The Declaration voted upon today is a weak, non binding political statement that does not reflect anything approaching consensus within the General Assembly.

At the same meeting, the Chairperson made a statement concerning the situation of human rights in Haiti, which the Commission agreed on by consensus.

At the 38th meeting, on 7 April 2005, the Chairperson made a statement on the question of Western Sahara, which the Commission agreed on by consensus.

At its 60th meeting, the Chairperson made a statement concerning technical cooperation in the field of human rights in Afghanistan, which the Commission agreed on by consensus.

On the basis of the informal consultations and the statement delivered three days earlier, it should be possible to achieve a consensus on the draft before the Committee.

At the 62nd meeting, on 22 April 2005, the Chairperson made a statement on the situation of human rights in Colombia, which was agreed on by the Commission by consensus.

Therefore, in introducing the draft resolution proposed by Uniting for Consensus, I will first of all recall the statement that I delivered on 1 July, which I am again circulating today.

I would humbly suggest that, in the spirit of consensus, cooperation and multilateralism, and in the spirit of my earlier statement and the Under Secretary General's statement, and also in terms of our responsibility as members of the Commission, we focus our attention on where we go from here.

Mr. Yáñez Pilgrim (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (spoke in Spanish) Our delegation did not oppose the consensus on A 60 L.43, but it believes it necessary to make the following statement.

We support the statement made by Jamaica, as Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, which offered a detailed assessment of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and proposals for further progress in this process.

A Berlin Consensus?

Statement

Statement

Statement

Statement

Statement

Statement.

The New Delhi Consensus

Consensus and cooperation activities

(j) Report of the independent expert appointed by the Secretary General on the situation of human rights in Haiti (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission, and made by the Chairperson on 21 April 2005, para. 7)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing an analysis of the situation of human rights in Colombia (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission and made by the Chairperson on 22 April 2005).

(l) Report of the independent expert appointed by the Secretary General on the situation of human rights in Haiti (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission, and made by the Chairperson on 21 April 2005, para. 7).

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

Mission statement

Written statement.

Statement IV

Oral statement

(a) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing an analysis of the situation of human rights in Colombia (statement agreed on by consensus by the Commission and made by the Chairperson on 22 April 2005).

I wish to conclude this statement by expressing our fervent hope that, on 27 February 2006, the Special Committee will meet once again to conclude, by consensus, the elaboration of a comprehensive convention for the elimination of international terrorism.

The Perils of Economic Consensus

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.

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

Statement of purpose

Statement of purpose

Written statement (Annexed).

Statement of needs.

Statement of needs

The consensus is to do nothing.

The consensus simply does not exist.

This was the second Copenhagen Consensus.

Consensus forecasts do still seem optimistic.