Setbacks occurred almost immediately.

The peace process is still experiencing serious setbacks.

In other areas, return programmes have suffered setbacks.

In that respect, relief operations experienced new setbacks in October.

We have had achievements, but we have also had setbacks.

No doubt the Bonn process has suffered delays and setbacks.

By the same token, unless we recognize and address the problems of globalization, it will be difficult to sustain. Globalization is not inevitable there have been setbacks before, and there can be setbacks again.

Between 1975 and 1999, 22 countries suffered setbacks in the human development index.

There had been a number of setbacks, but corrective action was being taken.

Learning from constraints and setbacks is as important as highlighting opportunities and successes.

When faced with particularly difficult setbacks or complexities, a really interesting behavior emerges decoration.

The international community has witnessed noticeable setbacks with regard to disarmament and non proliferation.

The setbacks that they encounter must not be allowed to derail the peace process.

But even when we did that, we had to remind ourselves, sometimes there are setbacks.

My story is a story of overcoming setbacks, obstacles and challenges that life throws at you.

He overcame all sorts of hardship and setbacks to succeed in a solo crossing of Antarctica.

I welcomed the new momentum with cautious optimism, aware there would likely be setbacks and delays.

As he notes, the past year has seen both progress and setbacks for the international community.

A final thought Ending civil wars is a process that is fraught with dangers, frustrations and setbacks.

Indeed, since the 2000 Review Conference, there have been serious setbacks to the implementation of that commitment.

There have been successes as well as setbacks in a year of mixed fortunes for the Organization.

The food situation gave rise to growth delays and educational setbacks among children and anaemia among women.

And this is what we wanted him to capture what it means to have setbacks and then aspirations.

This past year has witnessed both progress and setbacks not just for the United Nations, but also for the world.

Here, the report mentions article by article the progress and setbacks encountered in the process of implementing CEDAW in Mozambique.

As we have seen time and again, the transition to democracy is delicate and difficult and can suffer severe setbacks.

The political landscape seems to be becoming clearer, and we hope that the timetable can be adhered to without setbacks.

He came away with feelings of cautious hope and optimism, but also with the sense that setbacks and delays are inevitable.

In recent times, developing countries, especially island and coastal States, have suffered very severe setbacks in development prospects due to natural disasters.

While not forgetting our setbacks, but learning from them so that they are not repeated, we should bear in mind our many successes.

The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

I hope that, despite the worrisome setbacks in 2005, 2006 will be a year of positive developments in the area of disarmament and non proliferation.

Given this multiplicity of issues, it is almost impossible to give a short term assessment of achievements, failures, progress and setbacks in any particular place.

Despite momentary setbacks, the United Nations has taken a laudable role at each juncture of Somalia's history, from colonialism to independence and throughout our nationhood.

These setbacks are hardly a coincidence. Persistent sluggish growth throughout the developed world has left major economies unusually vulnerable to the inevitable bumps in the road.

Experience across countries indicates that it is almost as inevitable that the agency will suffer setbacks in some of these appeals, perhaps in many of them.

We can only hope that those setbacks will prompt us to work more seriously to face up to those perils and not to treat them lightly.

On the subject of achieving peace and security, the report, predictably, identifies both progress and setbacks for the United Nations and the world in the year under review.

But there were setbacks in Africa and an increase in the global number of reported polio cases to more than 1,200, after a fall to just 784 in 2003.

In conclusion, despite the achievements of the previous year, human settlements had suffered from such setbacks as the HIV AIDS pandemic, floods and other natural and man made disasters.

Furthermore, there has been some backlash from those who assert traditional' gender roles, and setbacks on a number of fronts, including a multilateral framework weakened by militarism and wars.

As we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations, it is indeed proper and fitting to reflect on the achievements and setbacks of our Organization since its inception.

Regrettably, the report lacks an evaluation of the difficulties, advances, setbacks and obstacles that have arisen in the Council's endeavours to resolve the conflicts that threaten international peace and security.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.

Mr. Gunasekera (Sri Lanka) said that, although it was currently addressing the setbacks caused by the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka was confident of achieving the Millennium Development Goals ahead of schedule.