Moreover, the situation remains worrisome in the West Bank.

The importation of explosives and heavy weapons is especially worrisome.

However, behind these worrisome averages, there are some reasons for optimism.

The situation regarding financing for development is equally worrisome, if not critical.

Incidents of hostage taking and executions of the Georgian population were particularly worrisome.

The situation of indigenous persons who defend their communities' human rights is especially worrisome.

The report places our consideration of the Palestinian question in a particularly worrisome context.

It is against that worrisome background that President Mbeki's initiative must be seen and appreciated.

Alleged rapes of minors, including very young girls, continue to be a very worrisome issue.

It is worrisome that prevailing conditions make it difficult to bring about solid and lasting national reconciliation.

More worrisome is the fact that corrupt law enforcement may facilitate acts of terrorism, at great cost to humanity.

Access to civilian populations and the security conditions in which humanitarian organizations operate remain largely unsatisfactory and very worrisome.

The emergence of terrorism as a tool of political extremism added an even more worrisome element to that equation.

This is particularly worrisome because a successor arrangement to the present military liaison arrangement is not yet in place.

Regarding security, the most worrisome aspect of the current situation in Côte d'Ivoire seems to be the proliferation of militias.

It takes a radiologist years of specialty training to become expert in differentiating the normal anatomic detail from the worrisome finding.

South Africa has already in various international forums expressed its concern over the worrisome pursuit of the weaponization of outer space.

With respect to the application of sensitive materials in civilian nuclear programmes, the continued use of highly enriched uranium was particularly worrisome.

Perhaps more worrisome than the rise in terrorism, is the lengths to which terrorist organizations are willing to go to murder innocent Israelis.

In many parts of Africa, the situation remains worrisome because of conflicts and civil wars, with the attendant torrent of human suffering and destruction.

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.

This is not unusual, and perhaps not altogether worrisome, especially if one considers that 24 per cent of the published materials postponed are substantially completed.

France is also gratified that the CTC has begun to consider the increasingly worrisome phenomenon of States' delaying the submission of their reports to the Committee.

Even more worrisome was the inability of the international community to ensure respect for the law and to protect the fundamental rights of the Saharan people.

The situation of human rights in Kosovo continued to be worrisome and over the past year the number of human rights violations seemed to have increased.

Indeed, China should accelerate its change of course. While expansionary policies have succeeded in ensuring a V shape recession, their medium and long term effects are worrisome.

A worrisome indication of this development, according to the sources, was that Hamas had recruited many female university chemistry students into its ranks over the previous months.

And her mammogram showed an area of very dense tissue, but her MBI showed an area of worrisome uptake, which we can also see on a color image.

I am thinking of the problem of the external debt of African countries and the worrisome question of the integration of African countries into the world trading system.

For the rest of the world, the unfolding Zhou scandal reconfirms a profoundly worrisome fact the Middle Kingdom remains deeply corrupt. Caging a tiger will not destroy a vampire.

Such provisions are particularly worrisome in the light of the fact that during the debate on the Press Law the National Assembly did not grant such powers to the Government.

Are these errors large enough to be worrisome? And how can we be sure that the banks knowingly misrepresented this information, rather than that they merely were sloppy in reporting it?

Non reporting, regardless of motivation lack of willingness or lack of capacity on the part of the States concerned is a highly worrisome situation that must be addressed on a priority basis.

Today, our foremost fear is the acquisition and possible use of weapons of mass destruction by rogue States, by terrorists or perhaps most worrisome of all by terrorists armed by rogue States.

Especially worrisome were continued Israeli statements of intent with regard to the expansion of the existing Jewish settlements, the construction of new ones, and the building of roads to connect those settlements.

In another worrisome development, a group of Chadian deserters took refuge in the Darfur region, straining relations between the Sudan and Chad and adding yet another destabilizing factor to the complex regional picture.

The new settlements and the conflict between the settlers and the Palestinians were also worrisome, as were the difficulties the Palestinians were experiencing in getting access to health facilities, electricity, water, and education.

CARICOM States welcomed the increased prominence of gender equality on the international agenda and the progress achieved in the empowerment of women, which was nevertheless still challenged by worrisome trends in several areas.

Production of vegetables has fallen to worrisome levels, from 1,048 MT in 1988 to 588 MT in 1994, which has led to increases in their prices and non accessibility for low income groups.

A recent example of this worrisome trend is that of prominent lawyer, Osner Fevry, detained since March 1998 on assault charges despite release orders by the judge in chambers and the examining magistrate.

That is the question facing several emerging market economies, and its impact extends well beyond their borders. Indeed, it is a question that also speaks to the increasingly worrisome outlook for the global economy.

There had instead been a worrisome downward trend in donor commitments since 1995, and it was unlikely that the 5.7 billion target for the year 2000 would be met, which would have very serious repercussions.

The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East was worrisome continuing occupation, the expansion of settlements and the construction of the barrier beyond the Armistice Line were adversely affecting the humanitarian situation and prospects for peace.

The Report underlined that this was a worrisome period for the world economy, and especially for the developing countries, which could suffer from the recent strong increase in the cost of petroleum and growing global imbalances.

For LDCs, the situation was becoming more worrisome due to the structural weaknesses that characterized them, and the achievement of the development and poverty objectives of the Millennium Declaration might be slowed by these structural weaknesses.