Some progress was made in preparing for elections, although necessary legislation had not been adopted.

Despite the government s intermittent anti corruption campaigns, progress has been slow.

Regrettably, despite the progress we are making, we are not achieving those goals.

Despite this progress, financial concerns persist owing to

Although progress to date on some goals of the MDGs has been made, it has been uneven.

Despite these advances, the liquid compass was not introduced generally into the Royal Navy until 1908.

What have we achieved over the last five years? At a global level, although considerable progress has been made in achieving many of the goals, progress has been disproportionate across regions and countries.

Despite the reported progress in the country, Manila is still home to hundreds of thousands of informal settlers.

Most important was that of Copenhagen itself, which was widely painted as a total failure, despite the progress achieved there.

Despite some advances, progress in the implementation of standards in Kosovo remains, so far, uneven.

Although Iraq eventually pushed back and contained the Iranian advances, it was not able to force Iranian troops completely out of Iraqi territory.

However, despite scientific advances, the future is decidedly dystopian for example, in one episode the mafia profits greatly from the sale of simple water.

While some progress has been made in that direction, serious problems remain.

Food and Nutrition Despite the rapid progress made in food production and processing, mal nutrition continues to be a major area of concern for public health.

Despite the many challenges that remain, there has been much recent progress in Africa.

If this roadblock cannot be overcome and the agreement stalls, the Abe government s approval ratings will suffer, despite progress in the negotiations.

7.9 Despite having the right to vote in elections, many women find it hard to stand.

But, despite this significant progress, the toll of HIV AIDS remains excruciating.

But, despite Ethiopia s progress, the international community (especially the West) has been reluctant to view the country as a strategic partner.

Despite those advances, human rights violations continued on a daily basis, at the hands of armed elements, including the military.

and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey s prime minister, can place his trust in the near automatic mechanisms that characterize the EU s instDespite substantial progress, democratization is only a torso.

That is a key reason why we believe that technological progress should run its course, despite its short run destructive effects on some.

But, while he delivered on his promise to negotiate a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia a year later, progress has since stalled.

Auvergne s inhabitants have a reputation for being parsimonious and stern, and, despite substantial recent progress, for a relative dearth of high culture.

It is a graduate degree which allows doing a PhD research after admission to the PhD department (aspirantura), though formally it is not at the masters level.

Despite the financial crisis, political and economic progress in Central Europe and the Baltic countries has been remarkable.

Despite the considerable progress achieved in recent years, further efforts were needed to meet the challenges that the country was facing.

Still, despite the difficulties of rooting out the very last cases, the progress made against polio has been historic.

Though the prevention of malaria has improved, malaria remains a public health issue.

Although some hearing loss occurs naturally with age, in many developed nations the impact of noise is sufficient to impair hearing over the course of a lifetime.

Thus, for all its awe inspiring economic achievement, China has made remarkably little progress in political liberalization.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite some progress by the Transitional Government in extending its authority, power sharing was complicated by the fragile relations among its members.

They are largely beyond our control, even though my Office continues to use all means at its disposal to try to make progress towards their arrest.

Not surprisingly, despite progress in recent decades, illiteracy remains at around 30 on average, and in some Arab countries reaches 50 and 60 .

Despite considerable progress across the reform agenda, Bosnia and Herzegovina did not reach either target during the reporting period.

Nevertheless, with available resources, some progress has been made in enhancing Organization wide support provided by the central monitoring and evaluation facility.

Indeed, judging by several key indicators, progress toward democracy in China has stalled, despite unprecedented economic prosperity and personal freedom.

I am sure that many colleagues in this room share the same feeling that, despite some recent progress, we could and should do more for Africa.

Nevertheless, despite the merits of its analysis, the IMF underestimates China s progress in rebalancing.

And yet, despite the urgent need for major policy adaptations at the national level, and much better regional and global coordination, progress has been disappointing.

Nonetheless, although progress has been somewhat slower than expected, the unification process in Mostar remains on track.

But, even with progress there, the problems created by the threat of nuclear weapons development in North Korea and Iran will remain.

Although progress has been slower than required, over the past 10 years the country has succeeded in increasing its tax base and social spending on the implementation of the peace agreements.

Despite progress towards physical reconstruction and social development since Timor Leste attained independence in May 2002, significant challenges remain.

While considerable progress has been made in recent decades in the development and implementation of policies and programmes for the sound management of chemicals at the international level, it is recognized that