This request was granted by the Committee.

He took it that the Committee was in favour of the postponement.

Mr. Mekel (Israel) requested clarification of the proposal by the representative of Lebanon and, in particular, the reasons for the proposal.

Mr. Mekel (Israel) said that he still failed to understand the reasons for the proposal and requested further clarification.

To postpone and do nothing is perhaps a sign of maturity, but it is equally a sign of old age and decrepitude.

Given Serbia s political instability, they question the harm of a short term postponement albeit mostly self inflicted.

Any delays that did occur did not point to cover ups or impunity, but were due to strict observance of procedural rules.

Some hope that postponement will stimulate violence in Kosovo and further encourage Western reconsideration of independence.

The Eastern Front must similarly negotiate with the Government of National Unity a political solution to the conflict in its region without further delay.

Being aware that the attainment of development in Arab society is an urgent imperative and that the process of modernizing the social structure must be completed without delay,

Each case has had to be adjourned owing to the non attendance of witnesses who had been given insufficient notice, or no notice at all, of the hearing.

The food for thought paper seems to us a genuine effort to respond actively to the requirement in this forum to begin without further delay such negotiation.

And Applied Minds gets a lot of calls from people who want help with their problems, and I didn't think this was a very likely one to call back, so I kept on giving him to the delay list.

Last winter, an entire five week session was lost without a single day s work, because the opposition parties united to stall the House, forcing adjournments every day.

According to Iran, the claim for project expenses relates to expenses due to amortization of equipment and devices, repairs and keeping of bouyants, administrative and staff costs during the postponed period .

2. This postponement shall be valid for a maximum of three years. After due representations made by the State Party and after consultation with the Subcommittee on Prevention, the Committee against Torture may extend that period for an additional two years.

The US Federal Reserve exemplifies this policy dilemma. After the Federal Open Market Committee decided in September to defer yet again the start of its long awaited normalization of monetary policy, its inflation doves are openly campaigning for another delay.

But the adjournment did not come before a routine courtesy greeting to the visiting Speaker of Sri Lanka s parliament was interrupted by Tamil MPs from a regional party, who rose to their feet to shout demands for his expulsion because of his government s behavior towards that country s Tamil minority.

But, taken together, these cancellations make clear that even a US administration that wants to engage more with Asia may still find itself preoccupied with domestic priorities, especially this year, as mid term elections approach.