The proposal suggests functions and working methods as well as an initial pilot project.

New posts approved in the context of the review of the initial proposal of the Secretary General

Fiji acclaims the proposal to create a Peacebuilding Commission.

The Southern Sudan Fund has similarly approved a 70 million initial project proposal for rule of law capacity building.

The Secretary General's proposal to establish a Peacebuilding Commission is an initial response to this question inasmuch as it provides an institutional framework to enable the various stakeholders to act together, target their activities and make them complementary.

In that context, we warmly welcome the proposal to establish a peacebuilding commission.

5 A document containing this proposal is before the Commission as a background document.

We regard the proposal to establish a Peacebuilding Commission as particularly useful and look forward to considering a more fully elaborated proposal on this topic.

The proposal to establish a Peacebuilding Commission could be a step in the right direction.

As we all know, the report contains a proposal to establish an intergovernmental Peacebuilding Commission.

The proposal for a Peacebuilding Commission is now under active consideration in the General Assembly.

Slovakia was very much in favour of the proposal to set up a Peacebuilding Commission.

Under the circumstances, the Advisory Committee does not see much utility in providing detailed comments on an initial budget proposal that is soon to be replaced.

The initial funding proposal did not cover many of the activities now being envisaged to enhance the consultation and awareness raising process related to the study.

UNICEF has completed the initial assessment and is currently developing the detailed proposal for the introduction of enterprise risk management in conjunction with the organizational review.

Regrettably, we really did not shop the Chairman's initial proposal around very much, because the Non Aligned Movement almost immediately came back with amendments to it.

Likewise, we support the proposal to convert the Human Rights Commission into a human rights council.

In this respect, we welcome the Secretary General's proposal on the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission.

However, it was also noted that the Commission had insufficient time to study the proposal more fully.

Together with Brazil, Canada, Kenya, Mexico and Sweden, New Zealand put forward one such proposal for initial consideration by Member States at this year's session of the First Committee.

During the discussions in the General Assembly, Pakistan has circulated its specific proposal on the proposed Peacebuilding Commission.

We strongly support the Secretary General's proposal to establish a Peacebuilding Commission and fund by 31 December 2005.

The proposal, known as Proposal A, sponsored by Citizens for Economic Diversity, was defeated, with 61 per cent of votes against and 38 per cent in favour.8 Following the election, Citizens for Economic Diversity filed a lawsuit against the Guam Election Commission, alleging that the vote on Proposal A was tainted, as the Commission had failed to properly conduct the election.

On 19 July 2005, the Commission decided to amend item (ii) above, namely the Chairman's proposal on conventional disarmament.

We look forward to a more fully developed proposal from the Secretary General on the structure of the commission.

Initial findings of the survey will be described in her report to the forty fourth session of the Commission for Social Development.

We therefore welcome the proposal of establishing a peacebuilding commission, which would fill a void in the United Nations system.

The proposal to create a new Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights certainly needs further consideration.

The paper further recommends that the Sub Commission approve the proposal to send the questionnaire annexed to this preliminary report.

At its thirty sixth session, in March 2005, the Statistical Commission endorsed the proposal of the creation of a Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic Accounting. In particular, the Commission

The approval of the initial infrastructure costs does not imply endorsement of the proposal to appropriate a portion of up to 6 per cent of each new project budget for field office infrastructure.

This approach provides an opportunity for the Commission as well as for Governments to consider the proposal and express their views.

In this context, I would like to put on record New Zealand's strong support for the proposal of a Peacebuilding Commission.

New Zealand strongly supports the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission and urges member States to give this proposal their full support.

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(n) The rejection by the House of Deputies in March 2005 of the proposal to establish an independent national human rights commission

Certainly, significant progress is being made, in particular the proposal to transform the Commission on Human Rights into a Human Rights Council.