We encounter obstacles such as the rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty in two referendums.

Obstacles should not be placed in the path of the Organization's universality for political reasons.

The United Nations faces numerous obstacles in carrying out its mandate in the OPT.

We are continuing to implement the Protocol with the greatest earnestness.

And then I'll go to more serious ones.

Boy The World Peace Game is serious.

You will be tested on that commitment in the years ahead.

But the current situation calls for far more serious measures.

In other contexts the principle is open to serious question.

Bearing in mind that Africa faces serious obstacles in the diversification of its economy, in particular, in industrialization,

There are serious concerns on all sides about the pending decision.

These days, this idea is seriously being questioned.

The Border Police Unit, in particular, has been severely hampered in the conduct of its operations by a shortage of communication and transportation equipment.

If this problem weren't serious, Tom wouldn't be here.

So in all seriousness, should my kid play football?

In the September primary election, Ehrlich and Steele had no serious opposition.

This year we have serious concerns with respect to three additional draft resolutions.

The AU takes this role with all seriousness, and we are conscious of our historic responsibility.

We must emphasize the need to find concrete, effective methods of preventing, detecting and removing these corruption and bad governance obstacles from development initiatives.

It may be something that is perhaps more serious as I said, human rights in Burma.

Let us hope that Mubarak is more serious about electoral reform.

Scientists themselves have operated with great seriousness of purpose in educating the public.

Some with serious remarks, a few with questions and some with irony.

Malaysia has indeed taken serious measures to improve road safety and reduce fatalities.

The Executive Director assured delegations that planning for the future had already begun in earnest.

Both mechanisms were valuable tools and their results and recommendations should be taken seriously.

In more turgid prose, but closer to the truth, was the father of modern capitalism, Adam Smith, and he said this.

It charges the Palestinian Authority with not taking serious action against violence and militants.

If customary discrimination persisted, she hoped that it would be taken seriously.

During the period under review, a serious reform of the Territory's tax system was instituted.

Indigenous and tribal women experience the same disadvantages facing their male peers, but often encounter additional barriers related to their gender and age.

But seriously, this issue on anonymity is I mean, you made the case there.

It's a big deal. It sounds big, it sounds important, it sounds solid. It sounds American. Ballsy, serious, male.

And that raises serious questions about the wisdom of China s massive investments in dollar denominated assets.

Few Westerners appreciate how seriously China takes this issue.

Humanitarian personnel are too often blocked from providing assistance because government forces or armed groups prevent them from doing their jobs.

On a related issue, there have been other impediments that UNMEE personnel had to contend with in Eritrea while performing their assigned tasks or in going about their lawful business.

You tell a teacher that, and they'll ask you, in all seriousness, Should we send this child to the psychologist?

Iran s participation in an international peace conference is an absolute necessity, if only to test Rowhani s seriousness.

Pakistan must take this view seriously, regardless of Bush s motivations.

Third, any further sanctions should be accompanied by an earnest offer of dialogue and engagement.

On a more serious note, Al Jazeera anchor Syrian Faisal Alkasim, with more than 1.5 million followers, wonders

Coolloud expresses serious disagreement with the police's forcible restriction of the reporters work at the scene.

Jeffrey Lewis from the University of Maryland provided his assessment of the extent of seriousness of the perceived American commitment to developing space weapons.

Disruptive processes, such as risky and violent behaviour among youth, have emerged as obstacles in the labour market and as difficulties in achieving growth of social mobility.