UNICEF played an important role in the fight against landmines, but much remained to be done, especially about the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO). More children were now injured by UXO than by landmines.

They were afraid someone might hurt me.

While the market today has no serious challenger, it is morally vulnerable.

The complainant had further been physically abused also by supporters of the Awami League.

As the Stern report points out, as usual, the poor are the most vulnerable.

I count on the support of Member States to ensure that our response to those who have been harmed is compassionate, timely and appropriate.

Fellow activists believe he has been subjected to severe torture since his arrest.

Provision of support and supplementary services, aiming at the empowerment, encouragement and confidence building of abused women.

Victims of natural disasters are extremely vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, particularly women and children.

The existing child rights committees had been strengthened and a national programme to assist orphans and vulnerable children had been formulated.

Making the wrong decision in these cases could presumably land a physician in prison, too.

Threats to maritime security cannot be ignored.

An educated child was less likely to practice or be subject to discrimination.

Lacking the proper equipment, our troops remain vulnerable even as they are expected to be put in harm s way.

The Government's recently launched national plan of action for orphans and other vulnerable children was a major milestone towards improving the lives of children made vulnerable by HIV AIDS, poverty and other social and economic factors.

And no one is deceived.

One should have expected the right wing to be punished in countries where they govern.

Chrr writes that Mehrdad Rahimi is under pressure to do a television confession.

Both dramatize insights and lessons that should not be ignored.

This is liable to be reinforced by any negative experiences that Muslims may suffer themselves.

The common belief that abused women are usually of low educational level is not confirmed.

Addressing threats to peace and security

Many of them are harassed and discriminated against.

I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas, left for dead in parking lots, acid burned in their kitchens.

The past year had witnessed 153 reports of such incidents in which UNICEF staff or their immediate dependants or assets were harmed.

New strategies had reduced staff vulnerability and enabled safer programme activity.

Furthermore, it seeks to protect and assist the victims even if they have not been harmed yet or even if they do not request for protection.

But the spread of the ideology of peace does not mean that threats to security have disappeared.

It is important to note that a person may experience more than one autoimmune disorder at the same time.

Jeff became exposed to a much wider world where it was the quality of your ideas and your arguments that counted.

If world order is indeed under attack, that means ordinary people and their families are also under attack.

She also submitted a medical report from a hospital in Bangladesh, dated 17 August 2000, which confirmed that she has been physically assaulted and raped.

Representatives of vulnerable and minority groups had also had limited success in local elections, but more needed to be done to facilitate their nomination.

Remittances are already believed to be falling, which makes sense immigrants in rich countries are and will be disproportionately hurt by slowing economic activity.

Her organization is intent on using international law to hold accountable members of the Israeli military who put civilians in harm s way during the invasion of Gaza events that the recent Goldstone Report confirms.

It will be evaluated again in 2005.

Thuận says Vietnamese youths are under a lot of pressure as they are often taught that going to college is the only path to succeed in life.

A dollar crisis could weaken the foundations of American power.

My thoughts and my heart go out to my friends and all the people living in Brussels.

First, just because the maximum elevation is low does not necessarily mean that the territory is at risk of being submerged by rising water levels.

Mr. AMOR said it was a pity that Italy's fifth periodic report had not addressed all the provisions of the Covenant.

Consider also what is happening to private consumption and retail sales.

Those who encroached upon it were punished.

The world as a whole has also become aware of the risks to which young people are exposed.

Government parties were also hurt by the nationalistic rhetoric of center right parties, which repeatedly warned against a betrayal of national interests.