At first, the results were predictable.

Treasury is satisfied that the focus on matching the more predictable outflows provides results commensurate with the liquidity needs of the Organization.

Mr. Farooq (Pakistan) said that no organization could deliver results without adequate and predictable resources.

Committing to pledge funding in a more predictable manner

Humanitarian response needs to become more predictable in all emergencies.

To make sure that national planning is substantiated by more predictable funding, we would encourage donors to make predictable multi year pledges.

With a new emergency Fund, we may have more predictable funding.

More predictable funding of United Nations operational activities should be pursued.

The need for more predictable funding raises a number of complex issues.

Canada enthusiastically welcomes any proposal aimed at improving existing structures by making them more predictable and more accountable.

It is our view that the Office should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding.

At the same time, we will endeavour to make it more predictable and less volatile.

This will, we believe, significantly contribute to achieving a more predictable, timely response to humanitarian emergencies.

Lessons learned are also an important part of ensuring a more effective and predictable humanitarian response.

Fifthly, we need earlier, adequate and more predictable funding for peacebuilding, as many have already argued.

Adequate and more predictable sources of funding for reintegration and rehabilitation activities are therefore urgently needed.

Finally, but no less important, we agree that humanitarian financing has to be more timely and predictable.

Everything is not predictable the stock market is, at least for me, not predictable, but most complicated negotiations are predictable.

There is also a need to secure more stable, predictable and flexible aid flows for the poorest countries.

To achieve more predictable humanitarian responses in all emergencies, the Secretary General recommended three points for rapid progress.

17. Reiterates that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding

Recognizing that building national and local preparedness and response capacity is critical to a more predictable and effective response,

18. Reiterates that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding

I reiterate we are not asking for more resources, but for better quality cooperation in stable and predictable amounts.

But what's even more amazing, really, than this fantastic scale of progress, is that look at how predictable this is.

CRIC 3 confirmed that continued progress towards more predictable financial resources is a cornerstone of successful implementation of the Convention.

In this context, promotion of greater international cooperation including the mobilisation of financial resources on a more predictable basis is crucial.

But Doug's results that he cared about were much more qualitative.

It demands more than high profile summits it demands urgent results.

19. Stresses the importance of rapid access to funds to ensure a more predictable and timely United Nations response to humanitarian emergencies

Cost implications of providing more predictable and adequate conference services to the meetings of regional and other major groupings of Member States

Within the context of the United Nations reform, options for more predictable and rapidly deployable resources for humanitarian crises are being considered.

Increased and predictable general purpose funding was therefore necessary to give the Executive Director more flexibility in the implementation of the programmes.

We could, for example, move towards a commitment of four to five years, which would make things much more predictable for Governments.

Their behavior is predictable.

Last year, we put forward mechanisms to raise additional funds that would allow for more efficient aid, on a stable and predictable basis.

So yes, racism is predictable.

Much of what has happened was predictable, as well over 1,400 men, women, and children have died and more than 4,000 have been injured.

Such assistance played an important role in improving the economic infrastructure of LDCs and it therefore needed to be made more predictable and effective.

More generally, the potential benefits associated by commercial parties with a predictable internationally uniform liability regime may, in the longer run, fail to materialize.

The Millennium Summit had advanced the agenda of the international community's response to internal displacement, although developing a more predictable response remained a challenge.

Could the results become more operational if the objectives become are more specific, measurable, realistic, and acceptable and time bound?

Is racism predictable in some way?

Greater results will be achieved through more decisive and substantive action by both bodies.

With adequate and predictable regular resources income, UNICEF will be in a better position to obtain and use additional other resources to extend programmes of cooperation and ensure planned results in agreed areas of priority for children.