In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
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Question: En el plan que se está preparando en mi Dirección General, los asuntos sobre igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres tienen un papel muy destacado.

Answer: In the action plan prepared by my Directorate-General, issues of equality play a very important role.


Question: Gran parte de ello se debe a verdaderos desacuerdos entre los sectores sectoriales de cada Estado miembro, como se ha dicho con toda franqueza en este Parlamento: la gente tiende a identificarse más o menos con sus esferas de interés, cosa que por lo demás es legítima.

Answer: Much of this has to do with real disagreement between sector interests in each and every Member State, as has been very honestly said here in this House: people more or less identify with their spheres of interest, and all this is legitimate.


Question: De la misma forma es algo irónico que se dificulte la posibilidad de compartir este bien, que para algunas zonas es escaso, dando consejos los que viven en regiones de abundancia de agua sobre austeridad en su uso a los que habitan en sitios de sequía.

Answer:
In the same way it is somewhat ironic that we are hindering the possibility of sharing this commodity, which is scarce in some areas, while regions where there is abundant water are giving advice on austerity with regard to its use, to those who live in drought areas.