OIOS sees that as a serious challenge.

This one, I would say, was a serious challenge.

Nor is India or Russia likely to pose a serious challenge.

A number of speakers pointed out that money laundering also posed a serious challenge.

It lacked the resolution that such a serious challenge to civil authority required.

The political apathy that characterizes today s Russia presents a serious challenge to the country s survival.

Land mines are particularly injurious to children and so constitute a serious challenge for UNICEF.

Poverty, in its different conceptual configurations, is a serious challenge to both policymakers and decision makers.

The continuing lack of security represents a serious challenge to the objectives of the Security Council.

External debt servicing was a serious challenge to developing countries and economies in transition, especially in Africa.

We recognize that trafficking in persons continues to pose a serious challenge to humanity and requires a concerted international response.

Recognizing that climate change is a serious challenge that has the potential to affect every part of the globe,

Progress in the political process remains heavily influenced by the security situation, which continues to pose a serious challenge.

A most serious challenge to the political stability of the region is the eruption of new forms of extremism.

The Kirchner government faced a serious challenge to its credibility when it came under suspicion of manipulating the inflation rate.

The Secretary General's report states clearly that the absence of infrastructure remains a serious challenge and has a broad range of implications.

The US faces no serious challenge (not yet, at least) as the world s dominant military power.

Today, the most serious challenge is that the culprits are assuming the role of the prosecutor.

The illicit production, distribution and consumption of drugs have become a most serious problem, one that represents a global challenge requiring a global response.

Another serious challenge to the process are the problems of Kosovo's economy, accompanied by high unemployment rates.

The Islamist Ennahda party leads the government, but it faces a serious challenge from the ultra conservative Salafists of Hizb Ut Tahrir.

States failing to abide by their treaty obligations have created a serious challenge for the non proliferation regime that must be addressed.

There is therefore a serious challenge of role and of means affecting the United Nations and other organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This represents a serious challenge to thinkers who sometimes ridicule the idea of the nation itself, arguing that we now inhabit a post national world.

This persistent non compliance with international obligations constitutes a serious challenge to the international non proliferation regime and to the safeguards system as a whole.

An important additional serious challenge to the international non proliferation system is the illicit traffic in nuclear material.

Acknowledging that poverty, among other factors, represents a serious challenge to the full and effective participation and contribution of young people to society,

We recognize that climate change is a serious and long term challenge that has the potential to affect every part of the world.

Comparing the progress of the least developed countries with the progress of other developing countries on these goals, however, presents a serious challenge.

The discovery of an extensive black market network in nuclear materials and technologies posed a serious challenge to the nuclear non proliferation regime.

We recognize that climate change is a serious and long term challenge that has the potential to affect every part of the globe.

Beijing Climate change is a serious challenge to humanity and sustainable development, which requires both proactive responses and concerted effort by the international community.

The Union is firmly committed to urgent global action to mitigate climate change a serious, long term challenge for every part of the world.

Before concluding my remarks, let me underscore the fact that the Millennium Development Goals present a serious challenge to both developing and developed countries.

The most serious unintended consequence of the war is the emergence of a powerful Shia challenge to the West s Sunni allies in the Middle East.

But since climate change is a more far reaching and serious challenge, the world must not waver in its determination and commitment to addressing it.

But the Malaysian constitution provides room for arguments on both sides of the question, and the relatively secular status quo is facing a serious challenge.

The consequences of the recently aggravated problem of forced migration and the influx of refugees constitute a serious challenge to security and stability in Europe.

While global warming is a serious challenge (and will exacerbate other problems), cutting carbon emissions is a poor solution and a poor use of funds compared to the alternatives.

But a context in which a fundamentalist Islamic group like the Muslim Brotherhood is the strongest organization in society, with very little effective countervailing powers, creates a serious challenge.

And both face serious demographic problems, given shrinking and aging populations, as well as the challenge of Asia s rising superpowers.

The putsch of 21 October 1993 was therefore a serious challenge to the new Africa that the OAU and the African States are trying to build.

The presence of uncleared land mines poses a serious challenge to date to those humanitarian assistance efforts and often prevents the achievement of key humanitarian objectives.

A challenge, of course.

An invitation, a challenge?