There seemed to be a significant momentum to carry the international development agenda forward.

Nevertheless, it is highly important to maintain the existing momentum and to continue its dynamic development.

The momentum of debates around the world was considered an encouraging prospect.

Unfortunately, the positive developments are pretty much exhausted by the above mentioned meeting.

It is important that the political momentum for development generated by the summit be maintained.

Turning to NEPAD, I believe 2005 has been a year of increased momentum for the cause of development, and for Africa in particular.

Zhao Qinghe believes that the non manufacturing industry will continue to maintain a stable and good development momentum.

However, other forms of intervention that are far less transparent are gathering momentum.

The pragmatic cooperation in all fields has made positive progress, and the relations between our two countries have maintained a healthy momentum of sound and steady development.

The challenge is to transform this very positive movement into a more permanent dynamic.

WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA After decades of bad news, at least three major trends are turning Africa s way agricultural policies, rural demography, and farm productivity all promise improved opportunities for farm families across the continent. These trends move too slowly to make headlines, but cumulatively they offer a whole new world of bigger payoffs from public and private investment in agriculture and rural development.

The process of regular reviews of the progress on standards now indicates significant momentum.

And 15 years later, there are 100 of them and 2,000 people on staff and it was just such heady times.

Oral statement about the right to development.

These efforts gained momentum following the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted in March 2005.

The spiritual sphere should by deed, not just by word, become a priority trend in the development of our society.

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In East Asia, where benefits had been obtained from trade liberalization and capital flows from abroad, the sustainability of those flows must be ensured and ways to explore their extension to the developing world in general must be studied.

These developments need to be sustained and extended to cover all countries if the potential of volunteerism to help to meet the Millennium Development Goals is to be fully realized.

(c) Build on the momentum that has been gathering among developing countries as they form regional alliances through, inter alia, the formulation of programmes that are in line with regional and subregional development frameworks, such as NEPAD

Okay, this tendency we have, this seemingly natural tendency we have, towards isolation, towards keeping to ourselves, crashes head first into our modern world.

The Maldives were counting on assistance from international development partners to regain the momentum lost, and achieve the Goals as planned.

But they have to be open to cooperation and coordination with others. We must be vigilant in resisting the start of a trend reminiscent of developments in the early years of the twentieth century a trend that quickly led to global disaster.

Despite renewed economic growth in many developing countries, unemployment and underemployment were still serious problems.

36. With regard to the right to development, the international community should continue to build on the momentum gained through the adoption of resolution 1997 72 of the Commission on Human Rights.

The momentum of this process, which is fully compatible with other initiatives to pursue a total ban, has to be maintained and further developed.

Population trends relevant for development

International and regional developments

(c) Underdevelopment is increasing.

Development trends in information technology

As a result of these and other factors, the North African economies rebounded strongly in 1996 (see Trade and Development Report, 1997).

104. With sufficient political will on the part of Africa and on the part of the international community peace and development in Africa can be given a new momentum.

We must use the current momentum to make progress on a workable model.

Sudan looked forward to a continuation of that trend and requested UNIDO's help in achieving sustainable development, particularly in those regions suffering the consequences of conflict.

The fundamentals of healthy and stable economic development in China remain unchanged, the conditions of production factors supporting high quality development remain unchanged, and the overall momentum for long term stability and improvement remains unchanged.

Since yesterday, we have been able to ascertain that there is very positive momentum towards making significant progress in the various areas pertaining to financing for development.

Countries that are beset by conflict, health crises and debt, particularly those in Africa, have found it especially difficult to achieve and sustain momentum.

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In that way, ILA would be making an important contribution to a debate that, in the first years of this millennium, is gradually gaining momentum.

Successful meetings in Vienna and Bonn, and an extensive range of efforts on a regional level, are contributing to this momentum.

30. On improving trade preferences, a suggestion was made that more advanced and dynamically growing developing countries consider offering trade preferences to LDCs.

The trend was towards more control of the economy.

Future energy development trends

We now have a clearer sense than ever before of what needs to be done to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and we must keep up that momentum.

The international community and Governments must join their efforts to keep up the momentum of what might be called a virtuous circle of democracy, development and respect for human rights.