The prohibitive costs of clean technology, and in some cases political, cultural and social constraints, have also hindered implementation of measures.

However, widespread resistance to reforms within the government and from a significant part of the population soon stalled the reform efforts.

The Conference on Disarmament opens its current session with renewed hopes of overcoming the impasse that has impeded its work for so long.

Ethiopia's illegal occupation of our sovereign territories, with the apparent acquiescence of the Security Council, has hampered our development objectives and activities, imposing substantial losses on our economy.

Interference with the performance of the inspection provided for by law and the supplying of incorrect information are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 7,500 euros.

Since the International Criminal Court indictment, LRA has also started targeting the United Nations and NGOs, hampering their activities in southern Sudan.

In November, the President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, appointed a new Chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission following difficulties in relations between the former Chairman and several public bodies, including the legislature, which had impeded the work of the Commission.

Although the real background or aim of building the bridge was not known, before the bridge was built, British Ambassador Arthur Fair's ship could sailed right up to the Amarapura city wall but the bridge actually obstruct the direct access by British.

As it happened, however, both giants slept on until the 1980 s in China and the early 1990 s in India mainly because both countries embraced a counter productive policy framework that crippled the productivity of their investment efforts.