Speakers expressed satisfaction over the increase in gross proceeds from sales of cards and products and asked if this was due mainly to growth in sales volume or price increases.

The Office shall review further ways of enhancing the Financial Accounting System to increase its usefulness.

The key driver of the increase in final sales was a strong rise in consumer spending.

Given the dramatic increase in the numbers of older persons, their involvement in the process itself is crucial.

But Japanese policymakers, media, and academics largely continue to favor a sudden and substantial hike.

Indeed, recent growth in Africa appears to have been fueled by increases in oil exports and high oil prices.

Pakistan has taken additional steps to augment the safety and security of nuclear installations and to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The humanitarian situation in the camps for internally displaced persons has generally improved as a result of the dramatic increase in humanitarian assistance.

Silence can be presumed to be tacit acceptance that rapid increases in long term asset price are warranted.

Since this is a full recalculation, a large number of countries reflect potential increases or decreases.

One management expert summarizes recent studies as describing an increase in the use of more participative processes.

Although the Federal Reserve and foreign creditors like China are now financing the increase, their willingness to do so is not unlimited.

And the tsunami of problems that we feel we're facing in terms of sustainability questions are actually a reflection of the exponential increase in urbanization across the planet.

As a consequence of the continuing increase in the volume of data collected from member organizations, participants and beneficiaries, it is recommended that a central repository for data storage be created.

In that context, it noted that the majority of the additional resources requested were a direct result of the temporary increase in military personnel.

This figure marked the high point of a four month increase in deaths due to violence that began in September 2004.

It is also a priority to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, given the constantly increasing number of applications it is receiving.

There is bound to be more convergence down the road, when he decides to define Israel s real, not ideological, red lines.

Indeed, to see high school students expressing their hostility to Sarkozy s planned slight increase in the retirement age is particularly revealing.

The Procurement Service has been taking all possible measures to increase procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

While the global economy s weak performance has led to a corresponding slowdown in the increase in carbon emissions, it amounts to only a short respite.

An optimistic estimate of the direct increase in annual demand from the stimulus package is about 300 billion in each of the next two years.

According to British Council s The Next Generation report, this percentage will continue to rise until 2045, after which the percentage of adults will overtake that of youth.

The main areas of increase decrease are discussed in the summary of proposals in paragraphs 42 45 and reflected in table 3 of the budget document.

Some translation memory programs function as standalone environments, while others function as an add on or macro to commercially available word processing or other business software programs.

Because population is expected to increase substantially, especially in developing countries, the Programme of Action recognizes the usefulness of achieving a lower population growth as early as possible.

Trafficking in persons, especially women and children, has received considerable attention in recent years as a result of the tremendous increase in the volume of such trafficking and the involvement of organized criminal groups.

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

The sharp increase in the peacekeeping budget had made it extremely difficult for many Member States to pay their assessed contributions.

The National Committees and PSD were also commended on the strong increase in private sector fund raising income and were asked to provide more information on the yield of investment funds.

In view of the recent drastic increase in the frequency and intensity of severe natural calamities and the ever higher degree of vulnerability of the developing countries, the international community should take prompt and decisive measures.

Still, they are considered the first official studies explicitly presenting economic growth as a key reason for the increase in global environmental problems such as pollution, shortage of raw materials, and the destruction of ecosystems.

In addition, owing to the ongoing surge in planning and deployment of new peacekeeping missions, limited resources have been available to produce a credible report in the time allocated.

Since sexual crimes and crimes against children are rising it would be expected that there would be more female officers to specifically deal with gender based crimes.

In view of the dramatic increase in incidents of terrorism throughout the world since 1999, Egypt believes that it has become a priority to intensify the ongoing efforts of combating terrorism within the United Nations.

But cells with mutated BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are unable to undergo recombination and are therefore much more sensitive to an increased level of unrepaired single strand breaks.

But what of the future? The recent rise in long term interest rates is just the beginning of an increase that will punish investors who are seeking extra yield by betting on long term bonds.

It strongly supports the efforts being made in all regions of the world to secure international peace and security and is therefore concerned about the upsurge in terrorist activity and about the possibility of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorist groups.

In view of the 25 per cent increase in cases from peacekeeping operations in the past year, the Committee recommends approval of the additional General Service post in the Office of the Ombudsman and the related requirements of the Office.

In the risk assessment study, Kuwait generated a statistical estimate of the expected increase in mortality in Kuwait based on estimates of concentrations of particulate matter to which the population was exposed as derived from the monitoring and assessment enumeration study.

(b) The postponement of a training course for senior managers in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations owing to difficulties in releasing sufficient staff at the senior level to attend, given the increased workload resulting from the surge in peacekeeping activities

Futures traders knew about the growth of China and other emerging markets but they expected supply mainly from low cost Middle East providers to increase in tandem with demand.

If so, the huge increase in the national debt and the realization that even 700 billion is not enough to rescue the US economy will erode confidence further and aggravate its weakness.

This change was made as a result of the increase in ratings from the March 29, 2010 show (which aired at 9 00pm Eastern) and the April 5, 2010 show (which aired at 8 00 pm Eastern).

The Council also asks members in turn to specify their States' plans for signature and ratification within a set time frame, and the Directorate General of Legal Affairs holds regular seminars in the capitals to familiarize ministers with the main European instruments.