The gains made in water supply coverage are increasingly threatened.

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Fourth, the social gains of the recent past, while important, are far from sufficient.

The depleted economy had lost the gains it had achieved during 15 years of growth, and as a result, poverty was widespread.

For small island developing States, economic gains made over the past 10 years are being wiped away by spiralling fuel prices.

Neither the two parties nor any of us must move backward we must preserve the gains made so far.

Geopolitically, the post 1989 gains extended far beyond the West.

In one fell swoop, the hard won gains in stabilizing the financial system would be blown away.

These diseases continue to compromise the health situation in African countries, halting and even reversing health gains achieved in earlier years.

The main reason for this is that the lion s share of the productivity gains achieved over the last 30 years has been seized by the well off.

Only such a presence can consolidate the palpable, but still reversible, gains made over the past year.

In that process, both parties have to stand firm against provocation by extreme elements trying to undermine the gradual, yet momentous, gains made so far.

Our colleagues in the field say, therefore that they are extremely worried that the major gains we have made could be lost.

Second, most of the economic gains in the US in recent years have gone to the rich, while the middle class has fallen behind in relative terms.

Secondly, there has been recognition that the scourge of HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and other communicable disease threatens to reverse the gains being made in development.

Despite the gains over the past three years, the State institutions remain limited in their capacity to deliver economic and social services.

In many places, however, the gains made by tighter regulations and improved energy efficiency and pollution control technologies have been offset by the increase in traffic (vehicle miles travelled) and the demand for energy.

Ms. Holguín Cuéllar (Colombia) said that, despite significant achievements, her country still faced many challenges in promoting the advancement of women.

The continuing violence in the western part of Côte d'Ivoire remains a major cause for concern and, if left unchecked, risks undermining the gains made since the signing of the Pretoria Agreement.

For three decades, the dividends from Deng Xiaoping s initial decision to open China s economy to market forces, and to the world, have fueled rapid growth.

Viet Nam's achievements were due to great efforts both by the Government, notably the National Committee for the Advancement of Women, and by women's organizations such as the Viet Nam Women's Union.

Despite some gains, that gap which, under the most optimistic scenario, amounts to the combined emissions of all the world s cars, buses, and trucks remains firmly in place post Cancún.

Realizing that, in spite of the positive gains of the recent past, the situation in Liberia remains fragile and still constitutes a threat to international peace and security in the subregion,

UNICEF aimed to support access to, and completion of, quality education for all children as their basic human right and a means to leverage gains in other sectors.

Jordan welcomes the report submitted by the ICC to the General Assembly, which contains a summary of the significant achievements that have been made within a very brief period of time. Those include the creation of the Court, the election of its judges and the establishment of its divisions and chambers.

(iii) The currency exchange adjustment figure essentially represents the realized gain or loss on non euro transactions during the year and the savings achieved in 2004 on the liquidation of prior year United States dollar obligations.

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The effectiveness and efficiency of the management processes should be reviewed regularly (including streamlining and simplifying procedures) in order to identify what efficiency gains have been achieved and what further gains are possible through improved methods before additional resources are requested.

LONDON Ahead of the United Nations summit to review progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals, much of the focus has rightly been on those areas where gains have been most disappointing.

Meanwhile, those segments of Brazil s population that are newly arrived to the market, while enthusiastic about their social betterment, need lasting support to lock in the gains that have been achieved in their standard of living.

Gains in terms of trade have been crucial for growth in Latin America, given the region s low domestic saving rates, because they encourage investment but have relatively little negative impact on current account balances.

It underscored the importance of consolidating the gains made thus far and encouraged the Transitional Federal Parliament and the President to take further steps to select a Prime Minister and an efficient and effective Cabinet and to develop a preliminary programme of action and timetable for the transitional period.

While Afghans are eager to take advantage of every opportunity offered by the peace process, they appreciate that the State institutions remain extremely weak and that they would not be able to sustain on their own the political gains of the last three years.

But, if the gains made so far seem to be dwarfed by the wrongs that humans continue to do to animals, we can find hope in the fact that, as January s developments show, the pace of change is accelerating perceptibly.

We find it important to highlight the 2004 report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which recognizes the significant achievements made in Colombia and South America in the fight against the global problem of illicit drugs.

In that regard, we welcome the recommendation to review the adequacy of existing operational tools, guidelines and manuals for gender mainstreaming.

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To date, the results had been encouraging.

Moreover, maximum benefits for recipient countries should be ensured in the utilization of grant aid in various forms while avoiding high spending on international consultancy.

Ms. Bellamy shared parting thoughts about her years at UNICEF, which began at a time when armed conflict, natural disasters and HIV AIDS had reversed hard won gains in health, nutrition and education and had increased poverty.

Notwithstanding all that has been achieved, more remains to be done, and further generous support will be indispensable if the remarkable gains achieved so far are to be sustained and built upon in the future.

China welcomed the momentum achieved in the reform process.

What this means is that we have largely failed to convert growing technological unemployment into 160 increased voluntary leisure. The main reason for this is that the lion s share of the productivity gains achieved over the last 30 years has been seized by the well off.

This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth The changes that have been made to ecosystems have contributed to substantial net gains in human well being and economic development, but these gains have been achieved at the cost of the increasing degradation of many ecosystem services, growing risks of non linear, step changes and the exacerbation of poverty for some groups of people.

It appears feasible to phase out a large proportion (more than 85 ) of MB before 2010, given the large reductions achieved already (see Annex 4 for details).