First, it is unclear whether the current progress of least developed countries on these goals should be compared with the current progress of other developing countries or with their progress in 2001.

Well, we've drawn nothing but blanks so far.

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

It is now clear that it will take time for the country to regain the level of development progress that it had enjoyed before the disaster struck.

Important developments are now taking place in the non nuclear fields.

Fortunately, the MDGs point the way forward.

With human development in mind, an Asian African development university network is currently being developed.

The Commission is making fresh headway in its investigation, but it has not yet finished its work.

Work on the development of a policy for the further expansion of the optical disk system is in progress.

A global parliamentary inquiry on action to that effect is under way.

Last year, it achieved an impressive economic growth rate of 20 per cent.

Slow, steady movement forward seems to be under way.

(a) The ongoing bilateral, regional and multilateral development cooperation programmes

There seemed to be a significant momentum to carry the international development agenda forward.

Projects addressing access to the EU are being implemented in the Czech Republic and Slovenia.

At the current pace, some regions and countries will miss several of the MDGs by decades.

Five minutes to assess progress and evaluate obstacles on the path to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals is very little time.

China is pleased to note that the work of the 1540 Committee is proceeding smoothly.

Women are concerned about the way the peacemaking process is currently conducted.

The current rate of progress towards multilateral disarmament is unacceptably slow.

What is the status of ongoing efforts to better connect Africa ?

The present document reviews the progress of work to date.

There's no pattern yet to the Dexter case.

Considerable efforts are being made to promote renewable and or alternative energies.

Work is at present in progress on the design of the course programmes they are to be published in 2004.

At the current rate of progress, that goal will be achieved only after the year 2100.

This is not at present the case, even in some advanced developing countries.

It has no right to freeze all substantial progress due to a deadlock.

We can only begin by praising the efforts made by the working group so that this project could reach its current form.

Some progress in streamlining conditionality of aid flows is emerging.

At the current rate of progress, this will be achieved only in the year 2215.

However, we encourage those efforts to continue, despite the apparent lack of progress at the present time.

We must use the current momentum to make progress on a workable model.

A Prince2 compliant project management approach has been introduced to ensure regular review of priorities and progress.

They're now concentrating on the ship itself, so far with no results.

The secretariat updated the group on its work so far.

Further work is currently required to develop the framework and criteria for the selection of indicators.

The report is a highly important contribution to the ongoing process of preparing for the United Nations summit in September.

A global training development and delivery project is under way with the aims of reviewing the situation in more depth over the next six months and developing a strategic approach.

Several speakers pointed to bilateral assistance activities and training that were currently being undertaken.

The following is the project's progress.

Our column has made the farthest advance.

Today, we have an opportunity to review the progress made and also chart the way forward to reach our common goals.

In addition, progress on goals 4, 5 and 6 is dependent on goal 7, on environmental sustainability, and goal 8, on global partnership for development.

The Council has noted the significant progress made the voting on a balanced Constitution and the smooth conduct of the voter registration process.