Illiteracy levels exceed 40 in several countries.

Maternal mortality rates remain dismal in several countries.

In both countries they cover several infrastructure sectors.

This has already shown results in several countries.

Single windows have been established in several developing countries.

Currently, significant efforts are underway in several countries, including Mexico.

Banking systems in several countries are already on life support.

UNICEF supports second chance initiatives for girls in several countries.

But turnout for these elections has been falling in several countries.

Several countries are conducting research in the area of the family.

Several countries are either in situations of conflict or emerging therefrom.

Several countries have expressed reservations about this.

These remittances are vitally important for economic stability in several African countries.

These developments are being introduced in several countries on a pilot basis.

In several countries, associations in the private sector were involved in the preventive regime.

Even so, the danger of fiscal deficits and inflation persist in several countries.

The European Union has supported national disability initiatives in several Eastern European countries.

Several countries had advanced similar arguments in their written submissions to the Court.

Countries filled with gradients are using several rating systems.

Violations Several countries have deployed or prepared chemical weapons in spite of the treaty.

In order to respond to these challenges, several affected developing countries launched consultative processes.

In several countries, including Mali, Mauritania and Niger, vulnerable populations suffered from severe malnutrition.

Several regulations in developed countries apply stringent rules on food quality, packaging and labelling.

The import of recovered recycled reclaimed CFCs is legally prohibited in several countries visited.

Several other countries and civil society organizations have also expressed interest in the project.

New field operations in disaster management and response were identified in 15 countries and several islands.

Beyond Latin America, several Eastern European countries offer ready examples.

Several factors appear to explain the Nordic countries economic success.

There are several longer term development policy issues facing the countries in the ESCAP region.

Several participants also stressed the need to assist developing countries in enhancing their export capacities.

Furthermore, training was offered to several francophone African countries in 2004 on wetlands inventory methodologies.

In the Arab region, several countries until recently refused to acknowledge the existence of poverty.

(In fact, while several South American countries have been among the hardest hit, even developed countries like Australia have not been immune.)

Over several decades, a succession of civilian military dictatorships in third world countries incurred massive debts, which are currently crippling these countries.

In Europe, fighting corruption remains a key challenge in several countries in its eastern and south eastern subregions.

As the downturn deepens, several countries may, for example, face bankruptcy.

Several countries successfully joined the eurozone after fiscal and monetary reforms.

Kuwait had therefore developed and financed projects with several developing countries.

Developing countries may, however, need to address several issues more specifically.

Stories like Detroit s have played out several times in developed countries during the last half century.

In several countries, UNICEF assisted pilot programmes have been taken to scale with World Bank funding.

The Special Rapporteur was informed that this situation existed in several of the countries he visited.

Several countries included representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities in their delegations to the Committee.

In the northern Mediterranean, several countries have set up their own databases for monitoring land degradation.

Finally, domestic hostilities in the former Yugoslavia affected multiple treaties between Yugoslavia and several European countries.