Open Preferences

Funny how tastes can change.

But local tastes nonetheless vary widely.

In addition, tastes and preferences are converging and expanding across cultures.

Iranian bloggers participated in an outpour of celebration, and some fans also created posters for A Separation for different tastes.

We should have preferences that lead us into one future over another.

The catch is eaten immediately or marketed locally, as the flesh tastes good only when fresh.

The emerging field of contemplative neuroscience has begun to produce evidence for plasticity of pro social preferences and motivation.

But when those preferences drive us too hard and too fast because we have overrated the difference between these futures, we are at risk.

Besides the technical issues, the company refers to local designers and experts to accommodate local cultures and tastes, according to CEO Yongfu Yu.

For others, actually setting those preferences or defining what they want may take more attention than they care to devote to the task.

In fact, porn is so specifically tuned to the tastes of consumers that shifts can indicate changes in a society almost immediately.

More recently, local managers who took on McDonald s franchises transformed several aspects of the business to fit Chinese tastes and habits.

Perhaps German central bankers sense a longer term shift in international preferences away from the dollar and want to be ready in some fashion.

His plan would pay for lower income tax rates by eliminating tax deductions like those for charitable giving and mortgages, while maintaining tax preferences for saving and investment.

The prime concern for the EU bureaucracy is to find compromises that meet the wishes of member states, and to accommodate often divergent and contradictory national preferences.

Should China succeed, its neighbors which are increasingly tied to its economy might adjust their policies to appease Chinese preferences.

A supply chain is not only a network for production, but also a live feedback mechanism, continually adjusting itself to ensure that production is coordinated and aligned efficiently to meet changes in global consumers demand, tastes, and preferences.

Nonetheless, a new social contract is needed to account for the increasingly important role that individual preferences, and individual responsibility, play in today s world. Each citizen should feel empowered, not isolated and abandoned, in the face of globalization and technological transformation.

Cultural preferences for male children in some parts of Asia, such as Mainland China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan, have sometimes led to sex selective abortion of female fetuses, leading to the disparity between male to female birth rates which is observed in some places.

Items 14, 15, 20, 23, 29, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68, 72 and 74 of the preliminary list

The Board's other recommendations appear in paragraphs 35, 38, 58, 74, 77, 79, 81, 83, 91, 97, 122, 139, 147, 150, 156, 163, 166, 168, 172, 175, 178, 182, 186, 188, 195, 201, 203, 208, 211, 216, 224, 238, 242, 245, 249 and 268.

Agenda items 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (a) and (c), 40, 46, 83, 84, 85 (c), 87, 89, 90 (b), 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104 and 105 (b)

Agenda items 13, 18, 21, 22, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 64, 68, 73 and 108

On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I would appreciate if the present letter and its annexes were circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under items 14, 15, 20, 23, 29, 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68, 72 and 74 of the preliminary list.

Other versions have also been developed for Atari, AmigaOS, Unix (many variants), Solaris, DEC, Windows, Windows CE, Pocket PC, DOS, Palm OS, QNX, OS 2, Linux, BeOS, EPOC32 Symbian, AtheOS, OpenVMS, OpenEdition, Apple Macintosh, and Mac OS X.

I should be grateful if you could have the text of the present letter and its annex circulated as a document of the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly under agenda items 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (a), 39 (c), 40, 46, 83, 84, 85 (c), 87, 89, 90 (b), 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103, 104 and 105 (b).

Charter of the United Nations, in particular Articles 1, 7, 12 (2), 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 45, 46, 47, and 50.

Agenda items 18, 33, 46, 49, 50, 54 (a), 56, 57 (b), 108, 110 and 120

Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts (see S 2001 15 Add.37, 39 and 46 S 2002 30 Add.2, 15, 25, 39 42, 49 and 50 S 2003 40 Add.2, 6, 7, 13, 18, 29, 30, 33, 41 and 46 S 2004 20 Add.2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 21, 29, 35, 37, 40, 42 and 50 and S 2005 15 Add.2 see also S 1998 44 Add.32 and S 2003 40 Add.3)

3, 6, 13, 16, 17, 22 24, 29, 42, 43 and 49)

