Despite some improvements, the answer remains mixed.

But despite our verbal assurances, they wanted some proof.

Despite some security concerns beforehand the ceremony was conducted peacefully.

Most movement restrictions for Palestinians remained in place, despite some initial measures taken by Israel.

Despite some attempts to consolidate these lists, there continues to be a serious problem of over counting.

Communal elections were successfully concluded in June, despite some violence at polling stations in two western provinces.

The country was also prone to natural disasters, and, despite some improvement, it faced continuing serious problems.

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

Access by road is still possible in Government controlled areas of Jebel Marra, despite some sporadic incidents.

Despite some positive changes in the processing of claims for reimbursement, there was still need for improvement.

Despite some improvement, women constitute only 26 percent of Resident Representatives and roughly 33 percent of senior management.

Despite the variety of obstacles to regional integration in Africa, there has been notable progress in some areas.

Some Customs generated revenue continues to be diverted to PUSIC, despite the imprisonment of the former leader, Chief Kahwa.

Ms. Mboga (Gabon) said that, despite some difficulties stemming from traditional customs, women and children enjoyed guaranteed inheritance rights.

Some international engagements undertaken by the United Nations were not covered by the Convention, despite having serious security undertones.

Immunization services in post conflict Iraq were sustained throughout 2004 with large scale UNICEF support, despite insecurity in some areas.

Despite some positive trends, there remains a need for continued action to combat deforestation and forest degradation in many countries.

Despite some individual privatization successes during the first half of the year, the overall privatization effort remained lacklustre at best.

The latter seems to have enjoyed broad support among CD member governments for quite some time and, despite some initial hesitation, agreement to an open mandate without preconditions appears possible.

It hurt so much, and I shed some tears, but something inside of me wanted to do this despite his words.

Despite some successful disarmament of both the former Afghan Military Forces and illegal militia, a great deal remains to be done.

Despite some internal and external constraints, last year we achieved a record 6.27 per cent growth in our gross domestic product.

For example, the Serb volunteer army earned its income from looting, despite the fact that it had some vague, higher objectives.

In some cases, significant progress has been made in terms of employment creation despite the imposition of punitive and discriminatory policies.

To our regret, despite repeated assurances of their willingness to cooperate, some have refused to translate those assurances into concrete action.

It was favourably received in Darfur, despite some reservations related to tribal land rights, the future Darfur Darfur dialogue, and security.

It was mentioned, however, that despite some recent negative trends, globalization can be a positive force for the creation of decent work.

Despite the climate of insecurity, UNHCR continues to deliver assistance and monitor conditions in refugee sites and villages for some 53,000 refugees.

Despite the above mentioned positive development, the Special Rapporteur continues to receive complaints about the conditions and treatment of some political prisoners.

Despite the protracted impasse, of course, there have been some noteworthy inputs to the consideration of the PAROS issue at the CD.

Eighth, some emerging market economies with weaker economic fundamentals may not be able to avoid a severe financial crisis, despite massive IMF support.

Yet despite the existence of legislation and regulations on equal rights for men and women there are still some discriminatory provisions and practices.

Despite good progress towards these goals and targets, some 115 million primary school age children (62 million girls) were out of school in 2001.

Despite some important initiatives, the evaluation found that inclusion of a policy level gender perspective in the poverty reduction practice area has been uneven.

I urge both parties to recognize that despite some stabilization of the security situation in Darfur, at a deeper level, living conditions are steadily deteriorating.

I am sure that many colleagues in this room share the same feeling that, despite some recent progress, we could and should do more for Africa.

To a large extent, this is still the prevailing view in some countries' education systems, despite the existence of legislation that sets specific objectives in this area.

(d) Despite the programme of prison renovation currently under way, the practice of slopping out , which continues in some prisons, will not be definitively halted until 2010.

Noting that, despite some recent initiatives to facilitate and to reduce the costs of remittances transfers, the costs incurred by migrants remain high and could be reduced,

They said, If some wild beast would be able to harm him, despite the presence of our strong group, it would certainly be a great loss to us!

They said, If some wild beast would be able to harm him, despite the presence of our strong group, it would certainly be a great loss to us!

Despite a number of important new developments, there were still some loopholes in international law that terrorists could exploit and that should be closed as soon as possible.

Beaches, mostly in Mexico but to some extent also in the United States, were hit, and birds succumbed in large numbers, despite the dispersion efforts. Because of the dispersion, shrimp, squid, and some fish populations suffered, with fisheries hit even harder.

Concern was expressed at the fact that some States used seized material for the licit manufacture of pharmaceuticals, despite several Economic and Social Council resolutions cautioning against that practice.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite some progress by the Transitional Government in extending its authority, power sharing was complicated by the fragile relations among its members.