Although progress had been made on many fronts since January 2005, gaps still remained.

Although the restaurant interior had completely changed since then, its decorative themes remained the same.

Corsica, although belonging to the Italian geographical region, has been a part of France since 1769.

There is no post code system in Hong Kong, although one has been under consideration since 2000.

Although security for minorities has improved since the violence of March 2004, freedom of movement remained precarious.

Corruption is relatively widespread in the Latvian healthcare system, although the situation has improved since the early 1990s.

Although BiDil has not been a great commercial success since its approval in 2009, it remains on the market.

The new non concessional debt more than offset the debt relief received, although export earnings have increased since 2001.

Although significant progress had been achieved since the World Summit for Social Development, much more needed to be done.

Although much progress had been made since the establishment of the treaty system, further measures were required to strengthen it.

Although Chinese investors have since made numerous lower visibility plays in US markets, the failed Unocal deal left a legacy of bitterness.

Nevertheless, although Russia has been backsliding since Putin took power in 2000, his policies might have been worse had he been ostracized.

Several registered political parties are active and represented in the National Assembly, although the Swapo Party has won every election since independence.

Much has been achieved since 2001, although much remains to be done before Afghanistan can look forward with confidence to the future.

Kosovo has been administered since 1999 by a United Nations mission guarded by NATO troops, although it remains formally a part of Serbia.

Some quickly began to press for segregated work places, although Washington, D.C. and federal offices had been integrated since after the Civil War.

Although the Committee has been meeting regularly since May 24, 2004, this important forum for institutional debate has not yet been formally constituted.

Although the Party s carrot and stick approach has worked since 1989, it is doubtful that it will retain its efficacy for another 17 years.

Although the essence of this statement has remained the same since 1985, the context has changed over the years and the emphasis has shifted.

Although the author contends that the Dutch authorities did not differentiate between counsel client and suspect suspect conversations, since his calls to Mr. A.T.M.M.

Since that provision aimed to protect the family, the State could not approve of a separation, although exceptions could be made depending on circumstances.

Although 18 years had passed since the accident, millions of people were still living in areas contaminated by radiation in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Although we don t exchange blows like men, we are just as passionate, especially since the world s most famous tournament is being played on our continent.

Although South Korea experienced a series of military dictatorships from the 1960s up until the 1980s, it has since developed into a successful liberal democracy.

Although free stores have not been uncommon in the United States since the 1960s, the freegan movement has inspired the establishment of more free stores.

Since the NATO intervention in 1999, Kosovo has been de facto separated from Serbia and Montenegro, although de jure it remains part of that country.

Although the total number of IDPs remained almost unchanged since the last reporting period, both new displacements and returns occurred during the 2004 2005 period.

Although the downward trend in the registration of marriages that started in the 1990s continued in 2000, there has been a slight increase since 2001.

Although the internally displaced persons and their leaders have not resorted to violence since the riots of July, the registration process remains in a deadlock.

Although high oil prices and a relatively cheap ruble initially drove this growth, since 2003 consumer demand and, more recently, investment have played a significant role.

The practice of grade retention in the U.S. has been climbing steadily since the 1980s, although local educational agencies may or may not follow this trend.

Although the World Programme of Action for Youth is still highly relevant today, in the 10 years that have passed since its adoption new challenges have emerged.

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended including the hepB vaccine in routine immunization since 1992, its high price initially hindered its uptake in some developing countries.

Although the percentage of population assistance channelled by non governmental organizations has decreased since 2002, the non governmental organization channel continues to predominate throughout all the world regions.

But, although the Security Council was enlarged in 1965 by increasing the number of non permanent seats from six to ten, its permanent members have not changed since 1945.

Although it has been a priority since the establishment of the Protection Information Section in 2002, the Department of International Protection has not developed a question and answer database.

Although encouraging progress had been made since the adoption of the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action, disease, poverty and unemployment still hindered the development of many developing countries.

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Although Austen's novels had been published in the United States since 1832, albeit in bowdlerised editions, it was not until after 1870 that there was a distinctive American response to Austen.

Although the Summit laid the groundwork for the Goals, the effort since then to prioritize action by focusing on the Goals has resulted in the narrowing of the international development agenda.

Although it has been over 10 years since the end of the cold war, resort to nuclear weapons by the nuclear weapon States has not decreased, but rather it has increased.

Although Turkey has blocked articles on Wikipedia since 2008, as noted in a recent report by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet Society at Harvard University, these blocks are in keeping with regular censorship of the internet since 2007, when the Internet Law (No. 5651) was passed.

Since 1996 Frisian has been recognised as an official minority language in the Netherlands under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, although it had been recognised by the Dutch government as the second state language ( tweede rijkstaal ), with official status in Friesland, since the 1950s.

Although policy has since shifted to reflect supply side economics and real business cycle theory, the new reigning paradigm s builders and promoters display the same antipathy to checking data for serious error.

This is the real challenge, and although it may prove ambitious, many countries will arrive at the Cancún conference with renewed hope for the future, thanks to the progress made since Copenhagen.