There had been no argument about the word recommendations it was generally accepted for the sake of consensus.

However, Mexico had chosen not to block Committee consensus in the recommendation on the proposed scale to the Board.

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.

It was also cooperating in efforts to forge an international consensus on the management of migration and the development of a sound knowledge base on the subject.

On others, consensus has been reached.

There was no consensus on the proposal.

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

Our commitment has only been reinforced by the disappointing Review Conference and the inability to reach consensus, at the world summit, on language on non proliferation and disarmament.

The Chair shall ascertain whether consensus has been reached.

The President of the COP at its tenth session had consulted with Parties on this item but no consensus had been reached on how to include it in the agenda.

Worse, despite years of debate, no consensus about the nature of the financial system s problems much less how to fix them has emerged.

Only SSOD IV and its preparatory process can provide Member States with opportunities to fully and substantively air their views on all issues related to reform and to reach a new consensus on the adjustment of multilateral mechanisms.

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

We are currently working on finding consensus on such a decision.

In the end, consensus was not reached on the text of a decision.

We believe that consensus can be built on the basis of those principles.

If consensus cannot be achieved, countries vote with different voting shares.

The EU very much agrees about the importance of having achieved consensus on the draft resolution.

If consensus is not reached within this time limit, Members shall take a vote.

If consensus is not reached within this time limit, Members shall take a vote.

Moreover, this is not the only sacrifice that we are being asked to make in order to secure consensus on the CD's programme of work.

In order to build national consensus, the draft remains open for debate.

No consensus had been reached on who should be classified as political prisoners .

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

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

In reforming the United Nations, we must respect the principle of achieving broad consensus.

The issue of hudood laws is difficult to tackle without evolving a consensus in the society.

We would like also to point out that the inability of the Disarmament Commission to generate consensus on either procedural or substantive issues over the past five years warrants a review of the Commission's working methods.

We cannot fail to lament the fact that, for more than 10 years now, it has proven impossible to reach consensus on substantive changes regarding the structure and procedures of the Security Council or to achieve the general agreement necessary to that end.

Several alternative versions were proposed, but no consensus was reached on the issue.

The instruments represent areas on which it was possible to gain a wide degree of consensus at a particular time.

We appreciate these efforts aimed at promoting consensus for a programme of work.

That will not serve a final agreement on Council reform.

The Committee noted that the Legal Subcommittee had considered the question of the appropriateness of the United Nations serving as the supervisory authority under the future protocol and that consensus regarding that critical question could not be reached.

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There was no consensus among Foreign Ministers of OSCE States at the conclusion of the last two Ministerial Council meetings.

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

We also thank Ms. Jennifer McIver of New Zealand for her role in facilitating consensus on the Protocol.

It is the best achievable compromise, and there is no realistic alternative to this proposal.

The consensus that was reached 60 years ago was a strong one.

However, at the third and final session of the intergovernmental meeting of experts, a consensus could not be reached on whether funding for the secretariat of the Conference of Parties should be derived from a voluntary fund or from the regular budget of UNESCO.

In two meetings and three informal consultations, he had made every effort to help the Subsidiary Body achieve consensus on the issues before it however, that had not been possible in the time available.

We would like also to thank all those delegations that joined in the consensus on the draft.

Secondly, as to substance, we are pleased that we were able to arrive at a consensus on a budget for the next biennium.

Let us not fool ourselves everybody knows that consensus on that complex issue is not possible.