Making Sense of the Climate Impasse

Nuclear disarmament is at an impasse.

We were at an impasse earlier this morning.

The Commission remains profoundly concerned about the impasse.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is important for us to look forward rather than to ruminate as to how we got to the present impasse.

There are no signs of this impasse going away because there is no political will amongst key actors to remove it.

His delegation therefore hoped that the impasse in the agenda could be resolved by reflecting that position in the work programme.

The recent impasse in the Middle East peace process could bring it to a halt, and the momentum would be lost.

UNITA must therefore rise above the present impasse to contribute to a final and lasting solution to the problem in Angola.

It is imperative, therefore, for the present impasse to be resolved as soon as possible to allow substantive negotiations to begin.

Exaggerated fears of future impasse do not justify unilateral processes which will result in the more rapid conclusion of hollow agreements.

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.

We believe that the impasse in the multilateral disarmament arena is largely a reflection of the confrontation between two schools of thought.

The Puerto Rican Independence Party had participated, believing that the vote would help to break the impasse surrounding so called commonwealth status.

The Conference on Disarmament is already going through a period of chronic impasse and the Disarmament Commission is in a state of paralysis.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) National Human Development Report 2003 for Colombia, El conflicto, callejón con salida (Solutions to escape the conflict's impasse).

The Conference on Disarmament opens its current session with renewed hopes of overcoming the impasse that has impeded its work for so long.

It would not be possible to break out of the impasse if both sides continued to engage in the game of one upmanship.

The continuing impasse between the major actors in Côte d'Ivoire jeopardizes even the October elections and, in consequence, the stability of the entire region.

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

I really do believe that if we allow that situation to be created, we will never find a way out of our current impasse.

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

In his statement, the latter pointed out that, after the dangerous impasse that had deadlocked the peace process in Western Sahara, new perspectives had emerged.