against the need to provide appropriate means of recourse for those who dealt with or were affected by States acting in a private capacity.