And that is clearly a serious problem.

We are facing a very serious problem.

Rape is a serious problem in Brazil.

The image as it says that we have a serious problem in Egypt.

Poverty and inequality remain serious problems.

For the EU, Ukraine continues to be a serious problem.

The incidence of infections and diseases is a serious health issue in Honduras.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has a serious credibility problem.

Life expectancy was low, and poverty was a serious problem.

But I believe that this is a big problem, a problem with potentially dangerous consequences for us as a society, as a culture and as individuals.

What you ve witnessed is the tip of a serious and tough problem in China the kidnapping and selling of children.

On the other hand, a wound into the calcanean bursa is a serious problem.

Despite that, the budgetary constraints on youth and social welfare areas are a serious issue.

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The inherently erratic behavior of the major renewable energy technologies presents serious problems for power system planners.

Associated with it is the problem of illegal immigration, which presents serious challenges, particularly to small countries such as my own.

This arrangement was seen to be a serious problem, even before the first tanks were issued.

Considering the small population of Estonia and social problems arising from prostitution, it is a serious problem for Estonia.

Several speakers identified kidnapping as a very serious problem and highlighted various initiatives adopted to combat it.

Man made climate change is, of course, real, and constitutes a serious problem.

The extremely high maternal mortality rate due to unsafe abortions was a serious problem, but the most serious problem was the Government's inaction in the face of it.

In that connection, we should note that today we face the serious problem of how to increase the effectiveness of that assistance.

Thus, economic crimes in a globalizing society present a serious problem to the international community and hinder the development of the world economy.

This choice is amply justified since overgrazing is a crucial problem owing to the considerable increase in animal density.

By 1992 the problem had become so serious that Latvian forestry officials were given the right to carry firearms.

He asked whether the Government considered torture, which had been the subject of four individual communications to the Committee from Tajikistan, to be a serious problem.

He found that they believed that a serious morale problem would result from reducing everyone s hours and pay during a recession.

Indeed, as was also noted by Ambassador Kai Eide in his recent report, the intimidation of witnesses is a grave problem in Kosovo.

The Executive Secretary concurred with the Chair of the SBI that the process faced a serious problem which needed to be addressed urgently.

HIV AIDS continues to be a serious public health problem in the Territory.

There is a high unmet need for contraception, and complications from unsafe abortion pose a serious public health problem.

While the country should have achieved considerable progress on preserving biodiversity by the end of the year, land degradation still posed a serious problem.

Recognizing that illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons is a serious problem that the international community should address urgently,

Society also demands effective mechanisms for combating corruption, which is turning into a serious political problem, precisely because it has widened the gap between the people and the authorities.

Previously, trade deficits were viewed as a serious problem, being a leakage of demand that undermined employment and output.

Meanwhile, Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals that corruption is still a severe and worldwide problem.

Radiation remains a serious problem for residents in the area surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant since the plant suffered a meltdown following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Telegram can be forced to give up data only if an issue is grave and universal enough to pass the scrutiny of several different legal systems around the world.

One expert pointed out that ideologically driven private engagement in warfare was problematic and dangerous, but it did not necessarily have to be regulated under the legal framework combating mercenary activities.

Sexual violence against women is a particularly serious problem in Darfur and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and it is more widespread than ever.

As noted by Ambassador Eide in his recent report to the Council, the intimidation of witnesses is a very serious problem in Kosovo that represents a daily challenge for the prosecution.

School violence is widely held to have become a serious problem in recent decades in many countries, especially where weapons such as guns or knives are involved.

The economic and social situation remained grave, with food shortages and inadequate health and education services and a serious problem with HIV AIDS.

Third, the United States had not yet taken steps to eliminate the environmental degradation a serious public health hazard caused by military activity on the island of Vieques.

Poverty, infectious diseases, environmental degradation and armed conflict contribute to each other in a vicious cycle, posing serious threats to peace and security in many parts of the world.