Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

Many of those actions have severely reduced delivery of assistance.

These features, however, were seen from a low angle, hindering useful observation.

The lack of a legal framework impeded the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants.

As a result, Inca expansion into the Amazon basin and the Pacific coast of Ecuador was hampered.

This would mean abandoning the temptations of coercive regime change that hamstrung American diplomacy in Bush s first term.

Economic development was hindered by the decline of markets for Liberian goods in the late 19th century and by indebtedness on a series of international loans.

What hampered Greenspan and Bernanke as financial regulators was that they were excessively in awe of Wall Street and what it does.

The need for an integrated command structure received more emphasis as a result of the inefficient arrangements which at times hindered the military's efforts during the Vietnam War.

The application of unilaterally enforced export control regimes in contravention with the letter and the spirit of the Treaty has hampered the access of developing countries to nuclear materials, equipment and technologies for peaceful purposes.

Heavy snowfall closed several key link roads, hampering the delivery of badly needed foodstuffs to populations in the south.

This has constrained their ability to adjust their core capacity to support their response to the new demands emerging from the United Nations development agenda, including the Millennium Development Goals.

Although Zambia had reached the completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, it continued to struggle with debt, which hindered its economic development.

The proliferation of militia groups in various parts of the country has also seriously hampered the mission's efforts to enhance security, especially in view of the close association of those groups with political forces.

However, the funding provided through that channel has been steadily declining in recent years, severely hampering the relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts of disaster affected countries.

However, the lack of trained personnel and material resources has hindered the implementation of many of the assigned tasks and responsibilities and the recruitment of additional security staff remains an urgent requirement, particularly in the light of the continuing volatile security environment.

Combined with widespread natural disasters in the mid 1990s and limited interaction with the world economy, this led to a sharp economic downturn seriously constraining the Government's ability to feed and care for its people.

6.2 While acknowledging that abuse of power by some political actors has in the past undermined the quest for fair elections, the State party denies that the government is responsible for the current election culture.

Among the reasons the President cited were continuing tensions between the organs of State sovereignty which, according to him, hampered the smooth functioning of State institutions and weakened the Government's capacity to pay salaries or to survive in parliament.

Now I remember a few years ago, a journalist asked Dr. Sheikha, who's sitting here, president of Qatar University who, by the way, is a woman he asked her whether she thought the abaya hindered or infringed her freedom in any way.

If this were the case (especially relating to the statutory insurance), it would be of interest to reveal how the company communicated with such customers, and why the company could not communicate with other potential customers requesting other insurances.

The opaque nature of the agreement between the National Transitional Government of Liberia and WAMCO has stalled efforts to meeting the requirements of the Security Council for the lifting of the embargo on the export of rough diamonds.

But achieving it will require a thorough overhaul of the existing road transportation system and that means overcoming the complex combination of public and private elements, vested interests, ingrained business models, and massive inertia that has so far impeded its development.

Italy is ranked 43rd in the World Economic Forum s global competitiveness index, well below the main eurozone countries, owing to lack of investment especially in human capital and structural rigidities that have constrained growth for many years.