The environment of international aid was changing rapidly.

Firstly, given the rapidly changing security environment, we can no longer afford to continue lengthy procedural discussions.

Beijing is changing so rapidly.

The world has been changing rapidly.

They are changing rapidly, but not predictably.

The changing environment

So, it's rapidly changing, highly diverse, chaotic, ambiguous, unpredictable.

(e) The increasing complexity of the market in a rapidly changing environment requires the regular review of compliance with policies and procedures so as to ensure their adequacy and effectiveness

But that is changing rapidly with the aid of new genomic technology.

And now I mainly write books about how the ocean is changing, and the ocean is certainly changing very rapidly.

Organizational response to the changing environment

In addition, UNIDO sought human resources which would adapt to a new and demanding environment characterized by growth of information and knowledge, rapidly changing technology, and increasingly complex problems and emergencies.

The situation on the Asian continent and in the world is rapidly changing.

We also live in a world that is increasingly interdependent and rapidly changing.

The organizational targets, the requirements of United Nations reform, multiplying emergencies and the rapidly changing international development environment all call for significant changes in the way UNICEF manages its human resources (HR).

All three units of the Section perform key financial functions for the Fund in a rapidly changing banking environment that requires quick responses worldwide, attention to detail and in depth technical knowledge.

Adapting to the changing development assistance environment.

One Planet, Many People Atlas of Our Changing Environment

And when they're gone the natural environment starts to come back very rapidly.

To ensure that its labor force can meet the demands of a rapidly changing economic and technological environment, China must build a more inclusive, higher quality education system. Without it, China may not be the world s number one economy for long.

The client groups of the United Nations library system are simultaneously faced with an overwhelming amount of information to manage and a rapidly changing work environment that involves the continuous introduction of new and isolating technologies, new networks and new colleagues.

By changing our environment, we put new pressures on our bodies to evolve.

The second major challenge comes with the changing global political and security environment.

The changing operational environment is posing new material challenges to existing peace operations.

The publication, One Planet, Many People Atlas of Our Changing Environment was released on 3 June 2005 to mark World Environment Day.

But, more important, Japan is adjusting to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing regional environment, characterized by rising geopolitical competition with China. In a historical reversal, Japan has found itself on the defensive against the increasingly muscular foreign policy of its former colony and old rival.

We are going to need a new generation of citizen leaders willing to commit ourselves to growing and changing and learning as rapidly as possible.

PARIS The world is changing rapidly and it will not wait for anyone. The only way to thrive is to keep pace with this transformation.

Recently, privacy consciousness has been rapidly rising and there have been related changes in the social environment, even in the business sector.

From 2002 to 2004, powerful commanders and their militias, dominated the security environment. Narcotics trade and related criminal activities also expanded rapidly.

It is pointed out that, indeed, the changing environment for aid delivery and corresponding aid implementation modalities call for a review.

As we look to the United Nations to lead the way in meeting our collective aspirations in the rapidly changing world, the Organization must enhance its continued functionality through flexibility.

In the coming years, emerging markets will most likely struggle with implementation of global financial regulatory standards, which apply mostly to more sophisticated financial markets. They will also confront a rapidly changing external environment and a growing need to manage capital flows more effectively, which will require much closer coordination between central banks and financial regulators.

Over the past 50 years, global agricultural production had kept up with the world's rapidly rising demands, but at considerable cost to the environment.

The communication skills and networks that successful teams develop create a capacity to respond quickly and flexibly to new problems and changing environment.

Ms. Coker Appiah pointed out that culture was dynamic, that it was constantly changing over time and in response to the social environment.

The reason why globalization is constrained by the economic environment and fundamentals is precisely because changing economic fundamentals have led to constraints on globalization.

The Secretariat will continue to develop the management capacity of UNLB and the composition of SDS to accommodate the changing operational environment of peacekeeping.

The development of regional and international alliances, such as the Pacific Plan, as well as the Mauritius Strategy adopted at the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held in January 2005, play a crucial role in addressing these unique challenges in an environment subject to rapidly changing forces.

Meanwhile, the nature of the basic consuming unit the household is also changing rapidly. In most developed countries, the traditional nuclear family is in severe decline and is being replaced by single individual households.

(b) Applying information and communication technologies to improve internal management processes and external service delivery systems, and promoting civil service automation (this is especially the case in well established and rapidly changing administrative systems)

It fuels endless internal and external tensions, encourages finger pointing, and promotes a loud and disruptive blame game. And all of this distracts attention from the need to compete in a rapidly changing global economy.

It will also seek the continuous and systematic improvement of staff capacities to learn and adapt to rapidly changing roles and responsibilities within the context of the MTSP, the Millennium agenda and United Nations reform.

And you can have more impact on the environment just getting your neighborhood to change these things than by changing your vehicle. Thank you very much.

Protecting and managing the water environment is an enormous task, requiring commitment, effective monitoring, changing practices and specific interventions at regional, national, intermediate and community levels.