Use of indigenous knowledge in poverty reduction strategies.

We have also consistently advocated limiting the use of the veto.

The rules governing the use of the Drag Reduction System (DRS) have been altered.

reducing the energy and carbon intensity of future growth

Mr. BEST (Switzerland) thought that it would be better to speak of limiting the negative impact.

They are aimed not only at improving energy efficiency but also at reducing pollution.

Notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical

Article 16 points towards regional implementation and to the use of existing programmes to the extent possible.

Uncertainty about whether the European Union will hold together could limit the use of the euro.

The increasing use of contraceptives will also lessen the numbers of women who become pregnant against their wishes.

Some States are concerned that terrorists are able to reduce the practical impact of the sanctions regime through the use of the Internet.

Several countries found it practical to use disaster resistant hospitals as an example of a benchmark for reducing overall disaster risk.

(e) Investment in disaster risk reduction thus enhances sustainable development and enables humanitarian assistance capacity to be applied more effectively

Raising minimum wages could help limit the erosion of real earnings in the bottom quartile. And tax and social welfare systems can be used to channel income toward those most likely to spend it.

They may provide valuable evidence for policy dialogue and scaling up, including for use in PRSs and SWAps.

The view was expressed that, whenever possible, alternative power sources should be used for space missions and the use of NPS should be restricted to a minimum of a few exceptions.

The vulnerability of slum dwellers should be reduced through the promotion of land use planning policies aimed at environmental sustainability and risk reduction.

The utilization of aid in investment programmes prepared and implemented within the framework of the poverty reduction strategy papers provides improved safeguards for the efficient use of aid.

Reducing the use of new raw materials can result in a reduction of energy usage, air pollution, water pollution and even greenhouse gas emissions.

Diversity in modes of transportation Sustainable transportation emphasizes the use of a diversity of fuel efficient transportation vehicles in order to reduce greenhouse emissions and diversity fuel demand.

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies so as to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

Moreover, maximum benefits for recipient countries should be ensured in the utilization of grant aid in various forms while avoiding high spending on international consultancy.

(g) The achievement of concrete agreed measures to reduce further the operational status of non strategic nuclear weapons systems so as to reduce the risk of use of non strategic nuclear weapons

The third argument is that, despite the growing call for the elimination or limitation of the use of the veto, we should now extend that privilege to a larger number of countries.

9. Takes note of all the regional and subregional initiatives developed in order to achieve disaster risk reduction, reiterates the need to develop regional initiatives and risk reduction capacities of regional mechanisms and to strengthen them, wherever they exist, and encourages the use and sharing of all the existing tools

Takes note of all the regional and subregional initiatives developed in order to achieve disaster risk reduction and reiterates the need to develop regional initiatives and risk reduction capacities of regional mechanisms and to strengthen them, wherever they exist, and encourage the use and sharing of all the existing tools

But now, in the name of saving the planet from climate change, environmentalists are proposing an immense global campaign to cut down and burn trees and scrubs in order to reduce fossil fuel use.

Seized of the danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, in terrorist acts and the urgent need for concerted international efforts to control and overcome it,

We believe that in this collective effort to reform the Security Council, we must not miss any opportunity to limit the use of the veto, including with a view to its eventual elimination.

Despite progress in expanding the use of SSC, mainstreaming of the modality is still not optimal.

This estimate is an upper bound once soldiers are no longer free, generals would most likely use them more effectively and hire fewer of them.

The concept included limiting the number of sexual partners, using prophylactics, avoiding bodily fluid exchange, and resisting the use of drugs that reduced inhibitions for high risk sexual behavior.

Poverty reduction

Reducing food waste could save more than 250 billion worldwide the equivalent of 65 million hectares of agricultural land use by 2030.

Consider energy efficiency, which can help bring one quarter of all gains in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Similarly, China, like the US, can reduce CO2 emissions through increased energy efficiency and a new fleet of electric vehicles. But China must consider the question from the vantage point of a coal dependent economy.

The prospect is uncertain enough as it stands that Bush may be spared the need to veto it.

One needn t accept this Machiavellian view to recognize that trying to cut back on the use of fossil fuels in the absence of practical alternatives is a recipe for economic stagnation.

Banks must pay for their implicit government guarantee by using less leverage and accepting restrictions on how they invest depositors money.

In virtually all countries, there is a lack of understanding of the benefits of the use of space technologies in supporting risk reduction and disaster management activities, especially by disaster managers and civil protection agencies.

This facilitated a two decade long economic boom, while reducing pressure on governments to sustain the momentum of progress toward greater energy efficiency.

Measures to reduce poverty

China s economic power over the US is now substantial, and will limit not only America s influence in the financial markets, but also its capacity to use military power.