Relief organizations dealt with 28,589 people who had been directly affected.

UNICEF had been able to respond rapidly largely because it had had pre existing programmes in all affected countries.

It was a question which had already been decided and which affected China alone.

Thousands of tons of cereals had been distributed free to the most affected areas, and other measures had been taken to assist vulnerable groups.

However, the Philippines believed that the problems of humid tropical countries that had been affected by drought had not been given full consideration in the Convention.

The measures had not been painless and women had been disproportionately affected by them, including through an increased unemployment rate which was higher than that for men.

Questions had been raised about the effectiveness of official development assistance (ODA), which had been adversely affected by budgetary and other factors in the developed countries. (Mr. Milleron)

Recently, the market economy countries had been seriously affected by the recession and unemployment, which had had negative consequences on social well being in those countries.

In addition, he expressed deep sympathy for the families and communities that had been affected by that disaster.

The perception now was that this stability had already been adversely affected by the discussions concerning independence. 13

Mr. RAMISHVILI (Russian Federation) said that the problem of refugees had also affected his country, where the influx of refugees had been enormous.

Large areas of the world which had been seriously affected by those indiscriminate weapons have now been cleared and human suffering significantly reduced.

Much progress had been made in amending legislation to prohibit gender discrimination (question 3), yet according to numerous reports received, the real situation of women had not been affected.

On the other hand, people tended to have stronger feelings when members of their own family had been affected.

Djibouti had been affected by the serious deterioration of the situation in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia.

This has had a major impact on his wife and children as his sister, I have been affected too.

They were poor village children whose lives had been significantly affected by civil war and whose encounters with foreigners prior to the arrival of MONUC in their land had been limited.

Those measures were causing serious damage to the Palestinian economy, which had been severely affected by the destruction of infrastructure.

So many more people would have been affected.

Living conditions have been harsh. The social fabric has been adversely affected.

Heavy rains in the Khatlon region further damaged the infrastructure that had already been adversely affected by high levels of snowfall.

Another delegate highlighted the plight of SMEs in the tsunami affected countries, which had previously been major contributors to national development.

With regard to the accusation that police in the new Länder had not been present, or had arrived too late, to protect foreigners affected by violence, as had been the case in Rostock and Eberswalde, public prosecution offices had already begun preliminary investigations.

With respect to the recent floods, the Center reported that 13,637 families had been affected, that there had been 332 deaths and 4,192 injuries, and that 12,672 houses had been destroyed, close to 11,000 livestock killed and over 11,000 hectares of agricultural land spoiled.

Because of the unresolved Israeli Palestinian conflict to the east of Jordan and the Iraqi war to its west, investor interest in the region had been reduced considerably and trade flows had been affected.

Our economy has not been adversely affected by staying out.

Cash crops for processing and export have been sorely affected.

You have been affected by communication, and you have changed.

My ability to think and write have not been affected.

In Romania, the post 1989 transition period had generated a social crisis in all sectors of society the status of women had been inevitably affected, both socially and economically.

Nearly every aspect of their lives had been affected by policies and practices which compromised development objectives and continued to affect living conditions.

The wall had been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice in July 2004, and the General Assembly, in resolution ES 10 15, had immediately followed up by demanding its dismantling and payment of reparations to all who had been affected.

Whole sectors of national production have been destructured and the environment has been dramatically affected.

The importance of taking prompt and effective response measures also applied to States that had been, or might be, affected by the transboundary damage.

Under current regulations, that additional debt could not be rescheduled, thus, multilateral debt had not been affected by recent debt cancellation and rescheduling measures.

Although Bermuda had not been seriously affected by hurricanes for the last 25 years, it did suffer damage from hurricanes in 1987 and 1989.

Many Security Council members present today have been affected by terrorism.

Every community in Nepal has been affected by this illicit traffic.

UNTAC has been tightening security measures in the provinces most affected.

About 2 million people have been affected, 1.5 million of whom have been left without shelter.

He did not know whether neighbouring countries which would be affected had been officially informed of the danger, contrary to the international conventions in place.

Reports indicated that five Somali civilians were killed and others injured, but that none of the members of the AU IGAD mission had been affected.

23. Mr. BLUKIS (Latvia) said that the situation of the 15 countries affected by General Assembly decision 47 456 had not yet been dealt with.

The embargo had seriously affected Cuba's industrial capacity and its development plans.

Growing populations, climactic change and natural disasters had profoundly affected agricultural productivity.