surmonter

Il faudra, par exemple, attendre vingt ans pour que le pays ait surmonté la crise du logement.
It will, for example, take at least 20 years to get to grips with the housing shortage.
Je suis content qu'on ait surmonté cette épreuve ensemble.
I'm glad we went through this together.
Bien que, sous sa direction, celui-ci ait surmonté bon nombre des difficultés inhérentes à l'édification d'un pays, le déséquilibre des pouvoirs entre lui et ses opposants politiques fait problème depuis 2002 et est à l'origine de la crise d'avril-mai 2006.
While the FRETILIN administration has met many challenges inherent in nation-building, the power imbalance between it and its political opponents has been an issue since 2002 and informed the crisis of April and May 2006.
Mme Feng Cui dit qu'elle apprécie le fait que le Gouvernement du Burundi ait surmonté les grandes difficultés que représente la préparation de ce rapport conforme aux lignes directrices du Comité, et qu'il ait envoyé une délégation de haut niveau présenter le rapport devant le Comité.
Ms. Feng Cui said she appreciated the fact that the Government of Burundi had overcome great difficulties to prepare its report, which conformed to the Committee's guidelines, and that it had sent a high-level delegation to present the report to the Committee.
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