The Escalating Arab Wars

And it's an escalating problem too.

The suffering it undergoes daily is escalating.

Nevertheless, the nuclear threat may now be escalating, rather than declining.

Rapid change in eastern Europe has contributed to escalating drug abuse.

Within the country, there are concerns about escalating ethnic and religious differences.

Women also suffered disproportionately from the effects of escalating civil and ethnic conflicts.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions are either escalating or are brewing dangerously.

Yet, the illicit production, trafficking and consumption of narcotic drugs had been escalating steadily.

Escalating globalization is neither a recipe for enhancing global welfare, nor a cure all.

Well focused development programmes could lay the groundwork for prevention and help to stem escalating violence.

Unresolved boundary issues, squabbles over oil revenues, the ongoing conflict in Darfur, escalating tribal violence in the south and generally weak state capacity across all of Sudan complete a very depressing picture of the state of affairs in Africa's largest country.

This survey almost didn t show that the escalating global trade frictions shook the confidence of large manufacturers.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.

That was the beginning of an escalating U.S. involvement there that we do not pay for at the pump.

My envoys used their good offices in seeking peace agreements or in trying to prevent disputes from violently escalating.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

United Nations staff members continue to face serious and often escalating threats in carrying out their duties in the field.

The international community must shake off its political inertia and take all possible steps to prevent armed conflicts from escalating.

Over the past few decades, Pakistan has been obliged to respond to the escalating steps of proliferation by our neighbour.

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

The forces conniving to oppose democracy responded by escalating the breakdown in the constitutional order and the legitimate exercise of power.

With the escalating rates of HIV, the crisis for children will persist for decades, even as prevention and treatment programmes expand.

In view of the escalating cost of disasters, the current response oriented approach must be replaced by prevention and mitigation activities.

The escalating production and acquisition of armaments by some States have created insecurity and instability in several regions of the world.

With these endeavours, the Greek Cypriot side has demonstrated that it is bent on escalating the conflict rather than resolving it.

I think it's safe to say that all of us here are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in our daily lives.

Those requirements have ramifications for protecting the global climate, ensuring sustainability of energy resources and restraining the escalating spiral of fuel prices.

Also, the pattern of relatively high and escalating tariffs on processed commodities in developed countries acted as a significant barrier to diversification.

The need for food aid has greatly increased due to escalating insecurity and drought, which occurred during the cultivation period in 1997.

And that rate has been escalating at the same rate as children not walking to school anymore, again, because of our development patterns.

Those incidents clearly demonstrate that there is a real risk of escalating violence and reprisals that could have destabilizing repercussions throughout the region.

The Retention Licence may extend to a total period of six years with escalating licence fees becoming payable to the Government of Botswana.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

As a socio economic programme which aimed to address escalating poverty and the continued marginalization of Africa, NEPAD sought to guarantee Africa's renewal and industrialization.

The task of governance is becoming increasingly difficult in the face of growing unemployment, deepening poverty, escalating energy prices and a mounting cost of living.

In addition to having a significant and escalating drug problem, the region also holds considerable potential for subregional, political, operational and other forms of international cooperation.

It must be emphasized that peacekeeping operations were ad hoc measures for preventing conflict situations from escalating while ways to resolve the conflict peacefully were being pursued.

To deal with the escalating problem of abuse of and illicit trafficking in amphetamine type stimulants, UNDCP organized an expert group meeting at Vienna in February 1996.

2. Strongly condemns the mass killings and systematic human rights violations against civilians and prisoners of war, and notes with alarm the escalating cycle of mass killings

Whatever happened, images found by open source analysts suggest that Russia has been escalating its military presence in Crimea since at least Saturday before the supposed attack occurred.

Political transitions were marred by violence in some African countries, prompting good offices efforts by the United Nations and others to prevent disputes from escalating into armed conflicts.

Moreover, excessive debt burdens continue to be a great hindrance to our recovery potential, especially in the light of escalating oil prices and the depression in commodity prices.

Israel s political system, through its complex mechanisms of rigged party selection and absolute proportionality, condemns the country to weak coalition governments and escalating corruption. It must be reformed urgently.