That requires better targeted, timely and coordinated financial support and the predictability of assistance.

Finally, it calls for better predictability of humanitarian funding, notably by improving the current Central Emergency Revolving Fund.

Secondly, predictability.

Second, predictability.

Give me predictability, give me surprise.

We believe that better defined guidelines for the use of force by the Council would contribute both to predictability of action and to the Council's credibility.

(b) Longevity and predictability of policy support

(b) Breadth, stability, predictability and collectability of revenue

So simplicity and predictability are characteristics of simple things.

They aim to give consistency and predictability to the relationship between organizations.

We still need to improve the predictability and the coordination of international support.

Now, they differ a great deal in terms of the predictability of time frames.

It would also contribute to balance, predictability and equity in the multilateral trading system.

The predictability and availability of extra budgetary resources were closely linked to that balance.

Encourage responsible behaviour on the part of all parties by enhancing predictability and transparency

That means improving the speed, equity and predictability of humanitarian responses on the ground.

The adequacy, predictability and timely disbursement of funds for activities in developing country Parties

In order to follow up on that meeting, the Technical Group on Innovative Financing Mechanisms is continuing to elaborate proposals aimed at increasing the quantity of resources available for development programmes and ensuring better predictability of aid disbursement.

The necessity of the predictability of humanitarian aid and assistance was stressed, together with the importance of follow up to the pledges made at donor conferences and better monitoring of humanitarian assistance by way of an institutionalized mechanism.

Recognizes the significance of increasing and achieving stability and predictability in contributions to regular resources

Thirdly, the new architecture must enhance predictability, transparency and accountability in United Nations peacebuilding activities.

(g) Encourage responsible behaviour on the part of all parties by enhancing predictability and transparency

We must therefore continue our efforts to improve the effectiveness and the predictability of humanitarian response.

The resulting uncertainty would run counter to the objective of stability and predictability in international relations.

As well as its scale, the quality and predictability of ODA remain critical factors for Africa.

(c) To promote the predictability and the multi year pledging of funding for operational activities for development

In terms of legal trade the measures also help to improve predictability and effective clearance of goods.

New technologies, particularly in data gathering and communication, have advanced the predictability of potentially destructive natural phenomena.

Notice of formal declarations and rules on when their terms apply to transactions is important for commercial predictability.

Security of resource access and the stability or predictability of the legal environment are essential to successful decentralization.

Other measures were needed, especially measures to secure a significant increase in the predictability of United Nations funding.

They were largely the result of a lack of predictability in payments of assessed contributions by Member States.

These, in turn, are expected to improve the predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of the humanitarian response to crisis.

For many, the rule of law is synonymous with normality and predictability in their private and professional lives.

In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there.

Multi year commitments are crucial to UNICEF for improving income predictability and stability, effective cash management and programme planning.

The practical steps mentioned above, including the use of promissory notes, would create the necessary conditions for greater predictability.

Several speakers noted that by bringing more predictability and certainty to its own programme, the Council would enable the functional commissions to better prepare their contributions to the work of the Council, and stressed the importance of a multi year programme of work in that regard.

We will continue to argue for measures regarding verification, transparency, predictability and irreversibility to form part of any ensuing agreement.

It was suggested that the predictability of UNICEF funding could be strengthened through increased commitment by donors to thematic funding.

Practical experience indicates that there is a lack of predictability in mobilizing adequate resources for peacebuilding based on voluntary contributions.

These instruments are especially appropriate where the need for stability and predictability is greatest over a long period of time.

Predictability of funding, according to a number of speakers, was also crucial to efficient aid delivery and completion of programmes.

The need to provide the High Commissioner with the financial stability and predictability that her core programmes required was stressed.

It is essential that immediate and effective steps be taken to achieve greater predictability in voluntary funding of core resources.