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Achieving it is an understandable priority for the US, but South Korea must worry as much, if not more, about North Korea’s non-nuclear or conventional military forces that threaten Seoul, home to roughly 20% of South Koreans.
Engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – something that the Congress government was always reluctant to pursue – must also become a priority, if only to ensure regional stability.
That means showing the rest of the world that they will wield their veto power responsibly, by placing a higher priority on shared interests and common values.
For Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top priority is to merge the CPC with the machinery of government in order to reduce corruption and burnish the state’s ideological credentials.
As the international community gears up for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, identifying and streamlining sources of financing for the fight against climate change must be a top priority.
As leaders from countries and institutions from around the world prepare to meet in Paris in December, getting the financing right should be a top priority.
The answer depends on whether the priority for protection is birds and beaches, or other forms of marine life such as fish, shrimps, and mollusks.
Although African countries have already identified priority investments for electrification and transport, progress will remain slow without a new wave of investment spending.
As these become less of a priority, funds will be freed for providing appropriate learning materials and on-site tutors.
Offering Africa’s children basic reading, writing, and technology skills, as well as vocational, technical, and entrepreneurial training, must be a top priority.
In this context, the EU’s top priority should be to unify the positions of its member states, with the goal of overcoming the barriers erected by the US and creating shared systems for constraining China.
The most urgent priority is to create safe and legal paths for refugees to reach Europe.
That brings us to the second priority for 2016: building a robust global system to protect refugees and other vulnerable migrants.
Building such a market must therefore be a top priority for African leaders, as they seek to unleash the continent’s economic potential.
Either they give priority to the survival of the current system and accept Russia’s steady marginalization, or they start opening up the system, putting its survival at risk.
Slouching Towards EuropeWhen communism in Eastern Europe collapsed, the region's new democratic leaders agreed that joining the European Union--fast--must be their priority.
Second, despite the obvious difficulties, a clean break with the EU is probably far simpler than negotiating a complex arrangement with the remaining 27 member states, especially if one’s priority is to keep the British Conservative Party unified and in power.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has suggested that Internet access is not a high priority for the poorest countries.
One priority is to ensure that large, new infusions of aid do not produce unintended economic outcomes, such as rapid currency appreciation or inflation, which would make recipient countries’ exports less competitive.
Another priority is to ensure that low-income countries that are striving to meet the MDG’s, and which have large financing requirements, avoid a new spiral of indebtedness.
With countries headed toward growth at different speeds, global strategy must continue to be a priority.
The WHO identifies the areas of highest priority, and then mobilizes the international community to appropriate actions.
This approach would also improve the credibility and stability of the DGSs, since small claims would be given priority.
If Grexit is to be averted (which should be the EU’s highest priority), the challenge posed by Brexit would already look significantly less daunting, given that here the risks are spread much more evenly between the Union and the UK.
The fourth priority is to leverage the private sector.
Given the numerous barriers to justice that victims of rape and domestic violence continue to face, further progress in protecting girls and women should be a priority for Liberia’s government, which assumed full responsibility for the country’s security on June 30.
The Copenhagen Consensus research shows us that trying to improve health systems uniformly, across the board, shouldn’t be our absolutely top priority.
The key is giving a priority to clean energy, which can create new jobs, spur innovation, and usher in a new era of global prosperity.
But it should be a top priority for whoever moves into the White House next year.
India needs to make improving air quality a national priority.
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