Target 11 By 2020 to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

In general, legislation before 2000 imposed on employers enormous firing costs, while new legislation in both Entities represents a significant improvement.

The text finally submitted by the Commission was a significant improvement on previous drafts and a good point of departure for negotiating a treaty instrument.

There is a high correlation between those countries with significant economic improvement and those that have made substantial investment in R D.

As in April, May did not witness a significant improvement in the protection situation in Darfur. Reports of sexual violence against girls continue.

There has been no significant improvement in the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

We've found statistically significant improvement with children using this software in a mathematics class in comparison with a control group that did not have the software.

This approach should lead to a significant improvement in the quality of the Office's assistance programmes, especially for refugee women, children and the elderly.

However, it has since strengthened its procedures, and the response rate for the period ending December 2004 showed significant improvement.

Although this represents a notable improvement, it is still not sufficient because it means that a significant proportion of students (35 per cent) are not completing primary schooling.

By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers as proposed in the Cities Without Slums initiative.

In 2005 a report on the Five Commitments indicated that between 2003 and 2005 there was a gradual but significant improvement in female representation in camp management and leadership positions.

With a significant improvement in the people's life over the past years and the implementation of Ordinance on the Elderly, healthcare services for old women have been upgraded.

The improvement in the quality of data reported since 1989 and later again in 1994 partly explained the significant increase in OFDI flows.

The new system has proven to be a significant improvement on the previous system that was found to be complex, discouraged dialogue and could not be used effectively as a management tool.

Emphasizing the goal contained in the United Nations Millennium DeclarationSee resolution 55 2. of achieving a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020,

A significant improvement in local conditions had also allowed mine action in the Sudan, in the Temporary Security Zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Lebanon, in Iraq and in Burundi.

Noting the significant improvement of relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia following the elections held in Croatia in January 2000,

It's a tremendous improvement.

This requires significant institutional strengthening to integrate economic and social policies more explicitly and to evaluate the distributive impact of economic policies on the improvement of people's livelihoods.

In order to achieve a significant improvement in the effectiveness of the global partnerships with regard to the realization of the right to development, the area of foreign direct investment (FDI) is of critical importance.

Only 39 per cent for the second period (although a significant improvement compared with 30 per cent for the first period) maintained statistics on seized or confiscated proceeds resulting from legal action to combat money laundering.

Counsel rejects the claims that there has been a significant improvement in the complainant's situation during the summer of 2004, conceding only that the situation is an improvement on the one that prevailed just after his return, and arguing that as late as March 2004 the complainant was detained in a very small cell without adequate hygiene facilities and proper access to water.

His Government also hoped that the significant improvement in the Philippine economy over the first half of 2004 would enable it to step up its financial contributions to the Organization.

That's not bad, that's a good improvement.

It is not, as one benighted analyst suggested, A 20 improvement (reduction) in heart attacks plus a 30 improvement (reduction) in diabetes incidence equals a 50 improvement. You need to average the improvements to get a figure somewhere between 20 and 30 .

There, and in the volatile Caucasus, a significant improvement in Europe s relations with Russia is crucial to defusing tensions. For its part, Europe needs to mount a charm offensive to persuade Putin and Medvedev that Russia s real interest is in improving bilateral relations.

Although the financial situation is expected to show further improvement by the end of 2005, this is very much dependent on the receipt of significant payments by the end of the year.

The results had revealed a considerable improvement among police officers in general and an even greater improvement among domestic violence investigators.

The comparison clearly demonstrates a considerable improvement in the police officers' position in general and a larger improvement in that of the domestic violence investigators.

Recalling the goal contained in the United Nations Millennium DeclarationSee resolution 55 2. of achieving a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020, as proposed in the Cities without Slums initiative,

In most industrialized countries effective regulatory programmes implemented over the past few decades have led to the introduction of cleaner technology, especially in the power generation and transport sectors, which has led to a significant improvement in overall air quality.

The interviews held during the preparation of this report confirmed that the actual level of coordination and information shared by the United Nations system organizations is still low, with significant room for improvement.

For instance, the reduction of poverty can have significant positive effects on the increase of educational attainment and the improvement of health, and achievement of the latter two would reinforce the reduction of poverty.

A significant breakthrough.

A significant initiative.

Government position paper Gender Mainstreaming, a strategy for quality improvement'

The Israeli Center for Disease Control, through a project initiated by the European Health Interview Surveys (EUROHIS) collected data which indicates that 15.8 of women aged 45 74 were diagnosed with osteoporosis, and 76.5 thereof were treated with drugs (a significant improvement to 50 in 1998).

women's health improvement.

Areas for improvement

Improvement of health

A system like Earth Witness would be a tool for all of us to participate in the improvement of our knowledge and, ultimately, the improvement of the planet itself.

There's a significant difference.

5. It has been required to check the work situation in Macau before confirmation in the improvement the work of confirmation mechanism significant investments must be checked on site and their financial statements must be submitted.

Concerned that improvement of awareness of and sensitivity to disability issues and respect for the human rights of disabled persons has not been significant enough to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities worldwide,