fragile situation

The financial crisis added to this fragile situation in which these countries found themselves.

Fragile situations like this one were evidently second nature to them.

Maternal death is the main cause of women's mortality in many countries with a fragile situation.

She was not right for us - not in this fragile situation.

We're in a fragile situation which could unravel at any time."

"But it reflects the fragile situation in the region."

We have a very fragile situation right now.

The proposed new rules include some that are sensitive to the fragile situation of those who seek asylum.

We are in a very delicate, fragile situation.

However, it would be unlikely that Germany would provide such weapons, given their fragile situation as of 1944.

The Palestinian suggested that it was impossible for the administration to deal with the fragile situation by meeting personally with only one of the leaders.

Lennox proposes that they do something immediately to solve the fragile situation.

It is a very fragile situation.

It is a country in a chronically fragile situation whose existing basic functions and capacities have been very seriously disrupted.

It is clearly difficult to operate in a fragile situation in which at least three endemic disputes are simmering.

However, the EU must act with caution: there are dangers in this unstable time of aggravating a fragile situation.

The Security Council expressed concern at the fragile situation in Sierra Leone.

This may show his charitable disposition, but also highlighted Sanhá's awareness of his fragile situation.

Father Salameh, cradling a cell phone in his black cassock, said he was struggling to assess the town's fragile situation.

Diem was an implacable enemy of the Communists and his nationalist credentials were comparatively clean, but he had inherited a very fragile situation.

A Fragile Situation'

Combined with a weak economy and difficulty in maintaining order, this was a fragile situation that crumbled under the pressure of external forces they could not oppose.

We must not forget that those who suffer most from disasters, natural or man-made, are those who are already in fragile situations due to poverty.

Considerable work remains to be done, notably in sub-Saharan Africa and in countries that are in both conflict and fragile situations.

Fragile situations: tailoring, phasing and coordinating capacity building and development in situations of fragility, including countries emerging from conflict.