And, indeed, there has been real progress.

But will all this talk amount to real progress?

On all fronts, there has not been much progress.

And we have seen real progress in providing access to treatment.

As a result of the various reports, commissions and summits throughout the year, real progress has been made.

Yet there are reasons to expect real progress in the new year.

Unfortunately, no actual progress has been seen in reducing drug production in Afghanistan.

On the whole, real but limited progress has been made on mobilizing funding.

Now it is time to see if and how that spirit translates into genuine progress on the ground.

Achieving real progress in new areas requires staff with the skills and experience to address new challenges.

Participants underlined that no real progress on the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved without improving the protection of women's rights.

Making true progress towards an enabling world requires the combined efforts of all at every level international, regional, national, communal and familial.

Until the terrorist infrastructure that has taken root within Palestinian society is dismantled no real progress towards peace can be expected.

Welcoming the prospects of genuine progress in the field of disarmament engendered in recent years as a result of negotiations between the two super Powers,

Welcoming the prospects of genuine progress in the field of disarmament engendered in recent years as a result of negotiations between the two super Powers,

Welcoming the prospects of genuine progress in the field of disarmament engendered in recent years as a result of negotiations between the two superpowers,

Regulators can do a great deal, but they need political direction from the highest level in order to make genuine progress.

The mishmash of initiatives, actors, campaigns, and appeals creates opportunities for major progress and mass confusion.

Genuine progress in any of the six target areas will require a comprehensive approach, with policies that span the economic, social, and environmental domains.

However, rebuilding the trust and mutual confidence that are needed if real and sustainable progress is to be achieved requires sustained and direct contacts between the parties themselves.

It welcomes the resumption of dialogue between the parties in the power sharing commission on 19 December, and hopes that this will be the start of real progress.

Only then would it be possible for genuine progress to be made towards the advancement of Palestinian women and for work to begin on securing a promising future for all the people of the region.

However, unless real progress can be achieved in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, the security situation will remain uncertain.

This is real, tangible change, real, tangible change.

It should not however be forgotten that real progress could not be made without political will and additional efforts on the part of all the participants in the negotiations.

As we can see, the progress made by my country is real, even if its pace is still slow too slow, given the acute needs and problems that exist.

But how much risk is Bush without whom a real breakthrough will be impossible prepared to accept?

Whatever the underlying objective, it must be identified, and its concomitant risks addressed, if the BRICS are to make genuine progress.

Finally, as long as China provides political, financial, and military support for Burma s rulers, it will be all but impossible for any meaningful change to occur.

In spite of our efforts to make the investment climate more attractive and to stimulate the economy, it is clear that there will be no real progress until the status issue is resolved.

Real progress on those fundamental reforms will prove that the United Nations can address greater issues of change, in particular the reform of the Security Council.

TEL AVIV No one really believed that the latest round of international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program would produce a breakthrough.

However, since the guidelines of the Commission on Human Rights on the duration of working groups would come into play, it was all the more important for real progress to be made during 2004.

Only when this occurs will there be true advancement for women and only then will we have created, built and shaped the world into the dream we share.

Nevertheless, the challenge remains to effectively implement the laws and show real progress in seizing criminal proceeds and prosecuting money launderers.

If Obama wants to make serious progress in this conflict, he will have to get the Netanyahu government and Hamas to negotiate.

It is the strong hope of the Committee that, over the coming months, this enhanced support capacity will enable real progress and results within the scope of the mandate of the Committee.

It also calls for the conclusion of a comprehensive treaty on terrorism, with a clear definition of terrorism, and real advances in nuclear disarmament, non proliferation and arms control issues.

Some efforts have been made to develop accountability mechanisms for gender mainstreaming but little real progress was reported in this area.

Moderate Arab regimes will not dare to engage in an open and serious process of rapprochement with Israel in the absence of real progress over the Palestinian issue.

But it is now widely recognized that such changes are a response to dim prospects of real progress toward peace.

And it is a real alternative.

Every expert on the Middle East agrees that the best avenue to a serious breakthrough in Palestinian Israeli negotiations is quiet, behind the scenes negotiations.

In addition, it is an active participant in the various international forums promoting initiatives that lead to real advances in all aspects of non proliferation and disarmament.

That evidence had led to a broad consensus that more action was required now, and citizens around the world therefore expected the COP to make real progress.