We therefore welcome today's debate on the crucial issue of Security Council reform.

We hope that the debate on the issue of reform will further strengthen multilateralism.

The issue of balance between professional and family life of women is opened for debate.

Not every issue needs to be turned into a debate about the role of the Court.

We appreciate its participation in the debate and its guidance on this important issue.

We hope that during our debate, the issue of greater transparency, accountability and effectiveness will be further explored.

Brazil has taken the debate over this issue to the most varied and important international forums.

The first is if society's to make any progress on this issue, we need an honest debate.

It also discussed the issue of multiculturalism in a general debate at both its sixty sixth and sixty seventh sessions.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom) The British Government welcomes this debate on the important issue of Security Council reform.

The issue of whether the United Nations should defray the costs of the Institute's rent and maintenance remained unresolved after years of debate.

I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity you have given us to debate the important issue of children in armed conflict.

The issue of the reform of the Security Council continues to be among those issues addressed at the annual general debate of the General Assembly.

Hopefully a thorough debate about the shortcomings of the law will help pave the way for settling the issue to the satisfaction of all concerned.

The general debate was followed by a lively informal debate on the issue of preference erosion, with the participation of a panel of four experts, after a visual illustration by the secretariat of the extent to which LDCs were dependent on trade preferences.

The representative of the United States of America welcomed the idea of a half day session of the Board to allow a vigorous debate on the issue.

It was in this context that the issue of rights had been introduced into the debate on trade together with notions of fair, development oriented trade.

Mr. Berruga (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish) Mexico would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on the overall issue of Security Council reform.

During last year's open debate in the Security Council on this issue, there was unanimous support for establishing a monitoring and reporting system.

Mr. Valle (Brazil) The delegation of Brazil wishes to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for the initiative of convening this debate on the issue of small arms.

The Bureau recommended that interventions by delegations during the debate on national experience address the issue of population, development and HIV AIDS, with particular emphasis on poverty.

In the year that has elapsed since the last debate of the General Assembly on that issue, several positive developments have taken place in the Middle East.

In August 2000, the Committee organized a thematic debate on the issue of discrimination against Roma and, in August 2002, it held a discussion on descent based discrimination.

I share the view, expressed by many delegations, that this truly historic debate is the culmination of a decade long discussion on this issue in the General Assembly.

The subject of today's debate is of huge importance five years after the last Council resolution on this issue, the situation for civilians caught up in armed conflict remains critical.

The President It is a special honour for me to open today's plenary debate on the issue of strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations.

The US can still win the missile debate in Europe, but only if it stops treating missile defense primarily as a technological issue and addresses the broader political concerns that are driving the debate among European publics, including those in Eastern Europe.

Following that agreement, representatives on both sides of the debate expressed disappointment at what they saw as a lack of progress on the issue and inflexibility on the part of certain Parties.

In my case, the main charge against me was invented I made no homophobic statement. Nor did I did introduce the issue of homosexuality into the debate over my appointment.

In the span of a few years, refugee protection had become a polarizing issue, with fears of economic migrants, human trafficking and the terrorist threat dominating much of the debate in developed countries.

The debate between religious fundamentalism and secular democracy is not a new one on the subcontinent. But the issue of justice for the crimes of 1971 has brought the divide into sharp relief.

Adjournment of debate

Closure of debate

In order to assess the progress made in that regard, we would welcome a decision by the Council to hold an open debate on the issue during the first quarter of next year.

Meanwhile, over the course of three televised presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, climate change, the signature issue of our time and the most serious problem confronting our planet, was not mentioned even once.

The issue provoked intense debate and, on 19 April, several hundred people gathered outside the Government building in Dili to voice their dissatisfaction with the Government's position on religious education.

Continuation of general debate

Summary of the debate

Summary of the debate

Adjournment of the debate

The Court had thus confirmed that the substance of Chapter III of Part Two of the draft articles, which had been the subject of debate for some time, actually reflected the rule of international law on that issue.

Following a thematic debate on the issue, to which United Nations agencies including UNHCR contributed, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted general comment No. 30 (2004) on the rights of non citizens.

This debate provides an invaluable opportunity to recognize the progress that has been made, to consider lessons learned and, most important, to renew efforts to focus on the many aspects of the small arms issue.

WASHINGTON, DC In many countries, public debate about gender equality focuses mainly on women s access to top positions and high powered career opportunities. But the glass ceiling is only a small part of the issue.

Mr. Mayoral (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish) Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your delegation's initiative of convening this open debate on such a complex and important issue as that of post conflict peacebuilding.