Failure will erect a huge obstacle to European economic growth for years to come, and could threaten the survival of the euro itself.

Desertification poses a severe obstacle to development.

Is democracy bad for economic growth?

Therefore, they do not represent an obstacle to the division of labour.

Although public investment has been on the rise, the country s poor infrastructure remains a barrier to higher growth.

Although a lack of sustained growth has been a major obstacle to reducing poverty, it is important to ensure that the benefits of growth are redistributed for sectors such as education and health.

The hydrophobicity of these proteins is an obstacle to their import into mitochondria.

Therefore, it should not be an obstacle to the implementation of paragraph 22.

Excruciating external indebtedness remains a major impediment to our development.

In the years following the adoption of the Declaration, colonial peoples had managed to break the yoke of foreign domination and become sovereign and independent peoples.

3. These agreements remove a major obstacle to peace in the Middle East.

54. Difficult access to the world trading system is an enormous obstacle to development.

It poses, for example, no obstacle whatsoever to a criminal investigation.

Weak financial systems in emerging markets are a major obstacle to balanced development.

10.38 There is a systemic constraint on regaining access to education and training once a student has left.

Traditionally, an overwhelming obstacle for firms wishing to internationalize has been the issue of scale.

The non extradition of nationals remains an important legal impediment to extradition.

Conflict was indeed a great impediment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

The deteriorating economic situation in the occupied Palestinian territory was a major obstacle to sustainable development.

Limited absorptive capacity was a major constraint to increased flows of assistance to those economies.

Yes, they are, once a conflict has broken out and land mines are used indiscriminately.

Corruption is a major obstacle to economic development, costing billions of dollars a year that could otherwise be used to reduce poverty and promote economic growth.

The Secretary General had stated that lack of real national ownership was the most important obstacle to effective programme implementation, and one could add that, by implication, it was the most important obstacle to development.

The tremendous differences that exist among the various penal systems constitute a further obstacle to the notion of an international jurisdiction.

The 1996 peace accords that ended the decades long civil war removed a major obstacle to foreign investment.

Actions of transnational companies could sometimes be an obstacle to development.

Denying these women their basic human rights is thus also a major obstacle to the reconstruction process.

Stressing that the continuation of aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a serious impediment to the peace process,

After all, there is obviously no obstacle to replenishing a voluntary fund.

Secondly, foreign debt constitutes another major cog in the wheel of development for many African countries.

Excessive debt burdens continued to be a great hindrance to the growth potential of many such countries, especially in the light of escalating oil prices and declining commodity prices.

Moralities that resist this logic are branded obstacles to progress.

Resolve the AIDS crisis, and we remove a major hurdle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Fear of violence is a serious impediment to women's participation in all forms of social and economic life.

Lack or inaccuracy of reporting is a key impediment to assessing the extent and nature of the problem.

It also represents a serious impediment to the conduct of effective investigations in Darfur by national judicial bodies.

These differing perspectives might be the biggest obstacle to international cooperation in achieving the MDGs.

Accordingly, it was necessary to reduce fund transfer costs, which diminished funds going into savings and investment in the countries of origin.

They continue to constitute a serious obstacle to making hope a reality for southern Africa.

The excessive size of its contribution has now become an obstacle to our State apos s full fledged membership in this Organization.

I consider really the big obstacle because to bring the entire population into growth and prosperity is what will create a domestic market, what will avoid social instability, and which will make use of the entire capacity of the population.

The cultivation of illicit drug crops remains a serious impediment to the sustainable development of some countries.

The absence of a seamless network of corresponding national legislation is a fundamental obstacle to international cooperation against terrorism

In some areas, the lack of security is still an impediment to effective humanitarian assistance and project implementation.

For members of such groups the language of justice is a genuine obstacle to the right to a fair trial.