We understand their motivation and their disappointment.

We fully understand that there are many problems that we must overcome.

We understand that the Assembly will take the formal decision in that regard shortly.

We fully agree with the assessments that have been made, and we understand that difficulties are being encountered by the Commission.

We understand that donors have a political interest in planting their flag on each project that they finance.

We understand fully the desire of Africa for greater representation as well as for equal rights with other regions.

Our understanding is that such a declaration can be made at any time prior to the deployment of such operations.

We understand that the Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) will finally be operational in September.

It is our understanding that the mandate of a peacebuilding commission must be limited to the pre conflict and peacebuilding phases.

And to understand why, we must look at how, through the ages, military technologies have maintained or destroyed world peace.

It is our understanding that the Security Council shares the responsibility to protect and that the use of the veto in the Council is fundamentally incompatible with that responsibility.

On the understanding that it is the Government's responsibility to promote forward looking actions at the State level and to undertake medium and long term projects, based on participation and social dialogue, that transcend political and electoral cycles.

We understand that it required a particular effort to issue those corrections in so short a time, and my delegation appreciates the prompt assistance of Secretariat officials in rectifying matters.

These next cells are nerve cells, and right now, as we see and understand what we're looking at, our brains and our nerve cells are actually doing this right now. They're not just static. They're moving around making new connections, and that's what happens when we learn.

I would just like to take the floor to say that we support the proposal that you have made to organize a discussion on different themes that have been mentioned for the forthcoming meetings of the Conference, with the understanding, of course, that the purpose of this discussion and of raising any other issue which may be raised in the course of these would be to try to move towards an agreement on the programme of work.

Connecting in sips may work for gathering discreet bits of information, they may work for saying, I'm thinking about you, or even for saying, I love you, I mean, look at how I felt when I got that text from my daughter but they don't really work for learning about each other, for really coming to know and understand each other.