A slight increase in the number of staff members has been noted.

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.

After a small increase in 1998, the gonorrhea rate has decreased slightly since 1999.

The 2004 municipal elections led to a small increase in the presence of women in politics.

The proportion of women elected to local people's councils at all levels had also increased slightly.

Flows to Central Asia and West Asia went up as a result of higher oil investment, while flows to the Pacific subregion increased marginally.

A small increase is requested in the provision of 83,100 for the acquisition of data processing and office equipment.

In the post war period, there is a slight increase of this rate so that in the year 2002 the rate was 7.9 per cent.

From the above data we can not reliably claim that there was a slight increase in number of divorces (this may be seen from the attached table through years, where the number of divorced marriages through years is varying, with the important role of the legal proceedings and court efficiency).

On the other hand, a slightly larger main building than proposed has been provided for each of the preserves, with modest increases in the number of staff.

The reality is that aid increased only slightly over the 2000 2006 period because of massive debt write offs, the substantial increase in official development assistance did not translate into new and available funds on the ground.

An alternative minimum tax was established, along with a slight increase in gasoline taxes, but both were so watered down that they barely add up to anything.

OFDI flows grew marginally between 1976 and 1989 but have surged since 1990 except in 1998 and 2002.

Among these three positions, women rarely occupy the presidency, are found slightly more often as first treasurer and more often yet as first secretary.

There was a slight increase over the 2002 2003 biennium allotment as a result of the approval of the two additional posts for the 2004 2005 biennium.

Use of quantity control measures associated with technical measures (subcategories 617, 627 and 637) also showed a small increase, from 20.8 per cent to 24.1 per cent.

Resources requested for training related travel are practically unchanged at 161,000, a slight increase from the 160,000 requested in the current period.

In fact, other donor resources expenditures in the Arab States, exclusive of Iraq, increased slightly from 2003 to 2004.

Although this is the highest level of expenditure in the last decade, it represents only a modest increase of 3.4 per cent over 2003 ( 9.7 billion).

Non post resources reflect reductions in provisions for services of consultants, hospitality, furniture and equipment, partially offset by a slight increase for supplies and materials.

About twenty minor opposition parties are registered.

However, studies have shown that very weak impairment of IGF 1 action can increase animal lifespan with little effect on body size.)

The Palestinian Authority's gross national product was 3.7 billion in 2004, a slight increase on the 3.6 billion in 2003, though below the pre 2000 figure estimated at 5.0 billion.

The cyclone reached the capital city of Muscat, but the damages were nominal in comparison.

There s a minor mention of the incident far below the fold.

Developmental factors Factors such as hypoxia and infection, or stress and malnutrition in the mother during fetal development, may result in a slight increase in the risk of schizophrenia later in life.

According to the government s own figures, they equal just 1 of GDP a pathetic increase in an economy with one of Latin America s lowest tax takes.

In Industry and Agriculture, the percentages of female students have slightly decreased from 3.87 and 34.32 in 2001 to 3.47 and 32.54 in 2003, respectively.

The implementation of the Renewed Funding Framework for the public system resulted in a slight increase in funding for private schools as the base instruction rate increased, but does not represent any specific change in policy.

However, as I pointed out in last month's briefing, we are concerned by reports of a slow but steady increase in violent incidents, compounding a corresponding deterioration in trust and confidence between the two sides.

As for movement in the West Bank, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has reported a slight increase there are now just over 400 roadblocks and checkpoints.

On 12 July, he was lightly wounded in the fighting.

The number of conflict affected persons increased slightly from 2.4 million in February to 2.45 million in March, owing mostly to new registrations and assessments.

While there has been a slight increase in the absorptive capacity of the operating and development budgets, the Government still lacks the capacity to meet donor requirements for the project documents and feasibility studies that are necessary for the release of donor funds.

This could only increase suspicion and distrust.

Minor changes were made to take account of some of the comments made during the discussion.

There have been several isolated attacks which caused relatively minor damage and casualties.

For the financial period 2005 and 2006, the Assembly of the Authority adopted a budget of 10,800,000.16 While this indicates a nominal average increase of 1.45 per cent for each year of the financial period in relation to the previous period, when inflationary factors are considered it represents another budgetary decrease in real terms.

He had enjoyed a slight advantage in opinion polls prior to the election and his elimination was regarded as a surprise.

Pipeline failures and other accidents may cause minor interruptions to energy supplies.

To quit the eurozone would only increase their level of indebtedness.

Evictions merely create more homeless people and more vacant homes.

That delegation was of the view that, as a United Nations entity, the Office had the qualifications to undertake such a function and that this approach, with a small increase in resources, would be more cost effective than setting up a new entity.

However, even assuming for the purposes of argument that some slight increase in cost would be occasioned by the development of country offices in remote States, the benefits of such an initiative would far outweigh the costs, for, as the Secretary General has observed

In July 1973 she suffered a slight stroke and spent three weeks in a nursing home.