awareness of the issues

awareness Noun

— Awareness is the state of consciousness, or the state when someone is awake. It means that a person can sense changes in their environment and respond to it. I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness. — Awareness is the state or quality of being aware of something.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

issue Noun

— An issue is a particular topic or subject, often one that people are discussing and/or is a problem. The students raised an important issue in my last class, and I hope we can discuss it today. We'd like to hire you, but there are some legal issues that we have to consider first. — An issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc. is the version that is published at one time. The March issue of The Walrus has an interesting article on healthcare.

issue Verb

— If you issue something, such as a statement, guidelines or an order, you officially publish it. The governments of Canada and the United States jointly issued a statement about the recent crash.