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[...] dire economic situations are easily prey [...]

While this is encouraging, there is concern that a number of post-completion-point HIPCs continue to show signs of debt distress.

[...] international embarrassment and criticism, [...] [...]

Moreover, if international responsibility arises at the time of the taking of the decision, the international organization would have to refrain from placing its members in the uncomfortable position of either infringing their obligations under the decision or causing the international responsibility of the international organization, as well as possibly incurring their own responsibility.

As a means of further encouraging the production of creative, culturally diverse content in developing countries, UNESCO co-produced such documentaries as La lutte contre les pauvres (the struggle against the poor) (Mali); Le dilemme d’Eya (Eya’s dilemma) (Togo) which were awarded two prizes at FESPACO (March 2003), “Traditional Music of Nigeria”; Afro@digital (Democratic Republic of Congo); “S21 – The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine” (Cambodia) which was selected for the 2003 Cannes Festival and for the grand prize of the International Radio and Television University (URTI); and “A story of people in war and peace” (Armenia).

That moral quandary and the conviction that world peace and security cannot be achieved without sustainable development for all are at the heart of the political compact uniting the whole international community, which we have come here today to consider.

[...] [...] respond to any emergencies.

Many passengers said that they found the experience of being “paraded” before the media and the sometimes hostile crowds unsettling and humiliating.

[...] [...] Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and decided to consider at its sixty-seventh session the reports of the Secretary-General on concrete recommendations to enhance the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (A/66/278) and on the review of United Nations system support to small island developing States (A/66/218), issued for the sixty-sixth [...]

It also considered the issue from a more general point of view in resolution 1373 (2001) on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (the Council “[noted] with concern the close connection between international terrorism and transnational organized crime, illicit drugs, money-laundering, illegal arms-trafficking, and illegal movement of nuclear, chemical, biological and other potentially deadly materials”) and in the presidential statement (S/PRST/2009/32) on peace and security in Africa (“the Security Council notes with concern the serious threats posed in some cases by drug trafficking and related transnational organized crime to international security in different regions of the world, including in Africa”).

Armed with this confidence, they will therefore be able, alongside their representatives and the Administration, to meet potential difficulties and benefit from a meaningful dialogue, to prevent each party from being deadlocked in mutual distrust.

That is why I have to say that allegations made with immunity can lead to, I think, an extremely difficult and delicate position which is grotesquely unfair to private individuals and I am sure that is something which this Council will want to take account of.

This article pointed out the various hardships faced by the middle class under such economic downturn.

It is wrong to put a wife into a position where she may have to choose between incriminating her husband and committing perjury.

The inordinate length of translation times, especially in cases of selfrepresented appellants, calls for greater explanation than suitable for a report of this size, but it can be said that efforts are under way to more effectively liaise with the supervisors in the Conference and Language Services Section on a continual basis in order to assess progress and determine the need for requesting prioritization of specific translations, and to readdress the internal requirement of the Conference and Language Services Section that the revision process for translation of a judgement must be accomplished as a whole, rather than volume by volume (which would allow for gradual release of translated portions).

Due to the embarrassment and fear, victim women seldom disclose this problem and that is the reason of no accurate statistic on the rate of the domestic violence.

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological threats and emergencies; and the organization of international forums to discuss biological risk management in relation to food and agriculture.

Symptoms of avian influenza virus in humans have included typical influenza-like symptoms (e.g., fever, sore throat, cough, and muscle aches) which progress to more severe respiratory conditions such as pneumonia and acute respiratory distress and other complications.

Yet movement of people has been excruciatingly slow, here and at other departure points, where thousands more are stranded.

The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Capacity and Guardianship Law so that custody of children up to the age of six is not always given to mothers, and ensure that child support awards do not lead to an inadequate standard of living for the father.

In order to bring topical discussion to country offices, when it is not possible to provide face-to-face training, online modules are planned that would engage staff in discussions of ethical dilemmas, with material to support the resolution of these dilemmas.

Indeed, when faced with broad criticism, there was an attempt to suggest that Mr WANG's remarks were his personal views, and not those of Beijing.

While noting the provision of child allowances and other benefits to families with children, the Committee is concerned about the situation of families with three or more children and single-parent households, who continue to be disproportionately affected by poverty.

The dilemma for governments of developed economies since then has been and remains how to maintain consumption and investment growth while attempting to signal serious intent to the bond markets about reducing sovereign debt.

These improvements mark the end of a slow, antiquated and corrupt justice system in which human rights were repeatedly violated and court cases were for decades the subject of complaints to international human rights bodies.