All of these paths remain open, but they are narrowing.

The Eurozone s Narrowing Window

China s Narrowing Policy Horizons

So babies and young children are very bad at narrowing down to just one thing.

We used quantitative arteriography, showing the narrowing.

I ended up narrowing the subject to Monet's Haystacks.

This causes a narrowing of the domestic policy base in our developing countries.

Improve assessment by narrowing the range of uncertainties and indicating the limitations of results

There had been a considerable narrowing of differences and the number of controversial points significantly reduced.

Follow up to 97 15 Progress report Narrowing the focus COUNTRY COOPERATION FRAMEWORKS AND RELATED MATTERS

Existing data provides evidence of a narrowing gap in some areas in a large number of countries.

Although it is well funded compared with other schemes, with the deficit narrowing to 300m on some measures, Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp are keen to keep its liabilities under control.

With its mandate, UNIDO could play a key role in narrowing the gap between developed and developing countries.

Some progress had since been made in narrowing divergences, but agreement had not yet been reached on an agenda.

The Government and relevant agencies have made great efforts in narrowing the gap between men and women in leadership positions.

This will have positive consequences for narrowing the gender gap as far as illiteracy is concerned (Statistical Compendium of 2004).

The vision statement would help meet the challenge of narrowing the ever wider gap between the developed and developing countries.

Talks between the parties on Darfur have not yielded concrete results or much narrowing of the gap on the issues concerned.

This is one of the arteries that feed the heart, one of the main arteries, and you can see the narrowing here.

Some of the amendments to the OECD Model Tax Convention, however, include a narrowing of the requirements for constituting a permanent establishment.

In some countries, however, legislative developments and court decisions produced a tightening of asylum regulations and a narrowing of the refugee definition.

Narrowing the gulf between rich and poor and achieving development for all constitutes an extremely important strategic mission for both North and South.

Furthermore, those accomplishments have significantly contributed to narrowing the development gaps within ASEAN member countries and fostering the realization of an ASEAN community.

We urgently need to move from rhetoric to action, because the gap between the haves and the have nots is widening dramatically instead of narrowing.

Table 10.20 shows how the numbers of each sex evolved between 1975 and 1985, with a slight narrowing of the gap between women and men.

At present, after more than half a year's repeated discussions, differences surrounding the enlargement formula of the Security Council seem to be widening rather than narrowing.

In its evaluation of UN Habitat (E AC.51 2005 3), the Office recommended narrowing the focus of the programme and improving the management of some of its activities.

Together, we must all maintain a dialogue and consult so as to contribute in a positive way to narrowing differences on the design of a future global security system.

As a more general comment, I suggest that we should avoid prematurely narrowing the options for the status of the objectives to be produced by the Berlin Mandate process.

In contrast, international humanitarian law came into being in order to regulate international armed conflicts, gradually narrowing its focus and entering the national sphere to cover internal armed conflicts.

The AGBM may wish to concentrate on narrowing the range of proposals in order to focus on the major options achievable within the time frame of the Berlin Mandate.

The European Union underlines the importance of the mechanism of shuttle diplomacy as a means of narrowing the gap between the parties on outstanding issues and recommends its continuation.

The Committee noted the small narrowing of difference between the total compensation levels of the United States and the German federal civil services from 10.9 to 8.5 per cent.

That is why we have begun to develop neighbourhood telecommunications centres, thereby narrowing the information gap between young people who have access to such information and those who do not.

It relates also to broadening cooperation with private capital and the enhancement of work techniques. While the positive elements and prospects of globalization offer opportunities for economic progress and prosperity, the narrowing of huge gaps is the main approach to making globalization not a marginal, but a true, system of partnership. Consequently, the question of narrowing the basic economic, technical, communication and administrative gaps emerges as a substantive and basic issue.

Although the Summit laid the groundwork for the Goals, the effort since then to prioritize action by focusing on the Goals has resulted in the narrowing of the international development agenda.

She hoped that the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis in November 2005, would develop tangible solutions for narrowing the digital divide.

There is a path to sustained recovery, but it is narrowing. To navigate it, we need strong political will around the world leadership over brinksmanship, cooperation over competition, and action over reaction.

It can be said that the spiritual, material and technical assistance of the international community has been practically instrumental in improving the quality of women's life and narrowing the gender gap in Vietnam.

(The President) Soon after the completion of this round of bilateral talks, I informed the membership about my findings and announced my intention to continue seeking avenues for narrowing down the existing gaps.

Convention No. 100 The wage gap and statistical data. In a direct request of 2004, the Committee continued its discussion on the manner in which policies and reforms were facilitating the access of women to posts of greater responsibility and are contributing to narrowing the wage gap between men and women.

But simply narrowing the gaps in school enrollment rates and total years of schooling is not enough. Countries must also ensure the quality of their education systems a key challenge for the coming decades.

Turkey is also narrowing the gap with OECD countries in terms of educational quality. In 2006, Turkey scored 76 points lower than the OECD average in science exams and 74 points lower in math.

However, this narrowing of the gap between men and women was due more to a reduction in the amount of credit received by men than to an increase in the amount received by women.

He also expressed concern that the negotiations were not narrowing differences and stressed the need to focus on the areas where there was a consensus in order to conclude work on the protocol rapidly.