Members have all worked long and hard, particularly over recent weeks.

Let me thank the delegation of Afghanistan for its constructive cooperation over recent weeks.

Our condolences go also to their respective families, who in recent weeks suffered those tragic losses.

Reported sightings of alleged ex militia groups, especially in border areas, have recurred in recent weeks.

However, during recent weeks an increase in such language has again been noted and is of great concern.

Also, in recent weeks, Israeli extremists had made several attempts to carry out an attack on the Haram al Sharif.

After two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, five weeks.

In recent weeks and months, the Palestinian Authority continued to take specific steps towards reforming the structure of the security services.

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

With respect to the Quartet's engagement and activities, the Quartet has met in recent weeks to review the situation at this critical time.

Actions taken in that regard in recent weeks should be commended, and my delegation believes that they must be intensified in the days to come.

The Council expresses its disapproval with regard to the ceasefire violations and the continuing acts of violence in Darfur, particularly those reported in recent weeks.

Those new sources of information have been interviewed in recent weeks and, in coordination with the Lebanese authorities, UNIIIC is further investigating and corroborating their information.

The Commission and the Lebanese judicial and security authorities have further enhanced their cooperation in recent weeks in the pursuit of their common objective to uncover the truth.

According to the United States Security Coordinator, Lieutenant General Ward, an improved atmosphere and increased willingness to engage in coordination have characterized the cooperative efforts in recent weeks.

In South Kivu, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNDP and MONUC have assisted some 4,000 families affected by floods in recent weeks.

In 1989, the duration of maternity leave had been 14 consecutive weeks, six weeks before and eight weeks after childbirth.

Amy Cuddy So a handshake, or the lack of a handshake, can have us talking for weeks and weeks and weeks.

The recent brutal wave of violence makes real and lasting improvements to the humanitarian situation impossible and has forced many returnees back to the camps they had left just weeks before.

They only take six weeks. Instead of 11 months, they're six weeks.

Likewise, under article 141, pregnant employees are entitled to take maternity leave for four weeks before and eight weeks after the birth (or 10 weeks in the case of multiple births) and to be paid at least the equivalent of their most recent wage or salary during that time, without prejudice to the medical assistance they are entitled to receive from the social institutions responsible for maternity protection.

Correspondents say the suicide bombings in Kabul in recent weeks have also created a crisis of public confidence in the government, its policies and in particular the reputation of President Ashraf Ghani.

NEW YORK Gold prices have been rising sharply, breaching the 1,000 barrier and in recent weeks rising towards 1,200 an ounce and above. Today s gold bugs argue that the price could top 2,000.

Israelis and Palestinians told the Secretary General much about the progress and the setbacks of recent weeks and about the remaining steps to be taken and the wider requirements for resuming peace negotiations.

No schooling was possible for him, except a few weeks here, a few weeks there.

NEW DELHI The headlines out of India in recent weeks have often made sickening reading. Startlingly, the central protagonist in most of these stories is that most peaceable and innocent of animals, the cow.

Effective governance is possible under various formal arrangements. In principle, a strong outside lead director can be just as effective as an independent chairman a fair point that has been made in recent weeks.

Mr. Shamaa (Egypt) First, I would like to thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for your efforts during the consultations held in recent weeks to try to reach agreement regarding two substantive agenda items.

In indicator of achievement (i), performance measures (target 2004 2005), replace 10 weeks with 8 weeks .

So, one week, two weeks, three weeks went by, and finally I said, Well, how about blue?

Six weeks, city versus city.

I arrived two weeks ago.

And in this meeting it went on for weeks in the press, two weeks where there was huge discussion.

Minniti meanwhile said a sharp fall over recent weeks in the number of migrants arriving in Italy following rescues was an indication that efforts to beef up the Libyan coastguard and cooperation with local mayors was bearing fruit.

Once a year, the Committee undertakes a field mission to the Middle East usually lasting two weeks in order to hear witnesses with recent and first hand information about the situation of human rights in the occupied territories.

The Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA, 2000) extended the length of parental leave from 18 weeks to 35 weeks if the employee also took pregnancy leave, or 37 weeks if the employee did not.

This is what happens every spring. For six weeks, six to eight weeks, I have this flush of green oasis.

And everybody was becoming very discouraged because it was weeks and weeks that we waited, really, where nobody came in.

In two weeks, they found him.

It's been an interesting two weeks.

Nothing takes longer than two weeks.

And this happens every two weeks.

I have not slept in weeks.

Your skin regenerates every two weeks.

And this was two weeks ago.