The forces of inertia are always strong, and when it comes to resources the current economic crisis favors neither ambitious reforms of the alliance nor serious intensification of ESDP.

But with deliverable aid levels remaining practically constant, and given strong population growth, notably in Africa, the international community has not given itself sufficient means to reach its ambitious targets.

We renew our strong commitment to work towards successful and ambitious decisions on how to adapt the United Nations to the twenty first century, including with respect to institutional matters.

We can remain both ambitious and realistic.

Europe s Ambitious Muddling Through

Bird was an ambitious and very capable student.

And we have ambitious hopes for its future.

Iran is obstinate, prideful, ambitious, and, yes, sometimes paranoid.

We cannot afford to fail, and we must remain ambitious.

Then some of us became more ambitious.

But even more ambitious action is needed.

The endeavor was bound to be ambitious.

This Plenary Meeting has an ambitious agenda.

The two Argentinians behind this ambitious project are Malena and Martín.

After all, we were ambitious and set the bar very high.

Development was broader and more ambitious than the Millennium Development Goals.

But it requires more ambitious and wider public and private sector support.

We would have liked a more ambitious result.

A more ambitious approach would be to link aid and trade explicitly.

As we gain experience and expertise we are mounting increasingly ambitious operations.

My father understood that the Chief Designers were ambitious and jealous people.

But that ambitious outcome is easier described than achieved.

The energy challenge that confronts Europe calls for an ambitious and courageous approach.

Inadequate enforcement mechanisms and overly ambitious targets are among the reasons for failure.

An ambitious goal, which may or may not be achieved.

At this defining moment in history, we must be ambitious.

In other areas, however, we clearly must be more ambitious.

We remain convinced that the MDGs, while ambitious, are achievable.

Some of the mining operations identified by the Panel were fairly ambitious and included

But it is an ambitious endeavor that cannot be launched overnight.

More ambitious pan European efforts are embodied in various Eurobond proposals.

China s 12th Five Year Plan sets ambitious goals in this area.

We are convinced that these are ambitious but absolutely legitimate goals.

Given those differing cultural perceptions, the reform proposals were extremely ambitious.

Indeed, all countries stood to gain from an ambitious Doha Round.

And I said, Well, you know, that might be a bit ambitious for our budget.

The strategic conclusion derived from such an analysis was clear, ambitious, and easily summarized democratization.

They must adopt and implement national strategies that are ambitious, proactive and even bold in combating poverty.

That is why European leaders took the ambitious steps that they did.

Let us imagine that the world ultimately agrees on an ambitious target.

Of course, the mandates of peacekeeping operations need to be more ambitious.

Men are restless, men are ambitious, men are compulsively mobile, and they all want a certificate.

They would not mind an America that was more modest abroad and more ambitious at home.

China is setting ambitious targets for reducing energy intensity and making massive investments in renewable energy.

By any standards, the reform agenda is ambitious especially given a fragile and unaccommodating external environment.