According to the report, the authorities had been aware of the particular difficulties facing women since 1980, yet, in the interim, very little had been done to improve matters.

The serious financial crisis facing the Organization was not a direct consequence of the scale, and never had been.

At the time of his election in 1997, the Organization had been emerging from crisis and facing an uncertain future.

As Special Rapporteur, he had carried out an urgent mission in July 2005 to the Niger, where around 3.6 million people had been facing acute malnutrition.

Had we not been steadfast he would almost have led us astray from our gods. On facing torment they will soon know who had really gone astray.

Had we not been steadfast he would almost have led us astray from our gods. On facing torment they will soon know who had really gone astray.

We've not been focused, we've not done what we had to do, and now we're facing the potential of bad, hell on Earth.

Mr. Jenie (Indonesia) said that in recent years the non proliferation regime had been facing serious problems owing to its contradictions and imbalances.

They recognized that progress had been made in nuclear disarmament since the end of the cold war, with some noting what had been accomplished and others pointing to the extreme dangers still facing the international community.

Although the results of the multi year payment plans had been mixed, they were the only tool available to Member States facing payment difficulties.

Rather she had the dignity of a person facing her own fate,

UNIDO had enormous potential for helping address the pressing problems facing the Belarusian economy.

Ly Thara had allegedly been beaten severely by interrogators to force a confession and was said to be facing the death penalty for crimes aimed at overthrowing the Government.

While many of the economic and social problems facing Puerto Rico were the same as those facing other countries, the Puerto Rican population had endured over 500 years of colonial rule and had never had the opportunity to take its own decisions freely.

31. Ms. WILLIAMS MANIGAULT (United States of America) said that much had been accomplished since the Rio Conference in 1992 with regard to the issues facing small island developing States.

Government policies to provide basic services such as safe water, health facilities, appropriate technologies and good infrastructure had been impeded as a result of the economic difficulties facing the country.

Mr. Israfilov (Azerbaijan) said that his country had been facing the phenomenon of forced displacement since 1987 and, according to the Secretary General's Representative for internally displaced persons, had one of the largest displaced populations in the world.

The Commission has been able to initiate a constructive dialogue on human rights issues facing Nigeria.

As a consequence, UNHCR was facing greater demand for humanitarian assistance. Recent events in Africa, particularly in the Great Lakes region, and Bosnia had been of concern to the international community.

The disposal of the body has always been one of the greatest problems facing the wouldbe murderer.

They reminded us that the problems facing the world had multiplied, natural disasters being one of them.

32. With the new aspects of interdependency between trade and development, UNCTAD had new challenges facing it.

Its findings had resulted in some members of the military facing prosecution for violations of human rights.

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Turkish Cypriots continue to live under difficult conditions, which they have been facing for the last 40 years.

Since the reforms of the late 1980s, less advanced economies have been facing massive poverty and increasing inequality.

In Colombia, the security problem has been the product of the weakness of the State in facing criminals.

A number of other foreigners have been arrested and are facing charges for various violations of R.A. 7610.

But if the City Council and deputy mayor hadn't been facing an election, they'd have ditched the proposal.

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Persons facing deportation

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I'm facing ruin!

FRANK Facing bankruptcy.

Another major problem facing the Council has been the non respect of the arms embargoes imposed by the Council.

The financial crisis facing the Organization had nothing to do with the existing scale of assessments it had arisen simply because some Member States had not paid what they owed.

My country is facing severe food shortages owing to the drought that we have had since January this year.

21. The African States were facing difficulties of all kinds in view of the many pretexts for making ODA, which had already been drastically reduced, conditional, and the stagnation or decline in UNDP core resources.