Most of the conflict ridden areas, particularly sub Saharan Africa, are major recipients of small arms.

Key areas for this development were Hafenstraße, Hamburg, and Kreuzberg, Berlin.

In service training is provided for officers in several key policing areas.

Rather, the main problems are still to be found within national zones.

The result was that the main hotbeds of armed conflict were concentrated in geo strategically important areas.

Saudi Arabia estimates that 143 square kilometres of core areas and 629 square kilometres of peripheral areas were damaged because of military activities.

Seats are assigned on a regional basis, with each of the four major regions receiving 24 seats, and the remainder of the available seats being assigned to smaller regions.

The Panel also found that, while Saudi Arabia's estimate of the extent of the core areas was accurate, Saudi Arabia had overestimated the extent of the peripheral areas and areas damaged by roads.

Generally the party had its main base in urban areas, and could not muster rural tribal forces against the government.

Poverty was still the biggest concern confronting most Filipinos, and it affected rural women in particular.

English and other European languages are spoken in most hotels, shops and restaurants in major tourist areas.

Urbanization also became a major concern. Urban areas grew at the expense of rural areas. Consequently slum areas and communities multiplied rapidly, which exacerbated a number of social problems.

Most of the items traded were exotic materials and were received by people living in the major trading and manufacturing areas.

Internet services are also available in most leading hotels and at cyber cafés in Bangkok, especially in major tourist areas.

Communication satellites are geo stationary satellites that enable the setting up of emergency communication channels and are being used increasingly by all those responding to an emergency.

Bolivia has 5 Alliances Françaises in all the main centers of population Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija.

Measures implemented so far include the installation of a vehicle recognition system and the installation of blast proof film in all main areas.

It is noted that, in rural areas, agriculture continues to constitute the main occupation of about 60 of the total number of working women.

On 27 April, martial law was declared in 11 of 67 provinces, including major urban areas and Kurdish regions.

Legal illiteracy concerning the framework for human rights protection of women, especially in rural areas, is a major obstacle.

Some of the main projects in the more desertic areas include the treatment of salty and brackish water, drainage and irrigation and increased well drilling.

Comparing the trend across different regions, while all regions more or less followed the same path of switching from core to non core measures, the change was most dramatic in Africa.

They identified the main sources of debris in the ocean and in coastal areas as poorly managed landfills, waste carried by wind from urban areas and by sewage systems and rivers into the ocean, as well as shipping.

These geographical barriers keep much of Africa, especially rural Africa, out of the mainstream of international trade.

As a result of this exercise they have succeeded in identifying the major problems that arise in the various eco geographical zones, measuring their gravity and proposing appropriate solutions.

NEW YORK Of all major world regions, Europe has worked the hardest to implement policies aimed at countering human caused climate change.

In the present claim, Saudi Arabia states that 438 square kilometres of its desert area outside the core and peripheral areas were damaged by military activities during Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Concerning the additional 438 square kilometres of desert area outside the core and peripheral areas claimed to have been damaged by military activity, the Panel finds that Saudi Arabia has not provided sufficient evidence to establish environmental damage to these areas.

In many communities, scarcity of fresh water is a major concern which can be greatly exacerbated by tourism development.

Projections are based on the latest monthly information, available from the 21 countries that represent the main areas of UNODC operations, and on standard salary costs, used for the regular budget of the United Nations.

) Viewed in terms of territory, the key areas of unemployment are the areas of intensive return of refugees and displaced persons, in which housing and industrial capacities are totally devastated.

Major challenges at present are the ratio of poor households remains high mainly in the rural, upland and ethnic minority areas which are faced with economic and social difficulties.

In the area of drug abuse, UNODC implemented projects in all regions where the use of contaminated injection equipment is a major or potential route of HIV transmission.

In alternative development, UNODC has provided technical support in the key regions producing illicit drugs, developed and disseminated best practices and established partnerships with development agencies.

Life cycle The main spawning season of Antarctic krill is from January to March, both above the continental shelf and also in the upper region of deep sea oceanic areas.

The airport has direct flights from South Africa's other two main urban areas, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as flights to smaller centres in South Africa.

Beyond the three major challenges, we think that the humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire, above all in the northern regions of the country under the Forces nouvelles, deserves particular attention.

While it has deployed monitors in the major diamond mining areas nationwide, their efficiency remains limited, owing to a lack of transport and other logistical constraints.

The group s demands include dividing the country into six or eight new regions along broad ethnic lines with powers to generate and spend revenue.

He referred in that connection to the need to strengthen border security and law enforcement in the countries lying between drug producing regions and the major drug hubs, in Europe and Russia.

While the main problems related to the marine environment and to marine resources are within national zones, there are also obvious and huge challenges on the high seas.

UNAMA regional offices are also acting as key information channels, and the Humanitarian Section at UNAMA headquarters is compiling the information requested by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Rural Development.

One major obstacle is the limited number of facilities that are available as well as the inequitable distribution of medical personnel to resource these facilities between rural and urban areas.

Before the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in August 2003, the main areas of recruitment and abduction were internally displaced person and refugee camps, entertainment areas, and areas captured by fighting forces.

The method adopted is to incorporate into the report the information gleaned from the various submissions received, highlighting the main achievements, constraints identified and the main trends observed in the various regions concerned.