Addressing the Widening Gap

The gap between the developed and developing countries is widening.

The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

And you see the female line since 1984, the gap is widening.

However, notwithstanding these efforts, the gap in the capability for sound management of chemicals is widening.

The phenomenon of globalization had led to a widening of the development gap between North and South.

Indeed, the application of rigid solutions has contributed rather to a further widening of the gap between countries.

This gap in science and technology capacity between the developed countries and a majority of developing countries is generally still widening.

Paper submitted by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety on the strategic approach to international chemicals management addressing the widening gap

However, despite such increases, the Secretary General reports that the gap between male and female literacy rates in Asia and Africa appears to be widening.

A major concern after the withdrawal of UNAMSIL would be a widening information gap, as currently there is no clear cut Government public information policy.

The IFCS Forum IV meeting recommended that a process to strengthen efforts to address the widening capacity gap between developed and developing countries should be developed.

Globalization in its current form has been partly blamed for the widening gap between rich and poor countries, as measured by the inequality of average incomes across countries.

The widening knowledge and technology gap between nations and peoples as a result of the rapid rate of technological development, the knowledge revolution, and scientific progress and its applications

Our world today is witnessing rapid and successive developments, often marked by an increase of tensions and the widening of the development gap between the North and the South.

Fourth Session of the IFCS, Bangkok, Thailand, 1 7 November 2003, Final Report, Executive Summary, Addressing the Widening Gap Among Countries in Following Chemical Safety Policies, IFCS ForumIV 16w.

The secretariat has the honour to circulate, in the annex to the present note, the IFCS paper on addressing the widening gap, for consideration by the Committee at its third session.

As a result of the widening gap with regard to access to technology, our countries have fallen behind in their efforts to advance and to ensure the well being of their people.

Deeply concerned at the inadequacy of measures to narrow the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, which adversely affects the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly in the developing countries,

The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (Forum IV) considered the issue of the widening gap between developed countries and developing countries in their ability to pursue chemical safety policies.

The present paper, on addressing the widening gap , was prepared at an IFCS meeting of experts and discusses the identification of obstacles that may prevent targets for the improvement of chemicals management from being met.

According to public opinion polls, only about 17 of eligible voters have not yet made up their minds about which candidate to support. That is surprising, given the widening political gap between America s two main political parties.

Addressing the Widening Gap Among Countries in Following Chemical Safety Policies, Prepared by Forum Standing Committee Working Group, Chaired by the Islamic Republic of Iran, IFCS Forum IV 12w, 28 April 2003. http www.who.int ifcs Forums ForumIV Meet_docs.htm

The Gulf States Widening Gulf

Southeast Asia s Widening Arms Race

Deeply concerned that the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, and within countries, has contributed, inter alia, to deepening poverty and has adversely affected the full enjoyment of all human rights, in particular in developing countries,

Deeply concerned that the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, and within countries, has contributed, inter alia, to deepening poverty and has adversely affected the full enjoyment of all human rights, in particular in developing countries,

4. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

4. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

2. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

5. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

3. Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

A widening gap in economic performance and political dominance is such a dismal prospect for the EU that it must not be allowed to become permanent. There must be a way to prevent it after all, history is not predetermined.

Meanwhile, people in developing countries lack access to simple and effective tools for preventing several of the most common cancers. Improving access to vaccines is crucial to addressing this global inequity and reducing the widening gap between rich and poor.

Without external constraints, public and private expenditure grew precipitously in many countries on the eurozone periphery, while wages rose faster than productivity. As these countries posted current account deficits, northern European countries accumulated current account surpluses, exposing a widening competitiveness gap.

In Latin America, the gap between large landowners and small peasants is widening. In South Asia, many populations are currently being driven off their ancestral land to make room for large palm oil plantations, special economic zones, or re forestation projects.

The widening of the income gap between advanced and developing countries was distressing, and a strategy was needed to enable the developing countries to join in the global economy and participate in decision making in international financial and trade institutions.

Urges the international community to devote part of the resources made available by the implementation of disarmament and arms limitation agreements to economic and social development, with a view to reducing the ever widening gap between developed and developing countries

So, over time, fiscal accounts worsen automatically, creating a vicious circle monetized fiscal deficits lead to inflation and a widening gap in the parallel exchange rate market which worsens the fiscal deficit. Eventually, a major adjustment of the official rate becomes inevitable.

The problem is that, although Africa's economic appeal is increasing, India and China are improving more quickly, widening the gap. African cities are increasingly finding their way onto the short lists of corporate location experts, only to lose out to Asian cities.

Faced with the challenges of globalization, growing political conflict, the spread of disease and hunger and the ever widening gap between rich and poor, the need to put information and knowledge to work in solving global problems has never been more pressing.

Mr. Cumberbatch (Cuba) stated that racial discrimination was one of the cruellest manifestations of the exploitation that some peoples had been subject to for centuries, and was now being perpetuated by the widening gap being between rich and poor created by neoliberal globalization.

North Korea and Asia s Widening Arms Race

Recognizing that globalization and the evolution of information and communication technologies have made the challenge of human resources development more complex for developing countries, which face a widening gap compared with developed countries in terms of access to knowledge and information and communication technologies,

Deeply concerned at the inadequacy of measures to narrow the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries, and within countries, which has contributed, inter alia, to deepening poverty and has adversely affected the full enjoyment of all human rights, in particular in developing countries,