The challenges of calculating GDP are particularly acute in Sub Saharan Africa, owing to weak national statistics offices and historical biases that muddy crucial measurements. Bothered by what he regarded as problems in Zambia s national statistics, Morten Jerven, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University, spent four years examining how African countries obtain their data and the challenges they face in turning them into GDP estimates.

At the risk of oversimplification, some regional trends can be observed as to where the States Members of the United Nations are now in meeting the challenges described above.

Through considered analysis and synthesis of the different issues and dilemmas involved, these guidelines should promote meaningful and practical answers, under international law, to the various challenges posed to the observance and protection of human rights and freedoms, in the fight against terrorism.

A number of examples were put forward to illustrate the challenges that free, prior and informed consent poses. Examples of non participation, inadequate consultations, or non consent were cited, as in cases of the building of hydroelectric dams.

We are therefore aware of the challenges that lie ahead of us.

(iv) The health, social and economic costs of violence against women

In our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, we should continue to be mindful of the current as well as the emerging challenges facing us.

One of the challenges facing women is education.

Challenges and likelihood of achieving target

The state of challenges facing humanity changes rapidly. So does our knowledge of how best to respond.

Of course, addressing interconnected issues simultaneously carries its share of challenges. For one thing, no single person or group has enough knowledge or experience to solve all of the problems afflicting a complex system at once.

Addressing the challenges of developing sustainable energy systems, mitigating and adapting to climate change, reducing atmospheric pollution and promoting a sustainable path to industrial development requires strong and focused national, regional and global science and technology systems.

An informal interactive panel discussion on the theme Beyond standard setting The challenges of implementing human rights , organized by the Bureau of the Third Committee, will be held today, 25 October 2005, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room 1.

The challenges of our time are many, complex and intertwined.

And it is here where its biggest challenges will emerge.

The challenges ahead of us in the coming months are, however, considerable.

The challenges of a changing world

This is the backdrop of the challenges we as an organization face.

We have begun to focus on the challenges and opportunities of the future, and it is clear that many of them lie in Asia.

The scale of the violence in Syria underscores the risk implied by inaction.

Before any proposal which involves expenditures is approved by the Committee, the Secretary General shall prepare and circulate to its members, as early as possible, a written estimate of the cost involved in the proposal.

The particular challenges faced by Kenyan SMEs in the area of distribution of horticultural products are typical of the challenges and constraints that African developing countries face in exporting.

Implementation involves not only building new institutions or reforming existing ones, but also reviewing and ensuring the implementation of the policies and commitments that Member States have undertaken in the outcome document.

The challenges of securing the information infrastructure are the same across all sectors, of which up to 90 per cent is estimated to be owned and operated privately.

Israel s internal challenges are no less demanding.

Africa s development challenges are well known.

But foreign investors remain aware of the challenges faced by certain countries.

The challenges confronting international peace and security are formidable and many.

In conclusion, the challenges that we are facing call for action.

(f) Identify the challenges to implementing the Standard Rules

The handbook focuses on the challenges faced by developing countries.

Administrative challenges for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

But Egypt s attitude to Turkey and Iran would not be as confrontational as Israel would like it to be.

The risks involved seem to be related both to the duration and to the dosage used.

We need solutions to each that are solutions to all.

The political system is deeply skewed against challenges to the two incumbent parties.

Other challenges facing criminal justice systems include

The report highlights some of the challenges confronting the international community.

We cannot be complacent about the challenges it confronts.

It is the capitals that must take the challenges seriously and initiate action.

The challenges that remain for Afghanistan, however, are still considerable.

Underlining the complexities involved in considering the issue of missiles in the conventional context,

China stands ready to study the details involved, together with other members of the Council.

The various activities involved in the promotion of human rights are of a clearly different nature

Discussion on the exploitative element of trafficking highlighted the need to ensure common grounds of understanding and establish common standards as to what exploitation entailed and what forms it could take.