Increasing numbers of people are choosing to return spontaneously.

Moreover, large numbers of Palestinians were suffering from increasing poverty.

A steady trend of increasing numbers of women in State service is being observed.

Noting with concern that the AIDS epidemic is affecting women and girls in increasing numbers,

Noting with concern that the AIDS epidemic is affecting women and girls in increasing numbers ,

Noting with concern that the AIDS epidemic is affecting women and girls in increasing numbers,

Increasing numbers are seeking employment in locations far removed from their ancestral homes and villages.

A TICAD volunteer programme takes increasing numbers of Asian experts to Africa.

Increasing numbers of indigenous youth in Australia, Canada and New Zealand are living in poverty in urban areas.

Homelessness and an increase in numbers of street children is one consequence of increasing income disparities.

The residents were also grazing increasing numbers of livestock within the Game Reserve.

Countries reported increasing numbers of drug related investigations in which other countries had participated or provided assistance.

The devastating impact of these emergencies has been seen in the large numbers of orphaned, displaced and refugee children and in the increasing numbers of households headed by women or children.

Fourthly, I will work to ensure that we make marked progress towards increasing the numbers of women in peacekeeping.

An increasing refugee population has also meant higher numbers of special hardship cases requiring relief.

Increasing numbers of women reporting abuse by their husbands or companions to the competent authorities.

Similarly in the field of health, increasing pressures were felt as health staff coped with inordinately high numbers of patients.

13. Data indicate increasing numbers for interns and associate experts between September 1997 and September 1998.

Combating HIV AIDS was another important Millennium Development Goal for women, who were falling victim to the pandemic in increasing numbers.

Increasing numbers are suffering from multiple problems , for instance, a combination of drug abuse and mental illness.

The multidimensional nature of United Nations peacekeeping operations required increasing numbers of civilian police, electoral personnel, human rights experts, information specialists and significant numbers of political and legal advisers.

The increasing use of contraceptives will also lessen the numbers of women who become pregnant against their wishes.

The increasing use of contraceptives will also lessen the numbers of women who become pregnant against their wishes.

Increasing numbers of Puerto Ricans were beginning to reject the social, economic and political situation of the country.

The changing nature of conflicts, involving increasing numbers of violations of civilians human rights, made that task more difficult.

30. Relevant United Nations organizations and increasing numbers of NGOs are involved in various aspects of humanitarian mine clearance and mine awareness education activities.

As commercial and cultural contacts between East and West developed, Arab and Persian traders began calling on China along the Silk Road in increasing numbers.

The combination of poverty, unemployment, environmental and health problems, often exacerbated by violent conflicts, is placing increasing numbers of young people in cities at risk.

Statistics show that increasing numbers of women are taking the examination (in 2001, women were 15 of the candidates and 18 of those finally selected).

131. Subregional and regional intergovernmental organizations have emerged in increasing numbers, with which United Nations organizations have established a varied pattern of relationships and linkages.

A new development in the early 1990s was the reporting from Latin American countries of rising opium cultivation and increasing numbers of heroin seizures in that region.

And that's especially because this world population is increasing, and it's increasing, not only in numbers, but we're also getting wealthier, and anyone that gets wealthier starts to eat more and also starts to eat more meat.

Increasing numbers of women were being appointed to high level official positions in Government, business and the media with significant impact on the country's development policies.

The ALI's project Transnational Insolvency Cooperation Among the NAFTA Countries was a response to increasing numbers of bankruptcies of multinational economic enterprises in the NAFTA countries.

Increasing numbers of young people are now at risk of crime and victimization in association with poverty, income disparities and the breakdown of traditional socialization mechanisms.

With the exception of increasing numbers of country reports from central and eastern European and CIS countries in the early 1990s, no significant regional changes occurred.

There was increasing pressure to gain admission to the universities as reflected by the numbers who were sitting for the qualifying examinations.

Reports of increasing numbers of FNL rebels in the east adversely affected relations between the two countries, and reports continue of Burundian Army elements shelling Congolese territory.

New RI clubs have been established in increasing numbers worldwide, with new clubs formed in the following new Rotary countries United Arab Emirates (2002), Timor Leste (2002), and Afghanistan (2003).

Increasing numbers of developing countries are now also requesting WIPO's assistance in the next stage of optimizing the economic and cultural value from IP assets and technology transfer.

Until civilians in general are protected from the impact of warfare, increasing numbers of children will continue to be exposed to the additional trauma and danger of separation.

The increasing amounts of cocaine seized in South Africa in the 1990s and the large numbers of seizures made would indicate the regular use of that country as a transit point.

Increasing numbers of women had taken on the role of family breadwinner they were very important, economically speaking, but invisible in the institutions where policies were developed and implemented.

24. The financial sector grew strongly in 1997, with increased numbers of registered banks and trust companies, mutual funds, insurance companies, ship registrations and other company registrations all increasing.

In Thailand, the National Housing Authority has strengthened the operations of the Urban Community Development Office to involve increasing numbers of communities in the improvement of shelter and living conditions in poor settlements.