Article 4 Unfavourable Discriminations

However, the unfavourable external environment had thwarted those initiatives.

Developments at the international level have mostly been unfavourable.

Non fuel commodity price trends were also mostly unfavourable.

However, the unfavourable international climate continued to frustrate their efforts.

(c) Unfavourable meteorological conditions, mainly wind speed and wind direction.

78. The position of pensioners has been even more unfavourable.

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The United Nations responsibilities have often been undertaken under most unfavourable conditions.

The causes of the unfavourable economic climate were both external and internal.

One must also consider unfavourable risk factors such as smoking, alcoholism, obesity, etc.

The international environment for most developing countries was generally unfavourable during the 1980s.

The unfavourable international economic situation plays a preponderant role in increased drug production.

Unfavourable exchange rate changes, or sociopolitical factors, may also pose serious economic risks.

These provisions are unfavourable for all countries of the Eastern European regional group.

Unfavourable prices persisted for traditional products, most notably for coffee, sugar and cotton.

In addition, the existence of legal disputes creates an atmosphere unfavourable to international cooperation.

The increase in non completion suggests that more unfavourable conditions might be at work.

Families with a large number of children have been in the most unfavourable position.

Public opinion survey conducted by Zogby International (June 2004), selected Arab countries responses to the question, In general, is your overall opinion of the United Nations very favourable, somewhat favourable, somewhat unfavourable or very unfavourable?

The current unfavourable terms in agriculture and commodity trading make the problem even more unbearable.

(ii) the most unfavourable configuration is used for the purpose of the tank strength calculations

Unfavourable external factors might prolong the time frame of adjustment and worsen its social costs.

14. From time to time some unfavourable remarks were heard about the Joint Inspection Unit.

In the search for explanations of poor economic performance, much has been made of Africa's unfavourable geography, including its distance from leading markets, the number of land locked countries, low population density and unfavourable climatic conditions.

Louis landed on the African coast in July of 1270, a very unfavourable season for landing.

The Committee reiterates that the requirement that an author exhaust domestic remedies attaches to each allegation of an alleged violation of the Covenant, not simply to the decision of a court or tribunal unfavourable to an author.

The Decree also provides measures to eventually eliminate backward and unfavourable customs for women in these areas.

The consequences of Mr. Hariri's assassination are, in their view, obviously unfavourable to the Syrian Arab Republic.

Most developing nations are engaged in courageous policies to restructure their economies, despite an unfavourable external environment.

89. The unfavourable security situation in Somalia seriously impeded international relief efforts and rendered emergency assistance perilous.

Despite recent improvements, long term projections of the prices of commodities from the developing countries were unfavourable.

46. Although three years have passed since the cessation of armed conflict, and despite the decision of the Government of Lebanon to start reconstruction and development, conditions continue to be unfavourable for the survival and physical development of many Lebanese children.

Renegotiation of contracts at unfavourable prices for goods previously contracted for in order to cover shortages caused by delays.

An unfavourable evaluation of a road project in Burundi provided an important lesson for UNCDF programming as a whole.

Unpredictable weather conditions, natural disasters and the unfavourable external situation continued to contribute to the poor performance of LDCs.

Albania, Mongolia, and India successfully passed more complicated tests and offer some useful lessons in democratic transitions under unfavourable conditions.

About one half of tuberculosis patients in Latvia come from what is described as the socially unfavourable groups of society.

The division of labour between women and men is unfavourable to women, who must work longer hours at largely unremunerated tasks.

8. Socio economic conditions at the household and individual levels continued to be unfavourable or difficult, despite the satisfactory macroeconomic performance.

Owing to the high unemployment rate and unfavourable trends in the labour market, the Croatian Government established annual hiring quotas for foreigners.

These are formulated to provide advantages to men as both employers and employees, and they are unfavourable to women and their needs.

Evidently, however, the countries of the South would be unable to build sustainable democratic political and economic systems against an unfavourable international environment.

quot ... the worsening problems of finding socially useful employment for minors are having a highly unfavourable effect on the crime rate among adolescents.

He highlighted the purposeful work on minimizing negative impacts of unfavourable geographical location of the landlocked developing countries, eliminating barriers in international transport communications.