Moreover, large numbers of Palestinians were suffering from increasing poverty.

At the same time, a large number of people get sick every year due to spoiled food.

Increasing numbers of Puerto Ricans were beginning to reject the social, economic and political situation of the country.

Israeli forces have continued to operate in the West Bank city and have arrested large numbers of Palestinians.

Estimates show that there are equal numbers of Muslims amongst the Hutus as there are amongst the Tutsis.

Georgia had to cope with significant numbers of refugees from neighbouring countries, as well as internally displaced persons.

As the next section will show, only a small handful of these carried out large numbers of executions.

The Russian human rights group Memorial reported that scores of the corpses bore traces of profanation.

UNHCR had deployed large numbers of staff and mounted a massive airlift to transport vast quantities of relief items to Pakistan.

The UNMEE outreach centres in Addis Ababa, Adigrat and Mekelle, on the Ethiopian side, remained active, as they registered a growing number of group visits.

19. Recognizes the large number of refugees in neighbouring countries, and calls upon the international community to consider providing further assistance in support of Afghan refugees

Jordan claims that the large numbers of refugees from Iraq or Kuwait who entered its territory increased its population by 10.8 per cent.

It also calls upon the Government of National Unity and Transition urgently to deploy additional integrated troops and police units to Ituri, and invites donors to provide support for this vital undertaking.

Despite being a developing country, Cuba had by and large used its own resources in dealing with refugees, only turning to UNHCR when faced with significant numbers.

Owing to the ongoing globalization process, the twenty first century is becoming a century of migration as large numbers of people cross State boundaries seeking work and reunion with their families.

It also calls upon the Government of National Unity and Transition urgently to deploy additional integrated troops and police units to Ituri, and invites donors to provide support for this vital undertaking.

That figure did not, however, reflect the real total, since a substantial number of unregistered Palestinian refugees were living in those countries or other regions.

I cannot fail to emphasize that during the process of elaborating Guatemala's national youth policy, a gender perspective was incorporated as a norm for participation, requiring equal numbers of women and men from all participating organizations.

The other is that, until and unless we control this epidemic, it will continue to expand and worsen for decades, killing unbelievably large numbers of people and wrecking entire societies.

Recent data provided by the Israeli Police reveals very low numbers of polygamy cases  10 in 2003 and 15 in 2004.

Substantial numbers of executions over 100 during the five year survey period were also carried out in Singapore, Viet Nam and Yemen.

We are now at work in all 12 countries that were directly touched, providing support to help reunite families and assisting the tremendous number of people who have lost relatives and friends.

The Committee notes the efforts made by the State party to address the demands in the sphere of education, health care and food in regions hosting a large population of refugees, in particular through the Zambia Initiative.

The benefits of the use of space technology and science were becoming more visible in reaching the objectives of global United Nations Conferences and more United Nations entities were establishing their own space programmes.

The multidimensional nature of United Nations peacekeeping operations required increasing numbers of civilian police, electoral personnel, human rights experts, information specialists and significant numbers of political and legal advisers.

(j) Pursuing a knowledge based initiative to promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in countries with large child populations and large numbers of marginalized children, through an approach which is complementary to ongoing programmes of cooperation.

It is a fact that, for whatever reason, in certain parts of the country, too many Iraqis would not or could not participate in the elections, whether as voters or as candidates.

At the same time, it should be noted that with the increased focus on prioritization, realignment and reallocation of resources within programmes, budget proposals continue to reflect significant numbers of post redeployments within sections.

Since last year's report, there had been an increase of about 1,100 detainees. Although the figures were constantly changing, the fact remained that large numbers of Palestinians had been arrested and detained.

They also meet the needs of employers retaining experienced and expert personnel is especially important in sectors that employ large numbers of women (including older women), such as care and education.

The post war internal ethnic boundaries are gradually starting to lose their significance, as increasing numbers of citizens travel, socialize, work and live more freely throughout Mostar.

Mr. O'Callaghan (Ireland) said that increasing numbers of employees were seeking to balance their working and non working lives and were being encouraged not to regard their non working lives only in terms of their family responsibilities.

Large numbers of people in developing countries, however, are engaged in social and welfare services under local government administration in such fields as health, education and other welfare services for the infirm, older persons and people with disabilities.

He said that there were alarmingly high numbers of internally displaced persons throughout the world, a significant portion of whom had become internally displaced owing to natural disasters over the course of the previous 12 months.

Even though more and more women are completing primary education and achieving parity with men in higher education, this has not translated into more and better jobs or into increased participation and representation in political life.

In terms of repatriation, according to UNHCR, during the 18 months to mid 2005 significant numbers of refugees were able to return to their countries of origin, in particular to Afghanistan and several African countries.

Recognizing that some countries of asylum carry a heavy burden, in particular developing countries, countries with economies in transition and least developed countries which host large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, especially when they have arrived as part of a mass influx and have remained for a long period of time,

The Panel notes that there is evidence in the published literature that a considerable number of refugees entered Iran after departing from Iraq or Kuwait during the period 2 August 1990 to 2 March 1991 specified in paragraph 34 of Governing Council decision 7.

The economic situation in Lebanon was very difficult, with many employers having gone out of business or having dismissed large numbers of their employees, and the reality was that many women preferred to work and receive lower wages than they felt they deserved, rather than not work at all.