Despite these achievements, and all the government's efforts, there are still some major weaknesses

Despite all efforts, women's sex roles and stereotyping remain major challenges to the implementation of the Convention.

As oil prices rise, these countries dependence on the oil sector increases, despite all efforts to diversify their economies.

Despite all efforts, however, the previous year had not seen a substantial reduction of conflict induced internally displaced persons.

And, to stabilize debt GDP ratios, the denominator must start rising otherwise, debt levels will become unsustainable, despite all efforts to reduce deficits.

Despite all these efforts, the Democratic Republic of the Congo still has a huge backlog of reports to submit to the relevant bodies.

And, despite the government s efforts, childhood poverty also has increased under Blair.

Despite these efforts, however, the living conditions at the camp remain poor.

Despite those encouraging figures, it is clear that more efforts are needed.

It was regrettable that a number of the desired outcomes had not been achieved, despite the efforts of the Quartet and all concerned parties.

Alarmed that acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations aimed at the destruction of human rights have continued despite national and international efforts,

Alarmed that acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations aimed at the destruction of human rights have continued despite national and international efforts,

For example, a recent Pew poll showed that despite China s efforts to increase its soft power, the US remains dominant in all soft power categories.

In that case, a recession can occur despite the central bank s best efforts.

Despite our efforts, the film is still banned and it s not clear why.

Despite Kazakhstan's best efforts, more help was needed from the country's development partners.

Despite Nepal's determined efforts, children continued to suffer from poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition.

Despite all such efforts, we, like many developing countries, know that much remains to be done in order to honour all the national commitments that have been made to our youth.

Despite the New York Times' and Vanity Fair's best efforts recently, they're not brothers.

Despite efforts to give it precision, estimating political risk is not an exact science.

Despite the Bush campaign's efforts at spin control, the situation in Iraq is dire.

Despite these efforts, Madagascar is faced with certain weaknesses that hinder improvement in health indicators.

Despite the dedicated efforts of many professionals, the response to the hunger crisis remains utterly inadequate.

Obama s efforts to stabilize the banking system, it almost pains me to acknowledge, succeeded despite themselves.

Despite its failures, the UN is probably still the best placed organization to oversee such efforts.

Despite special fund raising efforts, funding to finance training activities in Nairobi could not be secured.

Despite the Chairman's efforts, it was not possible to reach an overall agreement on those issues.

Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Despite their tireless efforts, African countries, especially in the sub Saharan region, faced numerous development difficulties.

Despite all this, Gaza wants to celebrate Eid

And despite all of our best efforts and intentions, kids are always going to figure out how to do the most dangerous thing they can, in whatever environment they can.

Despite the ICC s seeming powerlessness, many governments leaders are engaged in strenuous efforts to block the indictment.

Burma failed miserably, and, despite belated efforts to make the best of terrible circumstances, so has ASEAN.

Despite threats, they're continuing efforts to mobilize, demanding that the local authorities take actions to protect them.

However, we encourage those efforts to continue, despite the apparent lack of progress at the present time.

Moreover, corruption is reportedly still prevalent in some police units, despite the ongoing efforts to tackle it.

This is an issue on which, despite ongoing efforts, we were unable to reach a balanced agreement.

It is regrettable to note that, despite the great efforts exerted, fewer tangible results have been achieved.

Despite those efforts, much remained to be done in order to provide children with a better future.

Noting that, despite these bilateral achievements, there is no sign of efforts involving all of the five nuclear weapon States in the process leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons,

Despite all this, massive excess bank reserves remain unlent.

Despite a significant outlay, government efforts to create green jobs could end up resulting in net job losses.

Despite technological efforts to contain or eliminate their presence on social media, ISIS has amassed substantial power online.

Unfortunately, despite those efforts the share of African and least developed countries in international trade continued to decline.

Noting with great concern that, despite all the efforts made so far by the United Nations, the African Union and others, the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Africa remains precarious,