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However, topography still makes access a challenge in some areas.

The humanitarian situation in the Sudan is clearly very grave, given many years of strife and conflict, a difficult terrain, an environment with an already weak social infrastructure; and a situation that has been further complicated by the recent indictment of President Al-Bashir.

The additional requirements relate primarily to the replacement of 224 light vehicles that are scheduled for write-off action, in accordance with the standard criteria for the replacement of light vehicles, increased requirements for spare parts owing to the poor road infrastructure and harsh terrain in the Mission area, and additional requirements for the outsourcing of 24 Mechanics to perform repairs and maintenance tasks, owing to a higher number of ageing vehicles, the difficult terrain and poor road infrastructure throughout the Mission area.

[...] [...] with acute problems such as climate change and earthquake risk preparedness) and [...]

[...] circumstances and grim situation, aid workers, too, have risked their lives [...]

[...] [...] interaction of very severe risk factors such as [...]

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[...] [...] species is in acute risk of extinction, the decision [...]

[...] situation, where the world economy faced severe risks and high market [...] [...]

[...] [...] inevitably face serious tests, but the broad consensus among the political elite on the need for fundamental change means that the risk of a reversal appears low; [...] [...]

[...] [...] country, which will put at risk the already grave situation which Guinea-Bissau [...] [...]

[...] [...] grave human rights and humanitarian situation in North Kivu, including the risk of genocidal violence, [...]

[...] [...] risks of serious exploitation, such as trafficking [...] [...]

[...] [...] remains critical and dangerous.

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.

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[...] [...] reality of the austere times that followed [...] [...]

The Office also indicated that the challenges relating to cybercrime and new and emerging crimes were increasingly being faced by developing countries, where the number of Internet users had already surpassed that of the developed nations and was continuing to grow.

Further sensitization and awareness raising of education policy-makers to the importance of media literacy as a key component of teacher education, if not in school curricula, remains a critical challenge, as is the need for strong collaboration between education and communication and information specialists.

Many delegations held the view that climate change, related natural disasters and necessary adaptation and mitigation were posing formidable challenges for developing countries, especially the least developed, and were undermining the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, especially in the light of the increasing frequency and magnitude of natural disasters.

I reaffirm today that, despite the harsh reality that prevails on all fronts, the Palestinian leadership remains fully committed to peace and to engaging in a credible peace process based on the agreed terms of reference, with the aim of definitively bringing an end to the Israeli occupation in order to allow the Palestinian people to exercise their right to selfdetermination in their independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, and achieving a just resolution of the plight of the Palestine refugees in accordance with international law and United Nations resolutions.

There was an exigent need for strategies to be developed to deal with challenges like the opening of the higher education market, the increasing unemployment of university graduates and the adaptation of curricula to remain relevant in a new global setting based on systematic analysis and forecasting.

Bearing in mind the scope of the tragedy that has hit Haiti, we support the Secretary-General’s call on the international community to continue to give comprehensive support to that State until full restoration of Haiti’s national potential.

[...] [...] 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 [...]