(b) Alleviation and reduction of poverty

B. The alleviation and reduction of poverty

Programme to alleviate poverty

(UN D 15 344) Poverty alleviation

(ii) Reduction and elimination of widespread poverty

However, while those measures helped to alleviate the situation, they did not in any way ensure a durable solution.

3. Alleviation and reduction of poverty among women

4. Alleviating and reducing rural poverty

The focus is on poverty reduction within the frame of combating desertification.

Only coordinated efforts will help to alleviate the problems.

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

Measures to alleviate these problems are urgently required.

Emphasizing the necessity of easing international tension and strengthening trust and confidence between States,

Governments were therefore urged to alleviate poverty and reduce social inequality.

A fleet of 100 trucks made available by donors helped to alleviate the transport problems.

The women's leadership programme on conflict mitigation and peace building has started in Indonesia.

Indeed, a focus on poverty alleviation is the most effective tool for conflict prevention.

Private sector development can play an important role in poverty alleviation.

We have submitted proposals in order to alleviate the crisis, find a political solution and cut short the war and suffering.

The financial return helps significantly in alleviating poverty through productive, non inflationary employment.

That fact has, however, done little to allay fears in the region.

The fields covered include poverty alleviation, water and sanitation, forestry, economic reform and education reforms.

Further, we must consider the pressing problems of alleviating the cash flow crisis as our immediate task in our overall objective of addressing the financial situation.

Neither do I. But here are two simple ideas that could help to mitigate the crisis.

The tsunami disaster also underscored the continuing challenge of poverty reduction in the region.

Given such a scenario, we are of the view that the focus should remain on poverty alleviation.

The signing of the Pretoria Agreement contributed to a lessening of inflammatory discourse in the media.

The social security system was helping to reduce poverty and facilitate integration of disadvantaged groups into society.

6. Technical cooperation projects in natural disaster mitigation are being implemented in several African countries.

The representative of Sudan said that there was discrimination in international support measures to alleviate poverty.

Extreme events, such as droughts, floods and hurricanes, will be less extreme and less frequent with successful mitigation.

IFAD projects focus on alleviating rural poverty, hunger and malnutrition in rural areas, and seek to reverse the interlinked process of land degradation and rural poverty.

Through their tireless efforts, the suffering of the war stricken civilian population has been to some extent alleviated.

We are well aware of the acuteness of the financial situation of the Organization.

Walter believes he can mend the tension between them by confessing to her that he has been producing meth.

Areas of activity have included the coordination of drought mitigation and winterization programmes, as well as assistance to flood victims.

First, the tsunami disaster illustrated the lack of a systematic disaster management framework, including disaster mitigation measures, in many countries.

Urban poverty alleviation among young and female migrants in China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Mongolia

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

Workers' remittances can have a positive effect on poverty alleviation, sustained growth and sustainable development.

(h) Analysing and monitoring poverty trends and situations in countries of the region and making recommendations on measures for poverty reduction

While my delegation expresses particular thanks for the assistance given by various countries and agencies, we do want to appeal to the international community to mobilize additional resources to make it possible at least to mitigate the current situation.

While we commend the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the role she has played in providing relief, we must recognize that much more needs to be done to alleviate a worsening humanitarian situation.

11. In most cases the action required to alleviate or eliminate the problems in these specific priority areas is at the same time conducive to relieving the problem of climate change.

The forthcoming World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction would provide new opportunities to strengthen the disaster mitigation capacity of the international community.