A diminishing role for nuclear weapons

Engaging in a decentralized process of decision making and resources, without diminishing the fragile authority of the central Government, is also necessary to unleash the economic potential of neglected departments.

The ideology is out there. It is not diminishing.

First, countries with a diminishing stake retain disproportionate power.

The austere budgets for the Bosnia and Herzegovina defence establishment in 2005 will make these efforts additionally demanding but, at the same time, the diminishing resources available underline the need for bold decisions.

And we are now well on the way to diminishing returns.

The World Bank has received a modest increase in resources, but it has yet to build capacity to lend rapidly and globally beyond existing borrowers and loan arrangements, and its income trajectory is diminishing.

Government spending is no less subject to diminishing returns than anything else.

And the number of people who can afford it is rapidly diminishing.

But this is closely linked to a diminishing sense of common identity.

As the war grinds on, prospects for a negotiated solution are diminishing.

In addition, the populations of many rice consuming countries are often afflicted with deficiencies of iron and vitamin A. Furthermore, the land and water resources for rice production are diminishing, while the population is still growing steadily.

The willingness of the dispossessed to endure the existing disparities was fast diminishing.

The WTO will survive, but its centrality in the trade system is rapidly diminishing.

So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly though he has few other options.

Some economists admittedly a diminishing number deny that there can ever be an output gap.

The peripheral countries external deficits are falling rapidly, thus diminishing the need for foreign financing.

Meanwhile, diminishing and aging populations in most of Europe will have made immigration a necessity.

For most, drinking water is a diminishing resource that is either unaffordable or simply unavailable.

During the last four years of his life, Arafat s public space was literally and metaphorically diminishing.

Mexico s oil fields are diminishing, which means that it may need to look for external supplies.

But traditional political differences based on disagreement over fundamental values play a diminishing part in elections.

This, coupled with diminishing budgets, led to a period of reduced activity and growing materiel obsolescence.

Or He may seize them by diminishing their portion . Yet your Lord is compassionate and kind .

We share the Secretary General's feeling on the diminishing credibility of the Commission on Human Rights.

In every area of the debate from the depletion of resources, through to the future of industries dependent upon diminishing raw materials the question of the obsolescence of a company s product or service is becoming central to the value ascribed to that company.

The Arab Spring has turned bloody and unpredictably turbulent, further diminishing the odds for peace in Palestine.

A government cannot liquidate its deficit if the source of its revenues, the national income, is diminishing.

In a time of diminishing resources and increased costs of energy, the benefits to be gained through the peaceful application of nuclear energy remained of value to the developing world. Such access should not be denied based on a selective and limited interpretation of events.

Japan s population peaked in 2004 and is now falling, while its younger generations show diminishing interests in automobiles.

And it shows no signs of diminishing in the latest fiscal year ending in June, the return was 22.9 .

Stunted children often struggle to reach their potential in school and ultimately the workplace, diminishing economic productivity and development.

In addition, as the cancer adjusts to the drug, further mutations are likely to occur, diminishing the drug s efficacy.

The pressure of an atmospheric gas decreases with altitude due to the diminishing mass of gas above each location.

The economy of the developed countries is maturing, which results in diminishing investment returns in those countries in general.

It is far too simple to generalize institutions elsewhere are much stronger, poverty and particularly extreme poverty have been diminishing, and the battle over natural resources has been largely settled. Even in places like Venezuela, with both huge oil reserves and a traditional minded nationalist government, the status quo allowing for foreign investment in energy resources has survived nearly eight years of President Hugo Chavez.

Argentina, by contrast, is a highly gas dependent country with diminishing reserves equivalent to less than eight years of production.

The emergence of new world powers, combined with the diminishing influence of current powers, is not propitious for stricter disciplines.

Another tool to mitigate the disappearance of SMEs (including by diminishing the spread of large retail outlets) is zoning regulations.

(Former USSR) Schools, as a Member of Scholars Group, constituted for comparative study of Criminal Law for diminishing human killing.

This long term trend towards multifamily housing may be expected to continue, further diminishing the importance of land to home values.

So is mistrust between the two powers diminishing? The People s Daily seems to consider bilateral relations as normal at this point.

And Saudi Arabia s large middle class is likely to respond to diminishing prosperity by calling for a more representative political system.

Diminishing the use of violence by addressing its socio economic root causes is an important aspect of any long term exercise.

Member States are therefore rightly concerned about the decline in the Assembly's prestige and its diminishing contribution to the Organization's activities.