matter of urgency

Mr. Obama said the statistics were further proof that his multi-billion-dollar stimulus package needed to be passed as a matter of urgency.

For the first four pesticides, they called it "a matter of urgency. "

Developed countries must accept their responsibility to help poor countries deal with these changes, and must do so as a matter of urgency.

Managing and protecting these people was now an issue that needed to be addressed as a matter of urgency, Knight said.

The first task of Obama's new climate office should therefore be to order such a probe "as a matter of urgency" , Hansen added.

Training in psychosocial interventions needs to be developed as a matter of urgency.

Their lawyers are expected to lodge habeas corpus petitions with federal courts as a matter of urgency, demanding their release.

The finance department has spotlighted three areas where we are overspending ; these need to be tackled as a matter of urgency.

Broughton said: "We haven't had direct conversations with councillors, but we are willing to do that as a matter of urgency. "

Water-quality improvements should be made over succeeding days or weeks as a matter of urgency.

But, to enhance capacity, the existing overrun tunnel has to be extended by 40 metres as a matter of urgency.

The question about how to build our city is becoming into a matter of urgency that we must consider seriously.

good faith and treat as a matter of urgency with utmost confidentiality.

As Director-General I will address, as a matter of urgency, the problem of outward migration of health staff.

Dengue is on your agenda as a matter of urgency.

calling on the government to end all forced evictions as a matter of urgency.

"These are a matter of urgency, " Rehn told a conference on European integration in Vienna.

As a matter of urgency.

It is this problem that will be tackled, as a matter of urgency, at the Ace meeting in Boulder.

as a matter of urgency {or} priority

Soli: as a matter of urgency