Growing consensus on what is needed in Africa

There is a growing consensus on what should comprise the key elements of governance reforms in Africa.

There is a growing consensus on what constitutes effective delivery of international support, in particular development assistance.

There is a growing international consensus on the importance of post conflict peacebuilding and the need for its consolidation.

Italy also remained committed to the universal abolition of the death penalty and welcomed the growing consensus against capital punishment.

The recommendations in the area of peacebuilding particularly the creation of a Peacebuilding Commission are the object of a growing consensus.

The recently published reports of the United Nations Millennium Project1 and the Commission for Africa2 broadly map the outlines of this growing consensus on what needs to be done.

In conclusion, it is well established that non derogable human rights provisions apply during armed conflict, and there is a growing consensus that derogable provisions may apply as well.

The crack in the global consensus around the prohibitionist approach is widening. A growing number of countries in Europe and Latin America are moving away from a purely repressive model.

In view of the above, a growing world consensus has emerged that the principles and foundations of public administration and governance must reflect the new local, national and global contexts.

We share the views expressed by the Advisory Panel with respect to the growing consensus of what needs to be done in Africa and the priority areas identified for implementation.

But there is a growing consensus that these measures, while necessary, are insufficient. Newly enriched countries need to take several more steps in order to increase the likelihood of a resource blessing.

Resolutions on this theme, first adopted in 2002, have continued to command consensus support within both the First Committee and the General Assembly, and have also attracted a growing number of sponsors.

We note that here is also a growing consensus to accept the justifiability of the use of force to protect civilian populations from crimes against humanity, such as genocide and ethnic cleansing.

There is a growing sense of urgency in Moldovan society, expressed in the unprecedented consensus and the resolve of all political parties with respect to the ways and means of settling the conflict.

These concerns were explicitly recognized by the PA in its Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) of 2005, which reflects a growing consensus among Palestinian policymakers on the pressing need for renewed development efforts.

Bolivia shared the growing concern at the stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament and the United Nations Disarmament Commission, which had not been able to reach consensus on a substantive agenda for several years.

Further, there is a growing consensus in the development community on what needs to be and what can be done to alleviate Africa's development crisis, and on the need for bold and extraordinary efforts.

Within the United Nations system and elsewhere, there is growing international consensus that women's participation in conflict prevention and peace processes is a matter of having a solid understanding of and healthy perspective on the issue.

Palestinians choices are limited, and there is no consensus among them on how to proceed. But there is a growing sense that the waiting game cannot last much longer. Whatever comes next will most likely come soon.

We focus first on the actions being taken by African countries as part of the growing consensus on what needs to be done within Africa in order to stimulate and reinforce the credibility of the NEPAD process.

In spite of a number of obstacles, that debate had moved on apace, and a growing number of Puerto Ricans of all political affiliations now regarded the proposed assembly as an indispensable tool in the search for consensus.

As underlined by a growing scientific consensus, the small island developing States were most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, although they contributed least to the problems and were the least able to adapt to changing weather patterns.

The human population is growing very rapidly and is growing exponentially.

The second Achilles' heel is complexity a growing fragility, a growing brittleness.

A Berlin Consensus?

Fortunately, a chorus of voices, not just from civil society groups, but also from international organizations, has given rise to a global movement to end poverty. There is now a growing consensus that global poverty is not just a problem of the poor.

Europe s Elusive Growth Consensus

After all, globalization has brought many overall benefits, but also less friendly aspects, such as the ones dealing with global security. Despite our growing interconnectedness, the UN Security Council has not yet been unable to achieve sufficient consensus to resolve pressing matters such as Syria.

Moreover, it is only a localized effort at rebalancing a global intellectual property (IP) regime that is tilted heavily toward pharmaceutical interests at the expense of social welfare. Indeed, there is a growing consensus among economists that the current IP regime actually stifles innovation.

Several alternative texts were proposed with a view to achieving a consensus, although a consensus was not reached.

A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

The Perils of Economic Consensus

The Monterrey Consensus is working.

Solutions need a global consensus.

São Paulo Consensus, paragraph 87.

Then they stop growing.

My children are growing.

And it's still growing.

China s Growing Growth Risks

The population is growing.

Industry was growing quickly.

That role is growing.

The São Paulo Consensus mandated UNCTAD to convene sectoral reviews of dynamic sectors of world trade (São Paulo Consensus, para.

I think there's consensus on this.