Urbanization also became a major concern.

The security of UNOMIG personnel remains a major concern.

The impact of HIV AIDS is of major concern.

that concern both of our core interests and major concerns.

Child malnutrition was a major concern for some of them.

Imputed data is cause of major concern to most countries.

The protection of civilians continues to be a major concern in Darfur.

The fate of children conceived by rape is another major source of concern.

Attacks and threats against humanitarian workers and supplies also remain a major concern.

A major concern in the region is therefore the reduction of this inequality.

Insecurity in camps for internally displaced persons in Western Darfur is a major concern.

One major concern relates to the destabilizing and deflationary feedbacks among trade, debt and finance.

However, the failure to arrest the remaining six indictees at large remains a major concern.

Major incidents during that period prompted concern and brought MINUGUA verification into the national spotlight.

Furthermore, Israel's threats and repeated aggression against Lebanon have remained a major source of concern.

A second issue of major concern is the continued practice of induced or forced relocations.

The question of terrorism has become a major cause for concern within the multilateral disarmament community.

Besides security considerations, water availability remained a major concern in identifying sites and developing refugee camps.

The high prevalence of sexual violence against women and girls remains a major concern in several provinces.

Communication between international agencies and countries, and within countries, seems to be a major source of concern.

While the relevant texts had not yet been amended, the issue was of major concern to Gabon.

Sexual violence during times of conflict continues to be a source of major concern for the Office.

In Tahltan territory alone, there are 41 major industrial proposals, some with great promise, some of great concern.

The slow progress in disbursing funds pledged under the Interim Cooperation Framework remains a major source of concern.

Cancer is a major health concern, and the number of cancer cases is rising most rapidly in developing countries.

In many communities, scarcity of fresh water is a major concern which can be greatly exacerbated by tourism development.

The illicit manufacture of, trafficking in and abuse of ATS, especially methamphetamine, are of major concern in the region.

Another major source of concern, in addition to the level of poverty, is the degradation of the environment in Haiti.

However, the lack of progress towards achieving the total elimination of nuclear arsenals is a major source of international concern.

11. Notes with concern that the rate of provision of interpretation services to the regional and other major groupings has declined

The morbidity and mortality related to reproductive health, malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases are of major concern to NAM countries.

This is a major concern because human smugglers and traffickers often prey on women seeking asylum or livelihoods in other countries.

I will leave New York with a better understanding of the major questions of concern to the international community as a whole.

She drew attention to two major developments in recent weeks which represented practical and achievable approaches to issues of concern to indigenous people.

All those threats have become subjects of major concern for people, and are joined by unresolved conflicts, regional tensions and ongoing internal upheavals.

The efficacy of insolvency laws and practices has been a recurring theme in, and major concern of, international forums since the early 1990s.

There are many disaster reduction challenges confronting Southern Africa, the major hazards of concern being drought, epidemics, cyclones and storms, floods and armed conflict.

A major area of concern for her Government was violence against women and, in particular, one of its most serious forms, trafficking in women.

Those issues are of major concern for Canada as it faces the impending retirement of its baby boomers and feels the increasing impacts of globalization.

My statement will focus on three issues that are of major concern to Kenya namely, capacity building, marine safety and security, and the marine environment.

A major concern after the withdrawal of UNAMSIL would be a widening information gap, as currently there is no clear cut Government public information policy.

Noting with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,

Some of the humanitarian crises highlighted by Mr. Egeland have been with us for much too long, while others have only recently become a major concern.

Notes with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Notes with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions