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In recent years, there had been a significant trend towards trade liberalization.

Unfortunately, the current trend is towards underrepresentation for Asia.

It is expected that this trend towards shorter trials will continue.

The second trend towards foreign ownership came about in both stages.

Nicaragua shares the Latin American migratory pattern of a trend towards greater numbers of female migrants.

On the other hand, the trend towards a low representation of women in political and public life continued.

The trend towards increased containerization of trade continued in the course of 2004 and 2005.

The trend towards a decline in the number of refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR in recent years was encouraging, and it was to be hoped that that trend would continue.

There is a strong trend towards ownership of forests by local communities, which has provided low income producers with new opportunities.

We welcome the trend towards further strengthening the cooperation between the Security Council and regional organizations.

The trend towards mobilizing, as a priority, endogenous capacity by relying on existing training institutions in developing countries should be strengthened further.

Some resolute optimists might see this as evidence of a certain trend towards the triumph of legality over force in international relations.

We especially support and welcome the trend towards increased use of African owned mechanisms in that area.

This last proposal is especially relevant given the growing trend towards the spread of conflict in our world.

In a number of countries in these regions, the trend towards formalizing the position and role of volunteers through legislation is becoming more pronounced.

On the positive side, there seems to be a trend towards deeper, wider RTAs, moving away from the traditional preferential positive list based approach towards a zero tariff, negative list, that seeks to create larger economic spaces.

The growing trend towards South South investment flows would also lead to an increase in South South investment disputes.

She expressed concern about the trend towards bilateralism and about the low level of assistance directed to her region.

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter trend.

There was now an encouraging trend among international organizations towards making the development dimension an integral part of work programmes.

However, with the notable exception of the Economic Commission for Europe, there seems to be a trend towards weakening the statistical activities of the regional commissions.

In the ECLAC region, the trend towards higher levels of unemployment, currently at 10 per cent, shows no signs of abating.

Certain experts raised concerns that the regulation of private companies could lead to further legitimization of the trend towards private security.

The increasing trend towards respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms continues, especially in the area of civil and political rights.

Mr. Gass (Switzerland) welcomed the recent trend towards partnerships between United Nations system entities and civil society and private sector actors.

Still, the fruits of growth have seen unequal distribution.2 The current trend is towards a growing inequality between high income and middle and lower income households.

This function has traditionally fallen within the public domain, with the last decades seeing a trend towards opening up essential service sectors to foreign or domestic competition.

Even where the five yearly total appears to have increased, as compared with 1994 1998, this has sometimes hidden a trend towards an annual decline in executions.

Many recent international instruments use the term identity , which expresses a clear trend towards the protection and promotion of cultural diversity, both internationally and internally within States.

Countries report a positive trend towards increasing stakeholder participation, stimulated both by the emphasis in the IPF IFF proposals and by more general national policies that promote such participation.

He welcomed the trend towards innovative financing for development, and looked forward to effective implementation of relevant initiatives and pilot projects proposed by a number of States, including Tajikistan.

With respect to official development assistance (ODA), the trend has been towards an increase in the volume of ODA to Africa since 2002.

The trend towards regionalization of solutions to refugee situations, however, could be interpreted as a new form of containment of refugee movements, and hence a derogation from the principle of international responsibility.

The past 12 months reaffirmed the trend observed in recent years towards a continuous increase in the volume and scope of the activities of the Security Council. (A 60 2, p. 1)

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The worldwide trend towards consumerism has created a climate in which advertisements and commercial messages often portray women primarily as consumers and target girls and women of all ages inappropriately.

Therefore, we must persist in striving more diligently to identify what unites us, because the trend towards cultural fragmentation in a globalized world is the great challenge facing our institution.

Despite the general trend towards expansion, the programme budget had grown modestly, with increased sums for priority areas being covered by a reallocation of resources within the approved budget outline.

Some of the reported increases in collaboration or networking mechanisms were a reflection of a broader trend towards the decentralization of demand reduction efforts to the regional and municipal levels in some regions.

This becomes all the more crucial with the increasing trend towards new and emerging funding mechanisms such as direct budget support and sector wide approaches.