Many factories have inadequateventilation, greatly exacerbating the already hot and humid climate. Most

Rejection and social isolation create emotional stress, exacerbating the physical effects of the disease.

Apart from itself causing severe pain, such treatment seriously risked exacerbating his medical condition.

The situation was exacerbating conflicts between groups competing for the use of available resources.

The lack of access for humanitarian agencies to border areas is believed to be exacerbating the problem.

There are sharp contrasts between wealthy neighbourhoods and squatter settlements, exacerbating unsustainable consumption patterns and attendant environmental degradation.

Contrary to agreed international standards, and exacerbating the situation still further, camps were situated adjacent to sensitive borders.

Exacerbating existing tensions, they can result in support for extremists or encourage patterns of voting that reflect wartime allegiances.

Permits are now required for Palestinians to reside in or enter the seam zone, which is exacerbating access problems.

Recalling the Sachs Report, he indicated that the lack of financial resources was exacerbating the difficult situation in Africa.

A failure to act now will only result in exacerbating a situation that most States already consider to be unwieldy.

Even basic health services intended to reach the poor normally achieve higher coverage rates among the better off, thereby exacerbating disparities

But in fact, the Israeli authorities are exacerbating desertification and environmental degradation in the occupied Arab territories of Palestine and Syria.

In addition, thousands of Palestinian labourers are regularly prevented from going to their jobs inside Israel, further exacerbating an already disastrous situation.

Noting with deep concern the worst drought for decades, which affects large parts of Afghanistan and risks dramatically exacerbating the already fragile humanitarian situation,

Furthermore, chronic poverty was exacerbating the degradation of natural resources and desertification while natural habitats continued to deteriorate, thus impoverishing biodiversity throughout the world.

And of course, if you were to down to where there's 15 times as much the deeper you go, the more exacerbating the problem becomes.

She wondered to what extent the adjustment policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were exacerbating the problems of food security.

At the same time, however, the erosion of traditional structures, including as a result of conflict and HIV AIDS, is exacerbating problems of care and protection.

BRUSSELS Stubbornly low inflation has the European Central Bank worried. But its response essentially just more quantitative easing could backfire, exacerbating imbalances and generating serious financial instability.

The Agency s ongoing financial crisis was jeopardizing its efforts to alleviate the refugees plight and exacerbating the sense of anxiety that refugees felt over their own future.

A vote would divide the United Nations membership, exacerbating tensions in every region of the world, and thus would block the central purposes of the United Nations Charter.

It is especially concerned that the Decree provides for officials enforcing the state of emergency to be exempt from legal and disciplinary actions, thus exacerbating the problem of impunity.

(l) To provide the public and victims with specific information and advice to prevent victimization or further victimization, while refraining from unduly exacerbating the feelings of fear and insecurity

Militarized populations in exile, particularly on a large scale, can carry domestic conflicts across borders, sustaining and exacerbating those conflicts, as well as igniting fresh violence in other States.

The representative of the Dalit Liberation Education Trust provided the example of the Dalits, who were portrayed as criminals in the media, thus exacerbating latent discriminatory attitudes towards Untouchables.

Noting that environmental degradation, desertification and global climate change are exacerbating destitution and desperation, causing a negative impact on the realization of the right to food, in particular in developing countries,

The closures had disrupted the lives of the Palestinian people and had inhibited economic activity, exacerbating unemployment and contributing to the deterioration of social and economic conditions in the occupied territory.

Poor economic performance or inequitable development have resulted in a near permanent economic crisis for some States, greatly exacerbating internal tensions and greatly diminishing their capacity to respond to those tensions.

In several developing countries, it is observed that the deficit in the production of food is exacerbating conflicts related to access to natural resources, particularly fertile land, now an increasingly scarce resource.

Furthermore, increased openness and market integration, driven by rapid technological change, is exacerbating divisions within and among societies. Those who miss the globalization train at the start often are unable to catch up later.

In the fall of 1997, after crises battered Thailand and Indonesia, full scale panic erupted in South Korea. As the currency depreciated, the corporate sector s foreign loans became more onerous further exacerbating the panic.

The expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and the destruction of basic infrastructure had plunged millions of Palestinians into abject poverty, sharpening tensions and exacerbating the difficulties with which they had to contend.

The Secretary General made specific mention in his report to the General Assembly this year of the intense competition to export these weapons to conflict areas, thereby exacerbating the intensity and duration of those conflicts.

Lost in the angst over inequality is the critical role that central banks have played in exacerbating the problem. Yes, asset markets were initially ecstatic over the Fed s decision this month not to scale back QE.

Environmentalists correctly note that producing heat for either process uses more energy than does overcoming gravity to pump up ordinary oil. Burning natural gas to heat oily dirt releases large amounts of carbon dioxide, exacerbating global warming.

Exacerbating matters, the central bank s repeated efforts to tighten the money supply raises the cost of capital. Last June, the annualized interbank lending rate surged to more than 10 a level that it almost matched in December.

The Council shares the opinion of the Secretary General that a delay in holding the parliamentary elections would contribute to exacerbating further the political divisions in Lebanon and threaten the security, stability and prosperity of the country.

Whatever it is, it belongs to the political side, with which the Security Council is so familiar, but it becomes another condition precedent, exacerbating the problem of the post conflict situation, as compared to normal development considerations.

Moreover, the Paris Protocol, which effectively institutionalized Israel's policies of transforming the Palestinian economy since the 1967 occupation into a command economy under its control, had also played a major role in exacerbating economic fragility and dependence.

Moreover, the Paris Protocol, which effectively institutionalized Israel's policies of transforming the Palestinian economy since the 1967 occupation into a command economy under its control, had also played a major role in exacerbating economic fragility and dependence.

But, if counter cyclicalists are right to favor moderating, rather than exacerbating, upswings and downswings in the economy, we still need to know what works best. Given recent conditions, is monetary or fiscal stimulus the more effective instrument?

The challenge is to craft a consistent policy that both contains and deters Iran s ambitions without exacerbating its inherent sense of national vulnerability. The policy debate outside the region currently centers on whether to use force if talks fail.

These weapons end up in the possession of criminals, exacerbating problems for law enforcement agencies and worse get into the hands of unscrupulous arms brokers, ending up in areas of conflict and in the hands of extremists and terrorists.

The Agency does not exclude the possibility, however, that after disengagement restrictions on the freedom of movement of persons and goods may be maintained, further exacerbating the dire economic situation and feelings of hopelessness in the population at large.