Do such adoptions achieve anything more than helping the individual children adopted?

Brazil has reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon by roughly 80 since 2005, and Norway s pledge of 1 billion is helping to achieve further reductions.

Spain, under the leadership of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has given a major stimulus to helping the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The Australian Government sees education as a key means of improving the economic status of women and helping women to achieve their goals and widen their life choices.

The United States looks forward to working with all nations to achieve the full implementation of 1540, and stands ready to provide assistance, where possible, in helping States fulfil their obligations.

Although independent central banks have been crucial in helping the region achieve macroeconomic stability over the past two decades, they, like electoral authorities, are being subjected to increasing pressure.

In 2004, UNIFEM had concentrated on helping countries move forward on that pathway, bringing women's human rights into the development agenda and national strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Increasingly, however, the Canadian International Development Agency was contributing funds for mine action from Canada's official development assistance envelope, as an effective means of helping to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Hamas has proved its staying power. After decades of standoffs and stalemate, perhaps it can focus less on its own survival and more on helping to achieve a just and lasting peace.

Recognizing the role of the United Nations in helping Serbia and Montenegro to achieve a successful transition from humanitarian assistance to development assistance and in coordinating the efforts of the international community in that regard,

Moreover, we are helping to facilitate political stability in Iraq and helping the NATO mission in Afghanistan.

We are convinced of the importance of the MDGs and how to achieve them therefore, our country has undertaken some financial, administrative and legal reforms and measures with the involvement of non governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society partners, which are essential in helping us achieve socio economic progress in our country.

Welcomes the efforts of the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

Service points and, more in general, well coordinated locations where people can both live and work, make it easier to combine care and paid employment, thus facilitating women's access to the labour market and helping them to achieve economic independence.

Welcomes the efforts of the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

Now we have the unprecedented opportunity to take decisions on reforms and on the creation of new institutions for the elimination of armed conflict and, more urgently, for helping countries emerging from conflict to achieve lasting peace and stability.

Canada is committed to helping in that endeavour.

I look forward with confidence to a progressive expansion in the number of member governments that commit themselves to moving as quickly as possible toward ending hunger and malnutrition within their borders and to helping other countries to achieve the same goal.

The development model that China is facilitating, which combines productive investment and trade with concessional loans and aid, is helping to break the cycle of under development in Africa a goal that Western led development strategies have failed to achieve.

Just as China is helping to develop Pakistan s port of Gwadar, India is helping to develop Iran s Chabahar port 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) away.

I like helping others.

Sami liked helping Dad.

Sami liked helping Dad.

14. Welcomes the efforts of the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

20. Welcomes the efforts of the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

She commended the administering Powers for striving to meet the development needs of Non Self Governing Territories and cooperating with the Special Committee with a view to helping the peoples of those Territories to achieve their chosen destiny and attain self determination.

For our part, we are helping to change that.

She is more likely to be helping her husband.

Oil prices are not helping.

23. Welcomes the efforts of and calls upon the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

20. Welcomes the efforts of, and calls upon, the international community to provide flexibility, and stresses the need to continue those efforts in helping post conflict developing countries, especially those that are heavily indebted and poor, to achieve initial reconstruction for economic and social development

Globalization therefore entrenches dualism, rather than helping to overcome it.

Helping people to think clearly about these numbers is important.

Finally, China should be ready to extend a helping hand.

Recessions have important cleansing effects, helping to facilitate painful restructuring.

Heartier crop varieties are helping farmers to weather tough conditions.

Judicial reforms are, in turn, helping to root out corruption.

That was my mind helping me to adapt and survive.

This proposal, while limited in scope, could play an important role in initiating discussion of deeper reforms while helping to restore the fragile world economy to health and achieve the aim expressed in the G 20 s Pittsburgh declaration strong, sustainable, and balanced growth.

As representative of a country that has twice led the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, for a total of 14 months in the last three years, I also wish to reiterate Turkey's continued commitment to helping achieve lasting peace and security in that country.

In adopting a child from a poor country, Madonna is following an example set by other celebrities like Mia Farrow, Ewan McGregor, and Angelina Jolie. Do such adoptions achieve anything more than helping the individual children adopted?

The report of the Secretary General on linkages between forests and the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration (E CN.18 2005 7) highlights the particular contribution that forests can make in helping to achieve those goals.

Helping the ECB Cross the Rubicon

Sami thanked Layla for helping him.

Helping students with disabilities in Ghana