(v) Reduced flying hours owing to reduced requirements for aircraft

(a) Fewer arbitrary arrests.

Decreased requirement under mission subsistence allowance is attributable to the lower than anticipated number of personnel stationed in the field.

1. Reduction in cases of guinea worm disease in five countries .... 7

For example, the decrease in attacks on civilians may also be a function of a reduced number of targets.

However, despite the low participation there was no significant reduction in the cost of the project (final cost, 131,831).

(b) (i) Reduction in the number of preventable security incidents in the field

The downward trend in homicides in general started in 2002.

Table 1. Reduction in cases of guinea worm disease in five countries

Patients in this group usually bruise easily (due to low levels of platelets) and experience fatigue due to low numbers of red blood cells.

In the past seven years there has been a significant reduction of conflicts in Africa.

In the north and east of the country, de mining operations were being carried out in order to clear the land for resettlement.

Famine deaths and the reduction in number of births caused the population of China to drop in 1960 and 1961.

As a result of this strategy, the social assistance caseload continues to decrease year over year.

A reduction in penguin nests in Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Island, was also reported.

On the other hand, the United Arab Emirates reported a reduction in the number of cases treated since 2001.

This programme continued in 1993 with a reduced number of beneficiaries and, consequently, a lower degree of funding.

St. Croix recorded the highest decline in all categories, namely, the number of homes sold (a 57.4 per cent decline) the average sale price of homes (a decline of 10.4 per cent) a 53 per cent decline in the number of condominiums sold and a 15 per cent decline in the price of condominiums. 2

The decline in population that began after 1989 has been arrested and possibly reversed.

The number of cases submitted to the Board had declined by 30 per cent by 2003 and by a further 14 per cent by 2004.

The downward trend in the number of newly displaced persons continued.

In Europe, there has been a 27 per cent decrease in the number of shops in the region since 1998.

What I want you to do now is to see with your own eyes the relation between fall in child mortality and decrease in family size.

Kazakhstan indicated that a lower nitrogen content of fodder would diminish the nutritional value of their livestock, and Armenia expected a 30 per cent reduction in the number of cattle.

Already this year there has been a decrease in the number of graduates from Russian secondary schools, and this will in turn mean a reduction in the numbers entering specialized secondary educational institutions and trade schools, and consequently in the number of instructors at them.

With respect to maintenance of equipment, the reduced requirements are mainly owing to lower maintenance costs for vehicles resulting from a reduction in the size of the vehicle fleet and lower usage of vehicles in the field as a result of the reduced number of investigation missions, and lower requirements for maintenance of communication and data processing equipment.

Austerity reduced the number of employed workers, particularly those with low skill and productivity levels.

The saving under aviation fuel resulted from fewer helicopters being utilized than budgeted. (b) Fixed wing aircraft . 1 110 700

Savings of 157,200 under local staff salaries resulted from a lower number of staff on board.

A substantial reduction in the budgeted cost of electricity has resulted over time owing to reduced troop strength and reconfiguration of the mission.

Savings were realised under local travel which was lower with a reduced number of in country travel.

Reductions under overtime were achieved as a result of continuous and rigorous monitoring of requests for overtime, whereas savings under mission subsistence allowance are attributable to the lower than anticipated number of personnel stationed in the field.

Fertility decline

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After a dip in the number of incidents during late 2007 and 2008, violence once again increased in 2009.

Number of employed persons recorded steady growth between 2000 and 2008 when it peaked, followed by 4 decline in 2009.

The preliminary results of the civil service census indicate a possible reduction of 8.3 per cent in the number of public sector employees.

I am pleased to note that there was some decline in the number of incidents in the Temporary Security Zone and adjacent areas during the reporting period.

With an increasing number of arms embargo violations, the trend has continued to rely less on air transport to ferry the illegal arms shipments.

Elimination efforts have significantly reduced the number of annual neonatal tetanus deaths.

Savings of 339,600 were the result of the late deployment of staff and also of the lower number of trips undertaken.

In Umar's home country of Nigeria, a 95 percent reduction in the number of children paralyzed by polio last year.

You can clearly see the relation with falling child mortality and decreasing family size, even within Africa.

A number of delegations noted with concern the low number of UNICEF staff members serving as resident coordinators, and encouraged UNICEF to contribute to the strengthening of the resident coordinator system.

There was also a significant decrease in the number of times area residents visited the doctor or went to the emergency room.