Unfortunately, no actual progress has been seen in reducing drug production in Afghanistan.

On the other hand, not enough progress has been made in reducing poverty.

Progress made in reducing violence in Colombia has been significant and the world acknowledges that.

Media attention has been focused on the security wall, which has certainly succeeded in reducing the level of violence.

63. Important progress has been made in reducing infant and child mortality rates everywhere, although improvements have been slower in sub Saharan Africa.

While progress has been made in reducing unsustainable debt burdens for many developing countries, much remains to be done.

In the Middle East, the United Nations has been a positive influence in reducing tension after the Gulf War.

There has been real progress toward reducing tariff barriers the World Trade Organization has also established a dispute resolution mechanism for its 159 members.

There has been progress in reducing the gap between boys and girls, but the progress has been less rapid in some regions, such as Africa, and in rural areas generally.

Since the middle of last year, the International Monetary Fund has been reducing its projections for growth across Latin America.

Yet the peace process has been stalled for more than a year, greatly reducing Fatah s credibility in the West Bank.

Since then, considerable awareness has been created among Governments and public opinion alike of the absolute priority of reducing poverty.

In terms of reducing tax evasion, the results have been mixed.

In Thailand, NGO participation had been instrumental in reducing population growth.

Additional progress has been made in reducing the unsustainable debt burdens impeding the ability of developing countries to meet the Millennium Goals.

Up until now, business water stewardship has been limited to measuring and reducing, and we're suggesting that the next step is to restore.

Regrettably, so far, the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea has instead been seeking to restrict IAEA safeguards verification, thereby reducing transparency.

Up until now, business water stewardship has been limited to measuring and reducing, and we're suggesting that the next step is to restore.

Mexico has always taken part in contributing to reducing those dangers.

8. During the past 30 years in a number of developed countries, substantial efforts have been put into reducing the levels of smoking and considerable success has been achieved.

Historically, agriculture has driven economic performance in many countries, generating growth that has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors.

For example, more progress has been made in reducing infant and maternal mortality (reductions of nearly 50 per cent) than in achieving universal primary education.

Efforts have been intensified in several regions for reducing the use of institutional care.

The other challenge has been to reduce the amount of duplication and detail, although I have been generally cautious in reducing detail where we appear to have generally accepted text that is detailed.

I'm also very hopeful that in the next decades, we will make big strides on reducing that death rate that has been so challenging in this disease.

Latin America, on the other hand, has been reducing its external debt to GNP ratio mainly through reduction of debt levels and only slowly undertaking new borrowing.

I'm also very hopeful that in the next decades, we will make big strides on reducing that death rate that has been so challenging in this disease.

In recent years military authorities had been reducing the length of military and civilian service.

Reducing habitats

The Government has committed itself to reducing the force to 25,000 personnel by December 2007.

Nonetheless, hundreds of millions of people remain in poverty, and there has been only a little progress in reducing the gap between the least developed countries and the rest.

In the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar, building on previous achievements in reducing opium poppy cultivation, the focus has been on food security, health and improved market access.

17. The Director General regretted that, so far, the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea has been quot seeking to restrict IAEA safeguards verification, thereby reducing transparency quot .

Reducing nuclear danger

C. Reducing vulnerability

He rightly believed that reducing the money supply would have been too blunt an instrument to use.

The ETS has achieved its objective of reducing emissions by the required amount at least cost.

The Syrian Arab Republic has achieved substantial progress in reducing both child and infant mortality rates.

America s Social Security program has been so successful in reducing poverty because the poor get back a little more than they contribute, and the rich get back a little less.

In spite of this progress, neither the recommendation of the High Commissioner to guarantee universal free primary education, nor the recommendation aimed at reducing the inequality gap has been fulfilled.

23. Disaster mitigation has been increasingly recognized as the most cost effective means of reducing the impact of disasters, particularly those caused by natural hazards or those having sudden impact.

The focus has been on the international cash flow during adjustment, reducing debt servicing as part of a financing package that aims to yield a positive net transfer of resources.

The National Post abortion Care Programme is aimed directly at reducing maternal mortality. It has been in operation since 2004 in 22 of the country's hospitals, where a total of 13,928 women with incomplete abortions have been attended.

And here are some common drugs that have been associated with reducing the risk of cancer in people.

In fact, such a large increase has seldom if ever been attempted, owing to the risk that it would spur consumers to spend before it takes effect, thereby reducing future consumption.