Obstacles

We undertook a national dialogue that led to a unilateral declaration of ceasefire, and that ceasefire has been respected despite Israel's obstructions and provocations.

Unblocking Corporate Governance Reform

The Expert Group identified obstacles to national and regional implementation of the programme and proposed strategies to overcome those obstacles.42

Key obstacles are being gradually reduced or even eliminated.

They have conditioned constructive engagement on Kosovo issues on a shifting series of prerequisites.

There are thus a number of very serious hurdles that stand in the way of progress, and they include the following matters. First, there is the issue of political prisoners itself.

Lack of adequate funding for the existing mechanisms is a case in point.

22. A number of obstacles remained to be overcome.

Thinking of how many obstacles he would have to overcome, I was overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness.

Such impediments serve only to further postpone the democratization process in Myanmar.

Increasing employment opportunities and overcoming labour market disadvantages of young people

The main brake on development lies in these countries economic institutions.

On the Ethiopian side, the Mission encountered some restrictions on freedom of movement in Subsector East.

There is a need to find concrete, effective methods of preventing, detecting, and removing these obstacles from development initiatives.

As far as the Cyprus question is concerned, we are interested in seeing the obstacles to settlement removed.

The educational authorities have started taking positive steps to remove the obstacles that prevent equal access to education.

The programme is also very focused on the identification of the obstacles hampering the effective implementation of preventative measures.

I hope that effective programmes of action will be put forward at this Conference to tackle major impediments to social development.

It also noted the obstacles faced by many developing countries in mobilizing the necessary resources to finance their sustainable development.

The use of shackling and long periods of solitary confinement should be stopped immediately.

The parties claim that they do not control all the factors, armed or not, which are causing these impediments.

The failure to achieve real agrarian reform has been one of the major obstacles to development in Africa.

The assessment of trade in services, an ongoing exercise to be used at a later stage to adjust the negotiations, continues to be a main concern for developing countries.42 Lack of assessment and information is one of the main impediments to their more active participation in the service negotiations.

We also launched a comprehensive process to unify and rehabilitate our destroyed security apparatus, and have achieved considerable progress despite the obstacles that we have faced.

The obstacles which the Netherlands encountered, are primarily related to the level of evidence that is required before a person or entity can be placed on the so called freezing list.

The major problems or obstacles preventing former participants from applying the knowledge received in Sweden can be summarized as follows

The participants ... explored how best to accelerate the development of the region and overcome, as soon as possible, obstacles, including boycotts and all barriers to trade and investment.

The agenda should focus not so much on new terminology or concepts but on ways of removing obstacles to development.

Aside from the physical obstructions, an ID system regulates the movement of people within the OPT and from one side of the wall to another.

Regulatory or procedural impediments to making such appointments should be identified and referred, if necessary, to the General Assembly for action.

The Committee deplores the continued shackling of death row prisoners and reports of prolonged solitary confinement.

However, the Committee regretted that the report provided no information on the de facto application of the Convention, or on obstacles and difficulties impeding its implementation.

To be sure, they made efforts to move forward, and each time they came up against the same obstacles total rejection and treatment as pariahs.

Despite all this, we believe that it is not too late to remove some of the outstanding obstacles in the way of free and fair elections.

In some countries, including the United States, there are major political obstacles to taking even modest steps.

But efforts to tackle health care costs continue to be hampered by widespread reluctance to tackle sensitive issues, as epitomized by the death panel tempest of a year ago.

These constraints can be explained, in part at least, by the victim's place in criminal proceedings, particularly when he or she belongs to a vulnerable social category.

When terrorism indicators are taken into account, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Israel emerge as resilient innovators.

In addition to short term policy headaches, stronger currencies carry potentially significant costs in terms of hollowing out industrial and service sectors.

The statements have been met with widespread anger from the activist community, who continue to force their voices to be heard in a climate of seemingly never ending government crackdowns.

These ranged from unwarranted arrests and detention of UNMEE personnel to recent restrictions imposed on the UNMEE military police contingent within the city of Asmara.

Despite some constraints (human and financial), its very existence is an achievement as it serves as an effective platform for advancing gender oriented activities.

She stressed that a recognition of the contributions and the diversity of women should be underscored in national and regional preparations as they proceeded to identify the continuing obstacles and the most important priorities.

We support this, and we believe that the only way towards a comprehensive solution of the question of Cyprus lies in removing the obstacles to the confidence building measures.