The financial situation of the Tribunals, however, remains worrying.

The image of the United Nations in the Middle East region continued to be of particular concern.

The humanitarian situation in many parts of the subregion remains a great concern.

Of concern, however, is the fact that the appeals remain critically underfunded.

While some progress had been made in East Africa, the situation in Somalia remained a source of concern.

It often happened that, following the end of a conflict, the humanitarian situation remained very worrying.

Nevertheless, continuing infringements on the freedom of association and freedom of expression were cause for concern.

We say today with great sadness that the reasons for our concerns still persist.

Equally worrying is Africa's unsustainable debt burden.

The situation of children in Burundi remains extremely worrying.

It also remained concerned at the situation in Eastern Slavonia.

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The human rights situation in Iraq continues to warrant serious concern.

Particularly worrying were a number of bombings that have caused great anxiety among the population.

It was a source of concern to note that the patience of donor countries was beginning to wear thin.

27. The negative impact of the increased workload on the staff was a matter of concern.

The continued slowdown in net aid disbursements was also a growth depressing factor, coupled with the burden of debt repayments, which remained excessive.

The influx of Rwandan asylum seekers remains a concern and is a potential source of friction in the northern border areas.

The suffering of large numbers of children was also a cause for concern.

The state of health of another staff member detained by the Palestinian Authority and who suffered from kidney problems remained a matter of concern.

However, it was a matter of concern that no pledges had been received in over a year and that the Trust Fund remained depleted.

(f) The rather worrying status of resource mobilization for the electoral process.

Compared to the situation of four months ago, recent developments in the Israeli Palestinian situation are cause for concern.

The financial situation of UNRWA was a matter for grave concern.

Mr. Baali (Algeria) said that the number of people coming under the auspices of UNHCR remained worrying, as over 17 million people were still waiting for a solution.

Today, however, there are still problems that cause people everywhere great concern.

In view of that death, fears have been expressed concerning the fate of the other detainees.

The situation regarding financing for development is equally worrisome, if not critical.

Participants noted with concern that the current situation of world fish stocks was alarming.

However, while there is concern about the inter entity situation, the intra entity pattern is just as worrying.

And what could ultimately arise from this worrying situation is a global recession.

Surprisingly, the bond market still seems almost oblivious to this risk. But holders of US debt worldwide have every reason to be concerned.

In Sierra Leone, while human rights concerns remained, the Special Court had made progress, but was impeded by lack of funding.

Greece was deeply concerned at the human rights situation of enclaved persons in the northern part of Cyprus.

The Committee also notes that suicide among women is alarmingly high in the State party.

The indifference of some countries to settling their arrears was a cause of great concern.

The situation in prisons under the control of the Afghan Government was also a matter of concern.

However, he expressed concern about the scope of the reservations that countries had made to the Convention.

Poverty levels remain alarmingly high over 1 billion people live in impoverished conditions.

The issue of the militarization of outer space is another source of considerable concern.

However, the lack of the necessary resources to implement such a mandate was a matter of concern.

The situation of children in many places around the globe, however, continued to be a cause of great concern.

The living conditions of the most vulnerable groups, mainly women and children, are also of great concern.

In hindsight, it is apparent that the alarming predictions of the report were misplaced. Among the unfounded prophesies of doom were the following

The decline in official development assistance and the restriction of capital flows were therefore a serious cause for concern.