Fifthly, there has been gradual improvement in the physical quality of life index.

But the deleveraging process will be gradual and orderly.

Adaptation occurs through the gradual modification of existing structures.

BRASILIA Raúl Castro has begun a gradual process of changing Cuba s economy and international relations.

Implementation is a gradual process and will be done on a case by case basis.

The implementation, which UNDP leads, has been a gradual process and is done on a case by case basis.

After independence, there has been gradual immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

Needless to say, this will occur only gradually, particularly in the developed countries.

The Province has been gradually increasing its support for children with special needs.

In this regard, Indonesia urges that the United Nations reform should be made in a comprehensive, step by step and sustainable manner.

(a) Such process is gradual, and would begin with identifying arms with a temporary legalization.

This process, as has been demonstrated by the experience of other regions, such as Latin America, is inherently an incremental one.

CARICOM aims at achieving full labour market integration and is progressively implementing the free movement of people.

Reform is not just a plan it is already happening.

After 1966, Korea University continued to expand with a gradual increase in the number of departments within the College of Science and Engineering and in the College of Agriculture.

In addition, the planning for an incremental and phased relocation of UNPOS to Somalia will be undertaken.

This will include ending the war in Iraq, raising taxes on the rich, and also gradually phasing in new consumption taxes.

Without its gradual imposition, an Asian Union could at best remain only a pale and hollow copy of its European model.

It will hinder the ability of Alwefaq to engage in gradual process for political reform and negotiation, he said.

Negative rights are to be respected now  while positive rights are to be respected, gradually and realised in a distant future.

a substantive capacity building component within the context of option b) that will allow countries to gradually increase their role in the reporting monitoring process.

Given the complicated nature of the issue related to outer space, we believe that gradual and pragmatic approaches are desirable at this stage.

These indicators suggest gradual but clear gains in national capacities for routine immunization across the developing world.

The Government was addressing the situation, but it was important to remember the specific cultural issues facing each country and that it was a gradual process.

As this requires some fundamental domestic re alignments, the rebalancing will be both gradual and non linear at times.

To give you a little bit of a sense of scale, that calving face in this picture is about 325 feet tall. That's 32 stories.

Although globalization is a gradual process, it gained momentum when China decided to play the game.

Leaders must be honest about the scale of the challenge and recognize that a systemic and transformational change, not incremental gestures, is required.

The introduction of new governance arrangements and their subsequent incorporation into prices is a gradual process, a work constantly in progress.

A linear reduction consisting of mostly 20 per cent step downs was considered practical and potentially achievable.

A linear reduction consisting of mostly 20 per cent step downs was considered practical and potentially achievable.

But reforms will continue to be top down and gradual, especially in the financial sector, where most efforts will be concentrated in the next decade.

So, as climate change proceeds, smaller incremental rises in nutrient levels and drops in fish stocks will flip coral reefs to algal states.

Within the provinces themselves, a gradual slow process of cultural expansion took place, leading to a Hollandification of the other provinces and a more uniform culture for the whole of the Republic.

The Bonn process mapped a step by step transition towards increasingly legitimate power structures, culminating in the establishment of a fully representative and freely elected government.

(ii) Expanding access to treatment, in a progressive and sustainable manner, including the prevention and treatment of opportunistic diseases and the effective use of antiretroviral medication

During this long process of industrialization, wages will increase gradually, but it is very unlikely that they will grow at the same rate as labor productivity.

The process of escaping the old age trap, and allowing younger generations to assume their key role in the economy, can be either gradual and relatively smooth, or abrupt and relatively traumatic.

But the stubborn inertia of authoritarian regimes only encourages radicalization, so there is a clear need for a gradual process of liberalization.

Requests the Secretary General to devise, in a timely manner, a progressive drawdown strategy of the MINUSTAH force levels for the post election period, in accordance with the situation on the ground

The international community should support Mali s gradual process of renewal where it counts on the ground in the country s conflict battered communities.

By increasing economic and cultural ties, diplomacy might unleash the soft power that could contribute to more gradual regime transformation over the longer term.

But the process should be gradual and back loaded with much of the consolidation coming after Europe s economies have returned to a sustainable growth path.

It has been the consistent view of China that the reform of the Security Council should be realized through a gradual process of democratic discussion aimed at achieving consensus.

The Secretariat added that it has gradually succeeded in changing the culture of non compliance, that there has been a progressive increase in the rate of return and that it aims at fostering a culture of continuous dialogue.