Can we envision reaching broad agreement, or even a consensus?

Efforts must continue with a view to reaching a political consensus on a taxation system.

A good beginning has been made by reaching consensus on the date of the elections.

The international community is reaching a broad consensus for building a common cyberspace for the entire world.

In my delegation's view, the arguments for reform outweigh difficulties in reaching consensus.

Yet reaching a consensus has proved to be a very difficult task indeed, as many of us have approached these proposals from quite radically different viewpoints.

We have witnessed the difficulties of reaching a consensus of substance in May at the NPT Conference, which after all was a regular review of an existing treaty.

Delegations were on the verge of reaching agreement on the final text, which she was confident would be adopted by consensus.

The Council calls upon all Somali parties and the leaders of the TFIs to take concrete steps towards reaching a consensus agreement through inclusive dialogue without delay.

This is the spirit that animated the task force in reaching the following conclusions and recommendations, which reflect consensus among the members.

Failure to pursue further dialogue and reconciliation would involve a higher price for the parties concerned than would the compromises necessary for reaching national consensus through peaceful means.

Discussions during the Conference indicated that there appears to be a risk of a major setback to the achievements of the last two decades in reaching international consensus on global concerns.

A word of thanks goes also to Mr. Mark Ramsden, Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of New Zealand, who kindly facilitated the reaching of consensus on the present resolution.

The EU is committed to reaching a consensus on a programme of work in the CD and welcomes the fact that new ideas have been put forward over the last few years.

If all efforts at reaching consensus have been exhausted, the decisions shall as a last resort be adopted by a majority of at least three fourths of the members present and voting.

Russia supports those efforts, which are aimed at quickly reaching consensus on this most important of legal instruments in the area of counter terrorism.

The effective and prompt implementation of agreements and the fulfilment of commitments agreed by consensus are conditions necessary for reaching the Millennium Development Goals.

The EU is strongly committed to reaching a consensus on a programme of work in the Conference and welcomes the fact that new ideas have been put forward over the past few years.

We believe that an open, broad debate aimed at reaching consensus is the best way to make progress on the reform we are currently discussing.

The presentations emphasized the difficulties some argued impossibility of reaching consensus on the mechanics of changing the Council's membership and the question of veto power.

If all efforts at reaching a consensus have been exhausted and no agreement has been reached, decisions shall be taken by a three fourths majority of the members present and voting at the meeting.

As the representative of Russia has just pointed out, it provides the best basis for reaching consensus on the programme of work because it establishes a certain balance among the concerns of all parties.

We support an expansion of the number of elected seats only not permanent seats and we support an improved version of model B as a basis for negotiations among Member States, with a view to reaching a broad consensus.

Based on a total of 27 principles, the Declaration reflects a moral and professional consensus among human rights and equality experts and is the product of more than a year s work led by the United Kingdom based Equal Rights Trust. Needless to say, reaching a consensus among such a diverse group of people from around the world was not easy.

Our proposals were discussed, and on the basis of that discussion, the Chair came up with a proposal, dated 6 July 2005, that NAM considers to be a good framework for the reaching of consensus on agenda items.

Although the Open ended Working Group seems to be moving closer to an agreement on a number of technical issues, it is still far from reaching a consensus on some important issues, particularly the nature of the international instrument.

The reform of the United Nations is not a matter to be dealt with by the Organization alone, as responsibility for reaching concrete consensus on key issues lies primarily in the hands of the Governments of Member States.

For that reason, we shall offer whatever help we can to building the broadest possible consensus on all the many far reaching decisions that the Organization is currently called upon to make.

In addition, it was pointed out that the matter had been discussed in other international forums without reaching a consensus, and that even with a well drafted provision, an international legal scheme for the removal of actions between States would still be needed.

A Berlin Consensus?

The President requests those delegations intending to submit draft resolutions under agenda item 73 to do so as early as possible, in order to allow time, if need be, for negotiations with a view to reaching consensus on those draft resolutions.

Where there were a number of competing drafting proposals, she tended to select the option that appeared to be the simplest and most neutral, on the assumption that the more detailed or far reaching proposals were less likely to attract consensus.

Several alternative texts were proposed with a view to achieving a consensus, although a consensus was not reached.

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A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

Solutions need a global consensus.

The view was expressed that the potential implementation options being developed by the Working Group could provide Member States with a solid basis for analysis, which could assist States in reaching consensus on the implementation option to be recommended to the Subcommittee in 2006.

Is There a New Washington Consensus?

It is not a consensus document.

A new consensus is being sought.

A simple idea, but it could have such far reaching consequences.

Disagreements also did not prevent the ECB from acting boldly, which illustrates that the governance of institutions does matter. But the fact that reforms and actions were undertaken only lately, and under the pressure of acute crisis, is a sobering reminder of the difficulty of reaching consensus.

While there was less American leadership than one would have hoped, indeed expected under the circumstances, many participants were simply relieved that America did not put up obstacles to reaching a global consensus, as would have been the case if George W. Bush were still president.

The view was expressed that despite the difficulties in reaching consensus on the question of the definition and delimitation of outer space, member States should continue consultations on the item with a view to maintaining peace and security in outer space and promoting its peaceful use.