I find this shocking and somewhat appalling.

Conditions of detention continued to be appalling.

And what they were doing to the bears was really appalling.

They point out that they continue to live in appalling, substandard conditions.

With respect to Iraq, the people of Iraq face appalling challenges from terrorism.

They have suffered through appalling civil conflicts that have resulted in untold suffering.

Expressing grave concern about the appalling proportions of the humanitarian crisis affecting the country,

In the last four months the world has seen further appalling acts of terrorism.

The weather is just appalling oh, drifted back about five miles in the last last night.

That is an appalling situation and a blight on a key area of United Nations activity.

The premeditated and appalling attack on them underlined the need for continued support for the Mission.

It seeks rules to protect the innocent against appalling assaults on their life and on their dignity.

There was no reported improvement in the appalling condition of women and children detained in Israeli prisons.

That would be appalling, and that would be the point at which I would hand in my membership.

In the Caucasus, the loss of life through terrorism and civil conflict in Chechnya and Ingushetia was appalling.

It was appalling and deeply saddening that United Nations peacekeepers and staff continued to commit such deplorable acts.

The appalling suffering and hardship that the fraternal Iraqi people are currently enduring arouses our deep distress and concern.

Now, when I was working in the 1990s, I spent most of the time covering the appalling conflict in Yugoslavia.

Europe, too, has suffered from appalling atrocities over the past two years in Russia, Turkey, Spain and the United Kingdom.

It is appalling that a leader of a United Nations Member State would call for the destruction of another Member State.

The independent expert noted that, compared to his previous visits in 2002 and 2003, the prison had deteriorated to an appalling condition.

The tragedy in Darfur and the appalling suffering of the civilian population represents one of the most flagrant violations of human rights.

The zones of production and distribution tend to lie in the developing world, and they are often threatened by appalling violence and bloodshed.

What was even more appalling was that often the competent authorities did nothing by way of investigating those crimes and punishing the perpetrators.

These expressions of friendship and solidarity have been of great comfort to us in this appalling tragedy, and that will be conveyed to my Government.

The decision has an obvious public relations dimension. Oil contaminated birds and beaches make appalling pictures, whereas dead fish and shrimp larvae go unnoticed by cameras.

A few witnesses also drew the attention of the Special Committee to the appalling conditions of imprisoned minors, mixed up with adults, sometimes with women adults.

And I couldn't help notice that the people who were perpetrating the appalling atrocities, the paramilitary organizations, were actually the same people running the organized criminal syndicates.

The appalling road conditions have forced many implementing organizations to limit their operations to the more easily accessible locations, often along or just off the major roads.

This is necessary in order to improve the appalling state of maternal health and reverse the spread of HIV AIDS as well as to contribute to women's empowerment.

The brain is not a static concept. Trapped in Kinshasa, under appalling conditions, the brain will drain away in less time than it takes to get to New York.

The members of the Council expressed their appreciation for the detailed probe carried out by MONUC on the appalling events that took place in Ituri during the period under consideration.

The United States was quick to accuse others, but silent on its own appalling human rights record, which included such acts as occupying an independent State and massacring its civilians.

I want to see Israel, a free, democratic society, live up to its original values and be at peace with its neighbors. It will not achieve this through its appalling Gaza policy.

The response to the appalling tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December demonstrated the willingness of Governments, civil society and the private sector to respond rapidly and generously to an unprecedented crisis.

Also, data show that the education structure of women over 15 in Republika Srpska is appalling every fourth woman is illiterate (23.1 per cent) and 23.5 per cent have not completed elementary school.

It is therefore incumbent upon us that we honour the promises that, 60 years ago in the rubble of the most appalling conflict, gave rise to hope among the peoples of the world.

We do not even seek the creation of an independent Kurdish state just a guarantee of Kurdish rights in a unified Syria. Centralized power has suppressed the country s diversity and led to appalling abuses.

Last year, though, an appalling incident in a southern OEM manufacturing compound in China 13 young workers in their late teens and early 20s committed suicide, just one by one like causing a contagious disease.

Women who left their countries of origin for better living conditions often worked in appalling conditions, and were more likely than men to be exposed to forced labour, sexual exploitation, forced prostitution and other violence.

While the overall number of LRA combatants may not have increased, they have spread out over a larger area and now constitute a significant threat to regional security, with appalling consequences for several million people.

The reality is that, 60 years after the United Nations was formed as a response to the appalling and ghastly results of the crime of racism, we are still confronted by the cancer of racism.

Contrary to the criticism, condemnation of the film is not censorship. While rejecting censorship, the US government should not renounce its authority to speak sensibly and condemn an appalling and apparently intentional provocation that produced such tragic consequences.

To a certain extent, witnesses reported less appalling atrocities than last year, which might be the result of decreased violence committed during the first six months of the year following the Sharm El Sheikh Summit of February 2005.

The reports mention how common it is for a woman to be raped by groups of up to 20 men or in front of her family, and have to endure the most appalling acts of barbarity and torture.