Reducing mortality, especially maternal and child mortality

Their presence has reduced the number of missions undertaken.

Advocacy on the urgency of the Millennial target for gender parity in basic education by 2005 has helped to create a climate for action in most regions.

A reduction in the number of military sites is expected this year.

Objective 2. Significant reduction in the number of participant reconciliation exception cases.

(c) (i) An improvement in the timeliness of business processes (reduction in the number of months, weeks or days required)

There was a request to decrease the number of meetings and to hold them in sequence rather than in parallel (to accommodate small delegations).

To intensify cooperation to reduce the number and effects of natural and man made disasters.

Between 2000 and 2004 the number of death sentences carried out had been reduced almost ninefold.

In reaction, the Emirates downgraded their relationship by reducing the number of diplomats in Iran and recalling its ambassador.

A number of Parties reported difficulties in quantifying the reduction potential of identified measures.

In recent years a number of countries have stopped using DDT while the annual amount of DDT used in a few other countries has also been reduced.

The second programme component is the provision of financial incentives for reducing livestock numbers.

The Badia sheep population must be reduced by approximately 0.79 million animals to achieve the 0.1 sheep per hectare stocking goal.

But, again, a broader investor pool is likely to reduce the average number of investments per investor, with inadequate diversification leading to many more losers than winners.

In order to achieve specific policy goals such as reducing the number of admissions to custody, and hence prison overcrowding, reforms must be integrated and comprehensive rather than ad hoc.

And when the cheapest solutions involve reducing the number of jobs, you're left with unemployed people, and those people aren't cheap.

New legislation adopted in several countries in Latin America has led to a system of responsibility consistent with the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the instruments that complement it the Beijing Rules, the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (General Assembly resolution 45 113, annex) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines) (Assembly resolution 45 112, annex).

The Inspectors believe that the first step towards a common payroll system would be the reduction in the number of current payroll systems.

Success in the implementation of the programme will also depend on an economically efficient system of incentives for reducing animal numbers.

Factors which contributed to a reduction in the number of trial days included the difficulty to obtain the appearance of witnesses from Rwanda and illness on the part of judges and counsel.

This was narrowed down to the ten venues that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.

Factors which contributed to a reduction in the number of trial days included the difficulty to obtain the appearance of witnesses from Rwanda and illness on the part of judges and counsel.

The tense situation within Geneina itself warranted a reduction of non essential United Nations personnel on 12 October.

However, reducing the numbers of grazing animals would, at least in the short run, lower the incomes of livestock owners.

The introduction of a fair and transparent policy to guide the gradual reduction of staff has alleviated some initial anxieties and concerns of staff.

In the first two years of the merger, staff was reduced from 520 to 485 and there was less content within the daily paper.

As a result of these pledges, it may become possible to reduce the number of UNOTIL civilian advisers before May 2006.

In time it was possible to reduce the number of crew members on board the ships, and in 1969 the ships were gathered into several groups to further reduce the number of crew necessary for their upkeep.

Starved of cash, PDVSA was forced to cut back on maintenance and expansion, which increased the number of accidents and limited production.

That will make it possible to reduce considerably the number of the unemployed, thereby also addressing the complicated issue of poverty.

So with just eight billion dollars, we can hit the millennium goal's target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water.

In contrast to the state, cities have even cut back essential services, including 20 reductions in police and fire personnel.

In fact, a significant majority of Democrats, 60 , favored a reduction of troops in Afghanistan, compared with just 26 of Republicans.

An increasing number of attacks against members of the international community has resulted in significant reductions in or, in some cases, suspension of activities.

The mission highlighted the need for participating countries to prioritize the expected outcomes of the Conference, including a reduction of the number of projects, with a view to achieving meaningful results.

The Accounts Unit will be challenged to reduce the number of outstanding cases to any significant degree since new cases continue to arise as a consequence of the expanding membership of the Fund.

Although efforts to reduce their number continue, participant reconciliation exception cases have also been the subject of frequent audit observations owing to the volume of outstanding items and the inherent difficulties in making substantial progress towards an overall reduction.

H SS has worked to reduce the number of respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) cases which cause serious illness in infants and children.

We must take note of this year's remarkable accomplishments by the Court, which has reduced the number of cases in the docket from 21 to 12.

By focusing purely on cutting CO2, we neglect to help many more people, much faster, and less expensively.

Lower Layer

Demand reduction

Demand reduction

And because methane is a much shorter lived gas than CO2, we can prevent some of the worst of short term warming through its mitigation.