The funds have been slow in coming.

So far, implementation has been slow.

Reform of the security sector also remains extremely slow.

The implementation of the Sharm el Sheikh understandings was slow and incomplete.

The pace of change in some areas is quite slow.

The result is a search that is too slow or never completes.

So far, however, the RMB s appreciation against the dollar has been slow.

Progress in reforming the forestry sector has been slow.

Nevertheless, progress in a number of other areas has been slow.

In the area of social and economic rights, progress remains slow.

Ironically, it is the world of business that remains slow to change.

Despite a comparative large military spending, it has been relatively slow to modernize its forces.

Until the end of the reporting period, however, progress was extremely slow.

In Africa, progress in achieving Millennium Development Goals remains painfully slow.

The National Transitional Government of Liberia made slow progress in restoring administration throughout the country.

Progress has also been slow in dealing with unemployment, economic development and raising the living standards of minorities.

No wonder that progress has come very slowly, if at all.

While recognition of the distinct Ordovician period was slow in the United Kingdom, other areas of the world accepted it quickly.

The deployment of UNMIS military elements has progressed slowly but steadily.

Yet US economic growth remains sluggish, and is accompanied by stubbornly high unemployment. QE has been blamed for everything from asset price bubbles to food riots to impetigo.

It is more expressive than XSD, while providing a simpler syntax, but commercial software support has been slow in coming.

We also note that progress has been slow in addressing the issues of employment and economic development and in improving the lives of members of minority groups.

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The episode, entitled My Mommy Got Lost , included a slow motion sequence where Joe Don Baker is shot by the police.

Lack of financial resources. Progress in strengthening financing for sustainable forest management has been both slow and inadequate.

By contrast, the benefits of public investments are slower to be felt, and their beneficiaries are more diffuse.

Both sides frequently reaffirmed their commitment to coordinate the implementation of the Israeli disengagement plan, though progress remained slow until April 2005.

With the increase in population, a shift away from the rural communities toward urban centres, this important cultural safety net is slowly diminishing.

While some of the recommendations are being acted upon, progress on others appears limited or slow.

Infrastructure is slowly improving, but roads, ports, water access, and the electricity grid are still horrific across large parts of the country.

Global growth remains slow and, with monetary and fiscal policies having a limited impact on economic recovery, governments have neither the resources nor the courage to push for major projects.

However, overall progress in this area has been slow and greater interest needs to be generated with other United Nations agencies.

The progress made in Benin had been slow, because socio cultural considerations had prevented elected representatives from fully accepting the concept of gender equality.

Progress in the eastern Sudan peace effort has been slow, due partially to the parties' lack of clarity on mediation and the venue for the talks.

These changes are progressing too slowly to offer UNOPS an immediate opportunity to become a predominant system wide support service provider to the wider United Nations family.

Our initial response to HIV AIDS was slow, but we must make 2006 the year when the international community finally steps up to the plate.

Many of the countries in Latin America, for instance, have experienced slow economic growth despite being fairly advanced in the transition to low fertility.

In the Commonwealth, 11 of our 53 members have already recorded significant progress on the MDGs, but 31 have made slow progress, and some are actually going backwards.

Norway noted that the Secretariat planned to hold further consultations with UNDP on those matters, but would like some clarification as to why implementation had been rather slow.

Despite the general willingness shown by the two sides to enter into talks, progress has been slow and the Government and the Eastern Front have yet to conduct their first face to face meeting.

The international community had, unfortunately, been slow in reacting to the Agency's appeals in 2003 and the resources made available at that time had been insufficient to meet its essential needs.

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Some sovereign debtors and private creditors have been attempting to develop voluntary Principles of stable capital flows and fair debt restructuring in emerging markets , but progress has been slow.

In addition the Information Systems Division has included the development of a complete disaster recovery plan for all UNRWA information and communication technology services on its task list, but due to a shortage of resources, progress has been slow.

In the ten years before the MDGs, economic growth in the region was slow, the poverty rate was high (and rising), and there was an increasingly heavy disease burden, including HIV AIDS and malaria.