To move from confidence-building steps to a broader disarmament, the I.R.A. will have to devise long-term timetables for setting aside all of its explosives, hand grenades, assault rifles and pistols, subject to verification.
The Rome meeting comes ahead of the African Union's 25 August pledging conference, where aid agencies hope African leaders will give generously and agree a timetable for long-term investments to mitigate the impact of future droughts.
"In my eyes the plan that we can discuss after the implementation" of the American plans "is a long-term one, in stages, with no timetable," Mr. Sharon was quoted by Israel Radio as telling his cabinet.
This includes immediate action to address the fiscal cliff and committing to a solid timetable to negotiate long-term solutions to restore our nation's long-term fiscal balance and boost American energy production.
Mr Obama's last meeting with heads of state in order to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen five years ago ended in disappointment, with member countries failing to agree on a timetable to reduce long-term emissions.
Explains silver-haired Sir Ian Robinson, 58, Scottish Power's chief executive, without confirming Merrill's timetable: "We see long-term opportunities in the U.S. market, which we think is in roughly the same stage of deregulation and development that the U.K. was five or six years ago".
Educators, meanwhile, are nervous about the new law's short-term timetable but enthusiastic about its long-term goals, saying the federal mandates are merely asking them to move faster on educational innovations that many of them had already started.
The bottom line is not full cost-recovery for atomised projects on three-year timetables; it is long-term political transformation.
Like the first four, which included life sciences and aerospace, they're the result of industry leaders and government agreeing an approach which favours long-term planning over short-term political timetables.
Dickson called on Member States to set clearer deployment goals and offer long-term visibility on tender volumes and timetables, in order to support a strong industry and healthy supply chain.
