This is a worrying trend, suggesting that the drought could seriously affect the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people.

The growing tendency to allocate ever increasing resources and efforts to emergency activities was worrying.

If proved, this could mark the continuation of a disturbing trend that began in 1997.

A new worrying trend is the killing of detainees during attempts to escape from prison, and the phenomenon of mob justice.

It also remained concerned at the situation in Eastern Slavonia.

Overall, the month of October saw a continuation of this extremely worrying trend.

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

This is a worrying trend in the light of the role played by the humanitarian community in sustaining the 2.45 million conflict affected civilians in Darfur.

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

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

The Organization of the Islamic Conference found that trend to be most disturbing, as 23 of its 57 member States were LDCs.

The recent trends in FDI, which gave rise to optimism and to concern, needed to be seen in the context of both domestic policies and international investment agreements.

Regarding security, the most worrisome aspect of the current situation in Côte d'Ivoire seems to be the proliferation of militias.

The rise in the number of casualties among humanitarian staff operating in conflict and post conflict situations was alarming.

This is encouraging, especially after years of declining trends.

Equally worrying is Africa's unsustainable debt burden.

The economy is suffering a downward spiral which fuels political tensions and deteriorating social conditions, leading to an increasingly worrying humanitarian situation.

Her delegation was particularly concerned about the current tendency to weaken agencies in the field of science and technology.

No. It bothered me you were afraid.

The broader and more worrying trend is the politicization of central banking. Leading German political figures are becoming increasingly suspicious of the European Central Bank, while also worrying aloud about the US Federal Reserve s monetary policy.

Worrying in its own right, this trend also severely undermines health, livelihoods, food production and clean water, and increases the vulnerability of populations to natural disasters and climate change.

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.

Trends in 2005 so far have been mixed.

A recent example of this worrisome trend is that of prominent lawyer, Osner Fevry, detained since March 1998 on assault charges despite release orders by the judge in chambers and the examining magistrate.

The situation of children in Burundi remains extremely worrying.

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

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

In a new and alarming trend, displacement had become not merely the result of conflict, but its very objective.

19. This growing increase in the power of extreme right wing parties is a cause for concern. International public opinion and non governmental and international organizations, which seem to pay attention only to open conflicts or violent manifestations of fascism or xenophobia, should be alerted.

Where racism and racial discrimination were concerned, the rising xenophobic tendencies were of particular concern to his delegation, since 3 million Turkish nationals lived and worked in other countries.

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

That is an upward and quite discomforting trend.

8. There appear to be a number of reasons for this alarming trend.

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

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

The rising trend of extra budgetary funding was becoming a worry.

The world refugee situation revealed other disturbing trends.

Yes, the headline numbers will continue to signal overall improvement in the labor market. The urgent task now is to ensure that lasting progress is not undermined by the worrisome compositional trends that the BLS s report highlights month after month.

The list included tales of troubling humanitarian emergencies and fragile post conflict situations, as well as encouraging stories about human rights, health and development.

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

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

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

I'm noticing that it's happening all over the country, and the good news is that it's growing.

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