In the search for explanations of poor economic performance, much has been made of Africa's unfavourable geography, including its distance from leading markets, the number of land locked countries, low population density and unfavourable climatic conditions.

Article 4 Unfavourable Discriminations

141. The Committee further notes that several years of unfavourable economic conditions in the State party have adversely affected the situation of the most vulnerable groups in society.

568. The Committee further notes that several years of unfavourable economic conditions in the State party have adversely affected the situation of the most vulnerable groups in society.

Despite the various efforts put in place by African Governments, the socio economic situation in Africa remains precarious owing to a combination of factors, including unfavourable external economic conditions.

However, none were disposed of in 2004 as a result of unfavourable real estate market conditions in addition, the buildings of the countries under review are situated on government properties.

To sum up, the statistics and studies on rural women confirm the impact of the agricultural crisis, which manifests itself in their precarious situation and unfavourable social and working conditions.

251. The Committee notes with concern that labour regulations are not enforced effectively in Macau, resulting in workers having to work under unfavourable and repressive conditions without access to legal recourse.

Unfavourable life expectancy indicators, particularly among men in their working years

(c) Unfavourable terms of trade, due in particular to commodity trade

This situation is unfavourable to the effective performance of our work.

47. Despite the current unfavourable conditions described in his report (A 52 471), the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism had lacked the human and financial resources needed to carry out his duties.

One must also consider unfavourable risk factors such as smoking, alcoholism, obesity, etc.

76. Developing countries had also suffered from unfavourable terms in relation to finance.

The flow (or mobility) of part of this population group takes place under unfavourable conditions as regards food, transport, lodging at the place of arrival, education and basic health services, to mention only the most important factors.

445. The negative economic development in Greenland should mainly be seen in the light of the development of fisheries, where the decrease in cod sales and the unfavourable market conditions for shrimp fisheries have been of crucial importance.

Other provinces such as Gitega, Muramvya, Rutana, Ruyigi, Makamba and Bujumbura are already said to be showing tangible signs of food deficit as a result of the harvests of 1996, which were inadequate because of unfavourable climatic conditions.

In addition, the existence of legal disputes creates an atmosphere unfavourable to international cooperation.

In recent times, several unfavourable developments have continued to threaten international peace and security.

Public opinion survey conducted by Zogby International (June 2004), selected Arab countries responses to the question, In general, is your overall opinion of the United Nations very favourable, somewhat favourable, somewhat unfavourable or very unfavourable?

The average real contribution wage of permanent wage earning workers registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) underwent substantial negative changes as a result of unfavourable conditions in the national economy and the inflationary peak observed during 1995.

The current unfavourable terms in agriculture and commodity trading make the problem even more unbearable.

(ii) the most unfavourable configuration is used for the purpose of the tank strength calculations

77. Developing countries had also had to face unfavourable terms in the flow of manpower.

Regulatory measures are devised to address bottlenecks impeding effective competition, created by unfavourable market structures

Under unfavourable circumstances, Taiwan had managed to safeguard its independence and maintain its territorial integrity.

In such unfavourable circumstances, it was extremely difficult to meet the needs of the Palestinian population.

But Libya is not the only country that has tried to move from dictatorship to democracy with weak institutions and strong tribal identities. Albania, Mongolia, and India successfully passed more complicated tests and offer some useful lessons in democratic transitions under unfavourable conditions.

The Decree also provides measures to eventually eliminate backward and unfavourable customs for women in these areas.

This is due to the unfavourable ratio of income earners and the number of those being supported.

The consequences of Mr. Hariri's assassination are, in their view, obviously unfavourable to the Syrian Arab Republic.

However, poverty in developing countries was largely the result of historical factors and an unfavourable external economic environment.

Moreover, it may sometimes pass through a cycle of favourable and unfavourable media comment in the same countries.

Ms. Gabr applauded the extension of compulsory basic education to eight years of schooling but requested more information on the patriarchal values and unfavourable economic conditions which adversely affected the educational status of girls, as indicated in the written report (CEDAW C TUR 4 5, p. 22).

State assistance for building housing is now simply symbolic, because of existing unfavourable economic conditions (State subsidies for the housing sector have been all but discontinued a large part of the population is experiencing seriously diminished solvency high interest rates on loans for purchasing or building, etc.).

93. The fact that the employment situation is still relatively unfavourable is reflected in the number of unemployed persons.

About one half of tuberculosis patients in Latvia come from what is described as the socially unfavourable groups of society.

Implementation is proceeding very slowly owing to the influence of a civil service culture unfavourable to women apos s interests.

Therefore, work is being undertaken to intensify activities aimed at counteracting the unfavourable phenomenon of undernutrition in children and youth.

Unfavourable terms of trade for agriculture have often been mentioned as one of the main impediments to agricultural development and diversification.

The most unfavourable situation (apart from in the Wałbrzych voivodeship) was observed in the following voivodeships Łódż, Wrocław, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz and Toruń.

Evidently, however, the countries of the South would be unable to build sustainable democratic political and economic systems against an unfavourable international environment.

The prison authorities apparently informed him repeatedly that the reports sent to the Advisory Committee were very unfavourable, militating heavily against his release.

The Committee also stresses that the media tend to lump Arabs and Muslims together with terrorists and spread an unfavourable image of Arabs

He highlighted the purposeful work on minimizing negative impacts of unfavourable geographical location of the landlocked developing countries, eliminating barriers in international transport communications.