Serious problems therefore remained in the area of equal treatment for women.

Guinea Bissau is still confronted with tremendous challenges.

But these countries still face significant obstacles to development.

Two years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan still faces many challenges in terms of regional remediation.

The Soufan Group says Western nations still face the threat of trained fighters returning home.

Reception and settlement of returnees are still not easy.

In its written and oral representations, the Central African Republic indicated that it was still facing major economic problems.

For many disadvantaged segments of the population, however, serious challenges remain.

Schools also continue struggling with high drop out rates and serious shortages of teachers, especially female teachers.

The mission noted that challenges remained regarding the completion of voter registration in the Provinces of Bandundu and Equateur.

In addition, the subregion continues to be confronted by the phenomenon of violent military adventurism to seize power.

However, these offices continue to face a number of challenges, including inadequate administrative and logistical support.

That is the existential issue confronting the world, to which our response remains hopelessly inadequate.

But Africa s national governments still face significant challenges, given the wide variety of factors at play in each country.

This proposal continues to encounter the fierce opposition of the Left parties and part of the academic community, both professors and students.

However, the general improvement masks exceptions, as individual countries are still facing large unsustainable debt burdens.

It is pointed out that large groups of Norwegian society continue to have problems with the partial exemption arrangement.

The general ledger module is thus in place, although it continues to have some system generated problems.

Sami was still friends with Layla.

Italy, Spain, Portugal, and even Ireland face the same issues, but are at an earlier stage in the backlash.

He welcomed the Director General designate, whose provenance and knowledge of the Organization equipped him to tackle the many challenges still facing UNIDO.

Of course, it is still too early to predict the outcome of the Arab Awakening, and the countries in transition still face daunting challenges.

Despite 30 months of private sector job growth, the US still confronts a large jobs deficit.

We are pleased that the United Nations has remained engaged on the grave humanitarian problems facing Africa in general, and Zimbabwe, Uganda and Darfur in particular.

Moreover, the countries on Europe s periphery remain in difficulty, as doubts about the sustainability of adjustment programs have resurfaced.

Nonetheless, the Government continues to face challenges in meeting the cost of operations of the armed forces, particularly payments for fuel and for the maintenance of the armed forces and police transport fleets.

Meanwhile, the Department continues to interact with and respond to the needs of the broadcasters.

Fiscal integration is limited. National identities remain stronger than a common European identity, despite six decades of integration, and national interests, while subdued in comparison to the past, still matter.

Women continue to face discrimination in the labour market, and this remains a major issue for young people.

In its written and oral representations, Guinea Bissau indicated that it was still confronted with grave economic and financial difficulties affecting peace and stability and the living conditions of its people.

CAMBRIDGE The United States still faces a dangerous fiscal deficit, but one might not know it from the complacency that dominates budget discussions in Washington.

When corruption and alliances with public officials do not work, they confront state institutions directly.

Notes with concern that there remain key challenges to implementing sustainable development, eradicating poverty in mountain regions and protecting mountain ecosystems, and that mountain populations are frequently among the poorest of a given country

Even though financial assistance, on a modest scale, was provided by the Eritrean authorities, the families still face critical shortages of food, water and grazing land for their livestock.

Compared to neighboring countries, rates of deforestation in Colombia are still relatively low.

Sadly, many other crises continue to suffer from neglect.

However, the resources invested in combating AIDS are still not commensurate with the problem.

Despite the fact that the law proclaims equal rights for women and men to political representation, women encounter certain difficulties, because women have fewer political skills and political contacts and less experience.

But they remain untested and, given their relatively small volumes, cannot reassure markets or provide adequate emergency support to crisis countries, especially in the event of large scale systemic shocks.

Of course, America s problems with Arabs and its challenges in the Middle East are far from over.

Scientific research and development remains important in British universities, with many establishing science parks to facilitate production and co operation with industry.

Noting with concern the fact that some highly indebted, low and middle income developing countries continue to face serious difficulties in meeting their external debt servicing obligations, which constitutes an element that seriously constrains their efforts to ensure sustained economic growth and sustainable development,

Recognizing that women, particularly women living in extreme poverty and victims of domestic violence, continue to suffer multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination, inter alia on the grounds of property, as well as from discriminatory treatment in all areas decisive to the attainment of adequate housing,

Such developments reflect growing confidence in Africa s economic prospects and, thus, in its ability to escape the resource curse. But these countries still face significant obstacles to development.

Guam continues to experience environmental problems related to the United States occupation during the Second World War (see A AC.109 2001 4, para.