At the same time, there has been a notable deterioration in underlying core inflation, which strips out food and energy prices.

Lower oil prices would mean less money to spend on domestic projects that buoy his popularity or on the nuclear program.

This condition was aggravated by poor agricultural harvests as part of the effects of El Nino and La Nina , which meant on the one hand declining food production, with increasing food prices on the other.

Taking note with concern of the report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the declining trend of most commodity prices,See A 55 332.

To be sure, at the height of the crisis, the combined effect of fiscal stimulus and massive monetary easing had a big impact in preventing a credit freeze and limiting the downward spiral in asset prices and real economic activity.

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But this situation has deteriorated recently, for two reasons.

In northern Uganda, gains are being lost as security erodes.

B. Worsening of the human rights situation

Several factors contributed to the deterioration of prospects for lasting peace.

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There is also a concern about the decline of public confidence in US institutions.

In Zimbabwe, the humanitarian situation has worsened significantly in 2005.

The deterioration of transport infrastructure is a general problem.

Rumors of an imminent default swirl around Sicily, whose governor has resigned as borrowing soared after cutbacks from Rome.

Down goes the economy and down goes the Labour government s standing.

In the case of several goals, there has been an outright deterioration.

Food prices are the same in the two countries, while in the second country, the price of cloth is five times higher than the price of food.

At the regional and subregional levels, FAO has initiated and prepared the Land Degradation Assessment in the Drylands (LADA), used to develop tools and methods to assess and quantify the nature, extent and severity of land degradation.

Institutions cause deterioration in a child, even where neglect and abuse are absent.

The security situation in Iraq has deteriorated dramatically over the past six months.

Journalists, political activists and human rights defenders in Sudan are particularly endangered by the worsening human rights situation in the country.

Misshapen prion proteins carry the disease between individuals and cause deterioration of the brain.

Minister Pahad stressed the deterioration of the socio economic situation in the country.

He was unable to pay a planned visit to the prison in Bukavu because of the worsening security situation there.

The virus has contributed to a deterioration of our human development indices over the past few years.

At the same time, there has been a notable deterioration in underlying core inflation, which strips out food and energy prices. Annual core inflation for Asia (excluding Japan) was running at a 4 rate in late 2010 up about one percentage point from late 2009.

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Conversely, the poor are the first to suffer from deterioration of their natural environment.

Syria states that the degradation and loss of decorations ornamentation is evident.

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With confidence in Bush s economic management almost as low as confidence in his management of the Iraq war, there is every reason to worry that should one of these crises emerge, it will not be well managed.

Indeed, I believe that it is here that the seminal reason for their plunging poll ratings lies.

Neither side is interested in escalation or a breakdown.

The deterioration of Saudi Arabia s political influence has contributed to a growing sense of national decline.

He died in 1189 without having heirs, which led the kingdom to decline.

Losing political power, blacks suffered a deterioration of their legal and political rights in the years following.

After an improvement in 2003, the situation has sharply deteriorated.

Serbia and Montenegro's cooperation has, unfortunately, deteriorated in the past months.

The human rights situation in Côte d'Ivoire has continued to worsen in the reporting period.

The purchasing power of the population is steadily deteriorating, resulting in successive strikes by civil servants.

In addition there had been a deterioration in health and education services and a severe lack of drinking water.

Her delegation was concerned about the worsening situation in the field, as indicated by the Secretary General's report.

It is caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations.

Second, there is a distinct risk that the external environment will deteriorate in the coming months.