Statements before the adoption of the decision by consensus

We request that this draft decision be adopted by consensus.

A decision, however, to be agreed, has to be taken by consensus.

This House then strengthened the decision of the Government by reflecting a national consensus.

It would be far preferable for Member States to take this vital decision by consensus.

Consensus must guide decision making in the reform process.

Africa is being discovered afresh by the Uniting for Consensus group the Ezulwini Consensus and the Addis Ababa decision mean exactly what that group says they mean.

At each of those moments, we took the right decision guided by our national interest and supported by a national consensus.

We are currently working on finding consensus on such a decision.

Otherwise it would not be possible to reach a consensus decision.

So the existence of the consensus itself, or the lack thereof, is determined by the act of taking the decision.

That consensus decision stands if one truly respects the rules of procedure.

The decision on the logo was approved by consensus through e mail correspondence among the members of the Logo Approval Committee.

That capacity for dialogue and decision making by consensus is the preventive capacity the OAS brings to United Nations regional cooperation.

At the same meeting, the Conference adopted the proposal of the President by consensus (see Part II, decision 5 COP.1).

It would be very preferable for Member States to take this vital decision by consensus, but if they are unable to reach consensus this must not become an excuse for postponing action.

Now I hear that we are not able to take a decision here because an informal body has established that there would be no consensus to take a decision on the consensus.

In the end, consensus was not reached on the text of a decision.

That being the case, delegations have to accept the fact that without a consensus, no important decision can be taken by the CD.

Whenever, in the judgment of the Chair, a decision must be taken by the Executive Board which cannot be postponed until the next meeting of the Executive Board, the Chair shall transmit to each member a proposed decision, with an invitation to approve the decision by consensus.

It was important, however, to reach a decision on the matter, preferably by consensus, and to avoid frequent changes in the elements of the methodology.

(b) for a decision to adopt a proposed protocol, which shall be taken by consensus a three fourths majority of the Parties present and voting .

If consensus can be reached regarding ITAPs, the SBSTA may wish to develop a recommendation for a draft decision by COP 3 on this matter.

Although the Russian Federation had always favoured decision making by consensus in that regard, the sensitivities of Member States had stood in the way of consensus not just on a binding international convention, but even on a declaration.

In decision 52 490 of 24 August 1998, the General Assembly decided by consensus that the Open ended Working Group should continue its work during the fifty third session. We are hopeful that draft resolution A 53 L.16 will be adopted by consensus.

We agree that a decision needs to be taken on this before September and that, while desirable, a consensus decision may not be possible.

It will have to improve its decision making methods and strengthen its essential consensus building approach.

The proposal not to fund the mandates contained in the programme plan would therefore mean going back on a decision that had been adopted by consensus.

Those decisions were adopted by consensus.

Those decisions were adopted by consensus.

All resolutions were adopted by consensus.

He recommended its adoption by consensus.

(g) Reach its recommendations by consensus.

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.

63. At its 6th meeting, on 19 May 1997, the Committee decided, by consensus, to recommend to the General Assembly the adoption of the following draft decision

There was a consensus yesterday that you concluded there was no consensus on how to establish consensus on the proposal made by Finland.

The Conference decided, by consensus, as follows

The realization of country owned and country specific partnership arrangements advocated by decision 1 COP.6 should become the milestones of a consensus strategic pathway to full implementation.

Nothing in the CD rules, to our understanding, obliges a consensus to exist before a decision is put.

Issues are put to a decision when there is a negotiated consensus the consensus cannot emerge from raising the problem, but from these negotiations, and it is clear that it has been clearly demonstrated that here this consensus does not exist.

The city obtaining the greatest number of votes in the second round will be proposed by the President as a consensus decision of the Conference on the same day.

2. The Committee s attention was drawn to operative paragraphs 5 and 6 of section A. It had been the understanding of the Committee in adopting the decision by consensus that the decision would not affect the total number of official holidays.

They hoped that would be adopted by consensus.

Thirdly, outcomes need to be negotiated by consensus.

The Committee tried always to work by consensus.