It has also made progress by adopting a bilateral strategy.

Progress in reforming the forestry sector has been slow.

With international assistance, Afghanistan has made substantial progress towards stability.

Mexico has made satisfactory progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

By the end of the session, the Subcommission had made good progress in its work.

The Gambia had made progress, against the background of the National Policy for the Advancement of Women.

The National Transitional Government of Liberia made slow progress in restoring administration throughout the country.

The Government has made phenomenal progress in the little more than three months since its relocation.

Since 2000 till now, Viet Nam has made new progress, especially in the following areas

Those negotiations made concrete progress last year in some difficult and controversial areas.

The Government has made considerable progress in increasing its control over the diamond mining sector.

States have made good progress in the effective implementation of national legislation to criminalize money laundering.

The Subcommission had made considerable progress in the examination of the submission of Brazil by the end of the fifteenth session.

In the Commonwealth, 11 of our 53 members have already recorded significant progress on the MDGs, but 31 have made slow progress, and some are actually going backwards.

The Government of Sierra Leone, with the support of UNAMSIL and other bilateral and multilateral partners, has made considerable progress in the implementation of the benchmarks.

As a middle income country in transition, Croatia had made progress and was ready to share its experience.

Over the past few months, MINUSTAH has made progress towards creating an environment in which the political transition can unfold.

China had made great progress in the realm of space technology and space science research in the past year.

As the Government makes progress in this sector, more funding will flow through government mechanisms instead of bypassing them.

I am pleased to report that Australia has made good progress in the first four years of its 10 year strategy.

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

The region made substantial progress towards poverty reduction in 1997 only to backslide since then.

The progress of the Defence Reform Commission, led by chairmen Raffi Gregorian and Nikola Radovanović, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Defence Minister, has been impressive.

American Samoa had made progress on the issue of self governance and was in the process of now calling for a constitutional review in 2005.

Comment by the Administration. UNU has made progress in this regard and expects full implementation of the recommendation by the third quarter of 2005.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has made commendable progress in recent months on a number of European Commission feasibility study's priority reform areas.

Given the very limited resources of the Unit (one temporary post besides that of the Chief), it has made good progress in promoting gender mainstreaming.

During the past six months, the State level Ministry of Security has achieved notable progress in recruiting staff and establishing internal departments covering its areas of responsibility.

Regular consultations take place between the Office of Legal Affairs and the Department and, as a result, significant progress has been made by the Department in the delivery of translations on a timely basis.

Since my last intervention, in 2004, the OPCW has registered significant progress on a number of fronts, and considerable momentum is being generated in the implementation of the Convention.

SADC member States, individually and collectively, have made significant progress in the area of youth development and empowerment, although there are still challenges and constraints to contend with.

The May 2004 review of the outcome of that Conference had indicated that progress had been made by CIS Governments in enacting and implementing relevant legislation.

Benin had made great progress in eliminating the practice of genital mutilation and was open to sharing its experience in that regard with Governments of the subregion.

As reported previously, Bosnia and Herzegovina has made commendable progress in recent months on a number of the priority reform areas of the European Commission feasibility study.

Regrettably, Israel had made little progress in fulfilling its obligations, which included withdrawing from Palestinian cities, halting violence and destruction, releasing Palestinian prisoners and allowing the return of deportees.

In recent times, many countries have made significant progress in aligning institutions to stimulate economic growth and mainstream the concerns of the poor within the policy making processes of their Governments.

The funds have been slow in coming.

Noting with satisfaction that, while significant work remains to be done, interested parties have made real progress towards sustainable fisheries management,

Mr. WU Hailong (China) said that UNIDO had made considerable progress with regard to internal reform, and planning for the future, programme development and technical cooperation, regional cooperation, global forum activities and performance management.

The United Nations has made encouraging progress on the protection of children affected by armed conflict, but the lack of progress at the national level is disturbing.

The Gambia had made progress regarding most of the articles, and hoped to reflect the Convention fully in its legislation, enlisting the help of civil society and of religious leaders.

The Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities had made substantial progress and had attracted the universal attention of Governments and non governmental organizations.

Another recent PAI report2 found that, overall, donor countries have made progress on both policy and funding in support of ICPD goals.

His delegation was pleased to note that the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities had made significant progress in drafting the convention.

So far, implementation has been slow.