Setbacks occurred almost immediately.

We have witnessed many setbacks and reverses.

Marie has so many setbacks with her work.

The achievements of the past year vastly outweigh the set backs.

Hence the bitter experience of frequent reverses in peace efforts.

In this connection it has, despite many setbacks, scored marked achievements.

Peace keeping operations have a mixed record of successes and some set backs.

In spite of the recent set backs, we hope that this moratorium will hold.

Indeed, in Latin America and the Caribbean, democracy has suffered some severe setbacks.

In both cases, Putin risks provoking the ire of others and creating more blowback for Russia.

quot Azerbaijan has suffered a series of setbacks in the war after Armenia carried out a major offensive early this month to broaden a land corridor between Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

Though effectively a stalemate for much of the war, Athens suffered a number of setbacks.

The Government and the people of Cuba should receive the support of the wider international community to cope with these setbacks.

But even when we did that, we had to remind ourselves, sometimes there are setbacks.

Despite the setbacks, women were ecstatic with the elections, with many sharing videos and photographs of themselves voting.

The reasons provided for these set backs revolve around the socio economic hardships associated with macroeconomic transition.

As is common in our society of mass media, the headlines have been dominated by the reversals, and some of them have indeed been tragic.

Despite setbacks in Libya, Yemen, and Syria, the democratic wave has already begun to change the Middle East s political landscape.

And in fact, many surgeons in the UK are still waiting for one of our patients to have some sort of an episode, so that they could say, Told you that was no good.

In most countries, however, these reforms have not yet managed to recoup the losses derived from the accumulated social set backs of earlier years.

We therefore agree with the Secretary General that much can be learned from the setbacks suffered by the current operations in defining a pragmatic policy.

And it was the General Assembly apos s committed support and endorsement that allowed the parties to move forward despite numerous obstacles and some setbacks.

The negative effect of the US financial setbacks on Indian stock markets, therefore, made little sense, since they bore no relation to the real value of Indian companies.

I hope that, despite the worrisome setbacks in 2005, 2006 will be a year of positive developments in the area of disarmament and non proliferation.

Notwithstanding these setbacks, it may be recognized that the Government has responded to donor concerns by initiating a process of change in basic freedoms and human rights.

The period that has elapsed since its inception has known many activities and accomplishments but also some failures and setbacks.

In our view, recent setbacks in the arms control field should not lead us into despair or apathy, but should rather serve as spurs to corrective action.

Such activities may need to occur simultaneously, at varying levels of intensity, and would be constantly susceptible to both setbacks and opportunities.

Yet in learning from these set backs we must take special care not to make the mistake of discarding useful tools, or attempting to shun risks altogether.

Despite economic and social set backs, several economies in transition were experiencing a turnaround and considerable progress had been achieved in integrating those economies into the world economy.

In the long run, the growing expectation gap would aggravate the inevitable setbacks, and political leaders who championed closer relations could even be replaced by hard liners.

Despite successive setbacks this year, the Kingdom of Morocco continues to believe that it is in the interest of everyone to work to promote revitalization of the multilateral disarmament and non proliferation system.

In addition, some setbacks have been experienced, and Malawi has lost some of its ability to pay for imports due to a general shortage of foreign exchange, as investment fell 23 in 2009.

With regard to disarmament and non proliferation issues, we have witnessed a succession of setbacks beginning with the failures of the United Nations Disarmament Commission and the Review Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Despite these setbacks to global peace, the last 12 months have seen considerable successes recorded in other areas, many of which owe much to the efforts of the United Nations.

Mr. Gunasekera (Sri Lanka) said that, although it was currently addressing the setbacks caused by the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka was confident of achieving the Millennium Development Goals ahead of schedule.

It is certainly a continuing process, however incremental, and we should not be discouraged by occasional obstacles or perceived set backs but rather seek all the more to overcome them using the combined wisdom and experience of yourself, Mr. Chairman, and of the other members of the Committee.

This experience has shown that post disaster assistance rarely redresses more than a fraction of disaster losses and that repeated setbacks of this nature handicap development.

Finally, we wish to pay sincere tribute to all those at the negotiation table and to those on the ground who, despite many setbacks, have not ceased their efforts and have not given up their belief in the possibility of a lasting political settlement.

Despite various setbacks, during the last academic year we opened 1,000 public schools to non Lebanese students. By using many of the buildings in double shifts, we were able to provide 106,795 Syrian refugee children with schooling.

Our most severe setback in recent years has been the damning and shameful revelation that some of our peacekeepers have been engaged in the sexual exploitation of women and girls who rely on them to promote a safe environment.

India had the privilege of providing the first Force Commander of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), whose members have exhibited the highest sense of patience, courage and indomitable will to strive for peace in the face of numerous setbacks, including loss of life.

For this reason we call the attention of the international community to the fact that all those who contributed to our destruction have a moral obligation to cooperate in our reconstruction and to help undo the reversals the region suffered because of the two decades of crisis.

ANKARA As the Arab Spring enters its fourth month, it faces challenges but also presents opportunities. Despite setbacks in Libya, Yemen, and Syria, the democratic wave has already begun to change the Middle East s political landscape.

Come this December, after seven years of negotiations on the Uruguay Round, either we will have the liberalization of multilateral trade with a benefit to all or the prospects of avoiding global economic warfare will have suffered the most serious setback.