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3. Despite these efforts, formidable challenges remain.

Field systems efforts are progressing steadily despite limited resources.

Instances of torture have always occurred despite efforts to eliminate them.

Despite the efforts made, housing supply falls far short of demand.

Despite those efforts, there had been no change in their situation.

But despite the attention paid to these efforts, they remain emphatically extracurricular.

Despite those encouraging figures, it is clear that more efforts are needed.

Despite their efforts, his family have been unable to determine his whereabouts.

Despite Kazakhstan's best efforts, more help was needed from the country's development partners.

Despite the efforts of Governments, the demand for narcotic drugs continued to rise.

Despite the New York Times' and Vanity Fair's best efforts recently, they're not brothers.

Despite efforts to mitigate natural disasters, response was constrained by limited capacity and resources.

Despite those efforts, drug abuse continued to rise among both young people and adults.

Despite admirable mine clearance efforts, there was much work ahead and international support was indispensable.

Despite efforts by the Tribunal to recruit more qualified staff, many sections still remain understaffed.

Despite their best efforts, genetically engineered crops are the most rapidly successful agricultural innovation in history.

Despite special fund raising efforts, funding to finance training activities in Nairobi could not be secured.

Despite the Chairman's efforts, it was not possible to reach an overall agreement on those issues.

Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Despite their tireless efforts, African countries, especially in the sub Saharan region, faced numerous development difficulties.

Despite these efforts, a limited number of Rwandan refugees chose to return during most of 1996.

Despite mediation efforts by regional organizations, the Government was not in control of the two islands.

The council commended the Agency s efforts to provide education services at acceptable standards despite financial constraints.

Despite efforts by UNMIBH to restructure the RS and Federation police, little progress has been achieved.

However, we encourage those efforts to continue, despite the apparent lack of progress at the present time.

Moreover, corruption is reportedly still prevalent in some police units, despite the ongoing efforts to tackle it.

This is an issue on which, despite ongoing efforts, we were unable to reach a balanced agreement.

It is regrettable to note that, despite the great efforts exerted, fewer tangible results have been achieved.

Despite those efforts, much remained to be done in order to provide children with a better future.

The Boundary Commission has been unable to resume the demarcation process, despite continued efforts to do so.

Despite the efforts of the United Nations, significant obstacles to full implementation of United Nations activities remain.

Despite the international community's best efforts to date, the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation remains a reality.

21. However, despite all the efforts made in recent years, the agenda had not yet been completed.

Unfortunately, despite those efforts the share of African and least developed countries in international trade continued to decline.

Despite major drug law enforcement efforts, the trend is towards increased production of cocaine in Bolivia and Peru.

24. Despite difficulties of all types, the Haitian Government s efforts to reform the judicial system are slowly proceeding.

37. Despite the efforts made, shortcomings in the legal framework for protecting all persons against racial discrimination persist.

However, despite the efforts it had undertaken, the international community had not prevented the production of heroin in Afghanistan.

The problem of missing persons remained unresolved, despite the efforts of the Government and the families of those missing.

Despite all efforts, however, the previous year had not seen a substantial reduction of conflict induced internally displaced persons.

Despite efforts to improve governance and combat corruption, the situation regarding economic, social and cultural rights had not improved.

The situation remains critical and despite intensified fund raising efforts, WFP has received only limited pledges since October 2004.

54. Mr. Rodríguez Parilla (Cuba) regretted that, despite its efforts, the Committee on Contributions had failed to reach agreement.