These long term strategies should include specific objectives and actions as well as indicators against which progress can be measured.

Identifying and measuring progress on global priorities and strategic objectives

First, five years ago, eight development objectives were defined, representing major progress.

Attacks must only be made against military objectives.

Despite serious financial and human constraints, my country has made appreciable progress towards those objectives.

3. Expresses its disappointment at the limited progress made in realizing the objectives of the New Agenda

To achieve such objectives, China has adopted a series of effective policies and measures, achieving remarkable progress.

UNDP gender mainstreaming policies lack clear objectives, targets and time frames, making it difficult to quantify progress.

In the absence of planned objectives and of measurement of progress compared with objectives, it was difficult to understand how UNHCR could assess whether the Office was adequately staffed.

The global objectives and indicators of progress in the 2004 global appeal mentioned 107 indicators of progress, of which only four were explicitly quantitative (specific and measurable).

Furthermore, the criteria can provide guideposts on the path of assessing progress towards governance and public administration objectives.

Mr. Chaudhry (Pakistan) said that progress in achieving the core objectives of the Copenhagen Summit had been uneven.

Over time, the progress of those institutions in meeting the objectives of citizens, elected officials and other stakeholders becomes critical.

Against this background, future progress depends on three major factors.

The programme made considerable progress in raising awareness against corruption.

Success and progress must be judged against a realistic standard.

They are needed for assessing the current development situation, setting objectives and targets for the future and measuring progress and development.

The maintenance of international peace and the fight against impunity cannot be viewed as conflicting objectives.

COPENHAGEN This decade has seen remarkable progress against humanity s greatest challenges.

The observer for Argentina, while noting the progress made during the First Decade, recognized that its objectives have not been fully achieved.

All the bodies concerned should be asked to formulate clear objectives in that respect and to monitor progress on an annual basis.

This involved categorizing the objectives that had been defined and setting these against tasks to be fulfilled.

Violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace.

3. Notes the recent progress made with respect to the achievement of the three objectives set out in the Convention on Biological Diversity

During that period, remarkable progress had been achieved in the implementation of the strategic objectives of the Convention and the Platform for Action.

Notes the recent progress made with respect to the achievement of the three objectives set out in the Convention on Biological Diversity 2

UNHCR's Global Objectives and Indicators of Progress for 2004 were based on the strategic goals established by the High Commissioner for the year.

Hopes were high that he would deliver progress against the extraordinary poverty.

ANA has made significant progress and in terms of recruiting, training and fielding of units, the security sector reform process has exceeded its objectives.

Despite those efforts, little progress has been achieved to date in the substantive negotiations and in meeting the development objectives of the Doha round.

In Malaya, a rebellion against British rule had been in progress since 1948.

17. Welcomes the progress made in the work of some of the regional commissions in implementing the objectives and recommendations of the Madrid Plan of Action, and encourages other regional commissions to make progress in this regard

Rule of distinction The parties to the conflict must at all times distinguish between civilians and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives. Attacks may only be directed against military objectives Art.

The appropriate amount of debt reduction should be measured against the explicit development objectives defined by the NEPAD process.

The objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to which we fully subscribe, are a point of reference for developmental strategies and for assessing progress.

Progress is being made the battle against poverty is slowly (too slowly) being won.

Progress continues to be made to enhance international cooperation against the world drug problem.

Renewed violence and the low level of mutual trust continue to work against progress.

GC(48) RES 11 Nuclear security Measures to Protect against Nuclear Terrorism, Progress on Measures to Protect against Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism

Progress has been helped by growing awareness in populous Asia and in developing countries generally that sustainability is the key to achieving their longer term growth objectives.

Sustained economic growth, poverty eradication and protection of the natural resource base are essential objectives of policies and actions to achieve progress in sustainable human settlements development.

Although some least developed countries had been able to improve their situation, most had made very little progress towards realizing the objectives of the 2001 Brussels Conference.

The recommendations before the Conference were intended to engage States in negotiation, in an effort to make real progress towards nuclear disarmament and fulfil the NPT objectives.

That is how extremists play off against each other to destroy any chance of political progress.

Little progress has been made, for the third reporting period, in improving cooperation against money laundering.