Yet, despite these measures, the situation remains worrying.

Despite the stressful situation, Moussa maintains her humour

Despite the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, all is not lost.

Despite these improvements, the situation remains tense in many places.

Despite the measures taken, the security situation remains volatile and unpredictable.

However, despite relative stability, the overall security situation remains very fragile.

Despite this relative stability, the overall security situation remains very fragile.

Despite the death of Mr. Garang, the situation in Darfur remained relatively calm.

Despite the Bush campaign's efforts at spin control, the situation in Iraq is dire.

Despite progress made in consolidating peace in Sierra Leone, the overall situation remains fragile.

Despite the conflict in Darfur, the situation in southern Sudan continues to progress towards transition.

Despite the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, all is not lost. But turning the situation around will require changing the way the international community operates.

Despite those developments, however, at the same time the situation in the occupied territories has deteriorated.

Yet, despite all the difficulties, the situation in Afghanistan, unlike that in Iraq, is not hopeless.

Despite these positive developments, the situation remained fragile and the international community was providing support and assistance.

Despite the current unfavorable situation, the path to stabilizing the Middle East still leads through joint economic projects.

The overall humanitarian situation in Darfur continues to improve, despite continuous insecurity and new population displacements in September.

Despite certain isolated acts on the part of armed groups, the security situation in my country has gradually improved.

Despite efforts to improve governance and combat corruption, the situation regarding economic, social and cultural rights had not improved.

Despite this high visibility and increased awareness, there has regrettably been no commensurate improvement in the situation on the ground.

Despite the improvement in that sector in comparison with the period during which the situation drastically deteriorated, the Government believes that the security situation could see further improvement should the following conditions materialize.

Despite the recent death of Zarqawi in Iraq, the situation there, and in Afghanistan, does not justify the continued Bush administration s optimism.

Despite the improvement of the general security situation, more than 200 cases of sexual violence were reported during the period under review.

Yet, despite these international initiatives and efforts by Maghreb governments, the situation is fragile stability and security cannot be taken for granted.

The fragile nature of the current situation is reflected in the Palestinian economy, which, despite modest improvements, is still in a state of crisis.

Because JGBs are purchased mainly by domestic organizations and households, there is little risk of capital flight, despite the seriousness of the budget situation.

Despite scarce resources, the Government's commitment to improving the prison situation was clear from the fact that two new prison facilities were currently near completion.

Despite its depressed economic situation and poor food security, the Niger had never lacked political commitment to fulfil the aims of the World Summit for Children.

These recent events go to show that despite claims made in May 2012 by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani, that concerns about the security situation in Pakistan were exaggerated , the situation on the ground remains fragile and the improvement in the security situation is not all pervasive.

I urge both parties to recognize that despite some stabilization of the security situation in Darfur, at a deeper level, living conditions are steadily deteriorating.

Mr. Chaudhry (Pakistan) said that, despite greater awareness of gender issues, and despite the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Millennium Development Goals centred on women and the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the situation of the world's women remained grim.

Despite the critical situation in that country, Cuban volunteers, resolutely adhering to the principle of non interference in Haitian internal affairs, have remained at their posts.

Despite high level interventions from the United Nations and indications from the Government of Yemen that essential equipment would be released, at present the situation remains unresolved.

This situation persists despite regular reports submitted to the authorities by human rights observers and the assistance provided by various partners, including ONUB and the European Commission.

Despite occasional incidents described later in the present report, the situation in the Temporary Security Zone and in areas adjacent to it remained generally calm and stable.

This situation endures despite the international community's invigorated commitment to the cause of non proliferation in the world following the criminal and tragic events of 11 September 2001.

Despite the relative calm and the slight improvement in terms of closure conditions over the past two months, there has been little improvement in the dire Palestinian economic situation.

During its visit to Aru and Ariwara, the Group was able to observe the tenuous security situation which remains despite the wide scale disarmament of General Jérôme's FAPC forces.

In 2003, the situation as regards women's rights, despite some legislative advances, continued to be marked by discrimination, inequality, exclusion, family and sexual violence, and the trafficking of persons .

Despite such undeniable progress with respect to peace and domestic security, however, the security situation in the Niger continues to be characterized by threats to human security. These include

In other words, the private sector s huge savings financed the government s deficit, so that capital flight never occurred in the way it has in Greece, despite the desperate budget situation.

Despite all this, the situation is not sufficiently dire to push Russia s leaders to open at least some channels of genuine public participation and yield any of their power.

Mr. AMOR said that despite the difficult situation in Yemen, the Government had made considerable efforts to promote and protect human rights, and progress had been made in many areas.

In Somalia, despite political progress, the situation remains volatile in the centre and south of the country, where the humanitarian community faces major constraints to access populations in need of assistance.

Despite this, the situation of the Afghan armed forces continued to deteriorate, with mutinies occurring in Jalalabad, Asmar, Ghazni, Nahrin, and in August 1979, in the Bala Hissar fortress in Kabul.