Armed conflicts also hamper development.

Those arms fuel underlying tensions, exacerbate conflicts and hamper peacebuilding efforts.

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A lack of accommodation in the provinces has continued to hamper the effective deployment of police personnel throughout the country.

Institutional conflicts and jealousies may arise that can hamper any long term gain for women.

Procedural, logistical, technical and financial problems still hamper the execution of requests for judicial cooperation.

Poor rural frameworks hamper the knowledge dissemination needed for farmers to benefit from research developments.

Non proliferation efforts should in no way hamper the peaceful use of science and technology.

Procedural, logistical, technical and financial problems still seem to hamper the execution of requests for judicial cooperation.

Delays due to inspections, particularly for perishable goods, can hamper productivity gains, ultimately leading to consumer welfare losses.

By doing so, those States hamper members of the international community in enjoying their right to peaceful nuclear energy.

Furthermore, inordinate delays in the release of consignments of mission essential United Nations owned assets continue to hamper the operation.

The West African Economic and Monetary Union reported that hidden charges, complex and cumbersome inspection procedures, and a plethora of checkpoints hamper the free flow of transit traffic.

Lastly, in paragraph 30, the report states that the Government's inability to guarantee security continues to hamper access to northern Uganda.

Furthermore, the very bad state of the road networks in Liberia is a major bottleneck that continues to hamper all efforts towards rapid recovery, particularly in the rural areas.

The army of Serbia and Montenegro continues to hamper, both actively and passively, the cooperation of Serbia and Montenegro with the ICTY.

Checkpoint delays continued to hamper or preclude access to jobs, schools, health care, holy places, an adequate food supply and clean water.

On the other hand, care needs to be taken to avoid establishing too burdensome regulations that could hamper the expansion of franchising.

We beg to differ with those opposing the arrest warrants on the premise that they will hamper peace prospects in northern Uganda.

However, this should not be seen as a substitute for improved access to Northern markets, where some of the starkest inconsistencies in the trading system continue to hamper development prospects.

The international community must make certain that access to camps is guaranteed and that no obstacles hamper the work of non governmental organizations.

Without a coherent and comprehensive approach to planning and strategy, coordination, guidance and support, continued improvisation will hamper the capacity of military components to provide support to humanitarian activities and local communities.

Such revisions to the process could help to reduce the possibility of one or more potentially negative court decisions that could hamper enforcement efforts.

However, frequent Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) JEM, militia and bandit attacks on humanitarian convoys, in particular in Southern Darfur, continue to hamper efficient operations.

The questions on which the case turns are whether genetic patents help or hamper research, and whether patients should have to pay a license fee to a biotechnology corporation to be tested for predisposition to disease.

Second, the financial system both banks and non bank institutions is severely damaged. Lack of robust credit growth will hamper private consumption and investment spending.

Such developments would significantly deplete Bosnia and Herzegovina's chances of establishing a more reliable investment environment, and hamper stabilization of economic growth, because long term poverty reduction depends on achievement of sustainable economic growth.

Increased terrorist attacks and violence by Al Qaida and the Taliban, coupled with a pervasive drug economy, have created alarming challenges that seriously undermine the security and thus hamper the reconstruction of the country.

Some industry officials also fear that any regulation in this area could hamper the growth of the Internet and related technology, particularly in the developing world.

One expert noted that, in some developing countries, high tariffs on imported R D related inputs hamper those countries' efforts to create or develop R D capabilities.

Public authorities, DMOs and tourism enterprises should fully understand the opportunities and challenges of e tourism and overcome the barriers that still hamper the use of ICTs.

This inability to discuss, clearly and forthrightly, this strategic doctrine continues to hamper the Alliance. At the Strasbourg summit, confidence in the future could have been strengthened if a couple of troubling issues had been discussed.

However, delays in deployment and a lack of facilities continue to be a major cause for concern in other areas, such as Kadugli, Abyei and Juba, where the lack of office and residential accommodation hamper the deployment of additional officers.

In some areas, there is credible evidence of harassment and threats of re recruitment of children released from armed groups, and lack of security continues to hamper reintegration.

The Pashtuns dominate the south and many tolerate the presence of opposing militant forces, while at the same time rivalries between tribes severely hamper overall cohesion and effectiveness.

This may be in contradiction with the increasing trend in workload and may hamper the capacity of the section to fulfil its mandate and achieve timely objectives established by the organization.

Grave security conditions not only hamper access for such assistance often, they also make it necessary to remove humanitarian personnel temporarily, leaving affected populations without support or assistance of any kind.

Reiterating that natural disasters damage the social and economic infrastructure of all countries, although the long term consequences of natural disasters are especially severe for developing countries and hamper their sustainable development,

The tense security environment in Port au Prince, in particular in the shantytowns, continued to hamper the work of humanitarian organizations and required coordination of activities between MINUSTAH and the aid community.

The United Nations and its funds and programmes should take concrete action to implement the recommendations of their oversight bodies and inform their governing bodies of any constraints which might hamper that task.

Tighter credit rationing will then further hamper the ability of households and firms to borrow, spend, invest, and sustain economic growth. The risk that a systemic financial crisis will drive a more pronounced US and global recession has quickly gone from being a theoretical possibility to becoming an increasingly plausible scenario.

Reiterating that, although natural disasters damage the social and economic infrastructure of all countries, the long term consequences of natural disasters are especially severe in developing countries and hamper their achievement of sustainable development,

For example, legal markets are dominated by rich lawyers, schools are controlled by teachers unions, and the medical sector is influenced by powerful doctors, resulting in high business costs that also hamper industrial development.

The Committee notes with extreme concern the dramatic inequalities based on race, social class, gender and geographic location which significantly hamper progress towards the full realization of the children's rights enshrined in the Convention.

Europe and the United States are both entering recession, and fears are mounting that the financial meltdown accompanying the sub prime mortgage debacle has not worked itself out. All this is happening at a time when inflationary pressures hamper the usual monetary and fiscal remedies.