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Closer economic ties and large-scale collaboration on clean energy are a high priority.
Borno’s governor, Kashim Shettima, an Islamic scholar and self-professed beneficiary of what he describes as “Western education,” has made reconstruction of the sector the state’s single largest budget priority this year.
Ensuring that children like Bintu Mustapha survive is the most immediate priority.
One priority – to improve inclusivity – is already underway.
The next leader of the free world should know that when a ship starts leaking, the first priority is to plug the leak, not open new ones.
Indeed, containing Iran while thwarting its nuclear ambitions is the single most urgent priority for today’s cash-strapped American superpower.
Obama’s priority is not to be dragged into another conflict.
Major donor countries and international development organizations have put a priority on, and increased investment in, trade facilitation.
Finding one is a priority.
This, in fact, was Xi’s highest priority on assuming office in late 2012, and it formed the rationale behind an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign aimed at dislodging deeply entrenched power blocs that have stymied the transition.
It’s Time to Let Women ThriveDAVOS – In public debates around the world, women’s empowerment is increasingly being recognized as a top priority.
Accordingly, Norway has made girls’ education a top priority in its international-development programs.
As the origin of the current crisis is Syria, the fate of the Syrian population has to be the first priority.
This will require negotiating with frontline countries, in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency, to establish processing centers there – with Turkey as the priority.
I hope to encourage Chinese policymakers to make the fight against antimicrobial resistance a priority when China chairs the G-20 in 2016.
This leaves open the question of which expenditures get priority – and if expenditures to pay interest on the national debt do not, a default is inevitable.
The Greens, on the other hand, are keen on deepening European integration; but that is not their first priority, and they are the smallest party at the table.
As Africa looks to the future, developing its enormous energy resources - through both national and regional efforts - must be given high priority.
The priority is to increase the quality of Rampamp;D, rather than just its quantity.
The Global Growth QuestNEWPORT BEACH – What is the most urgent economic priority shared by countries as diverse as Brazil, China, Cyprus, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Korea, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
The challenge for Ethiopia – and for other African countries – is to raise its status from sourcing option to business priority.
A UN Consensus“When you say everything is a priority, then you are saying you don’t really have any priorities.”
They decided that dealing with malnutrition is also a crucial priority.
But choosing the issues at the top of a priority list is the easy part.
They concluded that although migration, corruption and conflicts are vital, these should not come first on the global priority list.
Across 1,500 communities in this troubled, divided country, where Syrian refugee children now make up 20% of the school-age population, the aim is to establish children’s right to education as a humanitarian priority.
Negotiators must focus on minimizing new barriers to the free movement of labor; indeed, this should be an even higher priority than maintaining the free movement of goods.
Quashing perceptions of Putin as a “loser” in Ukraine became a top priority in Moscow.
But to be accepted by other Lebanese, and to some extent even to retain the support of fellow Shia, Hezbollah had to agree to join the Lebanese consensus on the priority of reconstruction and economic recovery after years of civil war.
Darfur is hardly a high priority for China, which accounts for 20% of African trade, and buys 60% of Sudan’s oil.
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