And that means it's harder for us to pay attention to the quiet, the subtle, the understated.

Furthermore, we have listened with concern as some delegations have understated the value of the new Declaration.

The importance of addressing the root causes of conflict and devoting greater efforts to conflict prevention cannot be understated.

On the other hand, the document understated the need to further improve the democracy of decision making processes within multilateral organizations such as the WTO.

In fact, the UN s contribution to peace and development should not be understated, though its successes clearly do not receive the publicity they deserve. For example, UN peacekeepers were recently deployed successfully in Mali.

As we can already see, it will not be easy to overcome the obstacles posed by vertically integrated ministries and agencies. Institutionalization will take time and the importance of its success cannot be understated.

At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional take make waste industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.

At that time, Angela Merkel rejected a Europe wide guarantee, insisting that each country should guarantee its own institutions. Interestingly, interest rate differentials widened only in 2010, when the newly elected Greek government announced that the previous government had vastly understated the true fiscal deficit.

But the report plainly understated the degree of public support for change. Given what has happened in the last few weeks, Leung could quite properly give a new report to the authorities in Beijing focusing on two issues not proscribed by Hong Kong s mini constitution, the Basic Law.

Worse yet, the burden of banking losses that will sooner or later be socialized, and that of future unfunded public pension and health costs, are often understated in official debt figures. Moreover, the problematic finances of some sub national governments, for example in the US and Spain, will place pressure on central governments for fiscal aid.