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This may be the biggest setback for the British since Dunkirk.

But, with every setback, we learn.

After each setback it committed itself to solemn agreements, multilaterally or bilaterally.

24. In Western Asia, the Persian Gulf crisis was a setback at the beginning of the decade.

With regard to Angola, Mr. Savimbi apos s rejection of last year apos s election results was a major set back.

We are all fully aware that this disaster will be a serious setback for the development efforts of the Egyptian Government.

If that information is confirmed, it will represent a grave step backwards in the process of establishing moratoriums on nuclear testing.

This reallocation could prompt a dangerous set back, leading to the elimination of programmes that are under way.

Any resumption of testing would be a major set back to the current positive trend in relations between France and the region.

The lack of progress in Africa would be a set back for all, not just for the Africans.

Your decision not to allow the activities of the missions to continue is a further serious setback in your country apos s relations with the CSCE.

The coup d apos état of September 1991 had certainly been a setback for the emerging Haitian democratic system.

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To avoid any relapse caused by cross border interference, regional problems need regional solutions as well as policies based on a regional perspective.

The decisions taken by the Government in Belgrade is a further setback in its relations with the CSCE.

Like many small developing countries, we are still in the process of gradual recovery following a prolonged downturn that afflicted the world as a whole.

We regard the hasty adoption of resolution 943 (1994) as a major setback to international efforts to secure peace with justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The fact that the Comorian island of Mayotte has been separated from its three sister islands is a major setback in this southern region of the Indian Ocean.

My delegation regards this as a temporary setback from which we hope to rebound with renewed determination, because we are all too well aware of the relationship between disarmament and development.

Concerns about development, trade, the environment and other issues of fundamental interest to most Members of the Organization have suffered an unforgivable setback.

Too often it has only been a set back or negative incident which receives media, and hence public, attention.

The hasty adoption of the said resolution constitutes a major set back to the international efforts to secure peace with justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Was the global financial crisis a harsh but transitory setback to advanced country growth, or did it expose a deeper long term malaise?

Similarly, the failure of the Disarmament Commission to agree on an agenda for its substantive session is another setback to multilateral disarmament initiatives.

95. In contrast, the peace process suffered a dramatic setback in Angola, where some 95,000 persons have already returned spontaneously.

Unfortunately, the hopes for non proliferation in South Asia received a serious setback when India exploded a nuclear bomb in 1974.

The outbreak of renewed hostilities in the capital on the first day of 1994, with a new set of alliances, was a serious setback to this process.

In January, the Islamist dominated parliament adopted a decree lowering the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 16, a major setback.

The international staff of the Agency's headquarters in Gaza, including the Commissioner General, had been relocated owing to the increasing risks to which they were exposed, causing serious disruption of operations.

The detonation of nuclear weapons represents a setback to the efforts to negotiate a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty, the conclusion of which Argentina firmly supports.

This would not only jeopardize the confidence building measures, but would also be a serious setback for the effort to reach an overall settlement.

39. A major research project on the Central Asian mountain transect suffered a set back with the disruption of field work in Tajikistan apos s Pamir Mountains as a result of serious political turmoil.

For the Fund to reduce activities while the international community is increasingly confirming both the effectiveness and the appropriateness of aid modalities would be a great setback for poverty reduction in the poorest countries.

On the other hand, I fear that, if we do not achieve an agreement on the package, the effort to seek an overall settlement to the Cyprus problem will suffer a major setback.

While the crisis in Haiti is a major setback in achieving increased food production, it should not be a stop sign on the path to long term development.

The situation in Afghanistan, particularly in Kabul, resulted in a major setback to the ongoing FAO programmes and slowed down future programme development.

Nuclear weapons It is believed that Israel had possessed an operational nuclear weapons capability by 1967, with the mass production of nuclear warheads occurring immediately after the Six Day War.

What if the bargain struck between the Chinese middle classes and the one party state were to fall apart, owing to a pause, or even a setback, in the race for material wealth?

That is another setback for the cause of disarmament and non proliferation after the failure of last May's Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

The suspension of WFP Operation Lifeline Sudan activities in eastern Equatoria following the killing of three relief workers and a journalist in September was a major set back to the entire relief operation.

They have also failed to implement the programme for the 1990s that had been agreed upon at the Paris Conference. This has been a real setback for the economic and social development of the least developed countries.

Increased looting of United Nations relief convoys along surface corridors in southern Sudan has been a major setback to the delivery of emergency food aid to affected populations.

The non entry into force of START II is a setback to the 13 practical steps in the field of nuclear disarmament adopted at the 2000 Review Conference.