We have made progress.

Nevertheless, in spite of that only partial success, we have achieved a lot.

But I think that, as we look back at this autumn, we can say that we have achieved a great deal.

Progress has been made across a broader front than on any other single occasion in the 60 year history of the Organization.

We have made progress, although still insufficient, in reducing infant mortality and are fully confident that we shall be able to reduce maternal mortality since, for the first time in the history of Panama, we have established universal and free coverage for all prenatal care and hospital deliveries.

While we have made progress, the Kosovo security environment does, however, remain fragile.

At the same time, we recognize that we have not progressed sufficiently in combating poverty.

Sixthly, we have had laudable successes in key social sectors. Bangladesh has one of the highest primary school enrolment rates in the developing world. Most importantly, we have achieved gender parity in enrolment at the primary and lower secondary levels.

We have clearly made progress on some fronts, but perhaps regressed on others.

We Lebanese can already claim victory in our year long non violent fight for independence and democracy.

There is a widespread misperception in the developed world that we have already won the battle against HIV AIDS.

I note with satisfaction that since the Summit of World Leaders for Action against Hunger and Poverty, convened last year by President Lula, we have achieved significant progress.

The recently concluded High level Plenary Meeting has revealed that we have made slight progress, more so in a few regions, to meet some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The world we live in has changed completely in recent decades, as we have achieved the important goal of globalization.

In fact, it had got to the point where I raised the gavel and was going to bring it down because there was complete silence, and I assumed that we had made it.

We have already recorded some important achievements.

We have come a long way since 2001.

It is obvious therefore that, while we have made very important progress, we will certainly not reach our destination on time.

I have a feeling that there is an emerging consensus that at least we will have achieved something and that we can cross the other bridges, the other obstacles that are in our way in the next step.

He said this, he said, Nothing is more fatal to the progress of the human mind than to presume that our views of science are ultimate, that our triumphs are complete, that there are no mysteries in nature, and that there are no new worlds to conquer.

By the end of the session, the Subcommission had made good progress in its work.

There is no doubt that much progress has been made.

If, in the next decade, we succeed in achieving those objectives, we will have provided for ourselves those larger freedoms that we crave today.

Progress was documented in annual reports.

More often than not, delays occurred at the reimbursement stage because donors failed to respond to the Secretariat's communications.

That we could be so close, like brothers

Our belief is that we have taken the right decisions.

Qatar has 74, and we have that growth rate.

We Europeans seem to have forgotten our history.

We have already achieved the targeted goals in primary education and in infant and maternal mortality.

The lesson was clear we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom.

For the first time in five decades, we have had a peaceful transition of power from one Government to the next.

We have had important peacebuilding successes, but we have also seen too many failures.

That represents great progress.

Failure to do so may result in greater impoverishment of the poorest and regression for those countries which have seen progress.

As a middle income country in transition, Croatia had made progress and was ready to share its experience.

So we do everything that leads up to success, but then we get there. We figure we've made it, we sit back in our comfort zone, and we actually stop doing everything that made us successful.

I am pleased to report that Australia has made good progress in the first four years of its 10 year strategy.

Examination of the ratification rate in the last four years shows that progress has been made, particularly with regard to the agreements developed since 1971.

We tell ourselves that maybe we won t get a toothache after all, even though we know that the odds are that we will.

A great deal has been achieved in some areas, but many challenges remain.

It also reflects the fact that we are clearly not making fast enough progress with regard to many of the commitments we have already made not least, in the case of development, the Millennium Development Goals.

Because science ostensibly advances by setting aside moral questions to address material cause and effect relationships, this shift could be perceived as progress.

One could argue that South Korea is not yet a mature economy and is only catching up with a more advanced Japan.

Third, we must move forward on terrorism.