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In that regard, they called for the immediate lifting of the arbitrary and unilateral sanctions by those States and parties that have imposed the economically crippling measures on Zimbabwe.

In infants exposed to high levels of methylmercury during pregnancy, the clinical picture may be indistinguishable from cerebral palsy caused by other factors, the main pattern being microcephaly, hyperreflexia, and gross motor and mental impairment, sometimes associated with blindness or deafness (Harada, 1995; Takeuchi and Eto, 1999).

Such a plan will make it possible to preserve the investment made within the renovation, carry out preventive work, i.e. to replace worn-out equipment before their breakdown, to change obsolete systems before they are completely dilapidated and to prevent the general dysfunction of equipment and structures.

This product is for use on a nominal 120V circuit and has a grounding plug similar to the plug illustrated in the figure below.

As noted in the report on EULEX (S/2012/72, annex I), Serb hardliners man barricades that block lawyers and EULEX judges and prosecutors from accessing the Mitrovica District Court, paralysing the only legitimate institution in northern Kosovo.

When the Millennium Declaration was signed, Georgia was a failed State crippled by decaying infrastructure and systemic corruption.

Long-standing human rights problems associated with the ongoing armed conflict, dysfunctional governance, widespread and deeply entrenched impunity, weak rule of law, coupled with extreme marginalization of and violence against women, pose significant challenges to the enjoyment of human rights.

However, in March 2009, due to the absence of prison law and action plan to sustain the existing capacity and prison system, the whole system collapsed.

Built in 1996, this centre serves as an education and rehab centre to help children with Cerebral Palsy recover physically and mentally.

In 1991, the United States made the unilateral decision to designate an army “general” of south Korea, which is neither party to the Armistice Agreement nor a member of the “United Nations Command”, as the senior member of the “United Nations Command” side to “MAC” and eluded its responsibility from that seat, thus completely paralysing MAC.

The country must deal with a bitter legacy: in addition to forging a sustainable peace after decades of ethnic conflict and rebuilding a dysfunctional economy, it must come to terms with intercommunal violence and address rising social tensions over grievances both past and present.

States must respect and promote the rights of children living in poverty, including by strengthening and allocating the necessary resources to child protection strategies and programmes, with a particular focus on marginalized children, such as street children, child soldiers, children with disabilities, victims of trafficking, child heads of households and children living in care institutions, all of whom are at a heightened risk of exploitation and abuse.

The sanctions gridlock now reflects the broader paralysis that characterises Zimbabwean politics.

The deafening cries and paralysing screams of fear and pain of the children, women and men killed and wounded and of their shattered, terrorized families — those were the real sights, sounds and core of a war in which no distinction was made between combatants and civilians.

You further agree that you may not use the Service or the Site in any unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site.

After half a decade of this collective punishment, poverty and unemployment are rampant; malnutrition is prevalent in the majority of children; vital civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, electric power plants, roads, and water and sanitation systems, is deteriorating into disrepair or remains damaged or destroyed as a result of the December 2008-January 2009 Israeli military aggression; reconstruction has barely progressed; and the economy and normal commerce are in tatters, with ongoing restrictions preventing sustainable economic growth.

Such a plan would make it possible to carry out preventive work, i.e. to replace worn-out instruments before they break down, to change obsolete systems before they are completely dilapidated and to prevent the general dysfunctioning of some equipment.

When UNMIL deployed in 2003, Liberia was a failed State, divided among warring factions. Its already limited infrastructure was in ruins, its security forces were fractured and factionalized, its public sector had collapsed, its formal economy was devastated and characterized by criminal economic exchange, and a third of the population was displaced.

4.4 In the current case, the aforementioned backlog courts were set up to address the paralysis in proceedings before the circuit criminal courts across the country arising out of offences committed by Foncolpuertos, and also in view of the importance of the case, involving millions of State funds, which had given rise to the investigations, and of the need to ensure that justice was served properly and promptly.

For those medically certified to be in need of constant attendance, a “Care and Attention Allowance” may also be provided to cover the costs of care and attention services at home (including the cost of hiring a carer) on social worker’s recommendation.

The critical situation in mid 2006 in Lebanon paralyzed economic activities in the country, including those related to the agricultural sector, and caused a delay in the implementation of MB phase-out activities.

(e) Transitional Care and Support Centre for Tetraplegic Patients which provides time-defined and goal-oriented community-based rehabilitation programmes to tetraplegic patients discharged from hospital/medical rehabilitation settings to facilitate their return to community living with a view to improving their physical, cognitive, communicative, behavioural, psychological and social functioning in a non-medical setting.