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Thus, despite the risks involved, the author had attempted to claim his rights through the courts and through administrative bodies, but his case had not been taken up in either instance.

Chinese fishermen keep running into South Sea despite risk of being caught”, op. cit.

[...] [...] women risk their lives daily for water, [...]

Despite the dangerous circumstances and grim situation, aid workers, too, have risked their lives to reach those in need.

[...] [...] entrepreneurs who risk their health and safety [...] [...]

Her Government deplored the unfortunate recent use of destructive munitions in Libya, Somalia and Sudan in 2011, and commended those who had worked to remove landmines and unexploded remnants of war in over 70 countries, often at great personal risk.

In addition, he stated that since the Committee’s decision and numerous protests, including hunger strikes by Basque nationals under threat of expulsion from France to Spain, the French authorities have stopped handing over such individuals to the Spanish authorities but return them freely to Spain.

[...] lamp into flames, risking his own life.

The Committee is extremely concerned that attacks against single mothers and their children continue to be committed with impunity and that victims of these crimes live with their children in situations of fear and extreme poverty without support being provided by the State party; and

Back-breaking and life-threatening labour in the tunnels the only option, say teenagers in the State of Palestine

Staff Union representatives had, in contrast, chosen to be frank and objective in fulfilling their staff representation obligations, even at the risk of their careers, because self-interest and acquiescence were undermining the Organization’s future.

We have also taken steps to improve the security of the many thousands of our own staff who risk their lives every day to improve the lives of others.

Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work of the Force Commanders, both those who briefed us and all the others who are here today, and to the work of all of the women and men who are under their command, frequently, as we know, in very challenging circumstances and at great personal risk.

Somali seekers put their lives in danger every [...]

If our society still expects an elderly person aged over 65 who has lost the ability to work to collect cardboard and aluminum cans on the street in cold winter days or under the scorching sun and lashing rain, in order to make ends meet, this is absolutely not permissible, whether in any western or Chinese community.

Vendors' ability (or inability) to compete on the 3rd Platform right now — even at the risk of cannibalizing their own 2nd Platform franchises — will reorder leadership ranks within the IT market and, ultimately, every industry that uses IT.

It took paramedics two days and great risk to their lives to reach the house and rescue those who did not die of their wounds.

Rather than halting production and risking an inability to meet future demand, mining companies should consider applying game theory to enhance their scenario planning to guide their capital project decisions.

It is a closed system, and if we risk disrupting or destroying it, we threaten ourselves.

By selecting the contracting firm without competitive bidding, ADG/ED and the Education Sector took the risk of not securing the procedural guarantees (conformity with Items 326 and 1025.3) that are designed to ensure, in a context of neutrality, that the Organization obtains the best service at the best price.

[...] [...] have run the risk of warning her of [...] [...]

If no such communication exercise is undertaken, the author of the declaration runs the risk that the declaration will not have the desired effect.

He has also said that “adjusting infrastructure to satisfy a temporary need carries the risk of prolonging the situation beyond what is recommended in human rights standards”.

All over the world, every day, America’s diplomats and development experts risk their lives in the service of our country and our values, because they believe that the United States must be a force for peace and progress in the world, that these aspirations are worth striving and sacrificing for.

The technical assessment mission and MONUC considered that the full withdrawal of the MONUC military forces could be completed once the Government and the United Nations agreed that the conditions for complete withdrawal without risking renewed instability were in place.

And we recognize the courageous journalists who work every day to give meaning to these rights, often at great risk to their lives, as we have seen most recently with the tragic deaths of journalists in Libya.

The Committee is concerned about alleged information on the vulnerable situation of migrant workers whose rights would be violated, due to the lack of permanent registration and difficulties to legalize their situation, placing them at constant risk of extortion and deportation, and about alleged bad treatment of foreigners in transit throughout the country, by the police, customs and other border officials.