The reports that have been submitted for our consideration are evidence of the fact that, while we have made progress in certain areas, we are far from having obtained encouraging results.

However, performance is very mixed.

So one should never give up hope, even when hope seems impossible to sustain.

However, it still remained an illusive goal despite an opening up of economies and dismantling of protectionist instruments.

But that halcyon scenario looks increasingly improbable.

However, despite policy development and capacity building efforts and clear reductions in the number of children living in institutions in a few countries, such as Chile major advances remain elusive.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence.

A common fiscal policy remains a distant dream, as does a genuine political union.

As a result, debt stabilization seems to be an increasingly elusive target.

The panellist from the World Economic Forum (WEF) stressed that achieving the Millennium Development Goals was far from ensured and mentioned the important role of the private sector in this regard, in particular insofar as public private partnerships were concerned.

BOGOTA, LIMA, SANTIAGO International economic coordination is as necessary as it is elusive.

But, for now, however logical such an objective may be, it is probably too much to hope for.

Nevertheless, our recovery remains fragile, and our success is far from assured.

Aware that for millions of people throughout the world the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health still remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal is becoming increasingly remote,

Any solid understanding of the causes of this turnaround is likely to prove elusive.

It might be a distant dream, but dreaming is what New Year s is all about.

The best way to help make Afghanistan s government more accountable to its people over the long term is by working to strengthen Afghan democracy, but this level of accountability is still far off and Afghanistan desperately needs better governance now.

A return to neoliberal economics and a pro US foreign policy in Latin America seems a long way off. But the region s conservatives can find consolation in the likelihood that the socialist demagogy of Chávez has lost both strength and popular sympathy.

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Cooperation and coordination of this kind and at this level were unattainable during earlier financial crises.

The objective of zero tariffs for all goods originating in LDCs remained elusive.

Of course, this is a dream that has been extraordinarily elusive in our first 200 years of independence. So why should now be different?

Despite new joint projects in energy efficiency and environmental protection, areas in which China ranks Japan as the best performer among industrialized countries, the two sides remain in bitterly divided over these territorial waters, which contain huge potential oil, gas, and other mineral deposits.

Forty years after the Six Day War peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems as distant as ever.

Our view is that, even though a goal may become elusive, we should neither change the target nor abandon our vision.

2. Notes with concern the content of paragraph 7 of the report of the Secretary General,A AC.198 2001 8. which stresses that progress in the development of the United Nations web site on the Internet in the six official languages has been slower than expected, and that the realization of a truly equal multilingual web site will remain elusive.

Alas, the election makes such agreement more distant than ever.

Doing away with this illusion requires the creation of a global emissions market still a very distant goal.

Absent that, peace and prosperity for all the peoples in the Middle East will continue to be but a distant hope.

Success may still prove elusive, but a new game with a greater possibility for success will have begun.

But this objective was also unattainable under President Mohammad Khatami, Ahmadinejad s reform minded predecessor.

Opponents of nuclear disarmament used to argue that this goal was unattainable in the absence of an effective system of control and verification.

In Japan, solid economic performance remains elusive, while prime ministers succeed each other at a breathtaking pace.

Indeed, the modest economic recovery that should benefit many countries in 2013 seems to be eluding Italy.

But it may be said to mark the point when the European Commission openly acknowledged that it has become little more than a secretariat to EU governments. That is a far cry from the political powerhouse that some Europeans fear and for which others still hope.

As a result, fiscal consolidation becomes increasingly difficult to achieve, inviting renewed speculative attacks.

Today, ending the occupation of Palestinian territories that began that June seems as distant a dream as ever.

This economic and psychological status quo ensures that, after 50 years of independence, true emancipation for Françafrique will remain a distant prospect.

Now its economic project lies in tatters while the leadership needed to rekindle political integration is nowhere to be seen.

The Congress will inevitably be under acute pressure to perform, as the electorate now knows that better performance is not beyond its grasp.

Smith s ruling finds that a bright line ethical distinction is elusive, and that the view that there is no such ethical distinction is persuasive.

The military s belief that Malay Muslims could be re educated and re socialized into accepting a Thai identity has proved untenable.

These can be provided in politically palatable ways, which also means that the conclusion of Doha is within our reach, not beyond our grasp.

This is pie in the sky. Unless a large part of its debt is forgiven, Greece will not regain creditworthiness.

At this point, any peace process is a long shot, but so is the prospect of either side winning militarily, with or without the arrival of American arms for the rebels.