I also wish to use my access to the microphone to wish Ambassador Volker Heinsberg all the best in his new and important mission.

So here are 12 reasons why America should grasp the opportunity for a diplomatic resolution afforded by the Russian Iranian plan.

5. Encourages all Governments, the United Nations system and all other actors to take advantage of the Year in order to increase awareness of the importance of these natural products.

The crisis can yet be an opportunity to turn from a path of financial bubbles and excessive consumption to a path of sustainable development. In fact, seizing this opportunity is the only recipe for genuine growth that we have left.

Any crisis is also an opportunity.

But it required a great leader to take advantage of it.

We would urge all delegations to take the opportunity to do so.

The Special Unit proposes to harness this opportunity by undertaking activities with a multiple focus.

He has had no judicial recourse to contest the lawfulness of his detention.

In that regard, I wish to call upon all States, international organizations and civil society to seize the opportunity of the forthcoming Sixth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti personnel Mines and on Their Destruction to accelerate the implementation of the Nairobi Action Plan.

In fact, seizing this opportunity is the only recipe for genuine growth that we have left.

States must not be given any opportunity to retract from their obligations.

That is how extremists play off against each other to destroy any chance of political progress.

These opportunities need to be seized with as much alacrity as the world has responded to Asia s sorrow.

It is essential to ensure that recovery and reconstruction efforts do not reconstruct pre disaster risks that contributed to the disaster in the first place, but aim at creating more sustainable livelihoods.

Following the summit, we have a collective responsibility to grasp the opportunity to reinvigorate the United Nations.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

But seizing today s unique opportunity with Iran demands long term vision from all parties.

They can even capture opportunities if they are able to innovate and show flexibility because of their lower fixed costs.

So if there's any way that you can avoid, like, avert your eyes, that would be a good thing.

The Party concerned shall be given an opportunity to comment in writing on any decision of the relevant branch.

(r) To ensure that no child is prevented from receiving free primary education on account of his or her disability

But Japan is unable to seize these opportunities, because its political system is incapable of producing competent leadership.

It called on the international community to seize the opportunity to translate the Brussels Programme into reality.

We must assist the two sides to seize the current opportunity for a genuine political dialogue under the road map.

Through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the United States is helping African economies seize the opportunities of trade.

He also emphasized the value of broad based participation, which entailed access to opportunities to volunteer for all segments of the population.

Fat Chance

Unless the FARC abandons the armed struggle, there will be no peace negotiations.

In the meantime, there is no need for a process that has no chance of accomplishing peace.

Most academics would jump at the chance to have a meeting with China s President Hu Jintao.

The contract was said to have been unconscionable, since the employer had demanded a regular amount of work in order to save on labour costs, and because the internship had no educational purpose.

Here, I want to confirm the commitment of Spanish cooperation with the poorest of people in developing countries, those without any opportunity to have a decent life.

Seizing on this action and the popular unrest it engendered, the army forced the president to resign on 10 May 1950.

That is why, as Secretary General, I have spoken out for the needs of mothers and pregnant women at every opportunity.

The political instability that could ensue would not provide a good opportunity to ask Germany for help.

As a consequence, Huineng had no opportunity to learn to read or write and is said to have remained illiterate his entire life.

Peace in Africa's Great Lakes region has never been so close.

Give me a chance!

Give me a chance!

We have a chance.

Failure to seize this moment would, I believe, lead to the disintegration and eventual collapse of the European Union.

I urge the Government to take advantage of this chance and find an appropriate solution that removes these unnecessary burdens from an already distressed population.

We urge them to seize the opportunity offered by the upcoming summit in Pretoria and to work constructively with the mediation team.

The European Union would like to take this opportunity to express its condolences to and solidarity with all those affected by humanitarian emergencies in the last year.