D. Proneness to natural disasters

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Because it's so hard to admit our own fallibility.

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

Noting with concern the vulnerability of the Territory to drug trafficking, money laundering and related activities,

So products were developed that allowed investors to borrow easily in several currencies at once and invest in a portfolio of high interest rate currencies. This protected investors from a general sell off of the carry trade and lessened their exposure to idiosyncratic risks.

Short term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.

The system is integrated with pre trade and post trade capabilities which will reduce the operational risk exposure of the Investment Management Service.

In fact, vulnerability to external economic influences and ecological fragility are major concerns for small island developing States.

That may not be surprising, but it is deeply troubling, because children s exposure to violence is a major threat to their physical, emotional, and cognitive development.

There is still a relatively high rate of infection with certain infectious diseases (diphtheria, tuberculosis and HIV AIDS), as well as with non infectious diseases.

49. Operating in zones of conflict has also meant exposing United Nations military and civilian personnel to significant security risks.

We cannot continue to pursue strategies that ignore our common exposure to global risks, and the resulting environment of mutual dependence.

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Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children among refugees and other persons of concern, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and physical abuse,

U.S. attorney Charles H. Hunter described this as a complete fiction others suggested the symptoms were caused by HIV infection, diabetes or chronic stress.

The exposure to hazardous materials and the risk of contamination as a result of industrial accidents are also issues linking environment and development.

A growing area of concern is the high number of teenage pregnancies in developing countries and the vulnerability of adolescents to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV AIDS.

Moreover, a study done in the UK called The WhiteHall Study . confirmed that there is a social distribution of disease as you go from the top of the socioeconomic ladder to the bottom. .

Substitution of paracetamol for aspirin, researchers proposed, may have led to an enhanced allergic immune response, thereby increasing susceptibility to asthma and other allergic disorders.

Education and exposure to outside influences, with a concomitant breakdown in traditional cultural ties, contribute to the level of migration, probably to a greater extent than poverty does.

But unplanned and uncoordinated urban development is risky, threatening to replace migrants hopes for a better life with unsanitary living conditions, joblessness, and high exposure to natural disasters.

The authors conclude that, by reducing the share of short term foreign currency debt in a country s total liabilities, capital controls can reduce vulnerability to financial crises.

Realizing that globalization affects all countries differently and makes them more exposed to external developments, positive as well as negative, inter alia, in the field of human rights,

Existing limit values will be maintained however, the new Directive will regulate human expo sure to fine particulate matter (PM2,5), which is most hazardous to human health.

Realizing that globalization affects all countries differently and makes them more exposed to external developments, positive as well as negative, including in the field of human rights,

The Committee referred to its previous views under the reporting procedure, noting that it had always considered exposure to such radiation as a health risk to workers.

Women's susceptibility to HIV is exacerbated by unequal power between women and men and the use of violence to sustain that imbalance, which limit women's ability to negotiate safe sex.

Yet the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV infection stems not simply from nature or ignorance, but from a social aspect their pervasive lack of power and low social status.

Recognizing the susceptibility and vulnerability of sex workers and seamen, the policy has specifically included them.

96. The Mission noted that the people of Tokelau are fully aware of the unique characteristics of their Territory and the serious handicaps that could arise from such factors as size, remoteness and vulnerability to natural disaster.

The dramatic changes in agricultural management and ownership, and increased exposure to global competition, caused a sharp reduction in food production during the early to mid 1990s.

Pelagic open ocean fisheries seriously affect several groups of species, such as whales, sharks, seabirds, dolphins and turtles, whose biological characteristics render them vulnerable to depletion or even extinction.

Defenders of President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and the military emphasize the difficulty of the task they face in Iraq, human frailty and fallibility, and the fact that there are always a few rotten apples.

While it is both untenable and unhelpful to argue that exposure to these sites alone leads to terrorism, the glorying of Al Qaida and the clear message of incitement have added fuel to a much wider debate on regulation.

Losing on a long position reduces one s risk exposure, while losing on a short position increases it, so one can be more patient being long and wrong than being short and wrong.

Population growth in coastal areas may not continue to imply more risk exposure, since choice lots may already be getting somewhat more scarce, and further development may favor more central areas.

I went to Congo with MSF, and contributed to a book and an exhibition that focused attention on a forgotten war in which millions of people have died, and exposure to disease without treatment is used as a weapon.

I went to Congo with MSF, and contributed to a book and an exhibition that focused attention on a forgotten war in which millions of people have died, and exposure to disease without treatment is used as a weapon.