This has increased investor confidence in some developing regions.

Some Parties reported measures in reforestation of mountain regions, plains and microbasins.

Moreover, in some regions, Polish and Lithuanian television channels are also available.

Similar deficiencies can be observed in some of the other regions as well.

(b) For some regions, the situation is even worse.

Nevertheless, high levels of violent crime in some cities and regions are of concern.

For example, in some regions customary law denies women the right to access land.

The problem was more serious in some regions than others, but it was global in nature.

In some regions, security had been advanced by the creation of nuclear weapon free zones.

Concise country guidebooks and rapid screening tools have been developed in some countries and regions.

In some regions of Africa HIV AIDS is devastating families, cultures and economies entire societies.

However, there are some problems with employment in the regions with a mixed ethnic population.

Despite the gratifying progress made in Africa in recent years, conflicts in some of its regions have persisted.

In some regions, both Governments and families still consider institutional care an appropriate response to poverty.

Some speakers welcomed the idea that similar initiatives could also be carried out in other regions.

(e) Prevention and treatment and rehabilitation activities are progressing in some regions while lagging or decreasing in others

Trends in cocaine abuse show some stabilization in its main regions of consumption, North America and Latin America.

Changes in climate could have significant impacts in some sectors and in some regions of the United Kingdom, both of a beneficial and of an adverse nature.

Furthermore, it was felt that in some regions a clearer overall strategy could be designed and formulated.

There may be loopholes in some regions such as Europe that may be exploited by drug traffickers.

While it was recognized that such links existed on some occasions and in some regions, the phenomena could not be automatically or routinely linked in all countries.

Some training manuals were too long for daily use and concise country guidebooks and rapid screening tools had been developed in some countries and regions.

While it was recognized that such links existed on some occasions and in some regions, the phenomena could not to be automatically or routinely linked in all countries.

That geographical approach, in our view, runs the risk of over representation of some regions and underrepresentation of others.

Land mines often prevent farming in some of the most fertile European regions alongside the Danube and Sava rivers.

In other regions, although all the countries may be developing ones, some are clearly more advanced in certain respects than others.

Still, progress has not been uniform vast improvements can be seen in some prefectures while dire conditions exist in other regions.

The Committee remains concerned at traditional attitudes and harmful practices, in particular female genital mutilation, which still prevail in some regions.

Also, the reporting countries are not evenly distributed among the regions, with some regions having a high concentration of reporting States and others having none.

In Puntland and Somaliland some investment in roads and port activity has been possible, facilitating some commercial flow, whereas in the southern regions, road, sea and air infrastructures are rapidly deteriorating.

However, the Committee is concerned that discrimination is still present against some ethnic groups, such as Brazilians of African descent, in some cultural and social practices and by the persistent level of unequal social development in regions, specifically in the North and Northeast regions, which in many instances amount to discrimination.

In some regions of the country, such as Puntland , the exchange rate topped 13,000 shillings to the United States dollar.

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He stated that Annex V was not in effect in some regions because of an insufficient number of port waste reception facilities.

263. The Committee remains concerned at traditional attitudes and harmful practices, in particular female genital mutilation, which still prevail in some regions.

Moreover, while certain efforts by the Government of Afghanistan have resulted in the reduction of opium cultivation in some regions traditionally famous for opium production, opium cultivation has increased in the regions bordering my country, especially in the Farah province.

In some regions, there is a clear linkage with the trade in narcotic drugs and the illicit exploitation of natural and strategic resources.

However, in some regions where prevalence among the general population is high (for example, in North America), the trend is decreasing or stabilizing.

Despite progress in some regions, an estimated 115 million primary school age children, including 62 million girls, were out of school in 2001.

13. Despite the preoccupying situation in some countries of the Horn of Africa, progress was achieved in repatriation to regions enjoying sustainable peace.

According to the United Nations Millennium Project report, Some regions have made little progress or even experienced reversals in several areas.

The nutritional state of the population in some regions is poor and it gets worse at times of drought and flooding.

However, given the existence of certain traditional practices, some women in certain regions of Mozambique are purified following their husbands' death.

In some of the regions that agreed to enter into trade cooperation arrangements, the modalities for implementation remain to be decided.

In some regions of the world, women are not allowed to own property or have access to their own financial resources.