There are still gaps between male and female salaries.

However, a major gap still existed between principle and practice.

Yet important gaps still remain.

34. There was still a large gap between the potential and the actual use of space technology.

Yet, there are still major gaps between principles and practices.

Although progress had been made on many fronts since January 2005, gaps still remained.

Nevertheless, a significant gap between policy and practice, however, remains.

The responses to the questionnaire show that the gap between legal recognition and implementation continues to be wide.

However, the gap between the rural and urban sectors persists.

Women's representation in political life had progressed in all fields, although a gap between men and women still existed in certain areas.

There is still a huge gap when it comes to making women part of peacebuilding in the public and official sense.

(e) Whether there is a governance or regulatory gap, and if so, how it should be addressed

Obstacles Encountered, Remaining Gaps and Challenges

The report testified to the substantive progress made even if gaps existed, shortcomings that his Government was determined to address.

There remained, nevertheless, an 8.5 per cent gap between the two civil services, as measured in accordance with the total compensation methodology approved by the Assembly.

45. Clearly there is still a gap between the theory of basic human rights and the ability of many people, including refugees, to enjoy these rights.

(j) Take the necessary steps to guarantee the principle of separation between convicted prisoners and remand prisoners, and between them and immigrants who have been served with expulsion orders in detention centres

Too often the gap between what has been agreed and what has been implemented leaves much to be desired at both the national and the international levels.

Yet gaps of ratification and restrictive reservations and declarations remain.

355. Increased school attendance by girls has produced a fairly rapid reduction in the gaps which still exist between the levels of schooling of girls and boys.

However, notwithstanding these efforts, the gap in the capability for sound management of chemicals is widening.

Indeed, certain gaps still remain in higher degrees, but there too, the figures show a significant rise in the percentage of female students among these sectors.

The following disparities are reported in the area of education

Noting with concern that, although many Member States have met the 2003 targets contained in the Declaration of Commitment, considerable gaps remain,

At national level, there is still a difference of one child between the wanted fertility rate and the actual total fertility rate with provincial variations indicating lower ideal and actual fertility rates for most urbanized provinces Lusaka and Copperbelt (refer to figure 3).

However, significant regional disparities continue to exist.

However, it was apparent that there were gaps in the identifying information about an entity on the List that reportedly had links with Sierra Leone.

Similarly, significant progress has been made in the implementation of policies aimed at reversing discrimination against women and against indigenous and Afro descendant groups, but sharp disparities still prevail.

But gaps still remain in adequately addressing the issues of girl combatants and girls and boys in their roles as non combatant labourers.

Disparities in enrolment between urban and rural areas remain stark.

In developing countries and countries with economies in transition, the data gap continues to be a major issue.

The significant remaining gaps in our knowledge on climate change, its impacts and adaptation strategies pose obstacles to improving and accelerating implementation of climate policies.

(e) What gaps exist and their implications for the regular process

Addressing the country level gap will continue as a priority to be dealt with during the 2006 2007 biennium.

The gap between the developed and developing countries remains unacceptably wide.

Laws had been adopted in many countries concerning the rights of indigenous peoples but there was still a big gap that had not yet been bridged between laws that had been made and that which was applied in practice.

Mr. Gal (Mongolia) said that despite many concessions made by all parties, the gap between positions had been too wide to be bridged.

While international and national laws increasingly recognize women's right to adequate housing, considerable gaps still exist between such recognition and the reality of large scale denial of this right.

At the end of the 2000 2004 period, the unemployment rate was eight percent, with continued disparities among the different regions of Québec.

The gap between them is great, and there are enormous paradoxes.

The analysis showed that a majority of countries are better connected in 2005 than in 2004, although large differences continue to persist it also reconfirms a trend towards consolidation in the container shipping business.

These initiatives have helped to promote greater coherence and coordination among various actors, but there are still visible gaps to be addressed.

There is inherently a difference between de jure guarantees and de facto implementation.

States, the United Nations, regional organizations and non governmental organizations must work together in order to close the gap that still exists between discourse and the diplomatic perspective, on the one hand, and the reality on the ground, on the other.

However, there were still serious discrepancies between girls and boys regarding access to various forms of education.