There were reports that the vehicles which carried the hostages passed through Iraqi police checkpoints without being stopped.

There are also reports that law enforcement officers detained several street children during the Pope's public procession.

Indeed, there are reports that the mayor s press secretary has been telling journalists that there is no reason for the mayor to return to Moscow. Why should he? said the secretary.

However, we are concerned at reports that that announced readiness to coordinate has not yet been sufficiently translated into practice.

Amazon Watch reports that the current rate of deforestation threatens to push the Amazon past a tipping point from which it cannot recover.

There were reports of people being thrown onto fires and burned alive.

There are reports of militia threatening the displaced and resident populations alike, denying free movement by imposing practices of extortion or protection fees .

There are reports that the Israeli Government intends to hand over to Palestinian security control the West Bank cities of Qalqilyah, Bethlehem and Ramallah prior to Israel's withdrawal.

For example, it was reported that there is a 98 per cent illiteracy rate within indigenous communities in Central Africa in respect of the dominant languages of the countries concerned.

Some sources state that hundreds of thousands of others died during the exodus.

(a) Eyewitness reports of indiscriminate and disproportionate force used by government troops to quell demonstrations in Andijan in May 2005 resulting in the death of many civilians

In this regard, the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica has the honour to convey the following information

It is reported that many cases of illegal trafficking take the form of the deliberate mixing of hazardous and non hazardous waste.

Indeed, there are reports that the mayor s press secretary has been telling journalists that there is no reason for the mayor to return to Moscow. Why should he? said the secretary.

The inspection services, working within a competent ministry, have received no reports on women's rights violations in respect to girls' education.

It is reported that that amid growing fears of insecurity, up to 5000 Liberians refugees have left the country.

In some countries, it is reported that young people experience a poverty rate above the average.

They claim there are rumours that their uncle went back to join the Zapatistas in the mountains.

6 o'clock news reports that migrant workers in Qatar still living in squalid conditions with passports confiscated under kefala.

Reported sightings of alleged ex militia groups, especially in border areas, have recurred in recent weeks.

There are encouraging reports that Republika Srpska has forwarded documents to the Tribunal's Office of the Prosecutor as well as to the Prosecutor's Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Much progress had been made in amending legislation to prohibit gender discrimination (question 3), yet according to numerous reports received, the real situation of women had not been affected.

The source received reports that Mr. Zhao intended to stage a hunger strike on behalf of peasant activist Zhang Youren, who is currently under residential surveillance, and that his detention is aimed at preventing him from doing so.

Not all child soldiers have been demobilized and there are reports that FNL has been actively recruiting minors since March 2005.

Some have reportedly been forced into marriage with their abductors.

There are reports of armed groups, including FNL, who continue illegally to cross the border between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Furthermore, the Panel continues to receive reports that mines are being opened in remote areas under the forest canopy where they are hidden from the air.

The mission expressed its concerns over reports of continuing violations of the arms embargo imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Security Council.

The High level Coordinator has no information that the Kuwaiti national archives have been found.

Countries that remained retentionist at the end of 2003 and in which there were reports of at least 20 persons having been executed in either of the periods 1994 1998 or 1999 2003, with the estimated annual average (mean) rate per one million of the populationa

It was unclear why a backup plan had been proposed in the absence of firm indications that pledges from the donor community would not be forthcoming.

The author has not shown any additional elements that would make article 14 of the treaty with Switzerland arbitrary.

The Panel has received reports that additional mining equipment has also been imported into the country in this way.

The Committee is concerned at reports according to which temporary protection visas granted to refugees who arrive without a valid visa do not make them eligible for many public services, do not imply any right to family reunion, and make their situation precarious.

Houthi and ousted president Ali Abdulla Saleh's forces were reportedly using it as a military position to shell their opponents in the city.

(a) The irrebuttable presumption, based upon State practice, that bilateral treaties are terminated, subject to express provisions indicating the contrary

Mr. Bhagwati asked for clarification of the role of the NHRC, having regard notably to reports from an NGO that it passed on complaints to a Criminal Investigation Bureau.

The Special Rapporteur was saddened to hear reports that the civilian population was allegedly forced to attend mass meetings to demonstrate its support for the National Convention.

One of Israel's most repeated official claim during the latest war in Gaza was that Hamas was using Palestinian civilians as human shields.

The Group documented that Kinshasa authorities have yet to regain control over operations in Ituri.

It is further reported that migrants are denied access to social security for a two year period upon entry into Australia (art.

Since the beginning of November FDN is reported to have arbitrarily arrested more than 300 persons.

In 2003, in 10 cases out of 32 in which risk reports were not turned into alerts, the incidents took place (31 per cent).

I received reports of denied or delayed access that resulted in women giving birth at the checkpoint, causing complications and loss of life in some cases.

The Committee thus need not address the argument that the petitioner did not also appeal the adverse decisions in certain other cases, though the Committee would note that there is nothing to suggest that the Ministry's decision of lack of standing would have been any different in those cases.