UNCTAD's technical assistance was useful with regard to decreasing transit costs and facing up to infrastructural shortages and institutional bottlenecks.

The Ministers noted that decreasing costs of communications and easy access to Internet services now afforded Member Countries an unprecedented opportunity to increase information linkages among them.

It had consistently emphasized the importance of strengthening the capacity and role of national staff in United Nations peacekeeping missions, which could lower overhead costs, without decreasing efficiency.

Provided jobs are available for the rising number of workers, a country can reap the benefits of increased production and lower costs associated with the decreasing proportion of dependants.

Canada's crime rate is decreasing.

According to estimations, this number is continuously decreasing.

So, all this was about decreasing the fudge factor.

62 36. Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems

A recent survey shows that the number of smokers is decreasing.

The number of violations of human rights by State actors is decreasing.

As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.

Their apparent motive was to influence a local election by decreasing voter turnout.

To be effective, any tax on financial transactions would have to be implemented on a global scale, which currently does not seem realistic. Moreover, taxation would increase costs (passed on to borrowers) and reduce the volume of transactions, thereby fueling market volatility amid decreasing liquidity.

The number of marriages is continually decreasing while the number of divorces is increasing.

They get soap, hygiene, education, vaccination, penicillin and then family planning. Family size is decreasing.

The proportion of men is greater than that of women, although the gap is decreasing.

Decreasing regulation and productivity gains appear to be directly linked in the modern retail sector.

Expressing its hope that States that are not yet parties to the Convention will soon become parties thereto, which would ensure that the legal certainty afforded by the Convention is universally enjoyed, decreasing the level of risk and transactional costs associated with doing business and thus promoting international trade,

The Committee commends ONUB for significantly decreasing its vacancy rates within a five month time period.

You can clearly see the relation with falling child mortality and decreasing family size, even within Africa.

The rate of fertility in 2001 amounted to 40,1 and continues to have a constant decreasing tendency.

Among 907 scenic spots which have reduced prices, the number of the attractions with the decreasing amplitude of more than 20 is 491, accounting for 54.3 and the number of the attractions with the decreasing amplitude of more than 30 is 214, accounting for 23.6 .

JF Over on the left hand side, you will notice fuel consumption decreasing as the rocket takes off.

The saltwater marinade and the brown sugar marinade also worked very well, decreasing the carcinogens by about 60 percent.

(1) Establishing new enterprises in cooperation with other people, increasing or decreasing investment in enterprises that have been set up

And you also see this yellow activity, which represents regions where contrast is decreasing it's going from light to dark.

As is the case with most European countries, the rate of infant mortality in BiH indicates a constant decreasing trend.

Crime related to trafficking in human beings is decreasing in the Republic of Macedonia as compared to the previous years.

While these two fundamental changes are here to stay, Brazil s government has gone even further. We have pressed ahead on reducing the tax burden by decreasing various rates, particularly on payroll taxes, thereby reducing hiring costs without harming workers purchasing power one reason why Brazil is now one of the world s few major economies with low unemployment.

If the ball costs 10, the bat costs...

As noted in my previous reports, despite numerous appeals, the Fund has had a decreasing level of resources since its inception.

Nearly 1,000 national scenic spots have cut ticket prices and the decreasing amplitude of more than half of them is over 20

The Committee also notes that the proportion of the support budget, as compared to the use of total resources, has been decreasing.

Moreover, it was suggested that a provision should be inserted in the draft instrument to prevent the shipper from decreasing its obligations.

Since 1990, urban unemployment and informal employment have increased, and the number of those employed in the formal economy has been decreasing.

At the same time, decreasing catches forced small scale fishermen to increase the size of their vessels and fish farther from shore.

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Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

120. Expresses its deep concern at the decreasing trend in extrabudgetary resources and at its impact on the level of technical cooperation activities

This is a consequence of the decreasing birth rate and reproduction, as well as the large number of young people leaving the country.

The number of communities where the radiation monitoring system detects cases of milk production exceeding the authorized caesium 137 content level is decreasing.

Imports of CFC 11 show a radical decline, even the demand for CFC 12 is partly decreasing while CFC prices tend to increase.

One MRI scan costs 10 times what a digital mammogram costs.

According to the FWC, patchier bloom conditions are being reported in areas of Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Collier counties which suggests decreasing concentrations.

The latest figures confirm the decreasing trend in the number of displaced persons, down from 144,000 in 2004 and more then 300,000 in 2003.