When Barack Obama was elected US president, there was hope for progress.

However, there was room for progress in implementing article 5 of the Convention.

Is There Moral Progress?

There is some progress, however.

Most important was that of Copenhagen itself, which was widely painted as a total failure, despite the progress achieved there.

Yet the Millennium Project report indicated that there was limited and uneven progress on gender equality targets.

However, there has been little progress.

There had also been progress in education and health care, and there was a strong civil society network advocating the advancement of women.

Overall, there was positive progress in the areas of elections and financial accountability, which enjoyed strong donor support.

Without perseverance, there can be no progress.

There are nonetheless signs of modest progress.

There have been signs of progress since.

Happily, there are signs of further progress.

But there is room for more progress.

There has been further progress in demining.

And, indeed, there has been real progress.

There has been some progress in each area.

There has been some qualitative progress in returns.

And we forget there is no progress without change.

But in American politics, surprisingly, there has been progress.

On the tax side, there has clearly been progress.

Of course there is no guarantee of further progress.

On all fronts, there has not been much progress.

Where there is accountability we will progress where there is none we will underperform.

The progress made and let there be no doubt that there has been progress must be seen in the context of the challenges that Kosovo has faced.

Since then, there has been considerable progress in many trials.

There is no doubt that much progress has been made.

On malaria, there has been welcome progress in recent years.

Since then, there has been considerable progress in many trials.

While there remained room for further improvement, there was reason too for optimism that the people of Nagorno Karabakh could consolidate the democratic progress witnessed in the 19 June elections.

Progress was documented in annual reports.

Progress in this area was mixed.

Although there had been political progress, the security situation was still a cause for concern, with attacks on economic targets in some areas.

But there is a price to be paid for this progress.

On disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), there has been little progress.

There has been considerable progress in implementing reforms in the Secretariat.

There has since been only limited progress on electoral reform, however.

To be sure, there has been only limited progress in establishing the single supervisor and no progress on the resolution mechanism.

Nevertheless, while not all is sweetness and light, there has been progress.

Yet there are reasons to expect real progress in the new year.

So there is progress, but at the same time problems do remain.

Thus, there remains a critical need for effective progress in this area.

12.1 There has been considerable progress in the health sector since 1980.

Since the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus, there has been some progress.

There are good signs of progress, but children still face major challenges.