The number of civil servants with post graduate degrees in this field is increasing.

However, he expressed concern about the increasing number of countries that presented their reports with delay.

(a) Increasing number of retirements and increased longevity

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

The number of people who go abroad has been increasing.

The increasing number of beneficiaries will affect all three units.

As with Wang Shusheng, an increasing number of Chinese entrepreneurs have turned their attention to Africa to seek opportunities.

The increasing development of offshore oil exploration makes it necessary to work throughout the year with petroleum systems models based on the use of an increasing number of seismic lines.

Taking note of the increasing number of public private partnerships worldwide,

An increasing number of our countries are implementing sound macroeconomic policies.

In response to demand for vegetables in the tourism sector and the increasing number of retail outlets, an increasing number of small farmers have invested in drip irrigation technology for intensive farming.

An increasing number of preparations are being conducted on a regional basis.

The Brazilian Government has invested in increasing the number of reference services.

Notes with interest the increasing number of States, non governmental organizations and other observers actively participating in the sessional working group

In addition, the increasing number of United Nations operations entailed an increase in the number of persons requiring protection.

With the lean season (when food is traditionally scarce) now well under way, an increasing number are relying on external food aid.

Taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world,

Key targets include increasing the proportion of grade 1 cohorts (especially girls) who reach grade 5 to at least 90 per cent over the plan period increasing by 60 per cent the number of programme countries with national quality standards based on child friendly school or comparable models and increasing by 20 per cent the number of programme countries with standardized tests for measuring learning achievement, linked to the curriculum.

One example is the increasing number of young, successful information technology entrepreneurs in Pakistan.

(b) Increasing number of periodic benefits paid under the two track pension adjustment system.

The Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee had noted that increasing the number of monitoring mechanisms could lead to problems with consistency of jurisprudence.

With an increasing number of arms embargo violations, the trend has continued to rely less on air transport to ferry the illegal arms shipments.

The pace and magnitude of assistance that is currently being provided must be stepped up to keep pace with an increasing number of returnees.

Among the reading activities, the 6th Shanghai International Literary Week is one of the highlights, with a significantly increasing number of guests and activities compared with previous versions.

We hope that an increasing number of States will focus on the need to act.

Israel's Foreign Service is routinely working at increasing the number of women amongst its ranks.

Assistance is reaching an increasing number of conflict affected persons in camps for the displaced.

However, some other measures were needed, including increasing the awareness of women with respect to domestic violence within the family and in society as a whole, and increasing the number of shelters for women who were victims of violence.

Today we are witnessing a critical trend the number of young drug addicts is increasing rapidly.

The Committee expresses its concern at the increasing number of street children in the State party.

In advancing implementation, an increasing number of Governments are tapping into private sector resources through partnerships.

An increasing number of women were also being held in remand, heightening incarceration statistics still further.

The family structures were changing dramatically toward an increasing number of grandparent and child headed households.

A number of speakers expressed their concern over the increasing rate of kidnapping, stressing that such actions were linked with organized criminal groups and terrorist groups.

An increasing number of countries were sustaining serious consequences as a result of the application of sanctions.

In Equatoria, a number of intertribal conflicts have erupted into alarming violence, increasing insecurity across southern Sudan.

Municipalities are launching an increasing number of initiatives to support prostitutes who want to change their lives.

With respect to increasing the number of peacekeeping operations, the Security Council had to be satisfied that each mission that was mandated could be adequately supported with financial and human resources.

Targets include increasing the number of families using appropriate care practices and with access to the services and resources needed to ensure child survival, growth and development.

The number of beneficiaries had increased with the use of e learning in an increasing number of courses and, finances permitting, short courses on certain aspects of training developed at UNITAR would be made available on CD ROM.

In particular, HIV AIDS had assumed an increasingly feminine face, with the increasing number of women and girls infected with the disease surpassing their male counterparts in the incidence of new infections.

In the context of the European Programme Women at the top (2004), aiming at increasing the number of women number in the highest ranking offices of enterprises

The humanitarian response seems critical to that country, with the situation steadily worsening, the food shortage becoming chronic and the number of people in need of assistance increasing.

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Clearly, regional cooperation is increasing through regional networks and partnerships involving a growing number of diverse regional organizations.