That is a complex challenge that has Kosovo as a nodal point.

Data integrity at UNOPS remains a significant challenge.

The situation in the Middle East today remains a major challenge for us all.

At the most basic level, crime challenges the security that is necessary for social and economic development.

The security situation continues to present a great challenge to the promotion and protection of human rights in Afghanistan.

The world summit made it clear yet again that the protection of civilians in armed conflict is a major challenge for and concern of the international community.

Increasing the participation of young people in problem analysis, programme design and implementation remains a challenge, including to UNICEF technical capacities.

In Europe, fighting corruption remains a key challenge in several countries in its eastern and south eastern subregions.

Romania is particularly pleased with the attention paid to the Kosovo issue, which is a challenge for the western Balkans and for the whole of Europe in the coming period.

On coordination capacity, often a complex challenge, the response to recent disasters has shown that there is always room for improvement.

Before concluding my remarks, let me underscore the fact that the Millennium Development Goals present a serious challenge to both developing and developed countries.

Developing the Skycar has been a real challenge.

However, poverty remains a major challenge for us.

The fiscal deficit continues to present a daunting challenge in Japan.

The illegal drug economy is also a great challenge.

This constitutes a critical challenge to the enabling environment.

In each instance, our expectations are defied.

This task is still a challenge for computer vision systems.

Integrating those activities presents a major challenge.

It will be challenging, but maybe also healthy for our common future.

We are on the brink of a historic opportunity, and therefore of a challenge.

Tracking and measuring progress remains a challenge for the organization.

Increasing official development assistance remains an essential and continuing challenge.

My delegation sees this as a special challenge for Member States.

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Problems of landlessness and lack of housing facilities pose a significant challenge to sustainable returns.

The growth of electricity demand will constitute a challenge for many countries in the coming decades.

Building a reformed and effective judiciary system continues to be a critical challenge.

A number of speakers pointed out that money laundering also posed a serious challenge.

The large numbers of youths engaged in illegal mining activities, as well as the largely unregulated power of chiefdom authorities to issue mining licences, presented challenges in the Government's efforts to encourage potential investors.

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The ever increasing global demand for energy and industrial goods and services represents a daunting challenge.

Access to information and telecommunications technologies is also a challenge for our Government.

But, in addition to the issue of volume, improving the quality and effectiveness of aid is another challenge.

That struggle reflects the broader challenge of promoting development with social justice and political democracy.

Environmental protection is a threat that is a major challenge in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Having made this progress, there is now a fourfold challenge before us, in my view.

Noting further that the Caribbean region has been hard hit, and in some cases devastated, by hurricanes in 2004, and concerned that their frequency, intensity and destructive power pose a challenge to the development endeavours of the region,

44. Also recognizes that growing inequality within countries is a major challenge to poverty eradication, particularly affecting those living in middle income countries, and stresses the need to support the development efforts of those countries

Insufficiently clear targets for child protection continue to pose the challenge of ensuring that this priority area is appropriately considered in macro level plans, including in PRSs.

At the national level, we have a strategic approach that embraces many of the principles advocated in the global report, including setting challenging and measurable targets, monitoring outcomes, developing action plans based on thorough research and analysis and encouraging cross sectoral cooperation.

The discussions at the Second Biennial Meeting of States highlighted the fact that illicit small arms and light weapons continued to pose a complex and multifaceted challenge to international peace and security, social and economic development, human security, public health and human rights, among others.

The generation of data to support programmes specifically oriented to disadvantaged families and children remains a challenge.

Much of the debris was the result of carelessness by beach goers and represented an important challenge for local communities.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals poses a challenge for developing new and innovative policies and programmes.