We have no higher issue on our agenda than the preservation of our natural resources.

The report's focus on the development agenda and the revival of our efforts in implementing the Millennium Development Goals prove that those issues are at the very heart of today's political agenda.

My country continues to face critical challenges in determining our political agenda, which in turn affect our development efforts.

We cannot afford to exclude global disarmament and non proliferation from our agenda. We are not rid of the danger of nuclear annihilation.

Climate engineering could remain a back up option in case of necessity. Or we could put it on the agenda today.

Further steps to revitalize this body will therefore continue to be an important objective on our disarmament agenda.

It is in this spirit that the French delegation would like, before any decision is taken, a debate which would help us to review the content of our agenda.

These very principles continue to motivate our commitment to ensuring that human rights issues receive prominence in our global agenda.

Understandably, there has not been consensus on how every item on our agenda should be taken forward.

That is why, we have formulated our agenda to reflect the issues highlighted in the Plan of Action.

The difficulties that confront the Conference on Disarmament are not the result of inadequacies in the scope or currency of our agenda.

At the very least, our agenda deserves to be updated along the lines of consensus agreed in 2004.

I would also like, on behalf of the delegation of Algeria, to express our hope for the speedy adoption of our agenda, as the rules of procedure require.

My own delegation's concern is not about the utility of keeping our agenda under review and updated, but about the value of doing so in the dire circumstances that face this body.

We would appreciate it if the report could underscore that the Conference held a constructive and vigorous thematic debate on the core issues of our agenda, with the active participation of many delegations.

Rather, we should speed up our actions, as we have done in the pursuit of our national agenda for democratization, reform, good governance and human rights protection.

Implementation of article XVII of the Agreement, namely, the provision on the restructuring and training of a truly loyal national armed force, is also at the top of the agenda.

Our first task is the adoption of our agenda for this year, and we believe that it should be possible for the Conference to adopt the same agenda, based on the Decalogue, which we adopted at the beginning of 2004.

I associate myself with his statement, and I shall therefore limit myself to mentioning several problems of specific interest to my country, adding a general comment about some of the items on our agenda.

I repeat, we will be taking an active part and we call for specific proposals to be tabled so that we can move ahead on each and every one of the issues on our agenda.

Do members of the CD not find nuclear disarmament, prohibition of the production of fissile material for nuclear weapon purposes and all the other issues on our agenda important enough to pursue?

Ms. WHELAN (Ireland) Mr. President, I would like to begin by again thanking you for the time you have allocated to delegations to make statements about relevant issues on our agenda.

Just as the United Nations Charter was written for succeeding generations, so is our present agenda intended to give those who succeed us a chance to build better lives.

The 2005 world summit has clearly demonstrated that, in five years, we have not given poverty eradication the highest priority on our international agenda.

This brief synopsis of some of Ghana's development challenges and the steps being taken to address them gives a clear indication of our need for full implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, with particular emphasis on measures for financing our development agenda.

The proposals to reform the Security Council have clearly caused a great deal of excitement among Member States and the general public, and there is great temptation to put that issue at the top of our agenda.

This concludes our business for today.

This concludes our business for today.

This concludes our business for today.

Germany actively supports the work of the Ambassador of Jordan and fully shares his concern that the issue of sexual exploitation must not disappear from our agenda and must be vigorously persecuted.

As everyone knows, it is not a question of whether we will agree to this agenda, but it requires further thought, as is shown by all the discussions in informal sessions last year, which showed how out of date our agenda is in certain respects.

But action is still much too limited.

This item of our agenda has been a key component of the respective initiatives aimed at breaking our working deadlock including, latterly, the food for thought paper.

We will give priority in our agenda to the promotion of policies with a gender perspective and consolidate legal measures to ensure women's economic, political and social empowerment, for we are convinced that greater equity will contribute to the building of more democratic and fairer societies.

That does not seem to be the case. This concludes our business for today.

Consequently, I believe that if we continue to make a concerted effort to use our resources in a productive and efficient manner, we can again accomplish our tasks without any major difficulties, even with the additional agenda items.

Mr. Alsaidi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic) First of all, I should like to congratulate Ambassador Eliasson on his election to the presidency of this session.

But we can, and must, improve our focus and the effectiveness of our actions.

I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, who guided our work admirably during the fifty ninth session.

I would also like to congratulate his predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Jean Ping, who guided our work with tact, skill and competence throughout his term, in spite of the delicate and complex issues that were on the agenda during the fifty ninth session.

It also has become obvious how fear and worry impact our ability to be creative and continue our work and plan in a proper manner.

CFCF Currently we are not in touch with the Wikipedia Zero team specifically, even though our works target the same communities.

In Asia, in Latin America and in Africa, poverty alleviation must remain at the top of our agenda to promote human dignity, human rights and human security, to reduce injustice and conflicts, to mitigate resentment and radicalism, and to combat violence and terrorism.

Accordingly, our actions must speak louder than our words.

Mr. Mérorès (Haiti) (spoke in French) Allow me to commend Mr. Jan Eliasson on the way in which he is conducting our work.