At the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was substantially reduced in size.

to honour their obligations, those countries would have to reduce public services drastically, and that would be politically and socially intolerable.

Overtime costs were not expected to decrease appreciably unless both the volume of documentation and delays in their submission were reduced.

For many adjusting countries, the need to reduce the fiscal deficit meant that government expenditures had to be curtailed and additional revenues generated.

The G 8 countries have agreed on substantial debt relief for a number of countries.

Large currency devaluations were carried out in Ethiopia, Mauritania, Nigeria and Zambia.

The debt strategy should include, among other things, a drastic reduction of debt and debt servicing.

Considerable progress has already been made with the reduction of stockpiles from the cold war era.

Creditor Governments have also taken a number of steps to assist severely indebted poorest countries, including substantial reduction of payment obligations.

Lastly, referring to the financial resources of the Convention, he said that many Parties were disappointed by the decision on the programme and budget to finance activities of the secretariat that decision would lead to a significant staff reduction, thus hampering the secretariat's ability to deliver.

19. The stabilization programmes implemented in recent years considerably reduced fiscal deficits.

We were therefore encouraged by the recent initiatives on the part of the United States and Russia to substantially reduce the number of their weapons.

Ukraine s government, moreover, was told to balance its budget by massively slashing state pensions.

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

We support the view that military expenditures should be seriously scaled down in order to free more resources for development needs.

and for a substantial reduction of all types of debt, including multilateral debt, for all categories of developing countries.

The Goals for child survival will not be met without substantial reductions in neonatal mortality and child undernutrition.

Drastic reductions in the numbers of nuclear weapons have occurred in countries formerly engulfed by the East West conflict.

Urgent measures must also be taken for the substantial reduction of the debt owed by such countries to the multilateral financial institutions and commercial creditors.

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For a considerable number of developing countries, they said, trade remained a significant source of fiscal revenue and tariff reduction would compromise their fiscal positions.

quot In the present decade, a considerable number of developing countries have implemented trade liberalization measures, such as reducing their tariff rates.

In this spirit, we have developed a series of domestic initiatives which have achieved substantial reductions in the army, as well as a decrease in armaments and the military budget.

The strategy has encouraged debt and debt service reduction by the banking community for heavily indebted countries undertaking macroeconomic and structural reforms.

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Since the Ottawa Convention, or Mine Ban Treaty, entered into force in 1999, significant progress has been made, with the use and production of anti personnel mines being reduced significantly, and trade has virtually ceased.

Postcolonial era After the end of the Second World War, the British Army was significantly reduced in size, although National Service continued until 1960.

Since establishing a satellite based early warning system for cyclones, for example, his Government had been able greatly to reduce the number of victims.

There is a real need for significant debt reduction or restructuring, not only for the least developed countries but also for middle income developing countries.

Negotiations on agriculture should result in substantive reduction of trade distorting domestic support and establish an end date for the elimination of export subsidies.

These arrears are now being reduced significantly, largely through arrangements that are financially supported by groups of bilateral donors, as noted above.

A considerable reduction in the period was thus needed, whether or not the scheme of limits was to be phased out.