But it is better to begin the ethical discussion too early than too late.

Ideas such as microcredit and non formal education whose time has surely come have been replicated widely.

The global recession has simply brought that problem forward a few years.

Governments should fulfil their reporting requirements and submit information to the Board in a timely manner.

The Philippines called on all Member States concerned, including the former Members, to settle their financial obligations in full and on time.

The granting of advanced home leave shall not advance the calendar year in which the next home leave falls due.

Given the sometimes increasing difficulties of understanding between the different cultures of our world, the initiative for an Alliance of Civilizations has come at the right moment.

He called upon the Secretariat to improve the performance and assessment of the integrated programmes and to mobilize as much funding as possible in order to ensure that the programmes were implemented on time.

The Group called upon all Member States to pay their contributions in full and on time and reiterated its appeal to former members to fulfil their financial obligations to the Organization.

Timely and full payment of assessed contributions and early settlement of dues would go a long way towards enabling the Organization to achieve its goals more effectively.

Unfortunately, spent fuel storage has been an afterthought, as Ernest Moniz, Director of the Energy Initiative at MIT, puts it.

Europe, for its part, could agree not to shoot its recovery in the foot with ill timed new taxes such as those that Germany is currently contemplating.

Rather than wait until the next budget to delete additional obsolete outputs, he should propose outputs for deletion throughout the year.

In his historic budget speech to Parliament in 1991, Singh, quoting Victor Hugo, declared that no power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

The Republic of Korea welcomed the proposed discontinuation of 3,019 obsolete, ineffective or marginally useful outputs, but noted that some sections of the budget proposal lacked any recommendations for their deletion.

Many other countries have stressed the point that, since the agenda and objectives set forth by the first special session on disarmament (SSOD I) have yet to be fulfilled, they are not out of date and require continued efforts.

It was emphasized in that regard that the agenda of the Conference should be focused, allowing delegations to undertake thorough preparations on the basis of documentation provided in a timely manner by the secretariat and to hold open and substantive discussions.

It was emphasized in that regard that the agenda of the Conference should be focused, allowing delegations to undertake thorough preparations on the basis of documentation provided in a timely manner by the secretariat and to hold open and substantive discussions.

But in today s Germany, such ideas are considered hopelessly Euro romantic their time has passed. Where Europe is concerned, from now on Germany will primarily pursue its national interests, just like everybody else.

terms for payment plans outlined in the report of the open ended discussion group on timely payment of assessed contributions (IDB.19 12 and Corr.1), adopted by the Industrial Development Board in decision IDB.19 Dec.5.

The Commission emphasized the importance of universal adherence to the 1988 Convention and of taking action at the regional and international levels to implement more effectively article 12 of that convention, including the timely provision of information to the Board every year.

As you may wish to note, however, the arrears accumulated by Afghanistan are the result of 25 years of war and social conflict, as well as the long term drought and other national calamities that prevented Afghanistan to timely pay its dues to the UNIDO budget.

By setting priorities, eliminating obsolete activities, promoting efficiencies and finding creative ways to manage resources, the General Assembly could approve a budget that ensured sufficient resources for the Organization's activities and which included substantial and significant reform measures.

The Chinese delegation hoped that budget officers and programme managers would intensify their collaboration and fine tune realistic results indicators, on the basis of which ineffective or obsolete products would systematically be eliminated, which could only strengthen the execution of priority activities.

Any political attempt to stop this process any sooner is bound to fail. There is no reason for panic, and every reason to stay calm and wait for the new equilibrium to emerge.

In its report to the Board, the open ended discussion group on timely payment of assessed contributions states When considering applications for the restoration of voting rights, the competent body should regularly take into account the state of payments made under an agreed payment plan (IDB.19 12 and Corr.1, para.