But this creature that you've just seen ultimately adapts, and keeps adapting and adapting.

While there was no discussion of specific mechanisms to fund a secretariat, this could be achieved by adapting an existing trust fund.

The true challenge, however, was how to preserve the multilateral approach to non proliferation and disarmament, while adapting it to current conditions.

Adapting to the circumstance.

Third, adapting to rising seas.

While this applies to many non tradable services, it may also be relevant for manufactured goods that need adapting to local conditions (UNCTAD 2005 9 10).

Adapting to the changing development assistance environment.

(b) The consequences of not adapting to climate change

2 Replication involves duplicating or adapting a UNIFEM supported initiative.

Methodologies for sharing and adapting innovations in governance and public administration

He has the problem of adapting to a new way of life.

(d) Understanding, assessing, predicting, mitigating and adapting to climate variability and change

Then I understood this adapting that unhygienic method to manage her period days.

Few Parties considered reducing water pollution as an option for adapting to climate change.

(i) Adapting internationally agreed standards, norms and principles to regional, national and local contexts

I'd like to share three sets of examples, starting with adapting to violent storms and floods.

I've been working on a project for the last six years adapting children's poetry to music.

By adapting its services, UNRWA has been working to meet the growing needs of these communities.

In adapting the Security Council to the new international realities, we must avoid strengthening its anachronistic aspects.

The second wave began in the 1970s, and was primarily directed towards adapting specific new products to particular local markets.

So this is a case of actually adapting something, or maybe stealing something, and then turning it into a musical notation.

But what was really interesting to me was to find out that the birds were adapting in a pretty unusual way.

Well, traditional definition is an organism to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments.

On the contrary, those bodies continue to fulfil their goals and mandates by adapting themselves to new political and economic realities.

Adapting the alternatives to the specific cropping environment and local conditions of particular Article 5(1) countries is essential to success.

In amending or adapting its laws on violence, the Government should take into consideration general recommendation 19 with respect to violence.

For that reason, while we understand the reasons given for reconsidering some of the aspects of the regime as set out in the Convention, including adapting the Convention to current economic and political realities, Tunisia stresses the interest of developing countries to preserve the spirit of the Convention.

Welcoming Economic and Social Council decision 2006 206 of 10 February 2006, entitled Adapting the work of the Economic and Social Council ,

The handbook needs to take a broader approach to assessment that addresses all the issues of adapting to impacts of climate change.

Farmers and agriculture as key to mitigating and adapting to climate change farmers driven initiatives as offering new opportunities to expedite implementation

So the Starrs, in adapting this to their home, created a morning checklist in which each child is expected to tick off chores.

Climate change therefore poses real challenges to farmers in terms of adapting farming methods to new weather conditions and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Egypt has also consistently called for the reform of the Security Council with view to adapting it to the needs of our changing world.

Workers can collect unemployment benefits pro rated according to their hours when their employer submits an approved work sharing plan, while the federal government compensates the states for a portion of the set up costs. At last count, 24 states have begun adapting their unemployment insurance systems to take advantage of the measure.

Rather than revolution, we're much more interested in evolution, this idea that things gradually evolve by adapting and improvising to the changes of the world.

The resources of the United Nations Statistics Division do not allow it to assist a sufficiently large number of individual countries in adapting the classification.

This rapidly evolving international context confronts the Joint Arab Action system with the challenge of adapting its frameworks, rationalizing its methods and upgrading its performance.

At the same time, agriculture worldwide has a huge potential to provide answers with respect to mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change.

Since climate change is an ongoing process, we must become better prepared for adapting to it and for limiting its socio economic costs in societies worldwide.

It also requires adults to show patience and creativity by adapting their expectations to a young child's interests, levels of understanding and preferred ways of communicating.

We deem it equally important that all countries concerned continue the process of adapting their legal frameworks so as to comply with the existing international legal standards.

Difficulties had been encountered in adapting to the new tools and procedures, and the simplification process had imposed an additional burden on Governments and the system itself.

In pursuing its work in the field, the Registry is adapting its working methods to the realities on the ground, keeping mindful of local cultures and customs.

The knowledge factor in adapting a successful practice is also quite important. This relates to how officials are trained, their experience, their tolerance for change and other factors.

Reforming the Security Council is an important aspect of adapting the United Nations to face the challenges of the twenty first century. But it is only one aspect.