In the same period, the mortality rate observed a significant decline.

Other key financial indicators had slightly deteriorated.

Secondly, as living conditions have improved, the incidence of poverty has fallen substantially.

This constitutes a major reversal of progress towards the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Between 1975 and 1999, 22 countries suffered setbacks in the human development index.

Not all countries experiencing a decline of fertility have seen economic growth increase markedly as a result of the demographic bonus.

Since 1993, the age standardized mortality rates for women in the target age group have declined steadily.

Similar cases of drastically lower catches have also been reported in other areas of the Western and Central Pacific.

Rwanda has experienced both.

There have been four waves of Indian emigration.

The leading regions have experienced rapid growth.

I am old enough to remember both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, and the ascent and collapse of Nazism, of Fascism, and of Soviet Communism.

States that had sent or received requests for mutual legal assistance on money laundering, freezing, seizure or confiscation of criminal assets, by region (those responding in both the second and the third reporting period)

China has changed dramatically since the mid 1980 s.

I myself once witnessed Putin courting culture.

Although they have made progress on governance, many of them remain weak states.

Daraa in turn saw its largest protests to date.

In 2003, 18 countries with a combined population of 460 million people registered lower scores on the human development index (HDI) than in 1990 an unprecedented reversal.

The country has been transformed profoundly in the recent decades.

The 1980 s was the last time anyone tried this sort of intervention.

Recent years have seen mass starvation among reindeer.

The university has grown rapidly, particularly in the last few years.

This period also saw considerable MDC activity.

The campaign began to decline with the beginning of Euromaidan.

Poland has known a thousand years of wars with its neighbors.

Asia and Europe have experienced sharp falls in fertility rates.

Afghanistan has witnessed a boom in meat production in last decade.

The roads of Ecuador in recent years have undergone important improvement.

The city of Bukavu has experienced an exponential urban growth since colonial times.

This ground saw it all but was demolished in 2007.

The relationship between Israel and Palestine has witnessed some improvement.

Rafah, Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya had all experienced the might of the Israeli army.

These budgetary allocations rose sharply, by 33.08 per cent.

Many plans have been elaborated over the last few decades aimed at resolving the question of Palestine, the most recent of which is the Quartet's road map.

The speaker also noted that the overall level of development was declining, especially for children, and that the document did not adequately stress the responsibility of all partners in addressing the challenges of achieving sustainable development.

There has also been an explosion of free media in Pakistan.

Since then, another two free and fair national elections have been held.

There was a brief period in the 1970 s when a similar transfer took place.

Of course, Russia has seen this pattern before as well.

The death of Slobodan Milosevic has just been followed by Montenegro s referendum on independence.

The G20 summit marked the return of the United States to multilateralism.

Thanks to the World Cup, Brazil has witnessed a rise in protests, strikes, and unemployment.

17th centuryThe years around 1620 saw another period of famine sweep across Europe.

It saw a period of unprecedented debate in a burgeoning press.

Recent years have also witnessed considerable evolution in nuclear safety and security.