There are, however, wide gaps in our understanding and observation of desertification processes and their underlying factors.

And there's something inside of us that is beyond our understanding.

We understood where we were heading, because we knew where we had been.

We have simply presented views based on our reading of the legislation.

We have obtained topographic measurements of the surface of Mars. We understand the elevation differences.

We understood these as a condition whose fulfillment the International Olympic Committee would demand.

And where did they go? If we can understand this, then maybe we can figure out how people can be so happy with this.

But the fact remains that our understanding of these policies mechanics is rudimentary.

Only by understanding that first event, however, can we understand the others.

Civil society would play a crucial role in deepening our understanding of complex systems underlying prosperity.

I think it's quite apt. It's our empathy, it's our tuning in which separates us from Machiavellians or sociopaths.

It is not our will that is being tested, but our understanding of reality.

Holistic support, the way we understand it, includes food and shelter, plus psychological, social and educational backing.

But the story of how we came to understand the universe is just as much a story of listening as it is by looking.

Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for thinking the improbable by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.

China s environmental problems, complex as the causes may be, can ultimately be attributed to our understanding of Marxism.

And our understanding of macro prudential regulation and how that affects financial stability is still at a very early stage.

When I was a diplomat negotiating the disarmament treaties with the Soviet Union in Geneva in the 1970s, we succeeded because we understood we shared a destiny with them.

The fundamentals of our conception of human nature can all be found in Darwin s notebooks, written 175 years ago and before his thirtieth birthday.

Scholars of the region, like myself, are also recognizing that our understanding of Arab politics did not anticipate this wave of successful protest.

As a result, we d all feel perfectly secure and have a good time but because we all understood the rules and we agreed on them together.

The MDG summit is missing an opportunity to begin this much needed revolution in our understanding of economic development as well.

Should we use our growing scientific understanding of the basis of human morality to try to make people morally better?

We have gleaned from what we heard that the situation in Kosovo is, on the whole, developing satisfactorily and that significant progress has been made in standards implementation.

Our point was only to indicate that there was a difference between what was intended, as we understood it, and what was actually enacted.

Continued global, regional and subregional partnerships will improve our understanding of ocean processes and ensure that its resources are preserved for the enjoyment of our children.

Initially hindered by political instability and turmoil on Madagascar during the mid 1970s, field studies resumed in the 1980s and have greatly increased our understanding of these primates.

As the financial crisis has shown, it is also the process that enables us to increase our understanding and ultimately to envisage a new world.

Therefore, as we understand it, the proposal for agenda item 1 was not agreed to by the Non Aligned Movement.

Because, if that hypothesis were to be true, it would have massive repercussions in our understanding of what's causing the many different aspects of the autism phenotype.

It had underground all the data OK, data is brown and boxy and boring, and that's how we think of it, isn't it?

But just as undeniable was the huge tremor that shook our antediluvian conceptions of society, morals, and the state.

Unfortunately, this focus on savings distorts understanding and distracts from the real challenge of creating mass consumption markets in developing countries.

As events in Egypt and elsewhere have shown, we are only just beginning to comprehend the effects of the information revolution on power in this century.

houmar83 From the very beginning we understood what is said in the radio, and we heard about the validation of projects to extract minerals and licenses, but our luck from all this is death.

So, while we understand very well what may have produced the financial crisis, we find ourselves helpless to draw usable lessons from it.

But the past, especially when not handled with care, can be the enemy of the future and distort our reading of the challenges of the present.

As we understand it, Africa is seeking this right the right of veto on behalf of the entire African region, not for one or two States.

My Human Rights Office will continue to monitor the situation closely so that our efforts in support of the restoration of the rule of law are at all times rooted in an up to date understanding of the human rights reality prevailing in Iraq.

I think that if we understood our cognitive limitations in the same way that we understand our physical limitations, even though they don't stare us in the face in the same way, we could design a better world.

BERKELEY One disturbing thing about studying economic history is how things that happen in the present change the past or at least our understanding of the past.

There was no talk of the dangers of Norwegian Christianity Breivik is a Christian on civilization. We understood it for what it was Terrorism, pure and simple, with its own internal messed up logic.

For example, we need to improve our understanding of the patterns that characterize illicit trafficking activities in order for Member States to be provided with the information needed to effectively combat such activities.

Moreover, our empirical understanding of how migration interacts with development was limited at the time there was little data with which to shape measurable goals.

Indeed, recognizing ever imperfect knowledge on the part of economists, policymakers, and market participants has important implications for our understanding of financial instability and the state s role in mitigating it.