The Executive Secretaries responded to queries raised.

The Chairman of the Committee on Contributions replied to questions raised.

The Acting Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions replied to questions raised.

This report is organized around the core questions originally posed to the MA

In this scenario questions are answered by the analysis of data that is collected specifically for the purpose of answering these questions.

The main questions that remain are how the coefficients are determined and what their linkages are to flexibilities.

The Chief of the Political, Legal and Humanitarian Service of the Office of Programme Planning and Budget Division replied to questions raised.

It applauds the efforts made by the delegation to provide thorough and highly constructive answers to the questions raised.

The CHAIRPERSON invited the delegation to reply to questions 1 to 13 of the list of issues.

The discussants responded to questions raised and Stephen Stedman, Special Adviser to the Secretary General, summarized the discussion.

The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party was represented by a high ranking delegation and commends the efforts it made to respond to the questions asked.

What that will mean for these countries, and for the region, is one of today s central geopolitical questions.

The European Constitution has little to do with this, but referenda are never confined to the actual questions put to voters.

Country reports would be reorganized to show more clearly the responsiveness of Governments to matters raised with them.

Use of the question hour has increased markedly over the past forty years, with more than 20,000 questions being posed during the 1987 90 term.

In order to provide answers to the above questions and elaborate guidance for field personnel it was necessary to harness the operational experience of missions over the past decades.

Ms. Šimonović observed that the delegation's replies to questions about article 16 regarding inheritance and divorce indicated that women had rights but under conditions that were not applicable to men.

In the majority of the regions, States responded positively to over 75 per cent of the questions and have more or less kept that level during the three reporting periods.

Regarding the Committee's request that El Salvador provide an outline as to how the contemplated amendments address each of the issues relating to financing and other forms of support for terrorism, El Salvador would like to respond as follows

Mr. Sach (Acting Controller), replying to the questions posed, assured the representative of Uruguay that the overall question of cost effectiveness would be addressed in the context of the presentation of the proposed budget for MONUC for 2005 2006.

There appeared to be a highly diverse understanding of the questions asked, together with an equally diverse array of responses (for example, a response of high, medium, or low might be given for the degree of desertification, or for the specific values of the degree).

In addition, the positive response to most of the questions seems to indicate that there is in almost all countries high political commitment and that there are some mechanisms for ensuring coordination and participation of relevant authorities and sectors of society.

Some issues at stake

Clustering of issues

Issues before the Committee

Issues and proceedings before the Committee Consideration of admissibility

Issues before the Committee

(a) Although the questions raised about these allegations were essentially based on the religious angle, and although the religious angle has nothing to do with the Convention, the delegation of the Kingdom, in a spirit of cooperation, replied to the questions by explaining that the allegations were unfounded

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Question time

The expert review team shall prepare a draft individual inventory review report, which includes, where appropriate, adjusted estimates calculated according to guidance under Article 5, paragraph 2, within eight weeks of the receipt of the comments on the questions posed and shall send the draft report to the Party concerned.

Lord Ashdown responded to comments and questions raised.

The panellists responded to queries raised.

May I ask some questions?

May I ask a couple of questions?

I have some questions for you.

I just have a few questions.

I won't answer questions.

I've got a lot of questions.

He asked Reuters the following questions

Please, stop it.

And it enables us to address even the most difficult of questions. The best questions are the ones that create the most uncertainty.

The questions had been removed following an intervention by the President of France, who had labelled them scandalous and unlawful.

Well thank you. That shot the timing.

May I ask some questions?