Unfortunately, the current trend is towards underrepresentation for Asia.

The current trend is toward decentralization.

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.

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

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

There is also a trend towards games that are good for you.

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

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

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

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

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

Thus, it is the task of the state to research these disproportions and to indicate the current trend.

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

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

(a) To persevere with current steps towards improving working methods

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.

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.

The current trend is quite evident companies world wide are facing a growing number of non tariff barriers to exports.

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

Thus we must revisit our practices and conduct, enhance mutual understanding and joint work in order to reverse the current trend.

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

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

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.

China faces a similar demographic trend, and also a push to unleash household consumption in order to sustain GDP growth. As in Japan, the downward trend in China s saving rate will show up in its current account.

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.

Our delegation warmly congratulates new UNCLOS States parties and believes that the current trend of broadening the membership of the Convention will continue.

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

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

All current efforts towards reform must be based exclusively on the decisions of Member States.

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.

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.

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.

International cooperation must be improved so as to counter the trend towards international consolidation of crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, trafficking of firearms, money laundering and corruption.

If, however, the current trend in provision of supplementary resources continues, there will be serious negative implications for the work on key provisions of the Kyoto Protocol.

Recent figures show an increasing trend towards relaxing entry conditions for foreign workers in OECD countries, mainly to bridge the skill shortages found in most of them.

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.

Given the recent trend towards dialogue and cooperation, Israel should reconsider its 37 year policy of denying members of the Special Committee access to the occupied territories.

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.

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

We concur with the Secretary General's inclusive and comprehensive approach towards addressing the current problems of Africa.