Consensus must guide decision making in the reform process.

It must be achieved through a process of democratic deliberations designed to achieve a consensus.

It does not matter if consensus among all the parties cannot be reached quickly. The international discussion itself is a process for creating conditions for consensus.

It is clear that consensus would have facilitated the process of establishing a universal customary norm.

The new transition process must emphasize consensus, with no victor, no vanquished serving as a guiding principle.

Gaining consensus in China is a glacial process that will not be accomplished in a single speech.

The general consensus within the Transitional Government on carrying out a process of forcible disarmament is encouraging.

Instead, all Iraqis were allowed to participate in the process, and, though consensus was not ultimately reached, that, too, was a part of the democratization process.

We must however, ensure that the reform process is based on broad consultation and consensus involving all Member States.

She further welcomed the broad agreement not to reopen the São Paulo Consensus and not to pre empt the New York process.

He added that the present consultation in order to be constructive should reach a consensus and proposed that the process continue next year.

This process culminated with the consensus of 189 countries on 12 critical areas of concern at the 4th Women's World Conference in Beijing.

We will start the process of building the consensus necessary for an inclusive and thorough draft resolution on the peace process that is free of divisive rhetoric, accurate, detailed in approach and balanced in outcome.

Mr. Kumalo (South Africa) My delegation joined the consensus today despite our serious reservations about the process that led to the agreement on this budget.

To tell the truth, the negotiation process on reform of the Security Council has not yet been formally finalized, as consensus has not yet been reached.

This approach, the Copenhagen Consensus process, is the same one that has been applied every four years to global challenges, and will next take place in 2012.

For many years, officials simply ignored the emerging gang problem. They were more interested in the process of political transition and putting in place the Washington Consensus.

State and local LWV organizations also have positions they have arrived at in their state or local consensus process and they can act locally on these issues.

Discussions at that session and subsequent bilateral meetings with concerned Member States made it clear that there was no consensus on how to proceed with this process.

As we are aware, the only consensus document to come out of that process is the Final Document of SSOD I, adopted in 1978 (resolution S 10 2).

Let me conclude by reiterating the importance of the follow up process to the Monterrey Consensus and its impact on other development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

It has been the consistent view of China that the reform of the Security Council should be realized through a gradual process of democratic discussion aimed at achieving consensus.

This High level Dialogue gives us the opportunity to reaffirm the commitments of the Monterrey Consensus and to stress our engagement with the process launched by the Monterrey Conference.

By setting up a process of dialogue and consensus building, a road is opened towards identifying gaps between biophysical, socio economic and cultural knowledge and activities to combat desertification.

This series of meetings revealed a strong consensus that the Abuja peace process must remain the primary forum for negotiations, and that all other processes should play supporting roles.

A Berlin Consensus?

Even the handful of countries bent on stalling the process felt compelled to present a proposal, although it was incompatible with the call for consensus that they so vocally maintain.

As the reform process proceeds, the United States would like to move forward on the basis of broad consensus along the lines we have previously stated and without artificial deadlines.

The New Delhi Consensus

Consensus and cooperation activities

Indian democracy has succeeded because it has maintained a consensus on how to manage without consensus.

Therefore, throughout the process, Mexico focused its efforts on seeking a consensus, first with respect to the negotiating mandate for a convention, and then in connection with the adoption of the Declaration.

But in the process we should not lose sight of the good things that we do, the important commitments that have been agreed to by consensus and the merits of effective multilateralism.

He called for a consensus on various substantive issues pending in the process of negotiating the draft international instrument to enable States to identify and trace illicit small arms and light weapons.

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A Global Consensus Against Terrorism

I share this consensus view.

The Monterrey Consensus is working.

Solutions need a global consensus.

São Paulo Consensus, paragraph 87.

All political forces now need to work strenuously for a democratically based peace process leading to a durable negotiated solution, involving a national consensus and reintegration of CPN(M) into a multiparty democracy.

I remain hopeful that, in our collective wisdom, we can avoid a divisive and costly process and achieve our goals for reform through the building of a genuine consensus on this vital matter.

Several alternative texts were proposed with a view to achieving a consensus, although a consensus was not reached.

Mr. Sardenberg (Brazil) Three years after our heads of State or Government adopted the Monterrey Consensus, we are gathering again to examine how far we have come in the process of accomplishing our commitments.

Iraq welcomes and appreciates the United Nations role in Iraq, especially the work of the Secretary General's Special Representative, Ambassador Ashraf Qazi, who played an important part in consensus building in the constitutional process.