Physical security of refugees remained a central concern during the reporting period.

The human rights situation remained of utmost concern.

The nuclear programme of the Islamic Republic of Iran remained a source of concern.

Furthermore, Israel's threats and repeated aggression against Lebanon have remained a major source of concern.

The nuclear weapons programme of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remained a grave concern.

That freedom of movement has remained delicate is a source of concern that requires urgent attention.

Besides security considerations, water availability remained a major concern in identifying sites and developing refugee camps.

A total of 28 countries hosting 6.4 million persons of concern remained out of the Convention and the Protocol.

However, it was a matter of concern that no pledges had been received in over a year and that the Trust Fund remained depleted.

Cancer remained the main concern among radiation induced health effects, although many factors entered into the disease.

The presence of a large number of minefields in the UNIFIL area of operation, located mainly along the Blue Line, remained a matter of serious concern.

The continued presence of members of the former military, illegally exercising security functions in some areas of the country, remained a matter of concern.

The issue of space debris remained a major cause of concern to Malaysia, especially as advances in technology made the introduction of defensive weapons into outer space a possibility.

The mobilization of the necessary financial resources to help the programme countries to achieve the internationally agreed development goals and fund their overall development plans remained a source of concern.

To address this concern, the Panel reviewed the types of evidence provided by claimants in this instalment who remained in or returned to Kuwait for a considerable period following its liberation.

The issue remained a cause of concern, with rates significantly higher in rural areas and areas of temporary refugee settlement. Another issue of concern was that of children living without parental care, and the Government was employing measures to de institutionalize and return children to their families.

In its report, the Committee had expressed concern at the statement made in the conclusion of Gabon's initial report, to the effect that the situation of women in Gabon remained a comfortable one.

In her report to the General Assembly,4 the High Commissioner for Human Rights noted that the human rights situation in the country remained of great concern.

It was a matter for concern that the level of appropriation for the Development Account had remained static and that the savings that were expected to be channelled into the Account had not materialized.

The African Group took note with concern of the deepening financial crises faced by the two International Tribunals, in respect of which unpaid assessments remained at unacceptable levels.

However, poverty remained a major challenge.

She also expressed concern that despite the high literacy rate, the fertility rate, at 4.3, remained high and the contraceptive prevalence rate, 33 per cent in 1999, was low.

The border region between Chad and Western Darfur remained a cause for concern in May, as the usual cross border tensions were exacerbated by the traditional migration of livestock herds to grazing lands in the Sudan.

The financial situation of the Office on Drugs and Crime remained a matter of concern. Without adequate financing from the regular budget, the Office had had to mobilize extrabudgetary resources instead of focusing on programme activities.

Sami remained in a coma for weeks.

A number of problem areas remained, however.

The financial situation of the International Tribunals remained a matter of concern, despite the slight decrease in the amount of unpaid contributions 113 Member States had paid only a part of their assessments and 13 had made no contributions as yet.

The last sentence of paragraph 1 of draft article 16 bis appeared to dispose of that concern, but the distinction between States Parties and Contracting States in paragraph 3 remained ambiguous.

What happened on that boat remained a mystery.

But Taiwan remained a huge, seemingly impossible obstacle.

Trade remained a principal driver of development, and the three States remained fully committed to advancing the Doha Development Round.

ODA has remained far below the 0.7 per cent target, agreed 35 years ago, and ODA quality is also a matter of concern. FDI is concentrated in only a few developing countries, and developing countries continue to be marginalized from global economic governance.

A related concern is measurement.

Literacy is a crucial concern.

The secretariat said that immunization remained a high priority.

Although India remained a member, it was often a recalcitrant one.

Nevertheless, it has remained at a standstill for almost a decade.

Security, too, remains a serious concern.

Economic stagnation remains a serious concern.

Reciprocity would also be a concern.

Some meat remained.

By contrast, Japan has remained a fully pacifist economic power.

His siblings, two brothers and a sister, remained in Syria.

The country has, needlessly, remained in a post conflict situation.

Turkey has remained a staunchly moderate voice in a region of extremes.