Why have we done this? Because the longstanding target of the United Nations of spending 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product on official development assistance is an achievable target, not an aspirational goal.

Longstanding conflicts remain unresolved and complex new challenges are emerging.

Then, and only then, will Brazil s longstanding divisions begin to heal.

The US has profited from a longstanding alliance with the Sunni bloc.

The report is the result of a longstanding China World Bank partnership.

To be sure, Iran s longstanding support for regional Shiite groups is paying off.

But now Ahmedinejad s opponents are moving to reassert longstanding constraints on the presidency.

Despite a longstanding taboo against using nuclear weapons, disarmament remains only an aspiration.

Countries with which Belarus has had longstanding, close and friendly relations have suffered.

Each has its roots in longstanding ethnic tensions, exacerbated by economic and political underdevelopment.

Advances in the longstanding efforts to reform and restructure the transport sector have had mixed success.

Now some American neo conservatives argue that the US should drop its longstanding support for European integration.

Indeed, Brazil s embrace of an oil fired future reverses its longstanding policy of reliance on bio fuels.

The eurozone is now running even larger ones, with swings in southern Europe augmenting Germany s longstanding surpluses.

Technological advances and innovation have begun to turn the longstanding dream of energy independence into a reality.

The DPRK has a longstanding State policy of collectively supporting children's care, upbringing, education and overall socialization.

Mr. Lallah commented on the wooliness of the ideas expressed in regard to a problem that was longstanding.

As for America, anything it touches in the Middle East has become radioactive, even for longstanding clients and friends.

Goal!

Daily life under totalitarianism, be it communist or fascist, was routinely based on a deep duplicity whose effects are longstanding.

It will also help to synchronize financial development between urban and rural areas, ultimately eliminating China s longstanding dual financial structure.

In foreign policy as well, both countries reputations are burdened with the problems of longstanding disputes over Taiwan and Kashmir.

It was time to end the longstanding discrimination that had relegated Puerto Ricans to a kind of second class citizenship.

Goal Type

Temperature goal

It is a longstanding method of conflict frequently defined as deliberate attack on the innocent with the objective of spreading fear.

A particularly important and longstanding undertaking which has yet to be realized relates to the issue of official development assistance (ODA).

In situations where developing States had hosted large numbers of refugees for many years, longstanding generosity sometimes showed signs of strain.

The cost of achieving the Millennium Development Goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1) achieving universal primary education (Goal 2) eliminating gender disparity at all levels of education (Goal 3) reducing child mortality (Goal 4) and reducing maternal mortality (Goal 5).

For example, China began pressing territorial claims in the South China Sea, as well as escalating a longstanding border dispute with India.

An i goal

Ukraine s Own Goal

The overall goal

This is why Obama must adopt a bold diplomatic initiative that encompasses the entire region and help resolve longstanding disputes between Afghanistan s neighbors.

There has been a longstanding discussion about whether new derivative markets, which provide such financial hedging, tend to increase preexisting financial markets volatility.

On the Palestinian side, this is part of a deeper phenomenon a longstanding failure to create the institutional structures necessary for nation building.

Israel s longstanding channel of communication with Egypt through the military has disappeared, and may or may not be replaced by a similar channel.

The final outcome at the ICJ case may add further impetus to Bolivia s attempts to seek a diplomatic solution to this longstanding issue.

Chile favours an effort aimed at achieving compromise and agreement, which has been our longstanding policy with respect to issues that divide us.

Is the goal achieved?

They reached their goal.

They achieved their goal.

Tom scored a goal.

The Emperor s New Goal

The goal was simple