Ellen Gustafson Obesity Hunger 1 global food issue

This is only one issue of global variable handling.

That is what's happening right now, and it's a very different issue than the global warming issue.

So, global warming, sea level rise, it's a real serious issue.

Another pertinent point is the issue of a global partnership for development.

The panellist from the UN Global Compact introduced the Global Compact and the way it approached the issue of CSR.

Global awareness building on the issue and dissemination of the necessary know how is also an urgent need.

For Norway, it is of great importance to establish global norms relating to this issue at the international level.

NAM considers that the continued sustainability of the global environment is an issue of utmost importance, especially for succeeding generations.

Since the handbook focuses on the improvement of national practices, the issue of global poverty comparison was not explicitly analysed.

The effects of international migration on labour markets and the growing recognition of international migration is a central issue on the global agenda, highlighting the need for global, regional and bilateral frameworks.

I know that I am probably out of harmony with the view prevailing in the international community, which, I think, is inclined to regard global terrorism as the most pressing global issue.

Space security was pointed out as a key global security issue, along with the non proliferation of WMD and fighting terrorism.

This issue is of growing importance for the region, particularly through its effects in relation to outsourcing and global supply chains.

In January 1999, two global workshops on this issue were organized, one exclusively devoted to indigenous peoples' views in Ecuador, and a global workshop involving all interested stakeholders in San José, Costa Rica.

Malaysia believes that the most pressing global security issue facing all nations is the existence and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

To continue to engage all partners on the issue of global systemic imbalances in areas such as trade, finance, money and technology.

We wish especially to highlight the serious issue of climate change and the need to take global action to address its attendant dangers.

Therefore, special attention needs to be paid to this global issue and efforts should be redoubled to tackle this form of crime effectively.

Finally, the energy security problem has been complicated by the problem of global climate change. As the science has become increasingly clear, climate change is now a major political issue at the global and national levels.

Our continuing lack of action on this issue has not served to enhance global security with respect to the threat posed by these weapons.

Governance is an important issue that needs to be addressed at the national, regional and global levels in pursuing the sound management of chemicals

The fact that human migration is a transnational phenomenon makes handling migration for the benefit of both the home and host countries a global issue.

The past year also saw the launch of Compact Quarterly, an electronic newsletter containing articles and updates on the Global Compact and its issue areas.

Global support for making poverty history shows how the issue of Third World poverty has finally struck a responsive chord. Debt relief is a good beginning.

And this is not only an issue of social justice, as Ann Cooper said and, of course, she's completely right but it's also one of global survival.

Since forest benefits are often of regional and sometimes truly global in nature, a more equal distribution of costs and benefits is an important issue to address.

Welcomes also the fact that the World Conference on Disaster Reduction will discuss the issue of a global tsunami early warning system as part of its agenda

A current issue that could also threaten to imperil the global economy, and which this Organization should address, is the prolonged and sustained increase in oil prices.

12. Decides to consider, if necessary, the issue of universal membership of the Governing Council Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme at its sixty fourth session, while noting the differences in views expressed so far on this important but complex issue

The head of the Department of Industry Coordination of the National Development and Reform Commission pointed out today that overcapacity in the steel industry was a global issue.

No other issue can be as central as development when millions live in deprivation and despair and global peace and security cannot be truly achieved without advancing development.

The first priority addresses the issue of indigenous rights on a global scale through the documentation and exchange of good practices for the implementation of Convention No. 169.

The issue of international environmental governance, including a new global entity or agency on environment, was dealt with comprehensively in the IEG process leading to the Johannesburg Summit.

China is ready to join with the rest of the international community in seeking an early and appropriate global solution to the issue of small arms and light weapons.

The IUCN also organized, at the margins of COP 6, the Global Biodiversity Forum to address the issue of Ecosystem Approach to Drylands Management Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security .

In terms of specific issue areas, the Global Compact Office on 28 April launched two related publications Enabling Economies of Peace Public Policy for Conflict Sensitive Business, published by the Global Compact, and Conflict Sensitive Business Practice Guidance for Extractive Industries, published by the NGO International Alert.

But the bigger issue is that global gridlock is going to stifle economic growth and our ability to deliver food and health care, particularly to people that live in city centers.

During the year there were impressive examples of country network activity. For example, the Global Compact Egypt network held a series of seminars on implementation, while the Global Compact Society India helped convene a two day Global Compact Regional Conclave in South Asia in Jamshedpur, which drew more than 200 participants and focused on the issue of business and poverty.

So since I was here last in '06, we discovered that global climate change is turning out to be a pretty serious issue, so we covered that fairly extensively in Skeptic magazine.

Why not remind US politicians of their global responsibilities? The G 7 or G 8 leaders could issue a statement, for instance, urging the US to get its fiscal house in order.

Mr. Boonpracong (Thailand) First of all, I wish to express my delegation's appreciation of the fact that the issue of global road safety has once again been given the attention it deserves.

This document will also contribute to the implementation of the Global Compact principles in United Nations procurement practices by addressing the issue of corporate social responsibility, environmental and sustainable procurement and corruption.

In order to address this issue, trade had necessarily to be linked to industrialization, so that developing countries enterprises could integrate into global production chains and add value to their processed exports.

This is the forward looking version of the global imbalance issue. Its resolution via coordinated policy action (or a failure to resolve it through such action) will have a huge impact (for good or ill) on the multinational incentive structure surrounding the global economy and hence on its likely growth.