The financial situation of UNRWA was a matter of great concern.

The humanitarian situation in many parts of the subregion remains a great concern.

This situation is a source of great disappointment and grave concern for the world.

The human rights of women and children, although improved, remain a matter of great concern.

The indifference of some countries to settling their arrears was a cause of great concern.

The Palestinian Authority's inability to exercise control over its territory remains a source of great concern.

Africa remains a region of great concern, but other areas of the world lag behind, too.

Economic development is of great concern to all United Nations Members.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is causing a great deal of concern to the shipping world.

Today, however, there are still problems that cause people everywhere great concern.

It is of great concern that a growing number of countries are falling behind in their reporting obligations.

Switzerland calls on the Israeli Government to freeze all settlement activities, which are a matter of great concern.

The vacancy situation for translator and interpreter posts continues to be of great concern.

Prison overcrowding, and prison conditions in general, were of great concern to his Government.

From that point of view, the construction of the barrier remains of great concern.

Mr. Wedershoven (Netherlands) It is with great honour and gratitude, but also with equally great concern, that I address the Assembly today.

The situation in Darfur continues to be a source of great concern and presents additional challenges on the humanitarian level.

This threat to seafarers and the shipping industry is of great concern to my Government.

Concern has been great, but humanity has done very little that will actually prevent these outcomes.

Today, such talk has been displaced by concern about what The Economist calls the great slowdown.

The development of integrated programmes, including individual country programmes in southern Africa, was of great concern.

Recent developments have further tested the multilateral disarmament machinery, whose effectiveness has been a matter of great concern to all of us.

6. Notes with great concern the high vacancy rate in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

The weakness of the judiciary and in the administration of justice is an issue of great concern.

The lack of progress on the Israeli Syrian front is of great concern to all of us.

The scourge of child soldiers has not yet been brought under control and remains a topic of great concern for the United Nations.

Nonetheless, what dominates is a desire for individual freedom, an acceptance of diversity, great concern for the environment, and a refusal to be organized from above.

It is with great concern that we have recently witnessed a further deterioration of the situation and a renewed rise of tension in the Middle East.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in areas within and outside national jurisdictions has become cause for great concern.

Israel's occupation, oppression and expansionism in Palestine and other Arab territories were giving rise to great international concern.

Also of great concern is the deteriorating human rights situation, to which the report again calls your attention.

However, during recent weeks an increase in such language has again been noted and is of great concern.

Several weeks before the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is to begin, the situation in the Middle East unfortunately remains a subject of great concern.

The threat posed by the possible weaponization of outer space and the risk of a subsequent arms race are of great concern to my Government.

But Europe is bordered to its south and east by two great regions that give cause for significant concern.

There is also great concern over the increasing trafficking of young people and the crimes associated with this problem.

We have witnessed with great concern the series of conflict situations that have been plaguing Africa for many years.

The rise of extremism and fanaticism that are not specific to any religion or civilization, is of great concern.

It should be a matter of great concern to all of us that Africa continues to have the lowest share of global foreign direct investment flows.

The internal reforms and foreign policy statements of the Dubček leadership created great concern among some other Warsaw Pact governments.

Allegations of misconduct and corrupt practices gave rise to great concern and adverse publicity in sections of the news media.

The Committee has noted with great concern that 75 States have missed the deadlines for submission of their respective reports.

My delegation is following this new crisis with great concern it has already forced the Palestinian Authority to declare a state of emergency in the occupied territories.

Secondly, we are closely following with great attention and concern the situation of various groups of refugees and internally displaced persons.

Drug injection related HIV AIDS infection is of great concern in some areas of the region, notably in the Southern Cone.