(c) The United Nations should continue to provide technical assistance to Member States, upon request, including those emerging from conflict or in political transition.

The creation of a new Peacebuilding Commission at the United Nations offers an important opportunity to do so.

The Summit Outcome represents a historic opportunity to bring about important programmatic and management changes to the United Nations.

It provides us with an important opportunity to stress the priority that must be given to disaster preparedness and disaster response, together.

The Additional Protocol on strengthened IAEA safeguards offers Middle East States an important confidence building opportunity.

At the time he referred to this role as an important opportunity as well as being the best job I've had in my life .

The event had offered an opportunity to evaluate the progress in implementing the second national programme and to present important recommendations for promoting the children related issues.

Mr. Wolfensohn, whose efforts have been so crucial to achieving the progress recorded in 2005, reminded participants that the immediate aftermath of both Palestinian and Israeli elections will be a very critical period of opportunity that neither the parties nor the international community can afford to miss.

The high level dialogue on the subject to be held by the General Assembly in 2006 will provide an important opportunity to tackle the hard questions on this issue.

This provides an important opportunity for many African LDCs which have not participated in the previous rounds to do so by July 2005.

The sixth high level meeting between the United Nations and regional organizations, held in New York on 25 and 26 July 2005, provided an important opportunity to strengthen those bonds.

It considers this encouraging statement as a significant opportunity to move towards the return of peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, national reconciliation in Rwanda, and full normalization of relations between the two countries.

Recognizing that the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family constitutes an important opportunity to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of efforts at all levels to carry out specific programmes within the framework of the objectives of the Year,

Mr. Egeland This is a very important opportunity for us to brief the Council on several major challenges that the humanitarian community faces in Africa at the moment, all of which have regional implications.

With respect to trade, the forthcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting provides an important opportunity for significant decisions to be taken to reform the world trading system so as to provide better opportunities for trade to contribute to Africa's long term growth and development.

The IPU annual parliamentary hearing at the United Nations is an event that is attracting more and more interest from the international parliamentary community, as it provides an important opportunity for discussion and interaction on the main issues of the United Nations agenda, and we hope that many here will be able to join us on that occasion.

The third round of negotiations of the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, to be completed by November 2006, affords an important opportunity for expanding and deepening preferential market access in other developing countries.

Other significant developments

Fat Chance

By denying people with disabilities a voice and the opportunity to play an active role in society, societies deprive themselves of essential human resources critical for economic and social development, leading to substantial adverse effects on development processes.

Light is essenciatly indifferent

That is a very important initiative.

Give me a chance!

Give me a chance!

We have a chance.

Armenia had carried out significant legislative and judicial reforms and a referendum on constitutional amendments was about to take place.

They have important political decisions to make.

Those are indeed important steps.

Looking forward to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to be held in Bangkok in 2005, which will provide an important opportunity to exchange views and experiences and to identify emerging trends and issues in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice,

In early 2004, a national review of this Directive was organized, which provided an important opportunity for agencies at all levels to assess the achievements, highlight key problems, analyze the causes and draw lessons, as well as recommending concrete measures to improve planning, training and employment of women.

The Monterrey Consensus points to other significant factors that are important in ensuring a domestic environment for sustained development.

Last Chance for Japan?

The Oil Price Opportunity

They gave him a chance to escape.

Take advantage of every opportunity.

Give her another chance.

Give her another chance.

A Squandered Golden Opportunity

Iran s Last Chance?

Britain s Gas Chance

Seizing Sarajevo

A Golden Rice Opportunity

It could fulfil its mandate only with the tangible support of all Member States.

We have reached an important milestone in Kosovo.

Thank you, Mr. Minister.