We were at an impasse earlier this morning.

Making Sense of the Climate Impasse

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

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

But the theoretical investigations of Borda, Condorcet, and others often yielded rather pessimistic results. For example, the so called voting paradox presented by Condorcet showed that majority rule can reach an impasse when every alternative is defeated in voting by some other alternative, so that no alternative is capable of standing up to the challenge of every other alternative.

First, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) is passing through a prolonged impasse.

While the peace and reconciliation process is at an impasse, the socio economic and humanitarian situation of the country continues to deteriorate, directly affecting the people of Côte d'Ivoire.

It was because of an impasse in the implementation of action plans, especially in West Africa, that the IUCN decided to reintroduce a new process to implement action programmes.

I am not sure what the prospects are for truly emerging from that impasse.

But it is harder to explain that we keep these priorities hostage to each other, to the extent that we end up in a total deadlock and at an impasse.

According to an estimate, steel production will reach 100 million tons this year.

In an effort to reach consensus, formulas allowing States some flexibility were proposed.

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.

In an effort to break the current impasse, Africa will continue to hold consultations with all interested groups, regions and individual Member States, with a view to finding a solution satisfactory to all.

Under your able leadership we hope that 2005 will be a turning point in the efforts to overcome an impasse that has prevented the CD for seven consecutive years from launching substantive work.

After years of debate, we much reach an agreement on reform of the Security Council.

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.

My father had been given an old gun that could not even reach the opposite riverbank.

Despite the Chairman's efforts, it was not possible to reach an overall agreement on those issues.

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

In the past, when state economic decision making reached such an impasse, wars and or revolutions were the inevitable result. As we face the type of turning point decisions not seen since the darkest days of the 1930 s, can we avoid such an outcome?

This is an issue on which, despite ongoing efforts, we were unable to reach a balanced agreement.

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.

If I reach out and pull an object, another neuron will fire, commanding me to pull that object.

And I call on Member States to reach an early decision at this session of the General Assembly.

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.

All this is in order that you may reach an appointed term and that you may understand (the Truth).

All this is in order that you may reach an appointed term and that you may understand (the Truth).

There will be an opportunity during the last two plenary sessions to discuss them in order to reach consensus.

We call on Member States to reach an agreement as soon as possible to make the Peacebuilding Commission operational.

Despite the protracted impasse, of course, there have been some noteworthy inputs to the consideration of the PAROS issue at the CD.

LONDON Europe has a strong tradition as a leader in the fight against climate change. Lately, however, the continent has reached an ideological impasse over how to address the problem, with environmental sustainability and growth often portrayed as being mutually exclusive.

The Tribunal's web site continues to reach out to the region receiving an average of 13,000 individual visits per month.

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.

Today, the practicalities of making such an encyclopedia, regardless of the magnitude of the information put into it, are within reach.

The European Union has urged all parties to make renewed efforts to reach an agreement in line with European Union requirements.

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

Regrettably, it failed to reach agreement on the enlargement of the Council, especially on an increase in the permanent member category.