We need to kind of get down and do the gritty work of reducing our dependence upon this fuel and these molecules.

Privatizations had been the main engine behind the FDI flows, though the dependence upon too few investing countries had not permitted proper differentiation.

Real dependence on this person.

It's increased our dependence on foreign oil despite the gains in fuel efficiency.

Competition in fund raising is obviously accentuated by the dependence on supplementary funding.

Dependence will decline as the international trade regime improves.

Energy dependence was a major source of economic vulnerability.

In general, there is greater dependence on external aid in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank.

See UNCTAD, Economic Development in Africa Trade Performance and Commodity Dependence (United Nations publication, Sales No.

However, meeting the basic needs and the social and economic aspirations of society has traditionally required a heavy dependence upon highly polluting energy and industrial technologies, primarily through the burning of fossil fuels.

(g) the dependence of local populations on the waters in question for their own livelihood and welfare

But there is another explanation for China s excessive export dependence, one that has more to do with the country s poor political and economic institutions. Specifically, export dependence partly reflects the high degree of difficulty of doing business in China.

This external dependence increases their vulnerability to external economic threats and shocks.

Parties recognized that poverty leads to high dependence on natural resources and the environment resulting in their overexploitation.

It's the dependence on farm subsidies and under performing schools and higher poverty rates in rural areas than in urban.

More political education was needed to break the psychology and culture of dependence.

The economy remained weak, however, with dependence on a few commodities, including vanilla.

In many Parties (China India, Malawi, Zambia and others), there is high dependence on biomass energy, which contributes to deforestation.

We are convinced that Africa's dependence on aid will diminish as growth prospects improve.

UNCTAD presented a paper on Africa's trade performance and commodity dependence at the workshop.

We know that we have to move from our fossil dependence very quickly into a low carbon economy in record time.

This world summit recognizes that our globe is one of shared dependence and shared opportunity.

Rising average incomes should lead to increases in domestic savings, which should help to gradually reduce dependence on external concessionary aid flows.

As oil prices rise, these countries dependence on the oil sector increases, despite all efforts to diversify their economies. To combat the impact of such dependence, they spend oil revenues on other sectors, leaving the oil sector with little investment.

In that way, we can make investment and social spending sustainable in the medium and long term and thereby reduce our dependence on external resources.

His vision was to enable man and machine to cooperate in making decisions, controlling complex situations without the inflexible dependence on predetermined programs.

In collaboration with other United Nations entities, UNODC promoted cooperation between HIV and drug dependence treatments and outreach services at the community level.

So here the world is put out of focus, while our visual dependence is put into focus.

The history of dependence on oil in oil rich countries under domination is an experience that no independent country would be willing to repeat.

The interviews revealed a clear dependence on the Lachin authorities in administration, education, law and order, and healthcare (although natal care was said to be available in Zangelan).

With the technological revolution introducing phenomenal human achievements, our dependence on the peaceful uses of outer space is increasing.

Yet, services represent an important avenue for developing countries to diversify from commodity dependence and to generate development finance.

In the west, humanitarian actors are also concerned with the growing needs of internally displaced persons throughout the country and their increased dependence on humanitarian assistance.

Recalling its resolution 45 6, in which it encouraged States to involve the pharmaceutical industry in increasing knowledge about the potential for abuse of and dependence on psychoactive substances,

The improvements in reproductive health are a key health care strategy in regulating the intervals between births and reducing maternal and infant mortality rates and women's dependence on abortions.

No statistics are available on nicotine dependence among women, although statistics do exist on the frequency of smoking among women.

These conditions render the rural population vulnerable to the influence of drug trafficking and increase dependence on illicit crop production.

In the process, officials are weakening the yen. They will also try to lower Japan s dependence on exports and rethink sending production facilities to lower wage countries.

The self reliance of refugees is a vital means to reduce dependence on humanitarian assistance and to prepare refugees for durable solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations.

The sustained hike in global oil prices is a loud and clear alarm call for us to consider the unsustainability of the global dependence on fossil fuels.

For trade in goods, the new free trade zone is intended to compete directly with Singapore and Hong Kong. China fears dependence on those entrepôts in the event of conflict.

A combination of biomass, aquifers, burning vegetable oil a process that, quite interestingly, was developed in Eastern Germany, at the time of its dependence on the Soviet Bloc.

The past six months have seen considerable fiscal adjustments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but further measures will be needed to eliminate the Government's dependence on external budgetary support.

The poorest countries, especially those in sub Saharan Africa, need to move from subsistence to commercial agriculture, and from dependence on primary commodities to internationally competitive industries and services.

UNODC will continue also to develop programmes to improve national and subregional capacity in alternative livelihoods to reduce dependence on opium and to assist Governments in implementing national growth and poverty eradication strategies.