There was an urgent need for adaptation.

There was, however, an urgent need to find common ground.

There is, therefore, an urgent need to reform our education system.

And so there's an urgent need for a scientific theory of cities.

There is, therefore, an urgent need to conclude a comprehensive convention on terrorism.

There was an urgent need to improve the efficiency of the peacekeeping arsenal.

Thus, there was an urgent need to approve and implement new development programmes.

In addition, there is an urgent need for international funding for the electoral process.

Many participants stated that there existed an urgent need to establish the permanent forum.

There is an urgent and critical need to ensure security in all parts of Afghanistan.

There was an urgent need for structural adjustment, the streamlining of activities and greater accountability.

Yet there is an urgent need to focus special attention on the plight of children.

Consequently, there was an urgent need to prepare an international convention to combat the various aspects of that scourge.

There is, however, an urgent need to reform the human rights machinery of the United Nations.

There was an urgent need to adjust to the structural changes occurring in the global economy.

These areas are becoming increasingly crowded, and there is an urgent need to find local solutions.

There is an urgent need to put in place an international early warning system for tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.

There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure and management of road transport in developing countries.

There was an urgent need to enable those countries to become globally competitive on a sustainable basis.

We believe that there is an urgent need for collective efforts in the face of that scourge.

They provide an excellent account of the many issues that need urgent attention from the international community.

There is an urgent need to bring some sanity into the proliferation of NGOs in the country.

They need urgent food and medical assistance.

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

There was thus an urgent need to adopt new mechanisms for the monitoring and verification of space law.

There was an urgent need to replace the current subjective reimbursement methodology, which had been approved on an interim basis in 1974.

Although NEPAD is an initiative by and for African countries themselves, there is an urgent need for more support from the international community.

There is, therefore, an urgent need for the enactment and rigorous implementation of concrete measures to address those challenges.

There was an urgent need to put in place legislation against gender based violence and a family law act.

There is also an urgent need to provide support to the many who are suffering from shock and loss.

All Parties highlighted the urgent need to adopt an integrated approach in dealing with environmental, social and economic issues.

There is an urgent need for increased sensitization nationwide on the DDRR, and the NCDDRR should lead this process.

Recognizing the urgent need to enhance international cooperation to prevent terrorist financing and to develop an appropriate legal instrument,

There was an urgent need for an international consensus on the necessary strategies for reducing the debt of the most heavily indebted developing countries.

Similarly, there is an urgent need to work locally, nationally, regionally and globally to eradicate small arms and light weapons.

The mission is of the opinion that there is an urgent need to establish appropriate arrangements for international electoral observation.

Furthermore, there is an urgent need for closer collaboration between the different ministries dealing with questions related to climate change.

26. There was an urgent need to review the roles and mandates of all United Nations bodies involved in development.

There is, therefore, an urgent need to understand and study the problem of violence against women among the Indian community.

There is an urgent need to find solutions to the long standing problems that exist between Governments and indigenous peoples.

There was therefore an urgent need for an effective, equitable, development oriented and durable solution to the external and debt servicing problems of developing countries.

Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, relief and reconstruction,

Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance, relief and reconstruction,

This underlines the urgent need to support the new Government.

We need urgent measures for both disarmament and non proliferation.