Other awareness raising activities

Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Development, CESD

(f) To encourage the efforts of the media to engage in awareness raising campaigns

(l) To encourage the efforts of the media to engage in awareness raising campaigns

Awareness raising activities during the period May 2005 to May 2006

This implies that the Secretariat should undertake a major outreach and awareness building effort.

Technology oriented actions will need to be complemented with efforts to raise awareness and change behaviour regarding energy consumption.

Complement legal machinery with public awareness campaigns and the dissemination of information

The Office has engaged in other outreach activities, including raising public awareness of the constitution making process.

(e) To enhance awareness of activities of the United Nations in the field of human rights.

India is now taking innovative steps to aggressively build public awareness and combat the TB menace in the country.

Efforts should be made to enhance awareness of the need to protect women's rights and to ensure that words are translated into deeds.

Mauritius indicated that, owing to a lack of technical staff, very few awareness raising activities had been carried out.

One commended UNFPA for its work in creating awareness among parliamentarians of the need to adopt a population policy.

Since Beijing there have been more awareness raising and actions taken to implement the Beijing Platform for Action. In 1996 a Government NGO workshop was held to develop action plans to address the 12 critical areas of concern.

7. Calls upon the Secretary General to continue his efforts to enhance world public awareness of the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region

And finally, there needs to be a stronger focus on young people's global awareness and their understanding of global issues.

This project contributed significantly to raising awareness among government representatives of the needs and rights of the elderly and disabled.

Public involvement helps to raise public awareness, including of how to use the PRTR.

7. Calls upon the Secretary General to continue his efforts to enhance world public awareness of the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region

7. Calls upon the Secretary General to continue his efforts to enhance world public awareness of the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region

Committees had also been formed to raise awareness of the provisions of the Convention among childcarers.

The actions by Israel have taken place via legal developments, public and private awareness campaigns and social changes.

Does your country have educational campaigns (government run) to raise awareness about drinking and driving?

Some enacted legislation in policy areas where there were gaps in order to contribute to gender equality and this legislation sometimes included enforcement mechanisms.

130. She said that the Family Planning Association of Kenya offered information and created awareness about family planning.

The first step is to make a concerted effort to become better educated about the multifaceted societies that comprise the one billion strong Muslim population throughout the world.

Request that the international community further efforts to sensitize their people on the dangers of terrorism while offsetting attempts to link terrorism to certain religions.

(i) Organization of public awareness campaigns and events such as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The Committee is also concerned that child prostitution remains widespread. The Committee notes with concern that certain groups are at a particularly higher risk of being sold, trafficked and exploited, i.e. street children, orphans, stateless persons, migrants, persons belonging to ethnic minorities and refugees asylum seekers (arts. 8 and 24).

But the nuclear peril is still there, and groups like Global Zero deserve our support in their efforts to raise public awareness.

Capacity building initiatives to support trade and transport facilitation will most likely raise the general level of technological

Updated statistics and information on measures to improve awareness raising and training for police officers and court officials would be appreciated.

A pilot project to raise awareness of both male and female investigators on human rights is also organized in 2005.

In Colombia, UNHCR continued its efforts to raise awareness of the plight of women and children affected by armed conflict and displacement.

Active participation of women's organisations on local level has also helped to raise awareness.

It is also focusing heavily on raising public awareness of the Convention and marshalling scientific information in simple form.

25. Takes note with appreciation of the ongoing efforts of the Secretary General to increase public awareness of the impact of the problem of landmines and unexploded ordnance

Public information and awareness activities in support of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, under the responsibility of the Africa Section in the Department of Public Information.

The success achieved in raising awareness of gender issues and the sustained efforts for increasing the schooling rate of girls deserve particular attention.

UNFPA has also worked with parliamentarians and the media to raise political and public awareness of young people's reproductive needs and rights.

The role of children and adolescents, as well as that of religious and traditional leaders was emphasized, in particular in awareness raising campaigns on harmful traditional practices.

But the massive undertaking required to improve health practices in the poorest countries of the world plays better on the editorial page than on the ground.

23. Negotiations are under way with a number of press agencies and public relations firms for public awareness building activities at the global level.

It will include general awareness training, as well as specific modules for functions where the risk of fraud and corruption is higher.