Providing improved housing and associated services to the urban poor

(e) Improved coordination of drug control related activities throughout the United Nations system, with UNDCP providing leadership.

(b) Providing appropriate and accessible social services and safety nets for persons with disabilities to ensure improved well being for all

And the country that does this first will, in my view, leapfrog others in achieving a new economy even, an improved economy, an improved outlook.

An educated wife and mother results in improved family health

DAMA is a flexible, pay as you use service, offering improved connectivity at a low cost, while providing a complete digital solution for thin route operators.

The use of labour intensive methods was helping to create jobs in rural areas while providing the improved road network that was required for economic growth.

We need improved capacity, improved coordination and improved financing.

Improved sanitation and hygiene practices could be encouraged by setting targets and providing incentives to communities to meet them (as with the zero open defecation initiative in India).

The objective is to achieve an improved coherence of the international development agenda.

Thanks to clever use of space and storage, Joanne gained an additional 16sq m, an extra bedroom and an improved layout.

We have followed with interest the proposal for an improved Central Emergency Revolving Fund (CERF).

Turning to the issue of Caesarean section, she said that the National Health Plan 2002 2004 had set a target of reducing the rate of Caesarean section to 20 per cent over the following three years by providing improved prenatal care and better training of personnel and ensuring improved cooperation with social services.

We see the Assessment as an important vehicle for improved cooperation between the agencies of the United Nations and other bodies, as well as a firm basis for improved oceans policy making.

Landsat 7, planned for launch in December 1998, will carry an improved Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM Plus).

Discoveries like fire happened so rarely, that from an individual's point of view, the world never improved.

He hoped that those reforms would be successful, leading to an improved human rights situation in Cyprus.

Instead of slashing expenditures, developing country leaders should focus on providing decent job opportunities and improved living standards for their citizens. They must recognize that austerity will not help them to achieve their development goals.

Establishing such a structure requires, however, an initial investment in the form of dedicated staff and improved technology.

It's improved.

For adolescent girls, early marriage or an unwanted pregnancy typically curtails schooling. Delaying marriage and childbearing allows them to gain more education and perhaps more earning opportunities, as well as improved health, education, and labor market success for their future children benefits worth ten times more than the cost of providing reproductive services.

We think that there are signs that an increasing number of countries support the need for improved transfer controls.

Possible examples in the agricultural sector include improved manure management, reduction of enteric fermentation, improved fertilizer usage or improved water management in rice cultivation.

The accessibility of information on the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol will be improved by providing, on the web site, concise and visually appealing data, for example the country profiles of Annex I Parties.

Improved general practices

Improved prenatal care

The Board of Auditors has repeatedly reported this issue, with no result so far other than an improved actuarial computation.

A strong correlation exists between the education of women and an improved chance of survival for them and their children.

Moreover, some States that had favoured model B have now begun to speak about an improved version of that model.

Improved monitoring and evaluation mechanisms will also be introduced, and the scope for using the cluster approach as an improved delivery mechanism for broader SME development projects, e.g. in the fields of CSR compliance, will also be tested.

An improved participation process in this area is an important asset in a context where the CCD is recognized as a suitable framework for promoting sustainable development.

Community e centres providing an ICST infrastructure and integral services were considered an important development tool with the potential to empower communities.

Providing centralized access to costly journals has always been an important function of United Nations libraries.

UNFPA is also enhancing awareness of gender issues, promoting male involvement and emphasizing the role of culture and gender in population and development, reproductive health and HIV AIDS by providing technical and financial support, training and improved tracking tools.

We hope and believe that, eventually, such an improved road infrastructure will also serve to improve road safety in the country.

The situation is scarcely improved by including a provision that foresees an illusionary and meaningless review in the very distant future.

The Department continues to maintain an active relationship with vendors for the benefit of improved access to very high resolution imagery.

(c) Improved business processes .

You've improved your English.

His condition has improved.

(b) Improved trade opportunities

Such an approach would help in providing guarantees for the long term consolidation of peace in Burundi.

Microcredit schemes could play an important role in providing finance to households for investment in sanitation facilities.

Here international organizations, including UNCTAD, could play an important role, including by providing facilitation and guidance, disseminating best practices and providing capacity building help for the private and public sector elements involved.

Switzerland is of the view that the enforcement of arms embargoes could be greatly improved by providing peacekeeping operations and sanctions committees with a mandate to initiate tracing requests with regard to illicit weapons found in the course of their investigations.