The crucial questions concern the economics of our response.

Our Organization has long expressed concern over the trafficking of women.

Conflicts on our own continent are naturally of particular concern to us.

Humanitarian intervention action that is motivated by our concern for the fate of fellow human beings is often described as reflecting moral concern.

A priority concern for us is our close identity with Africa.

Our second concern relates to the possibility of single candidatures from a given region.

Express our grave concern over the suffering of Palestinian and Syrian women under Israeli occupation.

Indeed, our concern for the vulnerable population of Guatemala extends beyond our borders to include those Guatemalans that have migrated abroad some 11 per cent of our population.

We would also like to express our concern that this hasty approach will sidetrack our leaders in September 2005 and distract them from discussing important and pressing issues of interest and concern to the overwhelming majority of Member States.

It is in our collective interests to do so, and the cost should not be an immediate concern. Justice should be the overriding concern.

Our first concern was to respond to the official request made by the Transitional Government of Iraq.

We believe that God calls us to place people struggling with poverty at the centre of our concern.

However, continuing youth unemployment, the consequences of drug use and HIV AIDS arouse our anxiety and concern, since they threaten the lives and environment of our young people.

The many and complex questions they will have to address concern the identity and shape of our common future.

Second, we must rethink our notions of a balance of power, because they no longer concern just states, but also peoples.

The maintenance of international peace and security, and the struggle against terrorism and transnational organized crime are our common concern.

In the area of navigation, we would like to express our serious concern over the escalation of piracy and robbery at sea.

Our achievement in the Summit Outcome on the responsibility to protect stands in stark contrast to our silence on the importance of fighting impunity for the worst crimes of international concern.

The events in that region of the Sudan are deeply troubling, and our greatest concern is for the plight of the people there.

I speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States in expressing our concern at the death of President Eyadema of Togo.

We repeat our concern at the fact that Israel is not living up to its obligations in that respect.

We reiterate our concern at the insufficiency of scientific information on the destructive environmental impact of deep sea fishing practices, in particular bottom trawling.

As we outlined in our general statement, the Iranian nuclear programme continues to be a matter of grave concern for the European Union.

Moreover, we held a constitutional referendum in June to amend a number of provisions   a clear demonstration of our concern to adapt our institutions to present day demands, as well as an opportunity for our people to renew their confidence in those institutions.

We have expressed our concern with regard to the growth in terrorist activities by the Taliban and other terrorist groups.

I wish to share our concern over the fact that young people are among the most active sectors of the population in terms of criminality.

Our Governments have long expressed concern about the transportation of hazardous materials through the Caribbean Sea, given the risk of serious damage to its fragile ecosystems and marine resources, which are vital to our existence.

The Russian Federation shares the concern of the international community over the irresponsible use of anti personnel mines, as our ratification of amended Protocol II proves.

Expressing our deepest concern over the negative economic, social, psychological, environmental and other consequences and impacts of the tsunami disaster on those affected countries,

Through my bilateral consultations, I have concluded that it is within our grasp to convert this heightening of engagement and concern into real momentum.

Subjects of concern

A more recent concern focuses on the disappointing results of growth. It is increasingly understood that growth does not necessarily increase our sense of well being.

You expressed concern about dramatic shortfalls in resources , and you insisted that our resolve to act together is stronger than ever .

We have repeatedly expressed our concern over the fact that Israel has not yet lived up to its obligations in that respect.

I want to express our particular concern over the serious escalation in rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants against Israeli targets.

Principal subjects of concern

C. Subjects of concern

In 1995, the cosmologist Carl Sagan expressed concern about the trend toward a society in which, clutching our crystals and religiously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in steep decline we slide, almost without noticing, into superstition and darkness.

The first factor to undermine the pursuit of growth was concern about its sustainability. Can we continue growing at the old rate without endangering our future?

We share the concern expressed in the World Youth Report 2005 about the advance of HIV AIDS and its particular impact, especially among our young women.

Our primary concern in that regard is the fact that, according to the report, not one of the eight primary standards has yet been fully implemented.

The alarming UNEP report on marine debris only heightens our concern over the ever growing accumulation of non biodegradable debris in the marine and coastal environments.

Our second concern was that for the country modified estimates, it was not possible to distinguish the slightly modified from the significantly modified estimates of indicators.

We should, for example, want to prevent the militarization of nuclear energy in Iran precisely because of our concern as Europeans, not because we are allies of the US.

While the work of the United Nations is obviously enormous and far reaching, my delegation wishes to highlight specifically our concern over the incidence and severity of natural disasters and the extent to which they come to affect our lives.