The Summit of Muted Intentions

How noble are intentions when the facts showing their horrific results are readily at hand yet overlooked?

Peoples Decade for Human Rights Education (Special, 1998)

And without resources, the best of intentions will come to naught.

His legacy will remain a beacon for all people of good will.

The gnawing problem is one of good faith.

(a) The Statement of Intent, Brussels, November 2000

This is the point that the well intentioned regulators miss.

Politically and economically, it came with the best intentions.

Now is the time to act enough of good intentions and statements.

But most of these well meaning schemes are missing an essential ingredient demand.

The uranium 235 projectile was completed on , and the target on .

Also it measures behavior directly, not reports of behavior or intentions.

We have seen that goodwill alone can get us only so far.

Their final outcomes are seldom congruent with their prime movers intentions.

Also, they almost all agreed they are waiting for action to prove the supposed good intentions.

Many of McNamara s critics assert rightly, I think that he stopped short of full understanding, that he sought to hold fast to claims of noble intentions that the record could not sustain. How noble are intentions when the facts showing their horrific results are readily at hand yet overlooked?

In some cases, good intentions may even aggravate the status quo.

You wish someone had such intentions for you, he said to his female critics.

But without it, the G 20 will mostly likely be reduced to a talking shop, characterized by good intentions, but with no effective way of realizing them.

In this crisis, intention takes a back seat to action (or lack thereof).

Lastly, we are convinced that the Secretary General, in all good faith, has taken a wrong turn.

But, though well intended, the principles are woefully inadequate.

Their efforts may be well intentioned, but, without better coordination, they will remain ineffective.

For the first time in years, they question their leaders real intentions and their capacity to deliver better living standards.

Many Doha bloggers strongly condemned the cartoon, but were undecided about the artist's intentions.

In a hypersensitive reality, stupidity equals malice.

Time and again, the best intentions and programmes for peacebuilding have been undermined by a lack of funds.

In short, what is needed is a massive, joint initiative in innovation, applied science, development, and demonstration.

SAO PAULO As well intentioned gestures go, Earth Hour is hard to beat.

There are signs that the Syrians are unable to gauge American intentions on other issues as well.

Provision is made for hospitality to local dignitaries in the context of good will and in the official interest of the Mission.

In countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, military interventions have disfigured the original intent and contents of the constitutions and thwarted the evolution of a secular system.

However, those intentions at the top have not necessarily filtered through all the layers of the institutions involved.

Likewise, for those Chinese who are suspicious of US intentions, conspiracy is always in play.

But India s good intentions, like America s affirmative action policies, are misguided.

But all of us need to act with greater urgency in translating good intentions into concrete action.

On 16 October 2009, Pierre Cardin was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Alliance seeks to give a central role back to people of goodwill, rather than to fanatics and extremists who foment division and hate.

We need to enable people to defend themselves against others prevent innocent, well meaning people from becoming infected and harming others and reduce the incentives and ability of the ill intentioned to do harm.

Institutionalization is often based on good intentions and carried out in the name of therapy, care, and protection.

There is a lot of goodwill to ensure a democratic dividend for these countries, while of course managing expectations.

The reality behind such a declaration is that Europe would deliver low level military and economic involvement in Iraq.

Most of its reasonable proposals will soon become another example of forgotten good intentions.

In fact, despite its good intentions, providing anonymity in sex crime cases is extremely harmful to women.