However, the next 10 years, if like the last 10 years, we're going to see 30 percent more traffic.

See Amnesty International, ACT 50 004 2003, p. 1 see also Schabas, op. cit., p. 59.

It is only in the past 10 years that the elections have gained some semblance of democracy.

Over the last 10 years (2000 2010) the population has changed at a rate of 8.3 .

During the past years Closed Door Meeting have been hosted by Portugal, Spain and Norway.

Over the past 10 years, there has been increased investment in water and sanitation projects.

That seems to us the most important step that the international community has taken in this area in the last 10 years.

We have done a great deal over the past 10 years to promote and implement the World Programme of Action, but much more must be done.

Ms. Simi (Samoa) said that Samoa's fertility rate had dropped over the past 10 years.

In the past 10 years, several NEO observing programmes have been started in the United States.

More than six million people have benefited from emergency assistance during the past 10 years.

Young people recognize that in the past 10 years the international community has deepened its awareness of the rights based approach to development.

Mr. Verbeke (Belgium) (spoke in French) For the past 10 years, Belgium has been actively involved in discussions on Security Council reform.

First, in the last 10 years we have achieved a sustained growth rate of over 5 per cent of our gross domestic product (GDP).

Although the number of conflicts has decreased during the last 10 years, today's conflicts tend to be protracted.

Amnesty International, US Arbitrary, Discriminatory or Cruel, AI Index AMR 51 003 2002, pp. 8 and 9.

Report of the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment , George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois (April 2002), p. 207.

23.51 The number of States parties to the above mentioned treaties has tripled over the past decade.

On many occasions over the past 10 years members of the Special Committee had stated clearly that there was no alternative to self determination.

France s economic performance has been lackluster during the past ten years, particularly with respect to competitiveness, debt sustainability, public spending, and the labor market.

Vladimir and Lyudmila have rarely been seen together over the past decade, so there was plenty of gossip in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

Over the last ten years, a street art group based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has been using graffiti to express ideas and statements.

For small island developing States, economic gains made over the past 10 years are being wiped away by spiralling fuel prices.

The farmers suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 to 1.8 per 100,000 total population, over a 10 year period through 2005.

On the other hand, there have been significant increases in social spending over the past 10 years (particularly on education, health and housing).

All of the available data show that Germany had one of Europe s lowest rates of productivity growth over the last ten years.

Indeed, a lot has been said over the past 10 years or so, the Razali paper being just one case in point.

On the other hand, the review mechanism envisaged for the year 2020 does not seem realistic when we consider what we have been experiencing for the past 10 years.

Ten year review of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

Mr. Khalil said the written answers provided by the delegation showed that there had been substantial improvements in the country over the past 10 years.

The challenges highlighted in the preceding paragraphs have in one way or another informed the actions taken to revitalize public administration systems in the past 10 years.

Monaco's official development assistance (ODA) has continued to increase, multiplying fivefold in the past 10 years an effort that will continue in the years to come with a view to reaching the 0.7 per cent target as soon as possible.

Interestingly, a closer look at Japan s performance over the past decade suggests little reason for persistent bearish sentiment.

The number of journals that can be accessed by the libraries in electronic, rather than print, format has grown by more than 50 per cent during the past 10 years.

I also searched on this story for the elusive great hammerhead, an animal that really hadn't been photographed much until maybe about seven or 10 years ago.

Acknowledging with deep gratitude the indefatigable efforts and dedicated service provided to the Organization during the past ten years by Secretary General Kofi Annan,

Over the past five years, on average, the top 10 donors have contributed 60 per cent of total contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation.

Since the election of the present Government, Yemen has been pursuing this approach with a view to supporting the legitimate Government of the country.

Over the last decade the Yemeni Government has therefore followed a clear policy aimed at restoring stability in Somalia, ending the civil war there and supporting the central Government.

The increase in the number of highly skilled jobs in Québec has been maintained over the last 10 years, growing by more than 25 percent.

In the course of these past ten years numerous international meetings have repeatedly taken up the social development mandate to eradicate poverty, promote social integration and create full employment.

Analysis suggests that while these countries have made commendable progress in enrolment growth rates in the past 20 years, they would need to do up to three times better over the next 10 years to achieve Goal 2.

I know. How many people have hitchhiked within the past 10 years?

Anybody who's over 15 doesn't know what this means, because in the last 10 years, the number of elementary school classroom teachers has been cut in half.

Two thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and diabetes in kids and 30 year olds has increased 70 percent in the last 10 years. It s no joke it s real.