Items 12, 44, 54, 73, 74, 108, 109, 119 and 120 of the provisional agenda

The situation in Côte d'Ivoire (see S 2002 30 Add.50 S 2003 40 Add.5, 17, 19, 29, 31, 45, 47 and 48 S 2004 20 Add.5, 8, 17, 21, 31, 44, 46 and 50 and S 2005 15 Add.4, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21 and 24 see also S 2003 40 Add.44 S 2004 20 Add.12 and S 2005 15 Add.11)

The situation in Côte d'Ivoire (see S 2002 30 Add.50 S 2003 40 Add.5, 17, 19, 29, 31, 45, 47 and 48 S 2004 20 Add.5, 8, 17, 21, 31, 44, 46 and 50 and S 2005 15 Add.4, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24 and 26 see also S 2003 40 Add.44 S 2004 20 Add.12 and S 2005 15 Add.11)

See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 23 (E 2004 43 E C.19 2004 23), paras. 3, 5, 13 (a) and (d), 14 (d), 31, 42 (c), 43 (a) and (b), 46, 63, 65, 87, 89 (a), (b), (g), (i) and (j).

The General Assembly considered this question at its thirty third to fifty eighth sessions (resolutions 33 147, 34 133, 35 111, 36 70, 37 134, 38 145, 39 224, 40 170, 41 181, 42 166, 43 178, 44 235, 45 183, 46 201, 47 170, 48 213, 49 21 N, 50 58 H, 51 150, 52 170, 53 89, 54 116, 55 173, 56 111, 57 147 and 58 113).

Reports of the Secretary General on the Sudan (see S 2004 20 Add.23, 30, 35, 37, 39, 40, 44, 46 and 49 and S 2005 15 Add.1, 4 6, 9 12, 18, 25, 28 and 30 see also S 2003 40 Add.40 and S 2004 20 Add.21 and 43)

The Assembly considered the question at each session from the thirty fourth to the fifty eighth (resolutions 34 89, 35 157, 36 98, 37 82, 38 69, 39 147, 40 93, 41 93, 42 44, 43 80, 44 121, 45 63, 46 39, 47 55, 48 78, 49 78, 50 73, 51 48, 52 41, 53 80, 54 57, 55 36, 56 27, 57 97 and 58 68).

Since its thirtieth session, the General Assembly has reconvened the Special Committee every year (resolutions 31 28, 32 45, 33 94, 34 147, 35 164, 36 123, 37 114, 38 141, 39 88, 40 78, 41 83, 42 157, 43 170, 44 37, 45 44, 46 58, 47 38, 48 36, 49 58, 50 52, 51 209, 52 161, 53 106, 54 106, 55 156, 56 86, 57 24 and 58 248).

In order to enable the Tribunal to consider the possibility of making proposals regarding the appointment of Auditor, the Registry sent at the beginning of 2005 a request for quotation (annex I) to five internationally recognized firms of auditors with offices in Germany BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand, Aktiengesellschaft Deloitte Touche KPMG Ernst Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Agenda items 118, 119, 122, 123, 124 and 132

I should be grateful if you would have the aforementioned texts circulated as a document of the General Assembly under items 13, 18, 21, 22, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 64, 68, 73 and 108, of the agenda of the sixtieth session.

Tables 2.15, 2.17, 2.19, 2.22, 2.24, 2.26, 2.33, 2.35, 2.41 and 2.43

The General Assembly considered the question at each session from the thirty third to the fifty eighth (resolutions 33 72 B, 34 85, 35 155, 36 95, 37 81, 38 68, 39 58, 40 86, 41 52, 42 32, 43 69, 44 111, 45 54, 46 32, 47 50, 48 73, 49 73, 50 68, 51 43, 52 36, 53 75, 54 52, 55 31, 56 22, 57 56 and 58 35).

The General Assembly continued its consideration of the item at its thirty seventh to fifty eighth sessions (resolutions 37 89, 38 80, 39 96, 40 162, 41 64, 42 68, 43 56, 44 46, 45 72, 46 45, 47 67, 48 39, 49 34, 50 27, 51 123, 52 56, 53 45, 54 67, 54 68, 55 122, 56 51, 57 116, 58 89 and 58 90).