The province of Badakhshan was particularly hard hit, causing significant population displacement.

Feedback is important, particularly in instances where the metadata has significant deficiencies.

(a) The significant impact of economic and financial crimes, particularly in developing countries

It will be particularly significant for Poland, a staunch ally of the US in NATO.

Significant progress in addressing the problem is being made in certain areas, particularly in southern oceans.

The recent years have witnessed a significant rise in internet penetration, particularly among young people in Lebanon.

There have been significant increases in defense budgets and weapons purchases, particularly in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela.

For example, much of the Horn of Africa (particularly Somalia), Mali, and Guinea Bissau carry significant political risk.

The percentage of overweight respondents, particularly those who were obese, shows a statistically significant increase over the years.

While the overall registered voters' turnout was healthy, particularly in the north and south, there were significant regional variations.

Particularly significant were increases from 24 to 63 during this period among Sunnis and from 41 to 65 among Kurds.

Apart from domestic local investment, there has been significant foreign investment from the European Union, particularly from Germany and Italy.

Iraq also argues that the EHS does not address significant confounding factors, particularly differences between the exposed and non exposed groups.

Representatives welcomed the report of the workshop, dealing as it did with an issue of significant importance, particularly for many developing countries.

But, at the same time, our greater knowledge surely forces us to acknowledge that our place in the universe is not particularly significant.

But the impact of even a small number of disruptions to supply chains can be highly significant, particularly for the Asia Pacific region.

On the other hand, there have been significant increases in social spending over the past 10 years (particularly on education, health and housing).

Significant progress must be made in Africa to advance both women s empowerment and their status in society particularly with regard to land and credit.

Two fundamental considerations come to mind, and their ramifications in up for grab countries in Latin America, such as El Salvador, are particularly significant.

When funds are directed at improving border management systems and procedures the very issues covered by the trade facilitation negotiations the impact is particularly significant.

The market has been particularly brutal to countries that need to finance significant ongoing current account deficits, such as Brazil, India, South Africa, and Indonesia.

Moreover, since Beijing, there had been a significant increase in the trafficking of women and girls, particularly for the purpose of commercial and sexual exploitation.

The National Programme for Equality of Opportunities and Outcomes for Women in Education (PRIOME) had also seen significant achievements, particularly in terms of gender mainstreaming.

UNICEF is particularly concerned about the significant correlation between the abduction and forced recruitment of girls and their widespread and systematic sexual exploitation and abuse.

To it goes a significant part of credit for creating awareness of the rights of women and violation of these rights, particularly violence against women.

This last problem was particularly significant, given that there were currently 12 million infected persons aged 15 24 and 2.5 million infected minors under 15.

But these difficult talks face significant challenges from outside the negotiating room, particularly from Hamas, which is intent on ensuring that nothing happens without its approval.

African countries, particularly the least developed ones, would continue to need a significant amount of help with issues related to international investment arrangements and capacity building.

One of the lessons already learnt from the Uruguay Round is that openness can carry significant costs as well as benefits, particularly for the poorest countries.

Since April 2005 UNHCR has been working with AIHRC on monitoring the human rights situation, particularly in areas with significant levels of refugee and IDP returns.

In the area of the maintenance of peace and security, certain significant progress has been made, particularly in Africa, in the Middle East and in Asia.

The representatives were particularly disturbed by the fact that one nominating Party had significant stockpiles of methyl bromide, which it refused to disclose to the Parties.

It is argued that mobile telephony is the information and communication technology that has the most significant impact on development, particularly in developing and least developed countries.

There have been significant increases in defense budgets and weapons purchases, particularly in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela. This could rekindle security dilemmas and degenerate into uncontrolled conflicts.

They have created four regional military councils, which have helped to consolidate leadership and solidify their control over significant areas of the country, particularly near the Turkish border.

Iraqi leaders were well aware of the decreased participation in the election by a significant portion of Iraq s multi ethnic and multi confessional mosaic, particularly the Sunni community.

In addition to the government's anti poverty expenditures a significant amount of public resources are aimed at providing social protection to the poorest segments of society, particularly women.

Since the 20th century there has been significant population movement to England, mostly from other parts of the British Isles, but also from the Commonwealth, particularly the Indian subcontinent.

India too has emerged as a significant source of OFDI, particularly in IT (Wipro and Infosys), manufacturing (Tata), pharmaceuticals (Ranbaxy) and natural resources (ONGC Videsh) (UNCTAD 2004a, Pradhan 2004).

Despite the significant increase in recent years, FDI inflows remained concentrated in a few specific sectors sectors particularly oil, steel, chemicals and pharmaceuticals Moreover, they seemed not to have a significant impact on the national economy in terms of job creation, access to markets and technology transfer.

In addition to assisted returns, there were significant numbers of Afghans returning spontaneously, particularly from the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as some forcible returns of largely undocumented Afghans.

This is a significant equity measure, consistent with the income contingent nature of the scheme, and will particularly benefit many women and those in lower paying or part time employment.

(e) To stop immediately the use of civilian premises for military purposes, in particular by the Sudan People's Liberation Army Movement, particularly sites that usually have a significant presence of children

Isn t it possible, then, that rather than causing a Great Depression, significant shrinkage of the financial sector, particularly if facilitated by an improved regulatory structure, might actually enhance efficiency and growth?

As a coastal nation with a significant population in low lying areas, my country emphasizes the need for new action to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly as it relates to climate change.