Regrettably, the international community's response was not adequate.

Unfortunately, the period of the current mandate of the Monitoring Group will have expired by then.

It is regrettable that this obvious threat has been neglected in the report.

Alas, there is no urge to do this.

The efforts at that time, unfortunately, did not prove to be sufficient.

Regrettably, the occupying Power has been doing exactly the opposite.

It was regrettable that the July package had not progressed further.

It was regrettable that the diplomatic potential of the Conference on Disarmament was not being fully exploited.

Regrettably, some Council members did not even want to take note of these letters.

Unfortunately, the transfer of Lukić has been hindered by an application for his extradition by Serbia and Montenegro.

Unfortunately, there is no central direction or even coordination of civilian efforts.

Unfortunately, the recommendations were accepted only partially by the main institutional stakeholders in Ecuador.

Whatever happens regarding Zimbabwe in Cannes will directly influence the EU Africa summit later this year. Unfortunately, that controversy may also overshadow the incipient changes in French policy.

Unfortunately, strong vested interests have spent millions of dollars on spreading misinformation about climate change.

Unfortunately, the gulf between the expectations raised by the reforms and the benefits felt by ordinary citizens widened steadily.

The delay in issuing the financial reports for some organizations, agencies, funds and programmes was regrettable, as was the deterioration in their financial situation.

It was regrettable that the Committee on Conferences seemed to give greater weight to technical considerations than to capacity to pay.

Unfortunately, in many countries few, if any, laws exist to regulate the import and export of these weapons.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, unfortunately does not have established institutions dealing with family violence and prepared to provide support to victims of such violence.

Unfortunately, that affected primarily women, especially in rural areas, and accordingly one could speak of a phenomenon of feminization of poverty.

Regrettably, the funding of United Nations development cooperation was still low and depended on a small donor base. Moreover, the report of the Secretary General (A 59 85, para.

But there is a contrary moral attitude, the essence of which is that, whereas excessive debt is to be deplored, the blame for it lies with the lender, not the borrower.

Unfortunately, this practice occurs in all areas labor activities, including to women in highly qualified jobs.

The misuse of the machinery of law, order and justice by the Government of Myanmar to instigate systematic political repression rather than protect basic human rights and fundamental freedoms is to be regretted.

Unfortunately, the two International Tribunals remained in a negative cash position of 80 million and the situation was worsening every year.

Unfortunately, the focal point of the Democratic Republic of the Congo receives no assistance. In contrast, the other focal points enjoy the support of the international community, which introduced the initiative.

It was regrettable that most United Nations agencies did not have country offices, which meant they could not participate effectively in national coordination mechanisms.

Such opportunism is deplorable and the goal disgraceful.

It is unfortunate, however, that violence and atrocities are daily occurrences and that they are directed at civilians, including women and children, humanitarian workers and international peacekeepers.

Tragically, three civilians were killed two Palestinians and one Chinese citizen all of whom were working in the Gush Katif settlement block in southern Gaza five Palestinians labourers were also wounded.

Unfortunately, it had not been possible during the current year to reach a consensus, but his delegation hoped that positive results would be achieved next time.

Regrettably, the original deadline of January 2005 for completion of the Doha Round has passed and not much progress has been achieved since the Framework Agreement.

Unfortunately, that work relied heavily on unpredictable extrabudgetary funding, and when no voluntary contributions were received, the work had to be suspended.

Regrettably, Israel had made little progress in fulfilling its obligations, which included withdrawing from Palestinian cities, halting violence and destruction, releasing Palestinian prisoners and allowing the return of deportees.

In reality, it is surprising and sad that, at the dawn of the twenty first century, certain delegations should object to a text that calls on States adequately to protect human life.

Regrettably, on 20 January 2005 it was announced that all national judges had failed the written evaluation test and would thus not be eligible for conversion of their appointments from probationary to career judges.

Unfortunately, this important and useful tool for the sustenance of democracy is always fraught with corruption.

Such multidimensional poverty cannot be overcome through a piecemeal approach rather, it requires comprehensive public policies, which most States and multinational agencies unfortunately have not yet developed for indigenous peoples.

The draft resolution, unfortunately, focused almost exclusively on the adoption of unilateral coercive measures against developing countries such inadmissible measures should not be taken against any member of the international community.

One can only regret that the media seem less interested in this exciting and momentous story, which has the potential to help millions of children, than in Madonna s adoption of a single Malawian infant.

Unfortunately, law enforcement officials and judges were often reluctant to apply the relevant provisions.

In addition, it was disappointing that the report made no mention of the broad scale work done in the Cayman Islands by a number of non governmental organizations, including the organization the speaker represented.

Unfortunately, in what can be seen as a vicious circle, poverty itself induces corruption in the societies.

Mr. Dolhov (Ukraine) said that, regrettably, significant gaps in the nuclear non proliferation regime had in recent years put the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) under stress and brought its credibility into question.

Mr. Aisi (Papua New Guinea) said that it was regrettable that, half way through the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, only a few Territories were able to look forward to self determination in the near future.