Partisans whose commitment to deficit reduction vanishes whenever political expedience dictates simply do not belong running bipartisan deficit reduction commissions.

Determination of a quantified emission reduction commitment for Belarus (Agenda item 17)

In fact, a genuine commitment to poverty reduction implies working with these countries.

The Conference represented a landmark in worldwide understanding of and commitment to implementing a comprehensive disaster risk reduction agenda.

1. A clear commitment to emission reduction targets in the developed and developing world to drive technology investment and energy efficiency measures.

Increased commitment and engagement by Governments, United Nations agencies, regional entities and civil society organizations, and systematic tracking of disaster reduction investments are required.

(It has made an ambitious commitment in its 11th Five Year Plan to a 20 reduction in energy intensity and attain a 10 increase in renewable energy by 2010.)

Regulations relating to reserves, conservation, sustainable development, the reduction of fishing licences and so forth cannot be enforced without the cooperation and commitment of our near, as well as our distant, neighbours.

An important driver behind the proposed EuP Directive is the commitment of the EU to the Kyoto Protocol targets for greenhouse gas reduction by 2012 and the Community Sixth Environmental Action Programme.

However, poverty reduction through tourism would not be automatic it required willingness by a strong political leadership and firm private sector commitment to assume their social responsibility to destination countries, local communities and workers.

This commitment is consistent with goal 8, which added a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction nationally and internationally. The task force recognizes the importance of fair trade, understood in the sense of enlarging the opportunities for developing countries in the global economy rather than as protection for domestic producers.

16. Encourages Member States to increase their commitment to the effective implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, making full use of the Strategy system's mechanisms, such as the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

That grave development should remind us that what we decide to do to help those countries during this summit will be the criterion for measuring the credibility of our commitment to development and poverty reduction.

To strengthen that process following the Conference, an intergovernmental advisory group4 was established to help mobilize higher levels of political commitment and link national needs and concerns with United Nations assistance in disaster risk reduction.

Noise Reduction...

Noise Reduction

Demand reduction

Demand reduction

Demand reduction

Poverty reduction

Risk reduction

To reverse these trends, all Governments should take steps, individually and collectively, to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity8 and the Johannesburg commitment to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010.9

Developing countries could attract increased official development assistance for the water sector by demonstrating a strong political commitment through incorporating water and sanitation goals into their poverty reduction strategies and national sustainable development strategies, where they exist.

Rethinking Poverty Reduction

Disaster risk reduction

Poverty reduction strategies

Drug demand reduction

Poverty Reduction Strategy

Drug demand reduction

for Disaster Reduction

Debt reduction, either through stock of debt reduction or debt service reduction based on a concessional rescheduling, will continue to be considered only in exceptional cases.

The global arms reduction process should also include a reduction in non strategic nuclear arsenals.

Yet, in this climate of fiscal stringency, he calls for increased contributions to international organizations, the Millennium Challenge Account to provide assistance to countries with a commitment to making progress in poverty reduction, and the Global HIV AIDS Initiative.

With that request, the Government of Belarus sought to define its quantified emission reduction commitment as 95 per cent of the 1990 level, and to raise the issue of introducing a corresponding amendment to Annex B of the Protocol.

In section VIII, subsection A, of the biennial reports questionnaire, entitled The commitment , States are asked to provide information on a national strategy for drug demand reduction and whether it is based on data on the drug abuse situation.

a Excluding arrears reduction.

National poverty reduction strategies

Reduction of military budgets

Reduction of military budgets

C. Reduction of hunger

Reduction of military budgets

Reduction of military budgets

Strengthening political commitment

Our commitment continues.

The Asian Disaster Reduction Centre is a specialized organization for disaster reduction based in Kobe, Japan.