Physical security of refugees remained a central concern during the reporting period.

The human rights situation remained of utmost concern.

The nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic of Iran remained a source of concern.

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

The financial situation of the Office on Drugs and Crime remained a matter of concern.

The nuclear weapons programme of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remained a grave concern.

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

A total of 28 countries hosting 6.4 million persons of concern remained out of the Convention and the Protocol.

The issue remained a cause of concern, with rates significantly higher in rural areas and areas of temporary refugee settlement.

However, it was a matter of concern that no pledges had been received in over a year and that the Trust Fund remained depleted.

Nevertheless, it was deplorable that the number of people of concern to UNHCR remained at 17.1 million.

Cancer remained the main concern among radiation induced health effects, although many factors entered into the disease.

ODA has remained far below the 0.7 per cent target, agreed 35 years ago, and ODA quality is also a matter of concern.

The presence of a large number of minefields in the UNIFIL area of operation, located mainly along the Blue Line, remained a matter of serious concern.

The continued presence of members of the former military, illegally exercising security functions in some areas of the country, remained a matter of concern.

The mobilization of the necessary financial resources to help the programme countries to achieve the internationally agreed development goals and fund their overall development plans remained a source of concern.

To address this concern, the Panel reviewed the types of evidence provided by claimants in this instalment who remained in or returned to Kuwait for a considerable period following its liberation.

In its report, the Committee had expressed concern at the statement made in the conclusion of Gabon's initial report, to the effect that the situation of women in Gabon remained a comfortable one.

In her report to the General Assembly,4 the High Commissioner for Human Rights noted that the human rights situation in the country remained of great concern.

It was a matter for concern that the level of appropriation for the Development Account had remained static and that the savings that were expected to be channelled into the Account had not materialized.

She also expressed concern that despite the high literacy rate, the fertility rate, at 4.3, remained high and the contraceptive prevalence rate, 33 per cent in 1999, was low.

For the landlocked countries in Central Asia, cross border flows of gas and oil are of vital economic importance, while the negative externalities of oil and gas production and transportation have remained a subject of concern.

The border region between Chad and Western Darfur remained a cause for concern in May, as the usual cross border tensions were exacerbated by the traditional migration of livestock herds to grazing lands in the Sudan.

However, poverty remained a major challenge.

Women remained at least a step behind.

A number of problem areas remained, however.

The last sentence of paragraph 1 of draft article 16 bis appeared to dispose of that concern, but the distinction between States Parties and Contracting States in paragraph 3 remained ambiguous.

Trade remained a principal driver of development, and the three States remained fully committed to advancing the Doha Development Round.

Is that a concern?

The secretariat said that immunization remained a high priority.

Nevertheless, it has remained at a standstill for almost a decade.

The Committee once again expressed its concern that the financial resources available to the United Nations Programme on Space Applications remained limited and appealed to the donor community to support the Programme through voluntary contributions.

So this is not just a concern about lions it's a concern about communities in Africa as well.

The country has, needlessly, remained in a post conflict situation.

Literacy is a crucial concern.

Significant problems remained.

A just and lasting peace in the Middle East remained a pipe dream.

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Disseminating information to the Non Self Governing Territories remained a challenge.

Despite these positive developments, serious problems remained, and salaries, pensions and student scholarships remained unpaid.

Reciprocity would also be a concern.

Urbanization also became a major concern.

The need for restoration of an operating budget adequate to allow the Committee to fulfil its mandate from the General Assembly, expressed most recently in resolutions 58 88 of 9 December 2003 and 59 114, remained of concern.

Only brute force remained.