Often, they are both victims and agents of environmental deterioration.

Gender inequality, environmental deterioration, poor health and poverty are mutually reinforcing.

77. Environmental deterioration has reached significant proportions over the past decade.

Concern was also expressed about rising unemployment, deterioration in living standards, emerging social problems and environmental degradation.

Expressing its concern for the deterioration of the world environment including increasing environmental pollution and the depletion of natural resources

Member States should pool their efforts to tackle problems of environmental degradation, shortages of water resources and drinking water and the deterioration of environmental conditions in cities and industrial zones.

It is population growth working in conjunction with other factors that is bringing about widespread environmental deterioration (see FAO RAPA, 1990).

Depressed commodity prices lead to overproduction to maintain foreign exchange income, a process which often leads in turn to environmental deterioration.

Economic progress and human well being in many parts of the world are threatened by unchecked population growth and environmental deterioration.

Environmental deterioration is severe, the Gini index (the gap between rich and poor) is widening, and official corruption has not been curbed.

So the global nature of this problem must be recognized and addressed in places where environmental degradation is already bringing about a dangerous deterioration in peoples lives.

This is becoming increasingly apparent in some developing countries, where poverty is accelerating environmental deterioration as a result of the excessive and uncontrolled use of certain resources.

The Iraqi regime has been and is solely responsible for the environmental deterioration our area is suffering and will continue to suffer in the near and distant future.

Several factors contribute to such deterioration.

A. Military conflict and economic deterioration

X plus Y equals steady deterioration.

The Conference had underscored the importance of cooperation agreements as the only possible means of resolving many of the problems affecting the countries of the Americas, especially environmental deterioration.

Environmental problems are a concern of the international community, which is aware of the adverse consequences of the destruction of the ozone layer and the deterioration of the ecological milieu.

In a world which needs energy and is at the same time concerned about the risks of environmental deterioration, high priority must be given to nuclear safety and radiation protection.

The deterioration of nature must be avoided.

13. Regarding the full, efficient use of the country apos s resources, the Government has drawn up an environmental agenda and a national environmental emergency plan with the aim of setting priorities, coordinating efforts and focusing activities to counteract the severe deterioration of natural resources.

In the longer term, however, the development challenges that China faces at home particularly rapid environmental deterioration could drive it to take a more transformative role, pushing for institutional innovation globally.

1. Expresses its concern over the deterioration of the environmental conditions in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, and stresses the need for protecting their environment and their natural resources

Issues such as desertification, industrial waste management, surface and ground water pollution, urban environmental deterioration, the social setting and the aftermath of the recent Gulf war will have to be addressed.

Participants were especially alarmed at reports of the dramatic situation in Gaza, in particular the grave aggravation in the health condition of the population, the environmental deterioration and the lack of water.

Two years later, and the deterioration was dramatic.

Deforestation, soil erosion, deterioration of soil quality, depletion and salinization of water resources, pesticide poisoning, loss of biodiversity, pollution, climatic and biotope change are some of the major environmental effects of current agricultural practices.

Famine, underdevelopment, the flow of refugees, over population, environmental deterioration, drug abuse and, finally, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are all serious threats to our global balance and, hence, to world peace.

But the feared deterioration in loan quality is exaggerated.

The deterioration of transport infrastructure is a general problem.

Deterioration in any one area can destabilize the whole.

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Expressing grave concern at the deterioration of the political and military situation, and noting with consternation the further deterioration of an already grave humanitarian situation,

Expressing grave concern at the deterioration of the political and military situation, and noting with consternation the further deterioration of an already grave humanitarian situation,

For China, the issue largely concerns the design and implementation of the next stage of institutional reforms to sustain economic growth and efficiency, reduce social inequality, remove market distortions, address environmental deterioration, and combat corruption.

125. The representative of Australia said that his Government supported all international actions to halt environmental deterioration but was opposed to the politicization of debate in, and action by, technical bodies of the United Nations.

II.1 OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION A SERIOUS DETERIORATION

26. Another problem was the continued deterioration of commodity prices.

quot Expressing grave concern at the deterioration of the political and military situation, and noting with consternation the further deterioration of an already grave humanitarian situation,

quot Expressing grave concern at the continuing deterioration of the political and military situation, and noting with consternation the further deterioration of an already grave humanitarian situation,

Among the impacts that can be attributed to the presence of the refugees is a growing insecurity, environmental destruction, food shortages, damaged pastures and water sources, disrupted trade and the deterioration of roads used by humanitarian convoys.

In a world which needs energy, and which is at the same time concerned about the risks of environmental deterioration, high priority must be given to nuclear safety and radiation protection in the programmes of the Agency.

Burma s deterioration demands that Ban stop managing and begin to lead.

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

The violence in Syria causes rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation.....