There is an increasing commitment to water policy reform and a strong trend towards decentralization of water institutions.

The increasing trend towards respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms continues, especially in the area of civil and political rights.

But the trend towards increasing sophistication and breadth of our financial markets suggests that we can expect to see much further growth in cat bonds.

This becomes all the more crucial with the increasing trend towards new and emerging funding mechanisms such as direct budget support and sector wide approaches.

Recent figures show an increasing trend towards relaxing entry conditions for foreign workers in OECD countries, mainly to bridge the skill shortages found in most of them.

Unfortunately, the current trend is towards underrepresentation for Asia.

Countries report a positive trend towards increasing stakeholder participation, stimulated both by the emphasis in the IPF IFF proposals and by more general national policies that promote such participation.

While foreign direct investment flows kept increasing, the trend could not be guaranteed.

This trend towards identity fragmentation is not only an African phenomoenon.

It is expected that this trend towards shorter trials will continue.

The second trend towards foreign ownership came about in both stages.

It is expected that this trend towards shorter trials will continue.

In recent years, there had been a significant trend towards trade liberalization.

This trend towards more variability and fluctuation is perhaps more important, in terms of its impact on human health, than that of a gradual and long term trend towards higher average temperature.

The blogger admits that men too are to blame in the increasing trend of divorce.

Objectively, the trend is indeed towards a German Europe, which will never work.

The increasing role of the private sector forms an important trend in the ADF's logistics arrangements.

Today we are witnessing a critical trend the number of young drug addicts is increasing rapidly.

(c) With the trend towards direct budgetary support to host governments, the importance of resource flows through IFIs and the increasing variety of funding channels and donors, UNOPS has the opportunity to expand its client base.

The total value of outstanding cat bonds is small by Katrina standards. But the trend towards increasing sophistication and breadth of our financial markets suggests that we can expect to see much further growth in cat bonds.

That trend is now decreasing as Bangladesh has made significant progress towards achieving gender equity.

The development of perspective was part of a wider trend towards realism in the arts.

The trend towards increased containerization of trade continued in the course of 2004 and 2005.

There is also an increasing trend on the part of the Government to enlist NGOs in programme implementation.

Though this environment may not be fundamentally at risk, the current trend towards increasing capital requirements for international banks reflected, for example, in calls for the establishment of independent subsidiaries with autonomous capital and liquidity pools is clearly worrisome.

He saw their effect as a driving force behind the predominant trend towards liberal capitalism today.

Nicaragua shares the Latin American migratory pattern of a trend towards greater numbers of female migrants.

We welcome the trend towards further strengthening the cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations.

In addition, with global warming, there has been a marked trend towards more variable and anomalous weather.

We especially support and welcome the trend towards increased use of African owned mechanisms in that area.

Can greater transparency the new political mantra of civic activists and an increasing number of democratic governments reverse this trend?

On the other hand, the trend towards a low representation of women in political and public life continued.

This last proposal is especially relevant given the growing trend towards the spread of conflict in our world.

The growing trend towards South South investment flows would also lead to an increase in South South investment disputes.

She expressed concern about the trend towards bilateralism and about the low level of assistance directed to her region.

The rising power of Hamas, which openly proclaims its strategy of increasing terrorism and its goal of destroying Israel, reinforces that trend.

Thus, increasing efforts towards better understanding, treating and preventing the problem are continuing to evolve.

Although some countries have resisted the trend, inequality has been increasing over the last 30 40 years in the world as a whole.

Another study showed a lower incidence of 9.8 per 100,000 but a similar worsening trend (increasing from 4.9 in 1963 74) over time.

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

In the ECLAC region, the trend towards higher levels of unemployment, currently at 10 per cent, shows no signs of abating.

There is a strong trend towards ownership of forests by local communities, which has provided low income producers with new opportunities.

Certain experts raised concerns that the regulation of private companies could lead to further legitimization of the trend towards private security.

Mr. Gass (Switzerland) welcomed the recent trend towards partnerships between United Nations system entities and civil society and private sector actors.

Noting with deep concern the increasing trend in recent years of statements attacking religions, Islam and Muslims in particular, especially in human rights forums,