You very rarely are, at the start line.

reporting reductions in absolute discharges

Well, not as big as his, but fairly big.

These issues must not be dealt with in the interests of a few.

He noted the slight decrease in the percentage of requests for such services that had been refused, and urged additional efforts to reduce the level of refusals still further.

The large majority of those minority public servants move to work every day.

I can see Henry's been maligning me. He wouldn't have meant it that way.

The report is by volume, and the dances are so short.

Let us, for example, consider Goal 1, reducing extreme poverty by half.

At the same time, the number of illiterate women in rural areas diminished by 12 per cent, amounting to 103,000 in absolute terms.

They explained that the Galvao bird is a rare and endangered parrot that's in terrible, terrible danger.

And that this mass extinction was taking place with very few people noticing and even fewer caring.

It is reported that at least two hunger strikers were confined to punishment cells.

Family members are given very little preparation for and understanding of this period.

But I've refused the gallery so many times, and I do have to be in Chicago at least once this year.

Somalia is overwhelmingly Muslim with a small low profile Christian minority.

The Government s and or parties responsibilities are not in any way diminished by the presence of armed United Nations personnel.

Fewer such cases reach the courts, with the majority settled out of court.

And that's final.

A positive factor is that the number of TB patients who avoid treatment has declined in recent years.

The continued retention, or unsatisfactory rate of elimination, of nuclear weapons could never justify proliferation by other States.

In spite of this, the resources made available have declined dramatically both in absolute terms and as a proportion of programme requirements.

It is a much less common provision for the vast majority of women who work in rural settings or in small industries.

The commonest method is female sterilization (25.2 ), and the least common are the vaginal methods foams, jellies and diaphragms (0.7 ) and male sterilization (0.8 ).

13. There continues to be a reduction in the absolute level of unpaid regular budget assessments, down to 473 million as at 31 December 1997, a reduction of 91 Million compared with the end of 1995.

Flows to the region remain unevenly distributed, however, with a few countries dominating the picture.

But these declines in share of commodities in world trade do not reflect an absolute diminution in the value of commodity exports.

I regard the experience to be gained from this operation as absolutely indispensable.

The use of contraceptives is least common among women with no education, only 58 per cent of whom have recourse to contraception the commonest method is female sterilization (28.6 ), and the least common are implants (0 ), male sterilization (0.4 ) and the vaginal methods (0.9 ).

One involves the death penalty, which has been imposed in genocide cases, though only rarely implemented.

Changes cannot be partial or superficial and must not merely satisfy the hegemonistic ambitions of a few.

One involves the death penalty, which has been imposed in genocide cases, though only rarely implemented.

No. Never.

The truth of the matter is that a Feynman sandwich had a load of ham, but absolutely no baloney.

The voices and views of the majority of the membership of the United Nations would be overshadowed by the positions of the few.

We have committed ourselves to challenging goals, in particular to reducing extreme poverty by half by the year 2015.

In absolute terms 1994 1995 ODA was US 2,705 million, having declined over the last few years.

The bulk of this reduction will occur in the commercial refrigeration sector and the stationary air conditioning sector it will occur less in the mobile air conditioning sector, where mainly reductions in HFC emissions will take place.

So what it tells us actually is that there's actually a risk of extinction of this species because its population is so small.

There are at least three reasons why the IMF should resist this pressure, and abstain from increasing its (already extremely high) exposure to Europe.

But where exactly do we draw that line? How many murders constitute genocide?

Approximately 30 persons from minority tribes who had been conscripted but had refused to return to the front in 1982, had been imprisoned and tortured.

It showed that while Jews might be the first victims of anti Semitism, they are rarely the last.

This is especially the case in Africa, where it kills almost 1.2 million people a year, the vast majority of victims being young children.

There should be no misconception that there is any other option except action to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.