Nuclear disarmament is at an impasse.

We were at an impasse earlier this morning.

Reiterating its concern that negotiations on a final political solution have been at an impasse for too long,

The process of recognizing the right to self determination of the Saharan people, which had been discussed for so long, was at an impasse.

We hope that discussions aimed at breaking the impasse will continue on this very important issue.

Making Sense of the Climate Impasse

The NGO representatives registered with the Board their deep concern at the impasse in nuclear disarmament negotiations.

While the peace and reconciliation process is at an impasse, the socio economic and humanitarian situation of the country continues to deteriorate, directly affecting the people of Côte d'Ivoire.

But it is harder to explain that we keep these priorities hostage to each other, to the extent that we end up in a total deadlock and at an impasse.

The most important disarmament mechanisms including the Conference on Disarmament, the Disarmament Commission and the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) are all now at an impasse.

After having been in an impasse for a long time, these negotiations now have a genuine chance of being relaunched.

The Commission remains profoundly concerned about the impasse.

I believe that this is the way that we, back in our capitals, should look at the CD's impasse.

Although it seems we are still at that impasse, I discern some potential avenues to take us out of it.

7. International cooperation, exercised nationally, globally and in partnership with other stakeholders, came to a serious impasse at the special session.

Despite the protracted impasse, of course, there have been some noteworthy inputs to the consideration of the PAROS issue at the CD.

First, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) is passing through a prolonged impasse.

The Conference on Disarmament is still caught in a long lasting impasse.

The reasons for the impasse in the peace process were well known.

In this regard, the impasse in the Conference on Disarmament has become unconscionable.

Thus, while the Likud referendum seems to have left the Israeli Palestinian dispute at yet another impasse, both sides are on the verge of enormous changes.

I am not sure what the prospects are for truly emerging from that impasse.

The Committee believes that bold action is necessary to break this long standing impasse.

The Council requested the Secretary General to submit an interim report by 28 February 1997 on his efforts to break the impasse blocking the implementation of the plan.

But pro European euphoria proved short lived for all practical purposes, the accession negotiations are now at an impasse. Euro skepticism is now at an all time high in Turkey, fueled by some European political leaders rhetoric opposing Turkey s accession, and by the EU s own failure to dispel doubts about the feasibility of Turkey s eventual membership.

That having been said, we believe that insisting at this stage on taking a decision by consensus on this particular issue would only perpetuate the current impasse.

It was because of an impasse in the implementation of action plans, especially in West Africa, that the IUCN decided to reintroduce a new process to implement action programmes.

on disarmament. We are, however, disappointed and concerned by the continuing impasse in the Conference on Disarmament and note with regret that the Conference on Disarmament was still unable to reach an agreement on the programme of work at its 2005 session.

The international community's failure to resolve the current impasse could lead to even greater disaster.

In addition, every effort must be made to surmount the protracted political impasse at the Conference on Disarmament and to begin negotiations on the fissile material cut off treaty.

Frankly speaking, the stakes are too high for the present impasse to be allowed to continue.

Statement on the impasse in nuclear disarmament issued on 4 October 1998 by the Pugwash Council

6. Since 8 June 1997, President Préval has been faced with an impasse in the Parliament, which on two occasions has refused to approve the nomination of the prime minister designate.

It was unfortunate that it had not succeeded since that made the Fifth Committee apos s discussion more difficult, especially given the fact that an impasse had been reached at the fifty first session and that there was a lack of goodwill and genuine political determination.

10. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Cuba further orally revised the draft resolution by replacing, in operative paragraph 4, the words impasse facing by the words difficulties confronting .

In an effort to break the current impasse, Africa will continue to hold consultations with all interested groups, regions and individual Member States, with a view to finding a solution satisfactory to all.

Under your able leadership we hope that 2005 will be a turning point in the efforts to overcome an impasse that has prevented the CD for seven consecutive years from launching substantive work.

For those reasons, I deeply regret the fact that this year the Commission is facing the same impasse.

Second, divergence of views on a possible fissile material treaty is one of the reasons for the impasse.

Speakers had underscored the impasse in the peace process and the serious economic situation in the Palestinian territories.

The primary responsibility for completing the Round now rests with the US, Brazil, China, and India. This group s inflexibility is at the root of the current impasse, and, should the Round fail,

It should be noted that the recently intensified provocative Turkish violations come at a time of renewed efforts aimed at breaking the impasse in the intercommunal talks, and create doubts about Turkish political will for the success of those efforts.

In the past, when state economic decision making reached such an impasse, wars and or revolutions were the inevitable result. As we face the type of turning point decisions not seen since the darkest days of the 1930 s, can we avoid such an outcome?

We must stop believing that the impasse in the CD can be resolved by clever procedural drafting exercises among ourselves.

We hope that reason will prevail, as we count on a fair resolution of the present banana trade impasse in Europe.