1. Hundreds of thousands of human beings in the one of the most difficult environments on earth, threatened with the loss of all humanitarian assistance, pleading for security from ethnically targeted violence: It sounds a lot like Darfur circa 2003.

2. "Where operational deficiencies have been identified, UNDP is committed to applying lessons learned to other countries where we face similarly difficult environments," he said. (Reporting by Paul Eckert; editing by Stuart Grudgings)

3. "We have operated in difficult environments, like South Africa under apartheid and China after the Tiananmen massacre, but being embroiled in such a political issue is something unique," said Kate Board, the director responsible for the council‘s activities in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.

4. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan: Sliding Backwards In Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, we are dealing with difficult regimes that are holdovers from the obsolete model of Soviet central control and repression.В In these very challenging environments, we must find creative ways to continue supporting the people who deserve the political choices and economic opportunities that their governments do not provide.В We are giving crucial financial and moral support to the beleaguered non-governmental organizations and individuals who aspire to build civil society in these difficult environments.

5. In Uzbekistan we have continued to press for a broad relationship that includes attention to democracy, including human rights and political reform, security cooperation, including on terrorism, and economic cooperation, and we have made clear at the highest levels of the Government of Uzbekistan that our relationship should be based upon progress on all of these repression.
'4; In these very challenging environments, we must find creative ways to continue supporting the people who deserve the political choices and economic opportunities that their governments do not provide.
'4; We are giving crucial financial and moral support to the beleaguered non–governmental organizations and individuals who aspire to build civil society in these difficult environments.