B. Worsening of the human rights situation

This makes it most difficult to assess with accuracy whether any given situation is improving or worsening.

At the same time, the Secretary General's report indicates a worsening of the situation in the field.

We remain seriously concerned at the situation in Darfur, where humanitarian conditions appear to be worsening, not improving.

Her delegation was concerned about the worsening situation in the field, as indicated by the Secretary General's report.

The reality was that the security situation of such personnel was steadily worsening and casualties among them were mounting.

They may however be challenged by multiple outbreaks of widespread civil unrest, resulting from a worsening socio economic situation.

On 15 October 2005, Brazil called for more troops to be sent due to the worsening situation in the country.

He was unable to pay a planned visit to the prison in Bukavu because of the worsening security situation there.

Journalists, political activists and human rights defenders in Sudan are particularly endangered by the worsening human rights situation in the country.

The Regional Director said that UNICEF had similar concerns on the development indicators, particularly the worsening nutritional situation in the south.

Unfortunately, the two International Tribunals remained in a negative cash position of 80 million and the situation was worsening every year.

As the current report (S 2005 186) of the Secretary General underscores, the security situation is volatile and the human rights situation continues to be a source of great concern, while the economic situation is daily worsening.

The most recent entry points to a worsening of the situation, and wonders what the fate of the mountain gorillas will be with the continuing war.

By contrast, Israeli or American military action against Iran would risk worsening the situation, prolonging and intensifying the suffering in this very sensitive region of the world.

Some political prisoners were able to hang a banner outside their cell. They urged the Pope to look into the worsening human rights situation in the country.

Government officials, including the Governor of Quneitra, and the witnesses attested before the Special Committee to the ever worsening human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan.

The humanitarian response seems critical to that country, with the situation steadily worsening, the food shortage becoming chronic and the number of people in need of assistance increasing.

1.28 UNRWA operates in a turbulent region buffeted by the Arab Israeli conflict and its consequences in terms of episodes of violence and a worsening socio economic situation.

Child labor exploitation is worsening in the Philippines.

It was NATO s job to ensure the country s stability and security, and thus NATO s weak General Secretary and the European allies, especially Germany and France, share the responsibility for the worsening situation.

Second, cross border banks are charging higher interest rates to firms in southern Europe than they are to comparable firms in northern Europe, which is worsening the situation for crisis hit economies.

Israeli actions had led to a deterioration in the political, economic and social situation, to a deepening of the humanitarian crisis, and to a further worsening in the living conditions of the Palestinians, who had almost no hope for an improvement in their situation.

Chávez and Morales, each in his own way, have taken advantage of this situation, worsening conditions to enfeeble their opponents and living off the wealth generated by natural resources, not new economic activity.

No one doubts that the situation is worsening as a result of the occupying Power's ongoing construction of the separation wall in the West Bank, which has been condemned by the international community.

A harsh winter in the hills is worsening their condition.

But the Bush administration is not the sole culprit for the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. It was NATO s job to ensure the country s stability and security, and thus NATO s weak General Secretary and the European allies, especially Germany and France, share the responsibility for the worsening situation.

This second video, also filmed by Saftawi for the IMEU, shows submerged areas in the Palestinian enclave, and sheds light on some of the suffering Gaza's inhabitants have to endure in this worsening humanitarian situation

The infant, under five and maternal mortality rates are all worsening.

But worsening financial conditions prove that this policy response has failed miserably.

The crisis is not limited to the problem of housing those affected by the Government's Operation Restore Order but includes the ever worsening situation in food and non food areas, where privations and shortages are reaching critical proportions.

The Committee reiterated its concern that, apart from considerably hampering Palestinian economic development and worsening the humanitarian situation, the decision to proceed with the construction was an attempt to unilaterally define the borders of the future Palestinian State.

Mr. Camara (Senegal) said that the Special Committee's report, in conjunction with other United Nations and non governmental organization reports, presented solid evidence that the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was worsening, despite recent encouraging political developments.

The fact that the Fed responded quickly prevented the 2001 recession from worsening.

Governments undoubtedly merit praise for stabilizing expectations, and thus preventing crises from worsening.

NEWPORT BEACH When it comes to describing Europe s ever worsening crisis, metaphors abound.

Furthermore, the situation in the Gulf of Mexico is worsening. Oil is not leaking at the rate of 1,000 barrels per day, as BP originally estimated, nor up to 19,000 bpd, as calculated by the Flow Rate Technical Group.

Japan s growing coziness with Taiwan has been accompanied by worsening political relations with China.

So only the EU s strongest countries can really do anything against the sharply worsening recession.

Mr. Rahmatalla (Sudan) drew attention to the worsening living conditions and socio economic situation of Palestinian refugees as a result of Israel's blockade of Palestinian territories, its erection of the separation wall on them, and its conduct of a policy of aggression.

Noting also with grave concern that the worsening of the humanitarian situation is due to, inter alia, the prevailing drought and natural disasters, including the tsunami, and recognizing the massive challenges facing Somalia with respect to immediate assistance as well as reconstruction and development,

Noting also with grave concern that the worsening of the humanitarian situation is due to, inter alia, the prevailing drought and natural disasters, including the tsunami, and recognizing the massive challenges facing Somalia with respect to immediate assistance as well as reconstruction and development,

Soil nutrients are being depleted, soil moisture is falling, temperatures are rising, and disease pressures are worsening.

Worsening inter Korean relations will certainly make both sides less secure and stable politically, economically, and militarily.

Moreover, this recovery was often accompanied by a significant worsening of external deficits (UNCTAD, 1999 75 94).