"It's a very serious situation still with the U.N. in Algiers, " he said.
Do you think children understand something like that, that you can have peace even when things are not going the way that you want, even in a very serious situation?
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander told the BBC that the world economy was in a "very serious situation" and the country faces a "long, hard road back to recovery".
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"We really don't see why an Arab country would be attacked but if this happens it would lead to a very serious situation across the Middle East and would harm the idea of international co-operation or alliance, " he said.
He said the suspended Northern Ireland executive should be re-established without delay to avert a "very serious" situation.
Suzanne Fallon, who manages all children's services at Gloucestershire County Council, said it was a "very serious" situation but things had changed a lot over the years.
The situation is very serious in Bahr El Ghazal but the situation is getting worse in other parts of South Sudan.
Given the very serious EU debt situation, many are viewing the greenback as the lesser of evils in the currency markets, which is limiting the downside for the dollar.
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"It's been a very, very serious and critical situation, " said John David, a West Virginia University Institute of Technology professor and volunteer with the South Appalachian Labor School who has been working in Fayette County.
This is a very serious matter and suggests the situation will only deteriorate in the coming months.
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"I think the situation is very serious at the moment, " she said.
The director of the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography agreed that the situation is very serious, and not only in Europe.
We have more than 25 other tree species in British Columbia, so while the situation is very serious, it is not as catastrophic as you suggest.
Downing Street sources say the prime minister believes the situation is "very difficult, very serious" but the BBC has the capacity to reform itself and to address failings.
This situation is moving closer to one that could become very serious, or at some point even a worldwide debt contagion.
My most immediate concern is the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which is very serious.
UN: TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 MARCH 2001
Your son's situation is obviously a psychiatric emergency, and I am truly sorry to hear of his very serious problems.
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