• "I do not have any incentive other than serving the people and the country and I do not think of anything but the progress and development of the nation, " Mr Ahmadinejad said.

    BBC: Defiant Iran president takes oath

  • The Leaders held candid and constructive discussions culminating in a declaration that reflects real progress on the road to the Copenhagen climate conference in December and real progress in paving the way for the development and deployment of transformational technologies.

    WHITEHOUSE: THE WHITE HOUSE

  • The conference affirmed that the diversity of national cultures, their uniqueness and originality are an essential basis for human progress and the development of world culture.

    UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • Additionally, The UN Foundation is currently leading a large-scale, multi-stakeholder advocacy effort which seeks to strengthen the leadership role of the United States in advancing progress toward the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets of universal access to reproductive health by 2015.

    FORBES: An In-depth Interview on International Development with Kathy Calvin, CEO of the UN Foundation

  • The discussions continued on efforts in literacy for women and girls, progress in terms of gender equality, the development of technical and vocational training for the employability of youth, culture and its link to development.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Most of that is gone, Pierce says, and for all the commitment to "Save the Bay" he is of the view little progress has been made, and that development on the shoreline, population growth in the area and runoff from area farms and lawns have greatly outpaced conservation and restoration efforts.

    CNN: King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

  • Minister Environment and Sustainable Development outlined the progress made by the Welsh Government in addressing climate change and announced that he will be reporting in full in March 2012.

    BBC: Plaid Cymru debate

  • The main expected outcomes of the HLG in Dakar are key policy recommendations for adoption and implementations by policy-makers in order to accelerate progress towards achieving the EFA and other related development goals.

    UNESCO: Education

  • Presidents and Prime Ministers from Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Ruanda joined Kofi Annan in a very interesting dialogue on the overall progress on governance in the region and the structures for economic development.

    FORBES: Guest Blogger: Mark Foster From Accenture, Day 4

  • President GEORGE W. BUSH: Do you realize that economists say that as much as half of our nation's economic growth in the last half-century is directly due to technological progress, fueled by research and development, the kind of research and development you can do right here?

    NPR: Bush Promotes Competitiveness Initiative

  • The railroad companies were losing money and would soon be heading for bankruptcy, and the once-proud stations were left to moulder and decay as anachronistic and expensive behemoths, standing in the way of modernity, and progress - and real estate development.

    BBC: Grand Central Station in 1930

  • The UNESCO Chair in International Development promotes economic and social progress in developing countries with specific emphasis on the needs of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    UNESCO: Chairs and UNITWIN Networks

  • The Broadband Commission Report emphasized the importance of broadband as a means of accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal of Universal Primary Education and the Education for All goals.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • And I think a lot of development and progress that will occur over the next few years.

    FORBES: Steve Jobs' Own Words From His Last Earnings Call

  • The extraordinary progress in tackling some of the world's greatest killers through the development and distribution of vaccines shows what can be achieved through our collective efforts.

    CNN: Story highlights

  • Within Rwanda, another narrative continues to unfold, with a positive impact that could extend well beyond its borders: the slow, steady, and consistent promotion of entrepreneurship and private sector development, two powerful ingredients in the progress toward full democracy in this landlocked country of 11 million people.

    FORBES: Rwanda: A Stunning Turnaround On A Continent Marked By Broken Promises

  • Think about that: one-half of the progress of our economy is due to research and development.

    NPR: Bush Promotes Competitiveness Initiative

  • It would also accelerate progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, which call for a two-thirds reduction in under-five mortality, a three-quarters reduction in maternal mortality, and universal access to reproductive health services.

    WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

  • Yet for all the recent progress in supply chains, a weak link remains--the link between product development and manufacturing.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Noting ASEAN's commitment to the ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plan 2011-2015, we looked forward to the progress resulting from cooperation and capacity-building in fighting trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy and to the development and strengthening of intellectual property rights regimes.

    WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

  • We call them the Millennium Development Goals and we are seeing progress around the world.

    UN: Secretary-General

  • Likewise, processes have been established to strengthen environmental governance at the international level and to make progress on financing for sustainable development.

    CNN: Was Rio+20 a failure of political leadership?

  • Despite substantial investment, the report states that the progress towards the WHQS has been affected by the slower than expected development of landlords' work plans and timescales for local-authority stock transfer.

    BBC: Public Accounts Committee

  • There is no denying the progress that the Afghan people have made in recent years -- in education, in health care and economic development, as I saw in the lights across Kabul when I landed -- lights that would not have been visible just a few years earlier.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Karzai Press Availability

  • President Vicente Fox has made little progress in passing the reforms to speed up economic and social development that he promised on being elected in 2000.

    ECONOMIST: Reform or bust | The

  • Federal departments and agencies are making good progress on the development of scientific integrity policies, as initially called for by OSTP director John Holdren in a December 2010 Executive Branch memorandum.

    WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

  • The Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, meeting from 24 to 28 July, will review preparations for the Conference and also assess progress in the implementation of international support measures for those countries, particularly in the areas of official development assistance (ODA), debt relief, investment and trade.

    UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

  • Some sobering stats and statements about our lack of progress towards the Millenium Development Goals.

    FORBES: Fresh Thinking from France and Germany

  • Although the Department for Social Development and its agencies had made good progress in encouraging eligible pensioners to claim their benefit entitlements, he said "many older people were still struggling to make ends meet".

    BBC: 'Millions unclaimed' by pensioners

  • France has shown great leadership on these issues, and as I indicated to President Hollande, when the United States and France, along with our other key allies, make up our minds to stand firm on the side of democracy and freedom and development, that enormous progress can be made.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama��s Bilateral Meeting with President Francois Hollande of France | The White House

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