Okay, this tendency we have, this seemingly natural tendency we have, towards isolation, towards keeping to ourselves, crashes head first into our modern world.

You see it came down there.

This is encouraging, especially after years of declining trends.

If that trend continued, then the quality of reporting to the Council was likely to deteriorate.

The current trend is toward decentralization.

In 1992, there was a sharp drop

Decreasing trends were registered in Asia.

In North America, the trend has been reported to be decreasing.

227. In terms of trends, the production of cereals and pulses has declined in the past few years.

I'd like to talk today about the two biggest social trends in the coming century, and perhaps in the next 10,000 years.

He hoped that that trend would be sustained.

This trend is expected to continue.

At this time, hard work between China and ASEAN has led to continued improvement in the situation in the South China Sea.

26. About 60 per cent of the countries that reported on trends in illicit consumption of drugs reported an increase or a large increase. Another 30 per cent reported a stable situation, while the remaining 10 per cent reported a decrease or a large decrease.

Since the beginning of 2005, the tension in the Middle East had eased.

But the Tasmanian devil population has been undergoing a really extremely fast decline.

By the end of 2001 onwards, it shows a steady downward trend.

This trend can be amply illustrated by the following examples.

Trends in each type of flow are discussed below.

If current exchange rate trends continued, the budget would be adjusted downwards.

And, indeed, that caravan is moving on.

The following table shows the trend between 1980 and 1994

Trends

So this tendency towards order is not always a good thing.

Trends and basic data on financial flows to developing countries.

(b) The continuation of the trend towards lower prices for international telecommunications services

The most alarming one is the decline in the proportion of finished products.

Trends

Trends and basic data on financial flows to developing countries.

Cash benefit payments followed the trends indicated below between 1998 and 2003

This goal derives from the overall thrust of the following

43. In responding to these presentations, a number of delegations expressed concern with the funding trends, especially under General Programmes.

The two remaining regions, the Chaco and Puna, are scored with mixed trends in ecosystem services.

General trends

Overall trend

We also see the trend toward tourism that's a little bit more low key. Right?

But, also, there's going to be tremendous movement from the open to the closed.

Policy trends concerning FDI from developing countries

Let's look at the next year, and you can see that that trend is continuing.

Growth in private consumption will, nevertheless, decrease only slightly, as the average propensity to consume is expected to increase in 1996 97.

The numbers have not moved since 2002 and are going in the wrong direction.

The biggest number of accidents happened in 1996, and since then the tendency has been to decrease.

The latter could be described in terms of the trends and determinants set out below

There were strong indications that that trend would continue.

There are strong indications that this trend will continue.