This summit gives us an opportunity to review progress and reaffirm our commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.

Today, we have an opportunity to review the progress made and also chart the way forward to reach our common goals.

Finally, we regret that the opportunity to make progress in the area of nuclear non proliferation and disarmament was missed.

It provides States parties with an opportunity to make meaningful progress towards better addressing their humanitarian concerns, without jeopardizing their defence interests.

This will be a valuable opportunity to review the progress made, address future challenges and set priorities for the next five years.

This is an opportunity to take stock of progress and to provide new impetus, focus and energy for the second half of the Decade.

The Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in December 2005 would provide a good opportunity to make progress towards that commitment.

T his is a moment of opportunity for making progress in Africa's development for which NEPAD is the main policy framework. The central challenge is to grasp the opportunity and maintain the momentum (A 60 178, para.

We welcome the Secretary General's report (S 2005 69) and this debate as an opportunity to discuss and make progress on these important issues.

The window of opportunity for progress in the peace process will quickly close if the Palestinian leadership does not live up to these elementary obligations.

I wish to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to take stock of the progress made in implementing the resolution since then.

This seminar offered a unique opportunity to exchange views and suggestions on these issues, take stock of the progress achieved and evaluate what remained to be done.

The event had offered an opportunity to evaluate the progress in implementing the second national programme and to present important recommendations for promoting the children related issues.

This five year review presents us with an opportunity to pause and evaluate the progress we have made thus far in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).

At the same time, progress in the area of decentralization offers the opportunity to assess the extent to which the authorities have taken into account the legitimate interests of minorities.

Fair and balanced globalization has provided many with an opportunity to progress towards greater development, and each and every country must shoulder its responsibility for accomplishing its own development agenda.

The Review Conference provided an opportunity for all Parties to reaffirm their political will to continue and consolidate the progress made in 1995, and in particular the 13 practical steps adopted in 2000.

Access to energy underpinned so many of the broader development goals adopted in the Millennium Declaration and in Johannesburg, and the cycle would offer a timely opportunity to review progress and promote action.

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.

This timely conference is an opportunity to examine the important contribution that nuclear weapon free zones make to these goals, and to explore how we can build upon the impressive record of progress to date.

The Committee noted that the meeting would provide an opportunity to make progress towards achieving the objectives set by the Working Group on Space Debris of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee.

At the political level, the seminars have provided an opportunity for high level officials with political responsibility to review progress in the ratification process and to be informed about the efforts of other States.

It gave them the opportunity to discuss progress made and exchange knowledge, experiences, innovative approaches and good practices in gender mainstreaming and gender equality in the field of employment and social policy.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the United Nations upon its sixtieth anniversary and to express our renewed confidence and commitment to this world body working for international peace and the progress of humanity.

She welcomed the recent regional seminar held in Madang (Papua New Guinea), which had provided an opportunity to review progress made and setbacks encountered and formulate imaginative strategies through the exchange of ideas.

The twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development had provided an opportunity to review the progress made in the implementation of Agenda 21, with particular focus on water, sanitation and human settlements.

I would also like to thank him for providing us this opportunity to review the progress made at the plenary level in implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond.

The Commission's thirteenth session, in 2005, should provide an opportunity for progress in those areas and help in particular to overcome the persisting obstacles to the attainment of the targets for water, sanitation and human settlements.

The European Union warmly welcomes this opportunity to join with other Member States, civil society and all youth delegates present here today in celebrating the progress made in achieving greater opportunities for young people.

The opening of additional crossing points and small increases in trade between the two sides enhanced the opportunity for people to people contact, yet progress towards a political solution has been negligible at best.

The Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World, held last October, was an opportunity to review progress in implementing the mine ban treaty and pave the way for action in the coming five years.

Mr. Jallow I am deeply honoured to have been given this opportunity to report once again to the Security Council on the progress of the implementation of the completion strategy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm Somalia's appreciation for, and approval of, the United Nations 60 years of progressive work to maintain peace while concurrently achieving incremental progress towards a more equitable and liveable world.

Nevertheless, there is much work to be done to deliver real results and the Panel looks forward to the continuing opportunity to monitor the progress of international support for NEPAD programmes and to identify, in successive reports, the extant critical gaps.

Such a freeze guaranteed by an effective enforcement mechanism would present an important opportunity to make progress in confidence building. Recent talks in Cairo and Moscow produced small, but not negligible, steps in that direction.

d) Take all appropriate measures to ensure that women and girls have equal opportunity and access at all levels to formal, informal and non formal education as well as technical and vocational trainings, and set benchmarks to monitor progress

Finally, let me also take this opportunity to update the Council and other Member States on the progress made by the working group established under resolution 1566 (2004), which is under the chairmanship of the Philippines.

This is an opportunity! Energy needs it's an opportunity.

While officials feign compliance with Xi s economic reform agenda, they will seek any opportunity to stymie it. The absence of significant real progress since Xi unveiled his economic blueprint last November suggests that this is already happening.

Each one of those is an opportunity to do something about it it's an opportunity for the technology to change.

All of this adds up to a unique opportunity for the European Union to support its neighbors transition from revolutionary upheaval to democratic government. At the same time, we need to promote the progress of other regimes in the region toward inclusive democracy.

In that context, President Eyadema appealed to the international community, at the Millennium Summit, held here in September 2000, to devote sustained attention to African States so that they could have the opportunity to make significant progress in the new global economy.

The signing of the Pretoria Agreement on 6 April opened a new opportunity for progress in the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire, in line with the Linas Marcoussis and Accra III Agreements.

The High level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, which is to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress made in the fulfilment of all the commitments contained in the Millennium Declaration, would be an opportunity to give careful attention to progress made in achieving Goal 3 on gender equality and the empowerment of women, as well as progress in women's equality with men in relation to the other Millennium Development Goals and related indicators.

Mr. Serio (Italy) said the Ministry for Equal Opportunity was committed to ensuring equal opportunity throughout the country.