Our breadbasket is threatened today, not because of diminishing supply, but because of diminishing resources.

As to operational activities, his delegation fully shared the concern about diminishing resources.

All endeavours to this end should be collective, as diminishing resources are not commensurate with the task.

Geronimo's attacks have been diminishing.

A diminishing role for nuclear weapons

Water resources for human, agricultural and industrial use are diminishing in general and cannot possibly meet the demands of ever growing populations.

It was of continuing concern, however, that financing of operational activities remained a marginal issue, particularly in the light of diminishing resources.

Understandably, small countries despite limited and diminishing resources are expected to participate equally in the fight against the social scourges that confront us.

Mechanisms may be needed to deal with such market failures, without thereby diminishing the resources derived, particularly by the developing countries, from commodity exports.

10. The implementation of social policies and programmes in the developing countries was being hampered by limited resources and the diminishing role of the State.

The ideology is out there. It is not diminishing.

First, countries with a diminishing stake retain disproportionate power.

And we are now well on the way to diminishing returns.

That is, it can give you expanding returns, not diminishing returns.

Engaging in a decentralized process of decision making and resources, without diminishing the fragile authority of the central Government, is also necessary to unleash the economic potential of neglected departments.

Government spending is no less subject to diminishing returns than anything else.

And the number of people who can afford it is rapidly diminishing.

But this is closely linked to a diminishing sense of common identity.

As the war grinds on, prospects for a negotiated solution are diminishing.

Stockpiles are rapidly diminishing and when they are gone, we must die.

At a time when the United Nations is entrusted with new tasks to be carried out in the service of peace and development the vital resources needed for those tasks are diminishing.

The willingness of the dispossessed to endure the existing disparities was fast diminishing.

The number of women working in harmful and hazardous working conditions is diminishing.

Far from diminishing, the number of conflicts world wide was on the increase.

Far from diminishing, the need for firm, decisive and united action remains essential.

The austere budgets for the Bosnia and Herzegovina defence establishment in 2005 will make these efforts additionally demanding but, at the same time, the diminishing resources available underline the need for bold decisions.

The WTO will survive, but its centrality in the trade system is rapidly diminishing.

The World Bank has received a modest increase in resources, but it has yet to build capacity to lend rapidly and globally beyond existing borrowers and loan arrangements, and its income trajectory is diminishing.

So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly though he has few other options.

Some economists admittedly a diminishing number deny that there can ever be an output gap.

The peripheral countries external deficits are falling rapidly, thus diminishing the need for foreign financing.

Meanwhile, diminishing and aging populations in most of Europe will have made immigration a necessity.

For most, drinking water is a diminishing resource that is either unaffordable or simply unavailable.

74. Ms. ROJAS (Venezuela) said that the United Nations system of operational activities was being adversely affected by diminishing resources, which hindered progress in the provision of assistance and the restructuring of United Nations development activities.

During the last four years of his life, Arafat s public space was literally and metaphorically diminishing.

Mexico s oil fields are diminishing, which means that it may need to look for external supplies.

But traditional political differences based on disagreement over fundamental values play a diminishing part in elections.

This, coupled with diminishing budgets, led to a period of reduced activity and growing materiel obsolescence.

Or He may seize them by diminishing their portion . Yet your Lord is compassionate and kind .

We share the Secretary General's feeling on the diminishing credibility of the Commission on Human Rights.

What is worse, the number of fatalities shows no sign of diminishing, even after the agreement.

According to some estimates, the ability of some countries to repay, based on exports, is diminishing.

In addition, the populations of many rice consuming countries are often afflicted with deficiencies of iron and vitamin A. Furthermore, the land and water resources for rice production are diminishing, while the population is still growing steadily.

The Arab Spring has turned bloody and unpredictably turbulent, further diminishing the odds for peace in Palestine.

A government cannot liquidate its deficit if the source of its revenues, the national income, is diminishing.