and people are initially reluctant to tell you.

Many cases of rape remain unknown as the victims are reluctant to complain even when facts are established, authorities remain reluctant to take action.

The problem is not that States parties are opposed to the amendment or that they are reluctant to see them brought into force.

Women are frequently reluctant to bring criminal charges against those with whom they share a home and or a common life.

In relation to the courts, he claims that they are ineffective, as they consistently refuse to rule in favour of prisoners and are reluctant to interfere in the operation of prisons.

As a result, donors are reluctant to provide funds for the elections.

So what are the eurozone s heads of government waiting for? Are they reluctant to come clean with their people out of fear for their own political futures?

In Peru, youth are reluctant to participate in politics, because they are disillusioned, as is often the case in other countries, about political involvement and about politicians.

Were you reluctant?

(i) In most cases there are no documents or hard evidence, and children, especially girls, are reluctant to testify as they are more scared of pimps than of the police

But you know, many adults are pretty reluctant to engage with role play.

People are reluctant to talk about it there's a fear associated with it.

Often the police and prosecutors are reluctant to follow through on reported violations.

States were sometimes reluctant to admit that they were engaged in an armed conflict.

She doesn't seem reluctant

Foster families are seemingly more reluctant to take responsibility for boys than for girls.

It's a great story, and it's understandable why they would be reluctant to revise it.

Interestingly, countries which are sometimes reluctant to enact a specific law are more amenable to establishing local programmes.

Major adjustments are needed. At the same time, the main parties find it hard to address the country s problems, because they are reluctant to call for sacrifice before an election.

This is why European banks are now reluctant to lend to each other. They could be lending to an institution that is in serious financial trouble.

Families are reluctant for safety and cultural reasons to allow girls to go to school.

The oldest teachers are often the most reluctant to accept the reform and the changes

But he was quite reluctant.

Naturally, politicians are reluctant to face up to choices between the unacceptable (permanent stagnation), the unthinkable (leaving the euro), and the hard to do (reform). So they are taking refuge in fantasy.

For a start, financial institutions and investors are more reluctant to lend in such an environment.

The majority of these are in Africa, where I regret to say developed countries are increasingly reluctant to contribute troops.

With the reluctant compliments of Max?

It works slowly, if at all, because elected governments are often reluctant to implement their promises and may not feel bound by those of previous administrations (especially if they owe their victory to voters who are rebelling against years of belt tightening with no evidence of renewed growth). Likewise, politicians are reluctant to adopt deregulation that eliminates state sponsored special privileges.

Many women in the agricultural areas use traditional methods, and are more reluctant to using modern methods.

Legislatures are sometimes reluctant to grant a new agency the power to use such an invasive process.

In particular, in cartel cases they may be reluctant to uphold large fines assessed by the competition agency.

And she was reluctant to tell me.

The police are said to be often reluctant to pursue investigations against persons affiliated with the ruling party.

Developing countries are often reluctant to notify the international community and request assistance in case of environmental emergencies.

In addition, Governments are usually reluctant to admit that they are involved in a non international armed conflict, even to the extent of agreeing that common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions applies to the situation.

16. States may also be reluctant to acknowledge that they are in a pre conflict situation when the potential conflict is internal, as are most of the conflicts in which the United Nations is currently involved.

We are, however, aware that some permanent members of the Security Council are reluctant to give up the veto power at the moment.

Some delegations are reluctant to embark on an immediate negotiation on cut off unless and until they have placed it in the context of an overall programme to achieve nuclear disarmament.

Those companies might be reluctant to join the other project sponsors if they had no assurance of being awarded those contracts.

Moreover, victims are often reluctant to report instances of rape and other human rights abuses for fear of being stigmatized.

However, the local inhabitants were reluctant to provide information.

He's paid to create twitchings in our reluctant souls.

However, importers in the industrialized economies are increasingly reluctant to offer letters of credit due to the expense and paperwork involved.

Concern is also expressed over allegations that the police are reluctant to institute criminal proceedings in some cases involving racial discrimination.

However, they indicated that they were reluctant to undertake a political dialogue with the Taliban, at least until they arrested and put to trial those suspected of killing the Iranian diplomats.