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Such a bitter reality simply cannot be tolerated.

That and other tragic situations [...]

[...] been the most tragic example of that.

The most tragic of the predicaments [...]

[...] popularity and fame, Dumbo hates this job and is now more miserable than ever.

[...] [...] inequality and tragic deprivation, [...] [...]

Azerbaijan recommended that Israel accelerate the process of bringing its national legislation into compliance with the provisions of the main international instruments to which it is a party; in line with ongoing work to promote gender equality and eliminate discrimination against women, redouble efforts to increase women’s representation in society and to join the Optional Protocol to the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; improve and strengthen cooperation with all relevant United Nations special procedures and mechanisms, inter alia, to improve the enjoyment of human rights by populations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to reverse the dire humanitarian situation there; and honour its obligations under international humanitarian law with regard to the situation in those territories.

His delegation regretted that once again it had to draw the Committee’s attention to the dire human rights situation in the Serbian province of Kosovo Metohija, especially for non-Albanian minorities, whose basic civil and political rights, and in particular their economic, social and cultural rights, continued to be violated.

the dire economic and social conditions of Palestinian women and girls in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the systematic violation of their human rights resulting from the severe impact of ongoing illegal Israeli practices, including displacement and the confiscation of land, particularly in connection with the construction and expansion of settlements and the Wall, which continue to constitute a major obstacle to peace on the basis of the two-State solution, and the continued imposition of closures and restrictions on the movement of persons and goods, which have detrimentally affected their right to health care, including access for pregnant women to health services for antenatal care and safe delivery, education, employment, development and freedom of movement

She repeats that there would be a serious risk to her health and safety if she was deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of the tragic human rights situation there, especially for women, because of her opposition to the current regime and her activities within APARECO, and because of the worrying state of her health.

[...] [...] Japan for the tragic loss of life and [...]

Overcoming Myanmar’s painful history of civil conflict was a necessary condition for establishing the peace and stability needed for development.

These policies partially offset the negative performance posted by the other components of domestic demand and helped speed up the recovery in the second part of the year.

Is that a failure of the disarmament machinery or is it our own bleak failure of political will to promote the disarmament and non-proliferation agenda?

[...] [...] first-hand experience of the tragic consequences of the [...]

[...] [...] put an end to the tragic human consequences [...] [...]

[...] [...] ultimately end this prolonged tragedy and [...] [...]

An auditor general report to the public accounts committee of the legislature in March 2012 revealed “poor performance, losses and yearly falsified accounts at state-owned factories and projects” (a summary was given to Crisis Group by an individual with access to the original).

Bearing in mind the report of the Secretary-General on the role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights,1 Recognizing that the tragic history of Cambodia requires special measures to ensure the protection of human rights and the non-return to the policies and practices of the past, as stipulated in the Agreement on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict, signed in Paris on 23 October 1991

As you very rightly pointed out in your statement of 13 July, there is indeed an urgent need for collective and decisive action to immediately and fully stop the tragedy unfolding in Syria, and inaction becomes a licence for further massacres.

[...] [...] should serve as an incentive to make progress in ending this tragic situation, by providing humanitarian assistance to the brotherly [...] [...]