For the sake of illustration, let us stick to the Greek case.

We were discussing Thomas Mann s Death in Venice.

As we discuss our differences, neither of us will compromise our principles.

We scratch our heads about America s gun laws.

Don t we criticize reduced sentences in so called honor crimes all the time? Is that against the law?

I should like to remind members once again that, at present, we are not discussing the substance of any item.

The United Nations is the arena where we can best discuss our future.

So we would like to express our doubt as to whether it is useful to discuss your proposal any further.

And we're all talking about this great English icon and saying, She's a fantastic woman, she does everything.

It is true that we have been discussing the issue for a number of years now in various working groups.

However, in the context of the present meeting of the First Committee, we are unable to consider their proposals positively.

Here we discuss only those aspects that are most relevant for the right to use indigenous languages as teaching languages.

When a bomb explodes, all we ask for is the death toll we feel a bit of remorse, discuss it, and that more or less sums up our debate.

In particular, we are discussing an important aspect of international cooperation, namely the health and epidemiological consequences of disasters.

The Chairman Let me emphasize here that, as far as I know now, we are not discussing the United States proposal.

With the emerging democratic dispensation, we have partners with whom we can engage on governance issues.

I feel we should not even discuss the idea of guidelines and strategies at this stage because of the controversy. We were at the point of having one word do we have it?

We are discussing the issue of nuclear weapons today against the backdrop of our successive failures over the past couple of years, and particularly in 2005.

It is possible to argue the economics both ways, but the politics all point in one direction.

It would be complex, but it could be made manageable we should discuss how.

On Global Voices we often discuss human rights, especially in relationship to censorship, surveillance and free speech online.

These issues arise as we are discussing a wide range of proposals that leaders will take up when they meet here in September.

The Chairman Mr. Pfirter's statement will be of service on Wednesday, when we discuss other weapons of mass destruction.

We're going to discuss what we can do to make these added years really successful and use them to make a difference.

Which is curious as we debate all this stuff. But as you think of coal, this is what burned wheat kernels look like. Not entirely unlike coal.

For two afternoons now, we have been debating the draft resolution submitted by the group of four, and we have heard some modifications made to it.

As we are discussing disarmament and security, I would like to draw attention to aggressive separatism as a major threat to international peace and security.

So it is worth discussing in purely economic terms what orthodox and unorthodox choices imply from the standpoints of equity and efficiency.

As we are discussing human rights, there is, however, one aspect that I must dwell on for a moment the whole issue of justice in Haiti.

The fact that we are discussing these three concepts together today in a plenary meeting of the General Assembly is an approach to nurture in the years to come.

Mr. Zhdanovich (Belarus) (spoke in Russian) In debating the problems in Africa, we are pleased to note the positive nature of recent trends on the continent.

Mr. İlkin (Turkey) I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to discuss in depth the critical issue of Security Council reform.

With so many people in Iraq suffering so much in so many ways, it may seem callous to discuss the economic costs.

We are also discussing other areas of dialogue with Belgrade, and I am hopeful that the recent more positive signals from Belgrade will result in an intensification of the direct dialogue.

Throughout the last session of the General Assembly, we spent most of our time discussing how to bring changes to the Organization to enable it to respond more effectively to the challenges of our time.

This is all the more urgent given the fact that, even though 30 years have passed, we are still discussing the topic in this Hall.

Therefore, we should discuss which types of peacebuilding activities should be financed through assessed contributions and which should be financed through voluntary contributions.

And we could discuss that topic alone for days to really try to figure out, how is it that we hear something that's emotional from something that starts out as a vibration in the air?

We may debate the means by which it was pursued, and how successfully, but Russia s existential challenges were largely overcome.

But when we discuss reviewing the mandate and structure of UNIFIL, we believe that we should rely on the experience of the Secretary General and on his understanding and reading of the situation in the region.

And whenever we discuss one of these problems that we have to address child labor in cottonseed farms in India this year we will monitor 50,000 cottonseed farms in India.

Perhaps one day we will find that we are not the only intelligent beings in the universe, and perhaps we will be able to discuss issues of interspecies ethics with such beings.

Had Franklin Roosevelt succeeded in preventing the Pearl Harbor attack with a preemptive strike against Japan, we would still be discussing whether war with Japan was inevitable.

Why is it that we have debates with the title Is Islam a Religion of Peace? debates that don t necessarily even include Muslims. What kind of question is that? And haven t you already answered it yourself?

In order for our Organization to evolve, we cannot use the language of the twenty first century in the economic and social spheres while at the same time using that of the nineteenth century when discussing political affairs.