(a) Inequality, which is the main obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the region.

As is known, the main obstacle is that those persons are not within the reach of our law enforcement authorities.

She wondered what the main obstacle was to appointing women representatives and hoped that, in future, the situation would change.

In fact, the United States policy regarding Cuba constituted the main obstacle to the achievement of Cuba's social development goals.

But the main obstacle to Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress remained its failure to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

With regard to women's participation at the international level, the main obstacle remained the requirement for married women to obtain their husbands' consent.

The main obstacle to women's participation in the foreign service was the domestic burden they faced, particularly since the country was still developing economically.

The main obstacle to the protection of the rights of migrants was the failure of States to implement the conventions and agreements that they had freely accepted.

Separatism is not only the main threat to our country's peace and security it is also the main obstacle to the further consolidation of the independence and the statehood of the Republic of Moldova and a hindrance to its economic development.

The main obstacle to full enjoyment of the right to education has been assimilationist models of education and education systems' ignorance of or failure to appreciate indigenous languages and cultures.

The representative of Cuba said that the main obstacle to SME survival and growth was the lack of access to financing, and that issue should be discussed by the Commission.

Poverty remains the main obstacle to overcome on the way to an equitable international economic system because it stems from an unequal level of production and an unbalanced income distribution among countries.

However, research has shown that the main obstacle is at the stage of promotions of female university lecturers to the status of senior university lecturer (UHD), which consequently impedes any promotion to professorships.

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He can overcome any obstacle.

And frankly, I face a big obstacle.

We also reaffirm our conviction that the Israeli occupation remains the main obstacle to the efforts to achieve a sustainable development and sound economic environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.

Yet trade barriers were an obstacle to recovery and growth.

Nevertheless, both the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Initiative suffer from the lack of a real multilateral culture of cooperation in security matters among the main regional players. The Arab Israeli conflict is a major political obstacle, but by no means the only one.

Actions of transnational companies could sometimes be an obstacle to development.

And what you see is, it's going to fall over the obstacle.

Therefore, they do not represent an obstacle to the division of labour.

The fault for this obstacle to progress does not lie with Pristina.

And the tension here is between institution as enabler and institution as obstacle.

This obstacle has been highlighted at several recent awareness and capacity building activities.

If these new treatments aren t used more frequently, this isn t because they don t work. The main obstacle is that they won t increase the profits of drug companies, on which, in the absence of adequate government funding, our professional organizations, conferences, journals, research, and teaching institutions have become so dependent.

And again, if you move the obstacle a tiny bit, it'll again fall differently.

One participant noted that the political exception clause was an obstacle to international cooperation.

A major obstacle cited by many Governments of affected States is lack of resources.

In many developing countries, land mines presented a serious obstacle to social and economic development.

His biggest obstacle, really, was the marketplace, which demands these days bright yellow foie gras.

Let me now talk about another behavioral obstacle to saving having to do with inertia.

It is already clear that this divide could be an obstacle at the negotiating table.

Traditionally, an overwhelming obstacle for firms wishing to internationalize has been the issue of scale.

By diverting resources from development and increasing inequality, corruption becomes a major obstacle to development.

Property restitution issues are an additional common obstacle to successful return of refugees and IDPs.

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One of the most significant is an obstacle that prevents greater wealth creation through free trade.

However, violence against women continued to be a major obstacle to the achievement of gender equality.

Respect for human rights, far from being an obstacle, was an effective tool to combat terrorism.

Protracted refugee situations, which had lasted for more than five years, were a different type of obstacle.

Recognizing that poverty is a major obstacle to women's full realization of housing, land and property rights,

The view was expressed that actions of transnational companies could sometimes be an obstacle to sustainable development.

Violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace.

Possession by Israel of nuclear weapons constituted a major obstacle to peace and security in the region.